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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. This election is also considered to be the first to be contested by the Liberal Party – a name unofficially adopted to cover the alliance of Whigs Peelites Radicals and Irish Brigade who had previously voted against the Derby administration in the House of Commons that had led to the election.
