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1895 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

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All 72 Scottish seats to theHouse of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader Earl of Rosebery Marquess of Salisbury Keir Hardie Party Liberal Conservative and Liberal Unionist Ind. Labour Party Last election 51[a] 21[a][c] 0 Seats won 39 33 0 Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 236,446[b] 214,403[b] 4,269[b] Percentage 51.7% 46.4% 0.8% Swing 2.2% 3.0% New party
Results of the 1892 election in Scotland for the county and burgh seats   Liberal   Conservative   Liberal Unionist

The1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1895, and members were returned for allScottish seats.^[1] Scotland was allocated 72 seats in total, with 70 territorial seats, comprising 32burgh constituencies and 37county constituencies.^[d] There were also twouniversity constituencies,Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities andEdinburgh and St Andrews Universities. As voters in university constituencies voted in addition to their territorial vote, the results are compiled separately.

William Gladstone had led theLiberals to powerthree years earlier, however following his retirement in 1894 theEarl of Rosebery had been appointed as prime minister. Rosebery's government found itself largely in a state of paralysis due to a power struggle between him andWilliam Harcourt, the Liberal leader in the Commons. The situation came to a head on 21 June 1895, when Parliament voted to dismissSecretary of State for WarHenry Campbell-Bannerman; Rosebery, realising that the government would likely not survive amotion of no confidence were one to be brought, promptly resigned as prime minister.Conservative leaderLord Salisbury was subsequently re-appointed for a third spell as prime minister, and promptly called a new election. Although the Liberals won a majority of the seats in Scotland, they suffered large losses, and when combined with results from across the United Kingdom theConservatives/Liberal Unionist alliance achieved a parliamentary majority of 153 for Lord Salisbury.

TheIndependent Labour Party, having only previously existed as a loose grouping of left-wing politicians, formally organised into a party led byKeir Hardie in 1893 and contested their first election.

Party			Seats	Last Election	Seats change
	Liberal		39	51	12
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist (Total)		33	21	12
		Liberal Unionist	14	11	3
		Conservative	19	10	9
Total			72	72

Party		Seats[1]	Seats change	Votes[1]	%	% Change
	Liberal	39	12	236,446	51.7	2.2
	Conservative &Liberal Unionist	31	12	214,403	47.4	3.0
	Independent Labour Party	0		4,269	0.8	0.8
	Others	0		608	0.1
Total		70		455,726	100.0

The twouniversity constituencies each elected an additional member to the house. In this election both seats were uncontested, with the sitting members being returned unopposed.

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