1835 United Kingdom general election

The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority.

1835 United Kingdom general election
6 January – 6 February 1835 (1835-01-06 – 1835-02-06)
All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Viscount Melbourne Sir Robert Peel
Party Whig Conservative
Leader since 16 July 1834 19 December 1834
Leader's seat House of Lords Tamworth
Last election 441 seats, 67.0% 175 seats, 29.2%
Seats won 385 273
Seat change 56 98
Popular vote 349,868 261,269
Percentage 57.2% 42.8%
Swing 9.8% 13.6%
Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election

Sir Robert Peel
Conservative

 Prime Minister after
election

Viscount Melbourne
Whig

Under the terms of the Lichfield House Compact the Whigs had entered into an electoral pact with the Irish Repeal Association of Daniel O'Connell, which had contested the previous election as a separate party. The Radicals were also included in this alliance.

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