UK Elections Info
< General Election - April 1859 >
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| LIB | 353 |
| CON | 296 |
| Ind LIB | 3 |
| Peelite | 1 |
| Speaker | 1 |
| Party | MPs | Total Votes |
Percentage of Votes | Contests | %age Votes in Contested |
%age Votes of Total Electorate | %age Votes of Electorate Contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Party | 353 | 363,317 | 64.25 | 454 | 51.97 | 28.57 | 21.03 |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 296 | 199,137 | 35.22 | 393 | 48.20 | 15.66 | 15.16 |
| Independent Liberal | 3 | 657 | 0.12 | 4 | 51.73 | 0.05 | 7.12 |
| Peelite | 1 | 418 | 0.07 | 1 | 82.77 | 0.03 | 60.14 |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | --- | --- | --- |
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 1,453 | 0.26 | 1 | 41.28 | 0.11 | 33.56 |
| Chartist | 0 | 229 | 0.04 | 3 | 3.90 | 0.02 | 2.42 |
| Liberal/Conservative | 0 | 213 | 0.04 | 2 | 34.13 | 0.02 | 27.10 |
| Independent | 0 | 54 | 0.01 | 1 | 6.59 | 0.00 | 4.46 |