Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom
Successful no confidence votes

Motions of no confidence in the United Kingdom

Section Title: Successful no confidence votes
Table Section Text: None

Prime Minister in office	Date	Subject of motion	Result and majority against the government	Consequences

Sir Robert Walpole, later The Earl of Orford	28 January 1742	Ministerial petition against the return of 2 Members of Parliament for Chippenham	235–236 & 1	The Prime Minister resigned on 11 February.

Lord North	27 February 1782	Motion to end offensive war in America	234–215 & 19	The Government resigned on 22 March.

William Pitt the Younger	2 February 1784	Motion of no confidence	223–204 & 19	The Prime Minister advised King George III to dissolve Parliament, which he did on 25 March.

The Duke of Wellington	15 November 1830	Motion to consider the Civil List in a committee	204–233 & 29	The Government resigned on 16 November.

Sir Robert Peel	7 April 1835	Report on the Irish Church	285–258 & 27	The Government resigned on 8 April.

The Viscount Melbourne	4 June 1841	Motion of no confidence	312–311 & 1	The Prime Minister advised Queen Victoria to dissolve Parliament, which she did on 23 June.

The Viscount Melbourne	27 August 1841	Amendment to the Address	269–360 & 91	The Government resigned on 30 August.

Sir Robert Peel	25 June 1846	Irish Coercion Bill	219–292 & 73	The Government resigned on 27 June.

Lord John Russell (later The Earl Russell)	20 February 1851	Motion to assimilate county to borough franchise	100–52 & 48	The Government resigned on 22 February but resumed on 3 March.

Lord John Russell (later The Earl Russell)	20 February 1852	Local Militia Bill	125–136 & 11	The Government resigned on 21 February.

The Earl of Derby	16 December 1852	Budget	286–305 & 19	The Government resigned on 17 December.

The Earl of Aberdeen	29 January 1855	Vote in favour of a select committee to enquire into alleged mismanagement during the Crimean War	305–148 & 157	The Government resigned on 30 January.

The Viscount Palmerston	19 February 1858	Bill which made it a felony to plot in Britain to murder someone abroad	215–234 & 19	The Government resigned on 21 February.

The Earl of Derby	10 June 1859	Amendment to the Address	323–310 & 13	The Government resigned on 11 June.

The Earl Russell (formerly Lord John Russell)	18 June 1866	Amendment to the Parliamentary Reform Bill	315–304 & 11	The Government resigned on 26 June.

William Ewart Gladstone	12 March 1873	Irish University Bill	284–287 & 3	The Government resigned on 12 March but resumed on 20 March.

William Ewart Gladstone	8 June 1885	Budget	252–264 & 12	The Government resigned on 9 June.

The Marquess of Salisbury	26 January 1886	Amendment to the Address	329–250 & 79	The Government resigned on 28 January.

William Ewart Gladstone	7 June 1886	The Government of Ireland Bill	311–341 & 30	The Prime Minister advised Queen Victoria to dissolve Parliament, which she did on 26 June.

The Marquess of Salisbury	11 August 1892	Amendment to the Address	350–310 & 40	The Government resigned on 11 August.

The Earl of Rosebery	21 June 1895	The Cordite Vote	132–125 & 7	The Government resigned on 21 June.

Stanley Baldwin	21 January 1924	Amendment to the Address	328–251 & 77	The Government resigned on 22 January.

Ramsay MacDonald	8 October 1924	Motion in respect of the Campbell Case	364–198 & 166	The Prime Minister advised King George V to dissolve Parliament, which he did on 9 October.

James Callaghan	28 March 1979	Motion of no confidence	311–310 & 1	Queen Elizabeth II dissolved Parliament on 7 April.

Sentence(s)

The no confidence motion was held on 28 March 1979, when Jim Callaghan's Labour government fell from office by one vote, 311–310.

final_sentence: The no confidence motion was held on 28 March 1979, when Jim Callaghan's Labour government fell from office by one vote, 311–310.