1857 election United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...  • MPs MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1857 This is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons at the United Kingdom general election, 1857, arranged by constituency.-See also:*United Kingdom general election, 1857*List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom...

1859 election United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...  • MPs

1865 election • MPs

1868 election United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...  • MPs MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1868 This is a list of Members of Parliament elected to the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1868 general election.-See also:*UK general election, 1868*List of Parliaments of the United Kingdom...

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The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party

British Whig Party

The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

 changed its name to the Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 between the previous election and this one.

Palmerston died later in the same year and was succeeded by Lord John Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

 as Prime Minister

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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.

This was the last United Kingdom general election where a party increased its majority after having been returned to office at the previous election with a reduced majority.

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