1830 United Kingdom general election

1830 United Kingdom general election

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All 658 seats in the House of Commons 330 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Duke of Wellington Marquess of Lansdowne Sir Edward Knatchbull Party Tory Whig Ultra-Tories Leader since 22 January 1828 1824[1] 1829 Leader's seat House of Lords House of Lords Kent Seats before 428 seats 198 seats New party Seats won 250 196 60 Seat change 178 2 60 Popular vote 62,554 96,536 2,305 Percentage 38.4% 59.3% 1.4%
Colours denote the winning party[2]
Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election Duke of Wellington Tory Prime Minister after vote of no confidence Earl Grey Whig

The 1830 United Kingdom general election was held on 29 July 1830 to 1 September 1830 in the wake of the death of King George IV, producing the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King William IV. The fractured Tory party under the Duke of Wellington paved the way for Earl Grey to form a government, which would go on to take the issue of electoral reform the following year.

The eighth United Kingdom Parliament was dissolved on 24 July 1830. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 14 September 1830, 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. This election was the first since 1708 to cause the collapse of the government.^[3]