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In the 1874 United Kingdom general election, the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, won a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives won the majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seats. Results |} Total votes 854856 Results |} Total votes cast 2333251 A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberdeen | John Farley Leith | |-| Aberdeenshire East | William Dingwall Fordyce | |-| Aberdeenshire West Results |} Total votes cast 3359416 Voting summary Seats summary A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberdeen | John Webster | |-| Aberdeenshire East | Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon | |-| Aberdeenshire West Results |} Total votes cast 4638235 All parties shown Voting summary Seats summary See also A |-!Constituency!!MP!!Party|-| Aberdeen North | William Alexander Hunter | Liberal|-| Aberdeen South | James Bryce | Liberal|-| Aberdeenshire The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (born Benjamin D'Israeli; 21 December 1804 &ndash 19 April 1881 was The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
The election also saw Irish Nationalists in the Home Rule League become the first significant third party in Parliament. Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a Political party which campaigned for Home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to In a Two-party system of politics the term third party is sometimes applied to a party other than the two dominant ones
This was the first General Election that used a secret ballot following the 1872 Secret Ballot Act. In 1872 Gladstone introduced the Ballot Act, which required that British general elections to Parliament and local government election use the The Irish Nationalist gains could well be attributed to the effects of the secret ballot as tenants faced less of a threat of eviction if they voted against the wishes of their landlords.
Results
| UK General Election 1874 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Liberal | 242 | - 145 | 52. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party 0 | 1,281,159 | - 9. 5 | ||||
| Conservative | 350 | + 79 | 44. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. 3 | 1,091,708 | + 5. 9 | ||||
| Home Rule | 60 | 60 | 0 | + 60 | 3. The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a Political party which campaigned for Home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to 7 | 90,234 | N/A | ||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0. 0 | 2,936 | 0. 0 | ||
Total votes cast: 2,466,037. "Others" include the Catholic Union. The Catholic Union was a political organisation in Ireland in the 1870s
References
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
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