1841 vote of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne

The 1841 vote of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne was a vote of no confidence in the government of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne which occurred on the 7 June 1841.^[1] Melbourne lost the vote by only one vote and dissolved Parliament leading to an election in July 1841.

Motion and Vote

Yes votes	312
No votes	311

References

↑ "British parliamentary timeline 1828 - 1900". Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

Successful motion-of-no-confidence votes against United Kingdom governments

1742 (against Sir Robert Walpole)
1782 (against Lord North)
1784 (against William Pitt the Younger)
1830 (against The Duke of Wellington)
1835 (against Sir Robert Peel)
June 1841 (against The Viscount Melbourne)
August 1841 (against The Viscount Melbourne)
1846 (against Sir Robert Peel)
1851 (against Lord John Russell)
February 1852 (against Lord John Russell)
December 1852 (against The Earl of Derby)
1855 (against The Earl of Aberdeen)
1858 (against The Viscount Palmerston)
1859 (against The Earl of Derby)
1866 (against The Earl Russell)
1873 (against William Gladstone)
1885 (against William Gladstone)
January 1886 (against The Marquess of Salisbury)
June 1886 (against William Gladstone)
1892 (against The Marquess of Salisbury)
1895 (against The Earl of Rosebery)
January 1924 (against Stanley Baldwin)
October 1924 (against Ramsay MacDonald)
1979 (against James Callaghan)

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