1820 United Kingdom general election

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The 1820 United Kingdom general election was a parliamentary election held shortly after the accession of King George IV, shaping the composition of the House of Commons in the early 19th century.

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1820 United Kingdom general election canonical 2

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
affectedBody representation of constituencies in the House of Commons ⓘ
chamberElected House of Commons ⓘ
chronologicalPosition third general election of the United Kingdom after the Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
constitutionalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
context early 19th-century British politics ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolutionOfPreviousParliament 1820-02-28 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
endDate 1820-03-14 ⓘ
era pre-Reform era ⓘ
firstMeetingOfParliament 1820-04-21 ⓘ
followedBy 1826 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
follows 1818 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
governmentAfterElection Tory government ⓘ
governmentBeforeElection Tory government ⓘ
languageOfOfficialRecords English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locationOfCentralAdministration Westminster ⓘ
mainPoliticalGrouping Tory Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
monarchDuringElection George IV ⓘ
notableFeature conducted over several days rather than a single polling day ⓘ
numberOfMPsElected 658 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1826 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1820 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: 7th UK Parliament
parliamentSummonedOn 1820-04-21 ⓘ
preReformAct true ⓘ
previousMonarch George III ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Earl of Liverpool ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Earl of Liverpool ⓘ
relatedEvent Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
relatedTo political dominance of the Tory Party ⓘ
resultSummary Tory Party retained a large majority ⓘ
startDate 1820-03-06 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Napoleonic Wars aftermath ⓘ
linked to: post-Napoleonic era
tookPlaceIn England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
tookPlaceShortlyAfter accession of King George IV ⓘ
tookPlaceUnder Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
triggeredBy dissolution of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfFranchise restricted and property-based franchise ⓘ

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6th UK Parliament → followedByEvent → 1820 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1818 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → 1820 United Kingdom general election ⓘ