UK Elections Info
< General Election - December 1885 >
| 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 | 309 |
| CON | 247 |
| N | 86 |
| Ind LIB | 11 |
| LIB/LAB | 10 |
| Ind LIB/Crofter | 4 |
| Ind CON | 2 |
| Ind LIB/LAB | 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 | 309 | 2,134,356 | 46.02 | 557 | 50.99 | 37.40 | 41.05 |
| Conservative & Unionist Party | 247 | 2,012,740 | 43.39 | 597 | 45.39 | 35.27 | 36.52 |
| Nationalist | 86 | 307,243 | 6.62 | 92 | 76.81 | 5.38 | 45.92 |
| Independent Liberal | 11 | 63,133 | 1.36 | 34 | 27.27 | 1.11 | 21.77 |
| Liberal/Labour | 10 | 65,671 | 1.42 | 18 | 53.01 | 1.15 | 40.12 |
| Independent Liberal / Crofter | 4 | 16,546 | 0.36 | 6 | 52.44 | 0.29 | 40.98 |
| Independent Conservative | 2 | 15,976 | 0.34 | 8 | 21.90 | 0.28 | 17.16 |
| Ind LIB/LAB | 1 | 8,232 | 0.18 | 4 | 26.82 | 0.14 | 19.91 |
| Independent | 0 | 6,570 | 0.14 | 6 | 19.01 | 0.12 | 13.65 |
| Scottish Land Restoration League | 0 | 2,359 | 0.05 | 5 | 6.36 | 0.04 | 5.23 |
| Loyalist | 0 | 1,869 | 0.04 | 6 | 8.31 | 0.03 | 5.80 |
| Scot Farmers Alliance | 0 | 1,530 | 0.03 | 1 | 19.65 | 0.03 | 15.08 |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 1,451 | 0.03 | 1 | 35.99 | 0.03 | 24.45 |
| Social Democratic Foundation | 0 | 657 | 0.01 | 3 | 2.97 | 0.01 | 2.25 |