1661 English general election

General election in England

1661

	First party	Second party

Leader	Edward Hyde	Denzil Holles
Party	Cavalier	Roundhead
Seats won	379	139

The 1661 English general election returned a majority of members in support of Charles II of England. This Parliament was called the Cavalier Parliament, since many of the MPs elected were former Cavaliers or the sons of Cavaliers.

Yet during the course of the Cavalier Parliament, there was considerable movement between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads.

References

Henning, Basil, ed. (1983), The House of Commons, 1660–1690, The History of Parliament, Secker & Warburg

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