United Kingdom general election, December 1910
United Kingdom general election, December 1910
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All 670 seats in the House of Commons
336 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
H. H. Asquith |
Arthur Balfour |
John Redmond |
| Party |
Liberal |
Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
Irish Parliamentary |
| Leader since |
30 April 1908 |
11 June 1902 |
6 February 1900 |
| Leader's seat |
East Fife |
City of London |
Waterford City |
| Last election |
274 seats, 43.1% |
272 seats, 46.7% |
71 seats, 1.2% |
| Seats won |
272 |
271 |
74 |
| Seat change |
 2 |
1 |
 3 |
| Popular vote |
2,293,869 |
2,420,169 |
90,416 |
| Percentage |
43.9% |
46.3% |
1.7% |
| Swing |
0.7% |
0.3% |
0.7% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
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| Leader |
George Nicoll Barnes |
William O'Brien |
| Party |
Labour |
All-for-Ireland |
| Leader since |
14 February 1910 |
15 January 1910 |
| Leader's seat |
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown |
Cork City |
| Last election |
40 seats, 7.6% |
8 seats, 0.4% |
| Seats won |
42 |
8 |
| Seat change |
2 |
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| Popular vote |
371,802 |
30,322 |
| Percentage |
7.1% |
0.6% |
| Swing |
0.6% |
0.2% |
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The United Kingdom general election of December 1910 was held from 3 to 19 December. It was the last British election to be held over several days[1] and the last to be held prior to the First World War (1914–18).
The Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour with their Liberal Unionist allies, and the Liberals, led by H. H. Asquith, could not break the deadlock produced in the January general election, with the Conservatives again winning the largest number of votes. The Liberal Party under Asquith formed a government with the support of the Irish Nationalists. This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons. It was also the last United Kingdom national election in which a party other than Labour or the Conservatives won the most seats until the 2014 European Parliament elections.
Results
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| 272 |
271 |
74 |
42 |
11 |
| Liberal |
Conservative |
IP |
Labour |
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| UK General Election December 1910 |
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Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Leader |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
% |
No. |
Net % |
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
Arthur Balfour |
548 |
271 (235 + 36) |
28 |
29 |
- 1 |
40.4 |
46.6 |
2,270,753 |
-0.3 |
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Liberal |
H. H. Asquith |
467 |
272 |
23 |
25 |
- 2 |
40.6 |
43.2 |
2,157,256 |
+0.7 |
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Labour |
George Nicoll Barnes |
56 |
42 |
5 |
3 |
+ 2 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
309,963 |
-0.6 |
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Irish Parliamentary |
John Redmond |
81 |
74 |
5 |
2 |
+ 3 |
11.0 |
1.9 |
90,416 |
+0.7 |
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All-for-Ireland |
William O'Brien |
21 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
30,322 |
+0.2 |
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Social Democratic Federation |
H. M. Hyndman |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
5,733 |
-0.1 |
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Independent Conservative |
N/A |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
4,647 |
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Independent Labour |
N/A |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.1 |
3,492 |
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Independent Liberal |
N/A |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
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0.0 |
1,946 |
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Scottish Prohibition |
Edwin Scrymgeour |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
913 |
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Independent Nationalist |
N/A |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
911 |
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Independent |
N/A |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
57 |
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Seat winners in England and Wales
Voting summary
| Popular vote |
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| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
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46.57% |
| Liberal |
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44.23% |
| Labour |
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6.36% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
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1.85% |
| Independent |
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0.23% |
| Others |
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0.78% |
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats |
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| Liberal |
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40.6% |
| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
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40.45% |
| Labour |
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6.27% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
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11.04% |
| All-for-Ireland |
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1.19% |
| Independent |
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0.45% |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ General Election Dates 1832–2005, Parliament of the United Kingdom