# Canonical recap data for British General Election (1867)
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slug: 1867-british-general-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1867/1867-british-general-election"
title: British General Election
subtitle: The Second Reform Act doubled the UK electorate and shifted power from landed gentry to urban middle and working classes.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1867-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1867
decade: 1860
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The 1865 United Kingdom general election was held 7 July 1865 to 24 July 1865 to elect 658 members of the House of Commons. It saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to 80.
summaryLong: The 1865 United Kingdom general election was held 7 July 1865 to 24 July 1865 to elect 658 members of the House of Commons. It saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, increase their majority over Benjamin Disraeli's Conservatives.
heroImageUrl: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1697615787173-a5b55de802a1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w5NjI1OTZ8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwyfHxCcml0aXNoJTIwR2VuZXJhbCUyMEVsZWN0aW9ufGVufDB8MHx8fDE3ODMxNDgyNDV8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080"
heroImageCredit: Lawrence Krowdeed on Unsplash
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election"
  title: British general election, 1865
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The 1865 United Kingdom general election was held 7 July 1865 to 24 July 1865 to elect 658 members of the House of Commons. It saw the Liberals, led by Lord Pal
wikidataQid: Q2074533
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260521230150/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-21
  label: British general election, 1865
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election"
