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1806 United Kingdom general election

1806 United Kingdom general election

← 1802 29 October – 17 December 1806 (1806-10-29 – 1806-12-17) 1807 →

All 658 seats in the House of Commons
330 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lord Grenville Duke of Portland
Party Whig Tory
Leader since 11 February 1806
Seats won 431 228
Seat change Increase162 Decrease155

Composition of the House of Commons after the election

Prime Minister before election

Lord Grenville
Whig

Prime Minister after
election

Lord Grenville
Whig

The 1806 United Kingdom general election was the second general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held from 29 October 1806 to 17 December 1806, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament.

The general election took place in a situation of considerable uncertainty about the future of British politics, following the sudden death of William Pitt the Younger and the formation of the Ministry of all the Talents.

Parliament was dissolved on 24 October 1806. The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 13 December 1806, 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.


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