United Kingdom general election, 1892

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The 1892 UK general election was held from 4 July – 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election. Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well, leaving Gladstone to form a minority coalition dependent on Irish Nationalist support.

1 Results
2 See also
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] Results

UK General Election 1892
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	313			- 80		47.0	2,159,150
	Liberal	272			+ 80		45.4	2,088,019
	Irish Parliamentary	81	0	3	- 4		7.0	309,329
	Independent Labour	3	3	0	+ 3		0.5	22,198	N/A
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0		0.1	7,211	N/A
	Independent Liberal	1	1	0	+ 1		0.1	3,572	N/A
	Scottish Trades Councils Labour	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,313	N/A
	Independent Nationalist	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,180	N/A
	Scottish Parliamentary Labour	0	0	0	0		0.0	2,043	N/A
	Social Democratic Federation	0	0	0	0		0.0	659	N/A
	Independent	0	0	0	0		0.0	139	N/A

The totals above exclude two Irish candidates whose party affiliation was unclear to F. W. S. Craig at the time he compiled his voting figures: Col. J. C. Lowry who gained 897 votes standing for Dublin University as either an Independent or Official Conservative, and John O'Connor Power who gained 609 votes standing in Mayo West as a Gladstonian Liberal. Craig labelled both candidates: "Others".

Total votes cast: 4,598,319. All parties shown.

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (Macmillan, 1974)
Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results