List of United Kingdom general elections
Election results
In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was established in 1928.

List of United Kingdom general elections

Section Title: Election results
Table Section Text: In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was established in 1928.

Election	Date	Prime Minister(s) (during term)	Winning party	Seat majority	% seats at election / % votes at election	Turnout (%)	Notes

1802 (MPs)	22 July 1802	Henry Addington	Tory

William Pitt the Younger	Tory (Pittite; identified as Whig)

The Lord Grenville	Whig

1806 (MPs)	17 November 1806	The Lord Grenville	Whig

The Duke of Portland	Tory (Pittite; identified as Whig)

1807 (MPs)	22 June 1807	The Duke of Portland	Tory (Pittite; identified as Whig)

Spencer Perceval	Tory

The Earl of Liverpool	Tory

1812 (MPs)	24 November 1812	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory

1818 (MPs)	4 August 1818	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory

1820 (MPs)	16 January 1821	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory

1826 (MPs)	19 June 1826	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory

George Canning	Tory

The Viscount Goderich	Tory

The Duke of Wellington	Tory

1830 (MPs)	9 August 1830	The Duke of Wellington	Tory

The Earl Grey	Whig

1831 (MPs)	25 July 1831	The Earl Grey	Whig

At this point, the Reform Act 1832 abolished most rotten boroughs, and extended suffrage to propertied male adults increasing the electorate from 366,000 to 650,000 (18% of males over 21, which is 9% of all adults over 21)

1832 (MPs)	29 January 1833	The Earl Grey	Whig	225	67.02% / 67.01%

The Viscount Melbourne	Whig

The Duke of Wellington	Conservative	−308

Sir Robert Peel	Conservative

1835 (MPs)	19 February 1835	Sir Robert Peel	Conservative	−113 (C)	58.51% / 57.25%

The Viscount Melbourne	Whig	113

1837 (MPs)	15 November 1837	The Viscount Melbourne	Whig	29	52.28% / 52.42%

1841 (MPs)	19 August 1841	The Viscount Melbourne	Whig	55.78%

Sir Robert Peel	Conservative	77	51.62%

Lord John Russell	Whig

1847 (MPs)	9 August 1847	Lord John Russell	Whig	−72	44.51% / 53.75%

The Earl of Derby	Conservative

1852 (MPs)	4 November 1852	The Earl of Derby	Conservative	7	50.46% / 41.87%

The Earl of Aberdeen	Peelite

The Viscount Palmerston	Whig

1857 (MPs)	30 April 1857	The Viscount Palmerston	Whig	100	57.65% / 64.77%

The Earl of Derby	Conservative

1859 (MPs)	31 May 1859	The Earl of Derby	Conservative	54.43% / 65.80%

The Viscount Palmerston	Liberal	59

1865 (MPs)	11 July 1865	The Viscount Palmerston	Liberal	81	56.08% / 59.52%

The Earl Russell	Liberal

The Earl of Derby	Conservative

Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative

At this point, the Reform Act 1867 significantly widened the suffrage increasing the numbers of voters from 1 million to 2 million men, and disenfranchised more smaller boroughs.

1868 (MPs)	10 December 1868	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	115	58.81% / 61.24%

1874 (MPs)	5 March 1874	Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative	49	53.68% / 44.27%

1880 (MPs)	29 April 1880	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	51	53.99% / 54.66%

The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative

At this point, the Representation of the People Act 1884 extended the borough franchise of 1867 to the counties, increasing the electorate from 3 million to 5 million men.

1885 (MPs)	12 January 1886	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative

William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	−16	47.61% / 47.65%

1886 (MPs)	5 August 1886	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	58	58.66% / 51.40%

1892 (MPs)	4 August 1892	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	46.72% / 46.99%

William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	−126

The Earl of Rosebery	Liberal

The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative

1895 (MPs)	12 August 1895	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	153	61.34% / 49.20%

1900 (MPs)	3 December 1900	The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	135	Khaki election

Arthur Balfour	Conservative

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal

1906 (MPs)	13 February 1906	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	129

H. H. Asquith

January 1910 (MPs)	15 February 1910	H. H. Asquith	Liberal	−122

December 1910 (MPs)	31 January 1911	H. H. Asquith	Liberal	−126

David Lloyd George

The Parliament Act 1911 reduced the maximum life of a Parliament from seven years to five; however, the election that would have been due by 1916 as a result of the Act was not held due to the First World War (1914–1918).

