United Kingdom general election, January 1910
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The United Kingdom general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January to 10th February 1910.
The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party led by Arthur Balfour receiving the largest number of votes, and the Liberals led by Herbert Asquith returning two more MPs than the Conservatives. A second election was soon held in December.
The Labour Party was led by Arthur Henderson and the Irish Parliamentary Party by John Redmond.
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[edit] Results
UK General Election January 1910 | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 272 | + 116 | 46.7 | 3,104,407 | |||||
Liberal | 274 | - 125 | 43.1 | 2,866,157 | |||||
Labour | 40 | + 11 | 7.6 | 505,657 | |||||
Irish Parliamentary | 71 | 0 | 11 | - 11 | 1.2 | 74,047 | |||
All-for-Ireland League | 8 | 8 | 0 | + 8 | 0.4 | 23,605 | |||
Independent Nationalist | 3 | 3 | 2 | + 2 | 0.3 | 16,533 | |||
SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 13,479 | |||
Independent Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 11,772 | |||
Free Trader | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 11,553 | |||
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 0.1 | 9,936 | |||
Independent Liberal | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.1 | 5,237 | |||
Scottish Prohibition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 756 |
All parties shown.
[edit] See also
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1910 (January)
- 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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