3rd election after the union of Great Britain and Ireland
1807 United Kingdom general election
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All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Duke of Portland
Lord Grenville
Party
Pittite
Whig
Leader since
31 March 1807
11 February 1806
Seats won
216
213
Seat change
12
218
The UK parliament after the 1807 election
Prime Minister before election
Duke of Portland
Pittite
Prime Minister after election
Duke of Portland
Pittite
The 1807 United Kingdom general election was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
The third United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 29 April 1807. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 22 June 1807, for a maximum seven-year term from that date. The maximum term could be and normally was curtailed, by the monarch dissolving the Parliament, before its term expired.
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