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| United Kingdom general election, January 1910 All 670 seats to the House of Commons |
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| 15 January–20 February 1910 | ||||
| First Party | Second Party | |||
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| Leader | Arthur Balfour | H. H. Asquith | ||
| Party | Conservative | Liberal | ||
| Leader since | 11 June 1902 | 30 April 1908 | ||
| Leader's seat | City of London | East Fife | ||
| Last election | 156 seats, 42.9% | 399 seats, 48.7% | ||
| Seats won | 272 | 274 | ||
| Seat change | +116 | -125 | ||
| Popular vote | 3,104,407 | 2,866,157 | ||
| Percentage | 46.7% | 43.1% | ||
| Third Party | Fourth Party | |||
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| Leader | Arthur Henderson | John Redmond | ||
| Party | Labour | Irish Parliamentary | ||
| Leader since | 22 January 1908 | 6 February 1900 | ||
| Leader's seat | Barnard Castle | Waterford City | ||
| Last election | 29 seats, 5.7% | 82 seats, 0.6% | ||
| Seats won | 40 | 71 | ||
| Seat change | +11 | -11 | ||
| Popular vote | 505,657 | 74,047 | ||
| Percentage | 7.6% | 1.2% | ||
The United Kingdom general election of January 1910 was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910.
The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party led by Arthur Balfour and their Liberal Unionist allies 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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Results
| UK General Election January 1910 | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Contested | Won | Gained | Lost | Net | % | Vote % | Votes | Net % | ||||||
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 594 | 272 | + 116 | 40.6 | 46.8 | 2,919,236 | +3.4 | ||||||||
| Liberal | 511 | 274 | - 123 | 40.9 | 43.5 | 2,712,511 | -5.4 | ||||||||
| Labour | 78 | 40 | + 11 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 435,770 | |||||||||
| Irish Parliamentary | 85 | 71 | 0 | 11 | - 11 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 74,047 | +0.6 | ||||||
| All-for-Ireland | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | + 8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 23,605 | |||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | + 2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 16,533 | |||||||
| Social Democratic Party | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 13,479 | -0.1 | |||||||
| Independent Conservative | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 11,772 | |||||||
| Free Trader | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 11,553 | ||||||||
| Independent Labour | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - 1 | 0.2 | 9,936 | ||||||||
| Independent Liberal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | + 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5,237 | |||||||
| Scottish Prohibition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 756 | ||||||||
All parties shown.
Voting summary
| Popular vote | ||||
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| Liberal | 43.51% | |||
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 46.82% | |||
| Labour | 6.99% | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | 1.19% | |||
| Independent | 0.7% | |||
| Others | 0.79% | |||
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats | ||||
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| Liberal | 40.9% | |||
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist | 40.6% | |||
| Labour | 5.97% | |||
| Irish Parliamentary | 10.6% | |||
| All-for-Ireland | 1.19% | |||
| Independent | 0.75% | |||
See also
- MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, January 1910
- The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918
External links
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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