1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
11–24 July 1865 (1865-07-11 – 1865-07-24)
105 of the 658 seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viscount Palmerston Earl of Derby
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 6 February 1855 July 1846
Leader's seat Tiverton House of Lords
Seats before 50 55
Seats won 58 47
Seat change 8 8
Popular vote 51,532 41,497
Percentage 55.6% 44.4%
Swing 5.5% 5.5%
Results of the 1865 election in Ireland

The 1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland took place in July 1865. It was the first election contested by the new Liberal Party. In Ireland, the Liberals increased their seat total. This composed the greater part of the increase of 13 seats for the Liberals led by Viscount Palmerston in the United Kingdom election as a whole, after which they stayed in office. Palmerston died later that year and was succeeded as prime minister by Earl Russell.

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