United Kingdom general election, 1906
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The UK general election of 1906 was held from 12th January – 8th February 1906.
The Liberals, led by sitting minority Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman, won a large majority in the election. The Conservatives under Arthur Balfour lost more than half their seats, while the Labour Representation Committee was far more successful than in 1900 and after the election would be reformed as "The Labour Party" with 29 MPs and Keir Hardie as leader. The Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond, achieved its seats with a relatively low number of votes, as 74 candidates stood unopposed.
This election was a landslide defeat for the Conservative Party, with the primary reason given by historians as the party's weakness after its split over the issue of free trade.
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[edit] Results
| UK General Election 1906 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Liberal | 399 | + 216 | 2,751,057 | ||||||
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 156 | − 246 | 2,422,071 | ||||||
| Labour | 29 | 28 | 1 | + 27 | 321,663 | ||||
| Independent Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.8 | 42,155 | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | 82 | 6 | 1 | + 5 | 0.6 | 35,031 | |||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.4 | 18,886 | |||
| Social Democratic Federation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 18,446 | |||
| Scottish Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 14,877 | |||
| Free Trader | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 8,974 | |||
| Independent Lib-Lab | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.1 | 4,841 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3,806 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.0 | 1,800 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 1 | − 1 | 0.0 | 1,581 | |||
| Independent Liberal Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | |||
Total votes cast: 5,246,672. All parties shown.
[edit] See also
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1906
- The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
- United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979
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