United Kingdom general election, 1852

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The United Kingdom general election of 1852 was a mid-19th-century parliamentary contest that resulted in a fragile Conservative minority government and highlighted the growing political realignment over free trade and economic policy.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
associatedGovernment First Derby ministry ⓘ
chamberElected House of Commons ⓘ
characteristic highlighted divisions over free trade ⓘ
produced a fragile parliamentary balance ⓘ
chronologicalPosition first United Kingdom general election of the 1850s ⓘ
context post-Corn Law political realignment ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
electoralBody British electorate (pre-1867 franchise) ⓘ
electoralFranchise limited, property-based franchise ⓘ
endDate 1852-07-31 ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
followedBy fall of Derby ministry, 1852 ⓘ
governmentHeadAfterElection Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
house House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
leadingParty1 Conservative Party (UK) (historic) ⓘ
leadingParty2 Whig Party (UK) ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
legislatureTerm 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainIssue economic policy ⓘ
free trade ⓘ
monarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
nextElection United Kingdom general election, 1857 ⓘ
notableOutcome Conservatives emerged as largest single party ⓘ
Peelites held balance of power ⓘ
no party secured an overall majority ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 654 ⓘ
otherSignificantParty Irish Independent Opposition ⓘ
Peelite faction ⓘ
parliamentNumber 16 ⓘ
partOf parliamentary history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousElection United Kingdom general election, 1847 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Lord Derby ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElectionParty Conservative Party (UK) (historic) ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Lord Derby ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElectionParty Conservative Party (UK) (historic) ⓘ
relatedReform repeal of the Corn Laws ⓘ
resultingGovernment Conservative minority government ⓘ
significance marked continuing transition from old Tory–Whig system to modern party politics ⓘ
startDate 1852-07-07 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
tookPlaceUnder constitutional monarchy ⓘ
typeOfContest general election ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister) → officeContestedIn → United Kingdom general election, 1852 ⓘ