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January 1910 United Kingdom general election
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | January 1910 United Kingdom general election | ||
| country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| previous_election | 1906 United Kingdom general election | ||
| previous_year | 1906 | ||
| previous_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906 | ||
| next_election | December 1910 United Kingdom general election | ||
| next_year | Dec 1910 | ||
| seats_for_election | All 670 seats in the House of Commons | ||
| majority_seats | 336 | ||
| elected_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, January 1910 | ||
| election_date | |||
| <!-- Liberal --> | image1 | [[File:H H Asquith 1908 (cropped).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader1 | H. H. Asquith | ||
| leader_since1 | 30 April 1908 | ||
| party1 | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| leaders_seat1 | East Fife | ||
| last_election1 | 397 seats, 48.9% | ||
| seats_before1 | 373{{cite book | ||
| last | Blewett | ||
| first | Neal | ||
| author-link | Neal Blewett | ||
| title | The Peers, the Parties and the People: The General Elections of 1910 | ||
| publisher | Palgrave Macmillan London | ||
| year | 1972 | ||
| doi | 10.1007/978-1-349-00652-6 | ||
| page | 130 | ||
| seats1 | 274 | ||
| seat_change1 | 123 | ||
| popular_vote1 | 2,712,511 | ||
| percentage1 | 43.5% | ||
| swing1 | 5.4 pp | ||
| <!-- Conservative --> | image2 | [[File:Arthur-James-Balfour-1st-Earl-of-Balfour.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader2 | Arthur Balfour | ||
| leader_since2 | 11 June 1902 | ||
| party2 | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | ||
| leaders_seat2 | City of London | ||
| last_election2 | 156 seats, 43.4% | ||
| seats_before2 | 168 | ||
| seats2 | 272 | ||
| seat_change2 | 116 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 2,919,236 | ||
| percentage2 | 46.8% | ||
| swing2 | 3.4 pp | ||
| <!-- Irish Nationalist --> | image3 | [[File:John Redmond, circa 1909.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader3 | John Redmond | ||
| leader_since3 | 6 February 1900 | ||
| party3 | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
| leaders_seat3 | Waterford City | ||
| last_election3 | 82 seats, 0.6% | ||
| seats_before3 | 81 | ||
| seats3 | 71 | ||
| seat_change3 | 11 | ||
| popular_vote3 | 74,047 | ||
| percentage3 | 1.2% | ||
| swing3 | 0.6 pp | ||
| <!-- Labour --> | image4 | [[File:1910 Arthur Henderson (cropped).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader4 | Arthur Henderson | ||
| leader_since4 | 22 January 1908 | ||
| party4 | Labour Party (UK) | ||
| leaders_seat4 | Barnard Castle | ||
| last_election4 | 29 seats, 4.8% | ||
| seats_before4 | 45 | ||
| seats4 | 40 | ||
| seat_change4 | 11 | ||
| popular_vote4 | 435,770 | ||
| percentage4 | 7.0% | ||
| swing4 | 2.2 pp | ||
| <!-- All for Ireland --> | image5 | [[File:William O'Brien 1917.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader5 | William O'Brien | ||
| leader_since5 | March 1909 | ||
| party5 | All-for-Ireland League | ||
| leaders_seat5 | North East Cork | ||
| last_election5 | Did not contest | ||
| seats_before5 | 2 | ||
| seats5 | 8 | ||
| seat_change5 | 8 | ||
| popular_vote5 | 23,605 | ||
| percentage5 | 0.4% | ||
| swing5 | 0.4 pp | ||
| map_image | January 1910 United Kingdom General Election.svg | ||
| map_size | 400px | ||
| map_caption | Colours denote the winning party | ||
| title | Prime Minister | ||
| posttitle | Prime Minister after election | ||
| before_election | H. H. Asquith | ||
| before_party | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| after_election | H. H. Asquith | ||
| after_party | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| turnout | 6,234,435 | ||
| 86.8% (3.6 pp) | |||
| map2_image | File:Jan 1910 UK GE Composition.svg | ||
| map2_caption | Composition of the House of Commons following the election. | ||
| registered | 7,694,741 |
| author-link = Neal Blewett
86.8% (3.6 pp) The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910 to elect all 670 members of the House of Commons. Called amid a constitutional crisis after the Conservative-dominated House of Lords rejected the People's Budget, the Liberal government, seeking a mandate, lost their majority.
The result was a hung parliament: Arthur Balfour’s Conservatives and their Liberal Unionist allies won the most votes, but Asquith’s Liberals secured the most seats, edging out the Conservatives by two. With Irish Parliamentary Party support, Asquith remained in power. Another election followed in December.
The Labour Party, led by Arthur Henderson, returned 40 MPs. Much of this apparent increase (from the 29 Labour MPs elected in 1906) came from the defection, a few years earlier, of Lib Lab MPs from the Liberal Party to Labour.
Results
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Total votes cast: 6,234,435. Electorate: 7,694,741 (7,201,029 in contested seats) Turnout: 86.8%
Voting summary
Seats summary
Aftermath
Liberals had to rely on the Irish Parliamentary Party and Labour for their parliamentary majority. As the price for their continued support, the Irish nationalists demanded measures to remove the Lords' veto so that they could no longer block Irish Home Rule. The Lords accepted the electoral mandate and approved the People's Budget on 28 April 1910, but contention between the government and the Lords continued throughout the year. The government called a further election in December 1910 to get a mandate for the Parliament Act 1911, which would prevent the House of Lords from permanently blocking legislation.
Notes
References
References
- All parties shown.
- "General Election Results 1885-1979".
- UK Parliament. (1910, April 28). Finance Bill 1909–10 (1). Retrieved from https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1910/apr/28/finance-bill-1909-10-1
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