1835 United Kingdom general election
The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority.
Image: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge
Image: Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail
1832 United Kingdom general election
The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act, saw the Whigs win an overall majority of 224 seats, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote.
Image: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey after Sir Thomas Lawrence copy
Image: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson cropped
Image: Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America embracing history, statesmanship, naval and military life, philosophy, the drama, science, literature and art, with biographies (1873) (14587944860)