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1885 United Kingdom general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won
247
gptkbp:ConservativePartyPopularVote
1,678,125
gptkbp:ConservativePartyVotePercentage
36.6%
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate
1885-12-18
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1885 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:IrishParliamentaryPartyLeader
gptkb:Charles_Stewart_Parnell
gptkbp:IrishParliamentaryPartyPopularVote
307,143
gptkbp:IrishParliamentaryPartySeats
86
gptkbp:IrishParliamentaryPartyVotePercentage
6.7%
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Marquess_of_Salisbury
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkbp:legislature
gptkb:House_of_Commons
gptkbp:LiberalPartyPopularVote
2,183,940
gptkbp:LiberalPartyVotePercentage
47.7%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon
319
gptkbp:majoritySeats
336
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1886_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notableFor
first election with single-member constituencies in most of the UK
first election after the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
gptkbp:parliament
gptkb:22nd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party
gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkb:Irish_Parliamentary_Party
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1880_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
670
gptkbp:startDate
1885-11-24
gptkbp:type
parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout
81.2%
gptkbp:won
gptkb:Liberal_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Hexham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
gptkb:23rd_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7