1885 United Kingdom general election

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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