1826 United Kingdom general election

1826 United Kingdom general election

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All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Earl of Liverpool Marquess of Lansdowne
Party Pittite Whig
Leader since 8 June 1812 1824[1]
Seats won 428 198
Seat change Increase 87 Decrease 17

The UK parliament after the 1826 election

Prime Minister before election

Earl of Liverpool
Pittite

Prime Minister after
election

Earl of Liverpool
Pittite

The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, liberal Protestant candidates favouring Catholic emancipation, backed by the Catholic Association, achieved significant gains.

The seventh United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 2 June 1826. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 25 July 1826, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired. As of 2023, the Earl of Liverpool remains the most recent Prime Minister to have won four successive elections.

  1. ^ Lansdowne was the acting leader of the Whigs.