All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Viscount Palmerston
Earl of Derby
Party
Liberal
Conservative
Leader since
12 June 1859
July 1846
Leader's seat
Tiverton
House of Lords
Last election
356 seats, 65.8%
298 seats, 34.2%
Seats won
369
289
Seat change
13
9
Popular vote
508,821
346,035
Percentage
59.5%
40.5%
Swing
6.3%
6.3%
Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results
Prime Minister before election
Viscount Palmerston
Liberal
Prime Minister after election
Viscount Palmerston
Liberal
The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.
Palmerston died in October the same year and was succeeded by Lord John Russell as Prime Minister.[1] Despite the Liberal majority, the party was divided by the issue of further parliamentary reform, and Russell resigned after being defeated in a vote in the House of Commons in 1866, leading to minority Conservative governments under Derby and then Benjamin Disraeli.
This was the last United Kingdom general election until 2019 where a party increased its majority after having been returned to office at the previous election with a reduced majority.
1857 election
MPs
1859 election
MPs
1865 election
MPs
1868 election
MPs
1874 election
MPs
^Everett 2006.
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