General Election (1886).
|
Unsuccessful Candidates. |
Successful Candidates. |
|
L. |
C. |
L. Votes. |
C. Votes. |
L. |
C. |
L. Votes. |
C. Votes. |
Contested Seats:- |
English and Welsh Boroughs |
155 |
44 |
429,244 |
128,867 |
72 |
130 |
285,016 |
460,912 |
English and Welsh Counties |
122 |
29 |
376,068 |
100,027 |
76 |
72 |
320,574 |
301,753 |
England and Wales |
277 |
73 |
805,312 |
228,894 |
148 |
202 |
605,590 |
762,655 |
Scotch Boroughs |
23 |
4 |
57,471 |
10,000 |
26 |
1 |
90,280 |
5,772 |
Scotch Counties |
30 |
4 |
74,875 |
8,362 |
24 |
10 |
81,814 |
30,428 |
Scotland |
53 |
8 |
132,346 |
18,362 |
50 |
11 |
172,094 |
36,200 |
Irish Boroughs |
7 |
2 |
7,084 |
4,445 |
3 |
6 |
10,023 |
19,551 |
Irish Counties |
13 |
12 |
30,713 |
21,244 |
16 |
7 |
72,472 |
33,021 |
Ireland |
20 |
14 |
37,797 |
25,689 |
19 |
13 |
82,495 |
52,572 |
United Kingdom |
350 |
95 |
975,455 |
272,945 |
217 |
226 |
860,179 |
851,427 |
Uncontested Seats:— |
English and Welsh Boroughs |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
18 |
22 |
.. |
.. |
English and Welsh Counties |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
42 |
63 |
.. |
.. |
Scotch Boroughs |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
4 |
2 |
.. |
.. |
Scotch Counties |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
5 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Irish Boroughs |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
9 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Irish Counties |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
59 |
3 |
.. |
.. |
United Kingdom |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
137 |
90 |
.. |
.. |
Grand Total |
|
|
|
|
354 |
316 |
.. |
.. |
|
Liberal Votes. |
Percentage to Electors. |
Conservative Votes. |
Percentage to Electors. |
Total Votes. |
Percentage to Electors. |
England and Wales—Boroughs |
714,260 |
38 |
589,769 |
32 |
1,304,029 |
70 |
England and Wales—Counties |
696,642 |
27 |
401,780 |
16 |
1,098,422 |
43 |
Scotland—Boroughs |
147,751 |
60 |
15,772 |
6 |
163,523 |
66 |
Scotland—Counties |
156,689 |
49 |
38,790 |
12 |
195,479 |
60 |
Ireland—Boroughs |
17,107 |
14 |
23,996 |
20 |
41,103 |
35 |
Ireland—Counties |
103,185 |
16 |
54,265 |
9 |
157,450 |
25 |
England and Wales |
1,410,902 |
32 |
991,549 |
23 |
2,402,451 |
55 |
Scotland |
304,440 |
53 |
54,562 |
10 |
359,002 |
63 |
Ireland |
120,292 |
16 |
78,261 |
10 |
198,553 |
26 |
United Kingdom |
1,835,634 |
32 |
1,124,372 |
20 |
2,960,006 |
52 |
The fifty privileged or over-represented constituencies given in the first three tables of p. 41, having (in 1881) an aggregate population of 1,255,105, returned 37 Conservatives and 18 Liberals. Had the contested seats been allotted in proportion to the votes recorded for each party, the Liberals would have had a majority of 154, instead of only 38 as shown above.