United Kingdom general election, 1880
The United Kingdom general election of 1880 was a general election in the United Kingdom held from March to April 1880.
At the culmination of the Midlothian campaign , the Liberals, led by the fierce oratory of retired former Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone in attacking the supposedly immoral foreign policy of the Disraeli government, secured one of their largest ever majorities in the election, leaving the Conservatives a distant second. As a result of the campaign, the Liberal leaders, Lord Hartington and Lord Granville , withdrew in favour of Gladstone, who thus became Prime Minister a second time.
Results [ edit ]
United Kingdom General Election 1880
Candidates
Votes
Party
Standing
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Liberal
499
352
+ 110
54
54.7
1,836,423
+ 2.7
Conservative
521
237
- 113
36.3
42.5
1,426,351
- 1.8
Home Rule
81
63
+ 3
9.7
2.8
95,535
- 0.9
Others
2
0
0
0
0
0.0
1,107
0.0
Total votes cast: 3,359,416.
Voting summary [ edit ]
Popular vote
Liberal
54.66%
Conservative
42.46%
Home Rule
2.84%
Others
0.03%
Seats summary [ edit ]
Parliamentary seats
Liberal
53.99%
Conservative
36.35%
Home Rule
9.66%
Regional Results [ edit ]
Great Britain [ edit ]
Party
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Liberal
337
105
1,780,171
57.3
1.9
Conservative
214
105
1,326,744
42.7
1.9
Others
0
1,107
0.04
0.04
Total
551
3,108,022
100
England [ edit ]
Party
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Liberal
254
83
1,519,576
56.2
2.4
Conservative
197
83
1,205,990
43.7
2.5
Others
0
1,107
0.1
0.1
Total
451
2,726,673
100
Scotland [ edit ]
Party
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Liberal
52
12
195,517
70.1
1.7
Conservative
6
12
74,145
29.9
1.7
Total
58
269,662
100
Party
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Liberal
29
10
50,403
58.8
2.1
Conservative
4
10
41,106
41.2
2.1
Total
33
100,509
100
Ireland [ edit ]
Universities [ edit ]
Party
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Conservative
7
5,503
49.2
Liberal
2
5,675
50.8
Total
9
11,178
100
References [ edit ]
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