1796 British general election

1796 British general election

← 1790 25 May – 29 June 1796 (1796-05-25 – 1796-06-29) 1802 (UK) →
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All 558 seats in the House of Commons 280 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader William Pitt Charles James Fox Party Pittite Foxite Leader's seat Cambridge University Westminster Seats won 424 95 Seat change 84 88
Composition of the House of Commons after the election   Tory/Pittite: 424 seats   Whig/Foxite: 95 seats   Other: 39 seats
Prime Minister before election William Pitt Pittite Prime Minister after election William Pitt Pittite

The 1796 British general election returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain. They were summoned before the Union of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801. The members in office in Great Britain at the end of 1800 continued to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–02).