1841 United Kingdom general election

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:More sources needed Template:Infobox election Template:UK general election navigation The 1841 United Kingdom general election was held between 29 June and 22 July 1841. Following increasing government defeats, the Conservatives under Sir Robert Peel won a decisive victory against the governing Whigs.<ref name="Betty">Template:Citation</ref>

The Conservatives campaigned mainly on an 11-point programme modified from their previous electoral effort and designed by Peel, whilst the Whigs emphasised reforming the import duties on corn, replacing the existing sliding scale with a uniform rate. The Whig position lost them support amongst protectionists, and the Whigs saw heavy losses in constituencies like the West Riding, where aristocratic Whig families who held a strong tradition of unbroken representation in Parliament were rejected by the electorate.

O'Connell, who had been governing with the Whigs through a compact, felt the government's unpopularity rub off on him. His own party was shattered in the election. Barely a dozen Repealers retained their seats, and O'Connell himself lost in Dublin while his son was defeated in Carlow.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The Chartists picked up only a few votes.

Results

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Voting summary

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Seats summary

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Regional results

Great Britain

Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 439 185 326 +42 286,650 52.7 +4.5
Template:Party name with colour 333 83 229 −42 256,774 47.2 −4.6
Template:Party name with colour 8 0 0 Template:Same position 692 0.1 Template:New entry
Total 780 268 555 Template:Same position 544,116 100
England
Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 374 147 277 272,755 53.1
Template:Party name with colour 277 62 187 236,813 46.8
Template:Party name with colour 4 0 0 Template:Same position 307 0.1 Template:New entry
Total 655 209 464 Template:Same position 509,875 100
Scotland
Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 40 13 31 -2 16,356 60.8
Template:Party name with colour 35 16 22 +2 9,793 38.3
Template:Party name with colour 3 0 0 Template:Same position 385 0.9 Template:New entry
Total 78 29 53 Template:Same position 26,534 100
Wales
Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 24 16 21 4,102 53.2
Template:Party name with colour 16 8 11 3,605 46.8
Template:Party name with colour 1 0 0 Template:Same position 0 0.0 Template:New entry
Total 41 24 32 Template:Same position 7,707 100

Ireland

Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 55 30 42 17,128 35.1
Template:Party name with colour 59 27 41 19,664 40.1
Template:Party name with colour 22 12 20 12,537 24.8
Total 136 69 103 49,329 100

Universities

Party Candidates Unopposed Seats Seats change Votes % % change
Template:Party name with colour 6 6 6 Template:Same position Uncontested Uncontested
Total 6 6 6 Template:Same position Uncontested Uncontested

Notable Whig MPs who lost their seats

Notes

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References

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Further reading

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