UK Elections Info
< General Election - March 1857 >
| Westminster Elections |
| MPs by Constituency |
| Full List |
| MPs by Age |
| MPs by Surname |
| MPs by Party |
| Candidates by Party |
| MPs by %age of Vote |
| Candidates by %age of Vote |
| MPs by Return Date |
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Whig | 263 |
| CON | 262 |
| Radical | 69 |
| Peelite | 37 |
| Ind Irish | 15 |
| Ind LIB | 7 |
| Ind CON | 1 |
| Ind | 1 |
| Party | MPs | Total Votes |
Percentage of Votes | Contests | %age Votes in Contested |
%age Votes of Total Electorate | %age Votes of Electorate Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | 263 | 274,369 | 38.32 | 330 | 55.36 | 22.27 | 23.48 |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 262 | 238,513 | 33.31 | 350 | 52.22 | 19.36 | 20.76 |
| Radical | 69 | 144,350 | 20.16 | 109 | 57.32 | 11.72 | 24.91 |
| Peelite | 37 | 27,178 | 3.80 | 48 | 52.17 | 2.21 | 23.47 |
| Independent Irish | 15 | 23,888 | 3.34 | 24 | 49.27 | 1.94 | 25.65 |
| Independent Liberal | 7 | 5,233 | 0.73 | 11 | 53.10 | 0.42 | 25.92 |
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 1,787 | 0.25 | 2 | 44.24 | 0.15 | 35.56 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | --- | --- | --- |
| Chartist | 0 | 618 | 0.09 | 2 | 17.35 | 0.05 | 8.89 |