United Kingdom general election, 1841
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Colours denote the winning party.
In the 1841 United Kingdom general election , there was a big swing as Sir Robert Peel 's Conservatives took control of the House of Commons . The Whigs lost votes to the Irish Repeal group. The Chartists picked up only a few votes despite their popular support, because voting was still restricted to a small percentage of the population. Only 3.17% of the total population voted.
Results [ edit ]
United Kingdom General Election 1841
Candidates
Votes
Party
Standing
Elected
Gained
Unseated
Net
% of total
%
No.
Net %
Conservative
498
367
+ 53
50.9
306,314
+ 2.6
Whig
388
271
- 73
46.9
273,902
- 4.8
Irish Repeal
22
20
20
0
+ 20
2.1
12,537
N/A
Chartist
8
0
0
0
0
0.1
692
N/A
Total votes: 593,445 [ 1]
Voting summary [ edit ]
Popular vote
Conservative
50.9%
Whig
46.9%
Irish Repeal
2.1%
Chartist
0.1%
Seats summary [ edit ]
Parliamentary seats
Conservative
55.78%
Whig
41.19%
Irish Repeal
3.04%
Regional Results [ edit ]
Great Britain [ edit ]
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Conservative
439
185
326
42
286,650
52.7
4.5
Whig
333
83
229
42
256,774
47.2
4.6
Chartist
8
0
0
692
0.1
New
Total
780
268
555
544,116
100
England [ edit ]
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Conservative
374
147
277
272,755
53.1
Whig
277
62
187
236,813
46.8
Chartist
4
0
0
307
0.1
New
Total
655
209
464
509,875
100
Scotland [ edit ]
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Whig
40
13
31
16,356
60.8
Conservative
35
16
22
9,793
38.3
Chartist
3
0
0
385
0.9
New
Total
78
29
53
26,534
100
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Conservative
24
16
21
4,102
53.2
Whig
16
8
11
3,605
46.8
Chartist
1
0
0
0
0.0
New
Total
41
24
32
7,707
100
Ireland [ edit ]
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Whig
55
30
42
17,128
35.1
Conservative
59
27
41
19,664
40.1
Repeal
22
12
20
12,537
24.8
Total
136
69
103
49,329
100
Universities [ edit ]
Party
Candidates
Unopposed
Seats
Seats change
Votes
%
% Change
Conservative
6
6
6
Uncontested
Uncontested
Total
6
6
6
Uncontested
Uncontested
Whig MPs who lost their seats [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ British Electoral Facts 1832-2006, Compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, (Parliamentary Research Services,2007)
F. W. S. Craig , British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
British Electoral Facts 1832-1999 , compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
External links [ edit ]