United Kingdom general election, 1880

31 March–27 April 1880^[1]

All 652 seats to the House of Commons 327 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Lord Hartington	Lord Beaconsfield	William Shaw
Party	Liberal	Conservative	Home Rule
Leader since	January 1875	27 February 1868	May 1879
Leader's seat	North East Lancashire	Earl of Beaconsfield	County Cork
Last election	242 seats, 52.0%	350 seats, 44.3%	60 seats, 3.7%
Seats won	352	237	63
Seat change	110	113	3
Popular vote	1,836,423	1,426,351	95,535
Percentage	54.7%	42.5%	2.8%
Swing	2.7%	1.8%	0.9%

PM before election

Lord Beaconsfield
Conservative

Subsequent PM

William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal

1868 election • MPs
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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 Lord Granville, withdrew in favour of Gladstone, who thus became Prime Minister a second time.

1 Results
2 References
3 Footnotes

Results

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

Crowds wait outside Leeds Town Hall to hear the result.

Popular vote

Liberal			54.66%
Conservative			42.46%
Home Rule			2.84%
Others			0.03%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Liberal			53.99%
Conservative			36.35%
Home Rule			9.66%

Regional Results

Great Britain

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

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

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

Wales

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

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Home Rule	63	3	95,535	37.5	2.1%
	Irish Conservative	24	8	99,607	39.8	1.0%
	Liberal	15	5	56,252	22.7	4.3%
Total		101		251,394	100

Universities

Party		Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative	7	5,503	49.2
	Liberal	2	5,675	50.8
Total		9	11,178	100

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

Footnotes

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