1892 United Kingdom general election

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The 1892 United Kingdom general election was a parliamentary contest that resulted in a narrow victory for the Liberal Party under William Ewart Gladstone, leading to a minority government supported by Irish Nationalists.

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election
parliamentary election
chamberElected House of Commons of the United Kingdom
ConservativePopularVoteShare 47.6%
ConservativeSeatChange -32
ConservativeSeatsWon 268
country United Kingdom
electionForOffice Member of Parliament
endDate 1892-07-26
era Victorian era
geographicScope Great Britain and Ireland
governmentFormed Liberal minority government
historicalSignificance last general election won by William Ewart Gladstone
IrishNationalistPopularVoteShare 2.9%
IrishNationalistSeatChange -9
IrishNationalistSeatsWon 81
leaderOfConservativeParty Marquess of Salisbury
leaderOfLiberalParty William Ewart Gladstone
legislatureTerm 25th Parliament of the United Kingdom
LiberalPopularVoteShare 47.0%
LiberalSeatChange +40
LiberalSeatsWon 272
LiberalUnionistPopularVoteShare 2.3%
LiberalUnionistSeatChange +1
LiberalUnionistSeatsWon 47
mainWinningParty Liberal Party (UK)
monarchAtTime Queen Victoria
nextElection 1895 United Kingdom general election
notableIssue Irish Home Rule
Irish land question
tariff reform and free trade
notableOutcome return of William Ewart Gladstone as Prime Minister
numberOfSeatsContested 670
parliamentaryMajorityStatus no overall majority
parliamentDissolvedBy Queen Victoria
previousElection 1886 United Kingdom general election
primeMinisterAfterElection William Ewart Gladstone
primeMinisterAfterElectionParty Liberal Party (UK)
primeMinisterBeforeElection Marquess of Salisbury
primeMinisterBeforeElectionParty Conservative Party (UK)
reasonForElection dissolution of Parliament by Marquess of Salisbury
result narrow Liberal victory
secondParty Conservative Party (UK)
startDate 1892-07-04
supportingPartyOfGovernment Irish Nationalist Party
thirdParty Irish Nationalist Party
totalTurnout 82.0%
turnoutChange +1.2 percentage points
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Reginald Pole-Carew electedIn 1892 United Kingdom general election