The young Queen was so attached to her Whig ladies of the bedchamber that after Melbourne's resignation in 1839, she refused to let Sir Robert Peel replace them with Conservative ladies.

This was known as the Bedchamber Crisis, and led to Peel's refusal to form a government.

Melbourne therefore resumed, and continued in office until the Conservatives finally won a House of Commons majority in the General Election of 1841.

The 1841 votes of no confidence against the government of Viscount Melbourne were votes of no confidence in the government of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne which occurred on 7 June 1841.

Melbourne lost a second vote of confidence shortly after the election in August, leading to his resignation.