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===UK general election results===
{{Further information|Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK)}}

This chart shows the electoral performance of the Conservative Party in [[List of United Kingdom general elections|each general election]] since 1835.<ref name=demon>{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html |title=General Election Results 1885–1979 |publisher=Election.demon.co.uk |access-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130011015/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html |archive-date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/election/1835-02-06|title=1835 General Election Results &#124; From A Vision of Britain through Time|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218133806/https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/election/1835-02-06|archive-date=18 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Citation only to 1979. Table from 1983 to 2019 is uncited -->

For all election results, including: devolved elections, London elections, Police and Crime Commissioner elections, combined authority elections and European Parliament elections see: [[Electoral history of the Conservative Party (UK)]]

For results of the Tories, the party's predecessor, see [[Tories (British political party)#Electoral performance|here]].
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+ [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=3|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Government
|-
! No.
! Share
! No.
! ±
! Share
|-
|[[1835 United Kingdom general election|1835]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Robert Peel]]
|style="text-align:right;"|261,269
|style="text-align:right;"|40.8%
|{{Composition bar|273|658|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 98
|style="text-align:right;"|41.5%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]}}
|-
|[[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
|style="text-align:right;"|379,694
|style="text-align:right;"|48.3%
|{{Composition bar|314|658|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 41
|style="text-align:right;"|47.7%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Whig}}
|-
|[[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]
|style="text-align:right;"|379,694
|style="text-align:right;"|56.9%
|{{Composition bar|367|658|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 53
|style="text-align:right;"|55.8%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}{{efn| name= Election 1841}}
|-
|[[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]
| rowspan="5"|[[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby|Earl of Derby]]
|style="text-align:right;"|205,481
|style="text-align:right;"|42.7%
|{{Composition bar|325|656|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}{{efn|Includes [[Peelite]]s|name=Peel}}
|{{decrease}} 42
|style="text-align:right;"|49.5%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{no2|Whig}}{{efn| name= Election 1847}}
|-
|[[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]]
|style="text-align:right;"|311,481
|style="text-align:right;"|41.9%
|{{Composition bar|330|654|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}{{efn|name=Peel}}
|{{increase}} 5
|style="text-align:right;"|50.5%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1852}}
|-
|[[1857 United Kingdom general election|1857]]
|style="text-align:right;"|239,712
|style="text-align:right;"|34.0%
|{{Composition bar|264|654|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 66
|style="text-align:right;"|40.4%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Whig}}{{efn| name= Election 1857}}
|-
|[[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]
|style="text-align:right;"|193,232
|style="text-align:right;"|34.3%
|{{Composition bar|298|654|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 34
|style="text-align:right;"|45.6%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1859}}
|-
|[[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]]
|style="text-align:right;"|346,035
|style="text-align:right;"|40.5%
|{{Composition bar|289|658|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9
|style="text-align:right;"|43.9%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]}}{{efn| name= Election 1865}}
|-
|[[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]<ref group="fn">The first election held under the [[Reform Act 1867]].</ref>
| rowspan="3"|[[Benjamin Disraeli]]
|style="text-align:right;"|903,318
|style="text-align:right;"|38.4%
|{{Composition bar|271|658|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 18
|style="text-align:right;"|41.2%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Liberal}}
|-
|[[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,091,708
|style="text-align:right;"|44.3%
|{{Composition bar|350|652|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 79
|style="text-align:right;"|53.7%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,462,351
|style="text-align:right;"|42.5%
|{{Composition bar|237|652|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 113
|style="text-align:right;"|36.3%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Liberal}}{{efn| name= Election 1880}}
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]<ref group="fn">The first election held under the [[Representation of the People Act 1884]] and the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]].</ref>
| rowspan="5"|[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Marquess of Salisbury]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,869,560
|style="text-align:right;"|43.4%
|{{Composition bar|247|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 10
|style="text-align:right;"|36.9%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1885}}
|-
|[[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,417,627
