1807 United Kingdom general election

The 1807 United Kingdom general election was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.

1807 United Kingdom general election
4 May – 9 June 1807 (1807-05-04 – 1807-06-09)
All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Duke of Portland Lord Grenville
Party Pittite Whig
Leader since 31 March 1807 11 February 1806
Seats won 216 213
Seat change 12 218
The UK parliament after the 1807 election
Prime Minister before election

Duke of Portland
Pittite

 Prime Minister after
election

Duke of Portland
Pittite

The third United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 29 April 1807. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 22 June 1807, 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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