1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

The 1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland took place in July 1865. It was the first election contested by the new Liberal Party. In Ireland, the Liberals increased their seat total. This composed the greater part of the increase of 13 seats for the Liberals led by Viscount Palmerston in the United Kingdom election as a whole, after which they stayed in office. Palmerston died later that year and was succeeded as prime minister by Earl Russell.

1865 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

11–24 July 1865 (1865-07-11 – 1865-07-24)
105 of the 658 seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader Viscount Palmerston Earl of Derby Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 6 February 1855 July 1846 Leader's seat Tiverton House of Lords Seats before 50 55 Seats won 58 47 Seat change 8 8 Popular vote 51,532 41,497 Percentage 55.6% 44.4% Swing 5.5% 5.5%
Results of the 1865 election in Ireland

Results

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Liberal	83	28	58	8	51,532	55.6	5.5
	Irish Conservative	61	27	47	8	41,497	44.4	5.5
Total		142	55	105	—	93,029	100

The vote total does not include the result from Dublin University

Popular vote Liberal   55.39% Irish Conservative   44.61%

Parliamentary seats Liberal   55.24% Irish Conservative   44.76%

See also

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)