|style="text-align:right;"|51.4%
|{{Composition bar|393|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 146
|style="text-align:right;"|58.7%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–[[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]}}
|-
|[[1892 United Kingdom general election|1892]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2,028,586
|style="text-align:right;"|47.0%
|{{Composition bar|314|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 79
|style="text-align:right;"|46.9%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1892}}
|-
|[[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,759,484
|style="text-align:right;"|49.3%
|{{Composition bar|411|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 97
|style="text-align:right;"|61.3%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–Liberal Unionist}}
|-
|[[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]
|style="text-align:right;"|1,637,683
|style="text-align:right;"|50.2%
|{{Composition bar|402|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 9
|style="text-align:right;"|60.0%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–Liberal Unionist}}{{efn| name= Election 1900}}
|-
|[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Arthur Balfour]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2,278,076
|style="text-align:right;"|43.4%
|{{Composition bar|156|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 246
|style="text-align:right;"|23.3%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Liberal}}
|-
|data-sort-value="1910-1"|[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2,919,236
|style="text-align:right;"|46.8%
|{{Composition bar|272|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 116
|style="text-align:right;"|40.6%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Liberal minority}}
|-
|data-sort-value="1910-2"|[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|December 1910]]
|style="text-align:right;"|2,270,753
|style="text-align:right;"|46.6%
|{{Composition bar|271|670|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|style="text-align:right;"|40.5%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Liberal minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1910}}
|-
|colspan="9" data-sort-value="1912" style="text-align: center;" |''Merged with [[Liberal Unionist Party]] in 1912 to become the Conservative and Unionist Party''
|-
|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]<ref group="fn">The first election held under the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] in which all men over 21, and most women over the age of 30 could vote, and therefore a much larger electorate.</ref>
| rowspan="2"|[[Bonar Law]]
|style="text-align:right;"|4,003,848
|style="text-align:right;"|38.4%
|{{Composition bar|379|707|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}332 elected with [[Coalition Coupon|Coupon]]
|{{increase}} 108
|style="text-align:right;"|53.6%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|[[Coalition Liberal]]–Conservative}}
|-
|[[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]
|style="text-align:right;"|5,294,465
|style="text-align:right;"|38.5%
|{{Composition bar|344|615|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 35
|style="text-align:right;"|55.9%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]
| rowspan="5"|[[Stanley Baldwin]]
|style="text-align:right;"|5,286,159
|style="text-align:right;"|38.0%
|{{Composition bar|258|625|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 86
|style="text-align:right;"|41.3%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}}{{efn| name= Election 1923}}
|-
|[[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]
|style="text-align:right;"|7,418,983
|style="text-align:right;"|46.8%
|{{Composition bar|412|615|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 124
|style="text-align:right;"|67.0%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]<ref group="fn">The first election held under the [[Representation of the People Act 1928]] which gave all women aged over 21 the vote.</ref>
|style="text-align:right;"|8,252,527
|style="text-align:right;"|38.1%
|{{Composition bar|260|615|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 152
|style="text-align:right;"|42.3%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour minority}}
|-
|[[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,377,022
|style="text-align:right;"|55.0%
|{{Composition bar|470|615|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 210
|style="text-align:right;"|76.4%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–Liberal–[[National Labour Organisation|National Labour]]}}
|-
|[[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935]]
|style="text-align:right;"|10,025,083
|style="text-align:right;"|47.8%
|{{Composition bar|386|615|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 83
|style="text-align:right;"|62.8%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal National]]–National Labour}}
|-
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Winston Churchill]]
|style="text-align:right;"|8,716,211
|style="text-align:right;"|36.2%
|{{Composition bar|197|640|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 189
|style="text-align:right;"|30.8%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,507,061
|style="text-align:right;"|40.0%
|{{Composition bar|282|625|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 85
|style="text-align:right;"|45.1%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,724,418
|style="text-align:right;"|48.0%
|{{Composition bar|302|625|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 20
|style="text-align:right;"|48.3%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal]]}}
|-
|[[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955]]
