1806 United Kingdom general election

The 1806 United Kingdom general election was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.

1806 United Kingdom general election
29 October – 17 December 1806 (1806-10-29 – 1806-12-17)
All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lord Grenville Duke of Portland
Party Whig Pittite
Leader since 11 February 1806 —
Seats won 431 228
Seat change 162 155
The UK parliament after the 1806 election
Prime Minister before election

Lord Grenville
Whig

 Prime Minister after
election

Lord Grenville
Whig

The general election took place in a situation of considerable uncertainty about the future of British politics, following the sudden death of William Pitt the Younger and the formation of the Ministry of all the Talents.

The second United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 24 October 1806. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 13 December 1806, 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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