United Kingdom general election, January 1910
United Kingdom general election, January 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 |
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| Leader |
H. H. Asquith |
Arthur Balfour |
| Party |
Liberal |
Conservative |
| Leader since |
30 April 1908 |
11 June 1902 |
| Leader's seat |
East Fife |
City of London |
| Last election |
399 seats, 48.7% |
156 seats, 42.9% |
| Seats won |
274 |
272 |
| Seat change |
125 |
116 |
| Popular vote |
2,866,157 |
3,104,407 |
| Percentage |
43.1% |
46.7% |
| Swing |
5.4% |
3.4% |
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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% |
| Swing |
2.2% |
0.6% |
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Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.
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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, but the Liberals led by H. H. Asquith winning the largest number of seats, returning two more MPs than the Conservatives. Asquith formed a government with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond. A second election was soon held in December.
The Labour Party, led by Arthur Henderson, continued to gain strength, going from 29 seats to 40.
Results
| UK General Election January 1910 |
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Candidates |
Votes |
| Party |
Standing |
Elected |
Gained |
Unseated |
Net |
% of total |
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No. |
Net % |
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
594 |
272 |
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+ 116 |
40.6 |
46.8 |
2,919,236 |
+3.4 |
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Liberal |
511 |
274 |
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- 123 |
40.9 |
43.5 |
2,712,511 |
-5.4 |
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Labour |
78 |
40 |
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+ 11 |
6.0 |
7.0 |
435,770 |
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Irish Parliamentary |
85 |
71 |
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11 |
- 11 |
10.6 |
1.2 |
74,047 |
+0.6 |
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All-for-Ireland |
10 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
+ 8 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
23,605 |
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Independent Nationalist |
10 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
+ 2 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
16,533 |
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Social Democratic Federation |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
13,479 |
-0.1 |
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Independent Conservative |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
11,772 |
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Free Trader |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.2 |
11,553 |
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Independent Labour |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
- 1 |
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0.2 |
9,936 |
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Independent Liberal |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
+ 1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
5,237 |
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Scottish Prohibition |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0.0 |
756 |
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All parties shown.
Voting summary
| Popular vote |
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| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
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46.82% |
| Liberal |
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43.51% |
| Labour |
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6.99% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
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1.19% |
| Independent |
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0.7% |
| Others |
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0.79% |
Seats summary
| Parliamentary seats |
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| Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
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40.6% |
| Liberal |
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40.9% |
| Labour |
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5.97% |
| Irish Parliamentary |
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10.6% |
| All-for-Ireland |
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1.19% |
| Independent |
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0.75% |
See also
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