|data-sort-value="eden"|[[Anthony Eden]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,310,891
|style="text-align:right;"|49.7%
|{{Composition bar|324|630|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 22
|style="text-align:right;"|51.4%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–National Liberal}}
|-
|[[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959]]
|data-sort-value="macm"|[[Harold Macmillan]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,750,875
|style="text-align:right;"|49.4%
|{{Composition bar|345|630|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 21
|style="text-align:right;"|54.8%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–National Liberal}}
|-
|[[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]]
|data-sort-value="dougl"|[[Alec Douglas-Home]]
|style="text-align:right;"|12,002,642
|style="text-align:right;"|43.4%
|{{Composition bar|298|630|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 47
|style="text-align:right;"|47.3%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966]]
| rowspan="4"|[[Edward Heath]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,418,455
|style="text-align:right;"|41.9%
|{{Composition bar|250|630|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 48
|style="text-align:right;"|39.7%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]<ref group="fn">Franchise extended to all 18- to 20-year-olds under the [[Representation of the People Act 1969]].</ref>
|style="text-align:right;"|13,145,123
|style="text-align:right;"|46.4%
|{{Composition bar|330|630|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 80
|style="text-align:right;"|52.4%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|data-sort-value="1974-1"|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,872,180
|style="text-align:right;"|37.9%
|{{Composition bar|297|635|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 33
|style="text-align:right;"|46.8%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour minority}}
|-
|data-sort-value="1974-2"|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974]]
|style="text-align:right;"|10,462,565
|style="text-align:right;"|35.8%
|{{Composition bar|277|635|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 20
|style="text-align:right;"|43.6%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Margaret Thatcher]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,697,923
|style="text-align:right;"|43.9%
|{{Composition bar|339|635|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 62
|style="text-align:right;"|53.4%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,012,316
|style="text-align:right;"|42.4%
|{{Composition bar|397|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 58
|style="text-align:right;"|61.1%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,760,935
|style="text-align:right;"|42.2%
|{{Composition bar|376|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 21
|style="text-align:right;"|57.8%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]
| rowspan="2"|[[John Major]]
|style="text-align:right;"|14,093,007
|style="text-align:right;"|41.9%
|{{Composition bar|336|651|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 40
|style="text-align:right;"|51.6%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
|style="text-align:right;"|9,600,943
|style="text-align:right;"|30.7%
|{{Composition bar|165|659|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 171
|style="text-align:right;"|25.0%
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]
|data-sort-value="hag"|[[William Hague]]
|style="text-align:right;"|8,357,615
|style="text-align:right;"|31.7%
|{{Composition bar|166|659|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|style="text-align:right;"|25.2%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
|data-sort-value="how"|[[Michael Howard]]
|style="text-align:right;"|8,785,941
|style="text-align:right;"|32.4%
|{{Composition bar|198|646|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 32
|style="text-align:right;"|30.7%
|{{steady}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|-
|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
| rowspan="2"|[[David Cameron]]
|style="text-align:right;"|10,704,647
|style="text-align:right;"|36.1%
|{{Composition bar|306|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 108
|style="text-align:right;"|47.1%
|{{increase}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative–[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]}}
|-
|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,334,920
|style="text-align:right;"|36.9%
|{{Composition bar|330|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 24
|style="text-align:right;"|50.8%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]
|data-sort-value="may"|[[Theresa May]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,636,684
|style="text-align:right;"|42.3%
|{{Composition bar|317|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 13
|style="text-align:right;"|48.8%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative minority}} <br /><small>''with [[Conservative–DUP agreement|DUP confidence and supply]]''</small>
|-
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
|data-sort-value="johnson"|[[Boris Johnson]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,966,451
|style="text-align:right;"|43.6%
|{{Composition bar|365|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{increase}} 48
|style="text-align:right;"|56.2%
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Conservative}}
|-
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
|data-sort-value="johnson"|[[Rishi Sunak]]
|style="text-align:right;"|6,828,925
|style="text-align:right;"|23.7%
|{{Composition bar|121|650|hex={{party color|Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 244
|style="text-align:right;"|18.6%
|{{Decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Labour}}
|}