1895 General Election

13 July – 7 August 1895 · The Mass Franchise · 670 seats, 336 for a majority

Salisbury's Unionists crushed a demoralised Liberal Party a year after Gladstone's retirement. The Conservative-Liberal Unionist alliance now governed as a single electoral force.

Prime Minister before

Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative

Prime Minister (continued)

Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

Turnout

78.4%

The result

Sort by

Conservative and Liberal Unionist

Marquess of Salisbury · 49.3%

411

seats

Liberal

Earl of Rosebery · 45.6%

177

seats

Irish National Federation

John Dillon · 2.6%

seats


Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Marquess of Salisbury	411	1,759,484	49.3%	+2.3
Liberal	Earl of Rosebery	177	1,628,405	45.6%	+0.2
Irish National Federation	John Dillon	70	92,556	2.6%	-2.6

Before 1918, party labels were looser and many seats went uncontested, so vote totals and shares understate real support. Seat counts are the reliable measure.