However its success in 1874 was marred by the lack of unity within the party in the House of Commons, where many of its members in effect sat as Liberal MPs and voted against their own Irish colleagues. It was not until then chairman Charles Stewart Parnell in the early 1880s introduced a strict whip that the party began to exercise serious influence, and act as a unit, at Westminster.
1874, united, kingdom, general, election, ireland, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland produced the first major electoral appearance of the Home Rule League under chairman Isaac Butt The party s electoral success in which it won 60 MPs taking control of Irish electoral politics from the previously dominant Conservative and the Liberal parties was the beginning of a dominance that was to see the party as the Irish Parliamentary Party control the political landscape in Ireland until its wipeout in the 1918 general election 1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland 1868 31 January 17 February 1874 1874 01 31 1874 02 17 1880 outgoing memberselected members 103 of the 652 seats to the House of Commons a First party Second party Third party Leader Isaac Butt Benjamin Disraeli William Ewart GladstoneParty Home Rule Conservative LiberalLeader since 1873 27 February 1868 3 December 1868Leader s seat Limerick Buckinghamshire GreenwichLast election New 39 66Seats won 60 33 10Seat change 60 6 56Popular vote 90 234 91 702 39 778Percentage 39 6 40 8 18 4 Swing 39 6 1 1 39 5 Results of the 1874 election in IrelandHowever its success in 1874 was marred by the lack of unity within the party in the House of Commons where many of its members in effect sat as Liberal MPs and voted against their own Irish colleagues It was not until then chairman Charles Stewart Parnell in the early 1880s introduced a strict whip that the party began to exercise serious influence and act as a unit at Westminster Contents 1 Results 2 See also 3 Notes 4 Sources 5 ReferencesResults editParty Seats Seats change Votes ChangeHome Rule 60 New 90 234 39 6 nbsp 39 6 Irish Conservative 33 nbsp 6 91 702 40 8 nbsp 1 1 Liberal 10 nbsp 56 39 778 18 4 nbsp 39 5 Other Incl the Catholic Union 0 2 934 1 2 nbsp 1 0 Total 103 nbsp 2 224 648 100Popular voteIrish Conservative 40 82 Home Rule 40 17 Liberal 17 71 Others 1 31 Parliamentary seatsHome Rule 58 35 Irish Conservative 31 42 Liberal 9 71 See also editHistory of Ireland 1801 1923 Notes edit Sligo Borough and Cashel had been disenfranchised by the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870 so there was a reduction in two seats from Ireland Sources editCraig F W S ed British Electoral Facts 1832 1987 References edit nbsp nbsp This Irish elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This United Kingdom election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1874 United Kingdom general election in Ireland amp oldid 1143234972, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