1918 (MPs)	14 December 1918	David Lloyd George	Liberal (Coalition government)	238	57.2	Coalition Coupon

Bonar Law	Conservative

1922 (MPs)	15 November 1922	Bonar Law	Conservative	74	73

Stanley Baldwin

1923 (MPs)	6 December 1923	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	71.1

Ramsay MacDonald	Labour	−98

1924 (MPs)	29 October 1924	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	210	77

At this point, the Representation of the People Act 1928 gave universal suffrage to the adult population over 21, increasing the female electorate by 5 million.

1929 (MPs)	30 May 1929	Ramsay MacDonald	Labour	−42	76.3	The "flapper" election

1931 (MPs)	27 October 1931	Ramsay MacDonald	National Labour (National Government)	492	76.4

1935 (MPs)	14 November 1935	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative (National Government)	242	71.1

Neville Chamberlain	Conservative (National Government)	242

Winston Churchill	Conservative (Wartime Coalition)	609

Winston Churchill	Conservative (Caretaker Government)	242

The election due by 1940 was not held due to the Second World War (1939–1945)

1945 (MPs)	5 July 1945	Clement Attlee	Labour	146	72.8	640 seats in Commons

At this point, the Representation of the People Act 1948 abolished plural voting, university constituencies and the few remaining two-member constituencies.

1950 (MPs)	23 February 1950	Clement Attlee	Labour	5	83.9	625 seats in Commons

1951 (MPs)	25 October 1951	Sir Winston Churchill	Conservative	17	82.6

Sir Anthony Eden

1955 (MPs)	26 May 1955	Sir Anthony Eden	Conservative	60	76.8	630 seats in Commons

Harold Macmillan

1959 (MPs)	8 October 1959	Harold Macmillan	Conservative	100	78.7

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

1964 (MPs)	15 October 1964	Harold Wilson	Labour	4	77.1

1966 (MPs)	31 March 1966	Harold Wilson	Labour	98	75.8

At this point, the Representation of the People Act 1969 gave suffrage to the adult population over 18 years old.

1970 (MPs)	18 June 1970	Edward Heath	Conservative	30	72

February 1974 (MPs)	28 February 1974	Harold Wilson	Labour (minority government)	−33	78.8	Hung parliament

October 1974 (MPs)	10 October 1974	Harold Wilson	Labour	3	72.8	635 seats in Commons

James Callaghan

1979 (MPs)	3 May 1979	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	43	76

1983 (MPs)	9 June 1983	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	144	72.7	650 seats in Commons

1987 (MPs)	11 June 1987	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	102	75.3

John Major

1992 (MPs)	9 April 1992	John Major	Conservative	21	77.7	651 seats in Commons

1997 (MPs)	1 May 1997	Tony Blair	Labour	179	71.4	659 seats in Commons

2001 (MPs)	7 June 2001	Tony Blair	Labour	167	59.4

2005 (MPs)	5 May 2005	Tony Blair	Labour	66	61.4	646 seats in Commons

Gordon Brown

2010 (MPs)	6 May 2010	David Cameron	Conservative (formed coalition with Liberal Democrats)	78 (combined coalition)	65.1	650 seats in Commons; hung parliament

At this point, the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 was passed. Elections are now every five years, barring parliamentary vote.

2015 (MPs)	7 May 2015	David Cameron	Conservative	12	66.1	650 seats in Commons

Theresa May

2017 (MPs)	8 June 2017	Theresa May	Conservative (minority government)	0 (confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party)	68.7	Snap election approved 19 April 2017; hung parliament

Next (scheduled 2022)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Sentence(s)

In 1835 general election, the Conservative Party won.

final_sentence: In 1835 general election, the Conservative Party won.