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1880 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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103 of the 652 seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader William Shaw Earl of Beaconsfield Marquess of Hartington Party Home Rule Conservative Liberal Leader since May 1879 27 February 1868 January 1875 Leader's seat County Cork Earl of Beaconsfield North East Lancashire Last election 60 33 10 Seats won 63 25 15 Seat change 3 8 5 Popular vote 95,535 99,607 56,252 Percentage 37.5% 39.8% 22.7% Swing 2.1% 1.0% 4.3%
Results of the 1880 election in Ireland

The 1880 general election in Ireland marked the beginning both of the dominance of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Irish politics and of Charles Stewart Parnell's dominance within the Party.

The party won 63 of the 103 Irish parliamentary seats. 2 later defected to the Liberals. Parnell was presumed to have had the support of 25 of the MPs. When the Parliamentary Party reassembled in Westminster Parnell was elected session chairman of the party in place of William Shaw.

The IPP would not drop below the number of seats won in the 1880 election again until the 1918 general election, when it experienced an electoral wipeout at the hands of Sinn Féin.

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% Change
	Home Rule	63	3	95,535	37.5	2.1
	Irish Conservative	25	8	99,607	39.8	1.0
	Liberal	15	5	56,252	22.7	4.3
Total		103	—	251,394	100.0

See also

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)

References

1. "General Election Dates 1832–2005" (PDF). UK Parliament. House of Commons Library.

Sources

• Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987.
• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Royal Irish Academy. pp. 122–127. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.

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