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United Kingdom general election, 1837
‹ 1835 · members members · 1841 ›
All 658 seats to the House of Commons
24 July–18 August 1837
	First party	Second party

Leader	The Viscount Melbourne	Sir Robert Peel
Party	Whig	Conservative
Leader since	16 July 1834	19 December 1834
Leader's seat	Baron Melbourne	Tamworth
Last election	385 seats, 55.2%	273 seats, 40.8%
Seats won	344	314
Seat change	-41	+41
Popular vote	418,331	379,694
Percentage	51.7%	48.3%
Previous PM Lord Melbourne Whig Subsequent PM Lord Melbourne Whig

The 1837 UK general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.

The election produced the first parliament after the death of William IV and the first of Victoria's reign.

Results

UK General Election 1837
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Whig	510	344			- 41		51.7	418,331	- 5.5
	Conservative	484	314			+ 41		48.3	379,694	+ 5.5

Total votes cast: 798,025

References

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)
Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results

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