1885 United Kingdom general election
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The 1885 United Kingdom general election was a landmark parliamentary contest that followed major electoral reforms, significantly expanding the franchise and redrawing constituencies across the country.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | United Kingdom general election ⓘ |
| ballotType | single-member district ballots ⓘ |
| ConservativePartyLeader | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ConservativeSeatsWon | 247 ⓘ |
| constituencyBoundariesRedrawn | yes ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| electionType | parliamentary ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| endDate | 1885-12-18 ⓘ |
| franchiseExpanded | yes ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormedAfterElection | Liberal government ⓘ |
| IrishParliamentaryPartyLeader | Charles Stewart Parnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IrishParliamentaryPartySeatsWon | 86 ⓘ |
| issueContext | Irish Home Rule ⓘ |
| largestPartyBySeats | Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| LiberalPartyLeader | William Ewart Gladstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LiberalSeatsWon | 319 ⓘ |
| majorElectoralReform |
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Representation of the People Act 1884 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monarch | Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextElection | 1886 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first general election after the Third Reform Act
ⓘ
creation of predominantly single-member constituencies ⓘ increased political influence of the Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1886 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1886 ⓘ |
| parliamentNumber | 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Irish Home Rule crisis of 1886 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1880 United Kingdom general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | William Ewart Gladstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElectionParty | Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElectionParty | Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | hung parliament ⓘ |
| secondLargestPartyBySeats | Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| singleMemberConstituenciesIntroduced | yes ⓘ |
| startDate | 1885-11-23 ⓘ |
| thirdParty | Irish Parliamentary Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalSeats | 670 ⓘ |
| votingEligiblePopulationIncreased | yes ⓘ |
| votingMethod | secret ballot ⓘ |
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