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1859 UK General Election
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election returned no party a majority of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. The Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Earl of Derby's Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives formed a minority government, but despite making overall gains, Derby's government was defeated in a confidence vote by an alliance of Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Palmerston's Whigs (British political party), Whigs together with Peelites, Radicals (UK), Radicals and the Independent Irish Party, Irish Brigade. Palmerston subsequently formed a new government from this alliance which is now considered to be the first Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party administration. There is no separate tally of votes or seats for the Peelites. They did not contest elections as an organised party but more as independent Free trade Conservatives with varying degrees of distance from the two main parties. It was also the last general electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 United Kingdom General Election
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election returned no party a majority of seats in the House of Commons. The Earl of Derby's Conservatives formed a minority government, but despite making overall gains, Derby's government was defeated in a confidence vote by an alliance of Palmerston's Whigs together with Peelites, Radicals and the Irish Brigade. Palmerston subsequently formed a new government from this alliance which is now considered to be the first Liberal Party administration. There is no separate tally of votes or seats for the Peelites. They did not contest elections as an organised party but more as independent Free trade Conservatives with varying degrees of distance from the two main parties. It was also the last general election entered by the Chartists, before their organisation was dissolved. As of , this is the last election in which the Conservatives won the most seats in Wales, as well as being the last election to date in which the Conservative Party took l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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