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United Kingdom general election, 1857
‹ 1852 · members members · 1859 ›
All 654 seats to the House of Commons
27 March–24 April 1857
	First party	Second party

Leader	The Viscount Palmerston	The Earl of Derby
Party	Whig	Conservative
Leader since	6 February 1855	July 1846
Leader's seat	Tiverton	Earl of Derby
Last election	324 seats, 57.9%	330 seats, 41.9%
Seats won	377	264
Seat change	+53	-66
Popular vote	464,127	239,712
Percentage	65.9%	34.0%
Previous PM Lord Palmerston Whig Subsequent PM Lord Palmerston Whig

1852 election

1857 election

1859 election

In the 1857 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, finally won a majority in the House of Commons as the Conservative vote fell significantly.

1 Results
- 1.1 Summary
- 1.2 Seats summary
2 References

Results

UK General Election 1857
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Whig	507	377			+ 53		65.9	464,127	+ 7.0
	Conservative	351	264			- 66		34.0	239,712	- 7.1
	Others	19	13	13	0	+ 13		1.7	12,099	N/A
	Chartist	1	0	0	0	0		0.1	614	- 0.1

Total votes cast: 716,552. "Others" are mostly Irish Independent Opposition. The Conservative total votes cast and MPs includes around 26 Peelites - some reference works claim it was as few as 18.

Summary

Popular vote

Whig			64.77%
Conservative			33.45%
Others			1.69%
Chartist			0.09%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Whig			57.65%
Conservative			40.37%
Others			1.99%

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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