1796 British general election

1796 British general election

← 1790 25 May – 29 June 1796 (1796-05-25 – 1796-06-29) 1802 (UK) →

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 Increase84 Decrease88

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).