The 1837 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of
King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor,
Queen Victoria. It saw
Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.
The election marked the last time that a Parliament was dissolved as a result of the
demise of the Crown. The dissolution of Parliament six months after a demise of the Crown, as provided for by the
Succession to the Crown Act 1707, was abolished by the
Reform Act 1867.