United Kingdom general election, December 1910

United Kingdom general election, December 1910

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 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%   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 2 Popular vote 371,802 30,322 Percentage 7.1% 0.6% Swing 0.6% 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.

Results

Seat winners in England and Wales

Voting summary

Seats summary

See also

• MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, December 1910
• The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918

External links

• December 1910 Conservative manifesto
• December 1910 Labour manifesto
• December 1910 Liberal manifesto

References

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

• 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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