1892 United Kingdom general election

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The 1892 United Kingdom general election was a parliamentary contest that resulted in a narrow victory for the Liberal Party under William Ewart Gladstone, leading to a minority government supported by Irish Nationalists.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
chamberElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
ConservativePopularVoteShare 47.6% ⓘ
ConservativeSeatChange -32 ⓘ
ConservativeSeatsWon 268 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electionForOffice Member of Parliament ⓘ
endDate 1892-07-26 ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
geographicScope Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
governmentFormed Liberal minority government ⓘ
historicalSignificance last general election won by William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
IrishNationalistPopularVoteShare 2.9% ⓘ
IrishNationalistSeatChange -9 ⓘ
IrishNationalistSeatsWon 81 ⓘ
leaderOfConservativeParty Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ
leaderOfLiberalParty William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
legislatureTerm 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
LiberalPopularVoteShare 47.0% ⓘ
LiberalSeatChange +40 ⓘ
LiberalSeatsWon 272 ⓘ
LiberalUnionistPopularVoteShare 2.3% ⓘ
LiberalUnionistSeatChange +1 ⓘ
LiberalUnionistSeatsWon 47 ⓘ
mainWinningParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchAtTime Queen Victoria ⓘ
nextElection 1895 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableIssue Irish Home Rule ⓘ
Irish land question ⓘ
tariff reform and free trade ⓘ
notableOutcome return of William Ewart Gladstone as Prime Minister ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 670 ⓘ
parliamentaryMajorityStatus no overall majority ⓘ
parliamentDissolvedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
previousElection 1886 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElectionParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElectionParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
reasonForElection dissolution of Parliament by Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ
result narrow Liberal victory ⓘ
secondParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate 1892-07-04 ⓘ
supportingPartyOfGovernment Irish Nationalist Party ⓘ
thirdParty Irish Nationalist Party ⓘ
totalTurnout 82.0% ⓘ
turnoutChange +1.2 percentage points ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Reginald Pole-Carew → electedIn → 1892 United Kingdom general election ⓘ