United Kingdom general election, 1874

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The 1874 UK general election ended with the Liberals, led by William Gladstone, winning a majority of the votes cast, but Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives winning the majority of seats in the House of Commons, largely because they won a number of uncontested seats.

The election also saw Irish Nationalists in the Home Rule Party become the first significant third party in Parliament.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Liberal	1,281,159	242	- 145	52.0
Conservative	1,091,708	350	+ 79	44.3
Home Rule	90,234	60		3.7

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