United Kingdom general election, December 1910

United Kingdom general election, December 1910
United Kingdom
3–19 December 1910

All 670 seats in the House of Commons
336 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader H. H. Asquith Arthur Balfour John Redmond
Party Liberal Conservative 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 Decrease 2 Decrease 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 2,293,869 2,420,169 90,416
Percentage 43.9% 46.3% 1.7%
Swing Increase 0.7% Decrease 0.3% Increase 0.7%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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 Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 371,802 30,322
Percentage 7.1% 0.6%
Swing Decrease 0.6% Increase 0.2%

PM before election

H. H. Asquith
Liberal

Subsequent PM

H. H. Asquith
Liberal

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.

1906 election MPs
Jan 1910 election MPs
Dec 1910 election MPs
1918 election MPs
1922 election MPs

Results

272 271 74 42 11
Liberal Conservative IP Labour O
UK General Election December 1910
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist Arthur Balfour 548 271 (235 + 36) 28 29 - 1 40.4 46.6 2,270,753 -0.3
  Liberal H. H. Asquith 467 272 23 25 - 2 40.6 43.2 2,157,256 +0.7
  Labour George Nicoll Barnes 56 42 5 3 + 2 6.3 6.3 309,963 -0.6
  Irish Parliamentary John Redmond 81 74 5 2 + 3 11.0 1.9 90,416 +0.7
  All-for-Ireland William O'Brien 21 8 2 2 0 1.2 0.6 30,322 +0.2
  Social Democratic Federation H. M. Hyndman 2 0 0 0 0 0.1 5,733 -0.1
  Independent Conservative N/A 4 1 1 1 0 0.1 0.1 4,647
  Independent Labour N/A 4 0 0 0 0 0.1 3,492
  Independent Liberal N/A 1 0 0 1 - 1 0.0 1,946
  Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 913
  Independent Nationalist N/A 4 2 0 1 - 1 0.3 0.0 911
  Independent N/A 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 57
Seat winners in England and Wales

Voting summary

Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
 
46.57%
Liberal
 
44.23%
Labour
 
6.36%
Irish Parliamentary
 
1.85%
Independent
 
0.23%
Others
 
0.78%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Liberal
 
40.6%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
 
40.45%
Labour
 
6.27%
Irish Parliamentary
 
11.04%
All-for-Ireland
 
1.19%
Independent
 
0.45%

See also

External links

References

  1. General Election Dates 1832–2005, Parliament of the United Kingdom
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