The 1837 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor, Queen Victoria.
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It saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.
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The election marked the last time that a Parliament was dissolved as a result of the demise of the Crown. The dissolution of Parliament six months after a demise of the Crown, as provided for by the Succession to the Crown Act 1707, was abolished by the Reform Act 1867.
UK General Election 1837 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Whig | 510 | 344 | −41 | 52.28 | 52.42 | 418,331 | −4.8 | ||||||||
Conservative | 484 | 314 | +41 | 47.72 | 47.58 | 379,694 | +4.8 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Conservative | 414 | 102 | 284 | +46 | 353,000 | 48.2 | +5.4 | |
Whig | 422 | 81 | 271 | −46 | 379,961 | 51.8 | −5.4 | |
Total | 836 | 183 | 555 | 732,961 | 100 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Conservative | 348 | 80 | 239 | +39 | 321,124 | 48.9 | +6.3 | |
Whig | 352 | 60 | 225 | −39 | 347,549 | 51.1 | −6.3 | |
Total | 658 | 177 | 464 | 491,540 | 100 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Whig | 49 | 15 | 33 | −5 | 22,082 | 54.0 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | 35 | 7 | 20 | +5 | 18,569 | 46.0 | +8.8 | |
Total | 84 | 22 | 53 | 40,651 | 100 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Conservative | 25 | 11 | 19 | +2 | 11,616 | 52.8 | −11.1 | |
Whig | 20 | 6 | 13 | −2 | 10,144 | 47.2 | +11.1 | |
Total | 45 | 17 | 32 | 21,760 | 100 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Whig/Repeal Coalition | 88 | 34 | 73 | +5 | 38,370 | 58.5 | +9.9 | |
Irish Conservative | 70 | 19 | 30 | −5 | 26,694 | 41.5 | −9.9 | |
Total | 158 | 53 | 103 | 65,064 | 100 |
Party | Candidates | Unopposed | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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Conservative | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1,691 | 90.1 | |||
Whig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 9.9 | |||
Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1,877 | 100 |
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