United Kingdom general election, January 1910

United Kingdom general election, January 1910
United Kingdom
15 January – 10 February 1910
All 670 seats in the House of Commons
336 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
 
Leader H. H. Asquith Arthur Balfour
Party Liberal Conservative and Liberal Unionist
Leader since 30 April 1908 11 June 1902
Leader's seat East Fife City of London
Last election 397 seats, 48.7% 156 seats, 42.9%
Seats won 274 272
Seat change Decrease 123 Increase 116
Popular vote 2,866,157 3,104,407
Percentage 43.1% 46.7%
Swing Decrease 5.4% Increase 3.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader John Redmond Arthur Henderson
Party Irish Parliamentary Labour
Leader since 6 February 1900 22 January 1908
Leader's seat Waterford City Barnard Castle
Last election 82 seats, 0.6% 29 seats, 5.7%
Seats won 71 40
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 11
Popular vote 74,047 505,657
Percentage 1.2% 7.6%
Swing Increase 0.6% Increase 2.2%

Colours denote the winning party.
Prime Minister before election

H. H. Asquith
Liberal

 Subsequent Prime Minister

H. H. Asquith
Liberal

The United Kingdom general election of January 1910 was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the House of Lords, in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.

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

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274 272 71 40 13
Liberal Conservative IP Lab O
UK general election, January 1910
Candidates Votes
Party Leader Standing Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist Arthur Balfour 594 272 (240+32) 130 14 +116 40.6 46.8 2,919,236 +3.4
  Liberal H. H. Asquith 511 274 12 135 −123 40.9 43.5 2,712,511 −5.4
  Labour Arthur Henderson 78 40 17 6 +11 6.0 7.0 435,770
  Irish Parliamentary John Redmond 85 71 0 11 −11 10.6 1.2 74,047 +0.6
  All-for-Ireland William O'Brien 10 8 8 0 +8 1.2 0.4 23,605
  Independent Nationalist N/A 10 3 3 2 +2 0.5 0.3 16,533
  Social Democratic Federation H. M. Hyndman 9 0 0 0 0 0.2 13,479 -0.1
  Independent Conservative N/A 4 1 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 11,772
  Free Trader John Eldon Gorst 4 0 0 0 0 0.2 11,553
  Independent Labour N/A 6 0 0 1 −1 0.2 9,936
  Independent Liberal N/A 3 1 1 0 +1 0.1 0.1 5,237
  Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 756

All parties shown.

Seat winners in England and Wales

Voting summary

Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
  
 46.82%
Liberal
  
 43.51%
Labour
  
 6.99%
Irish Parliamentary
  
 1.19%
Independent
  
 0.7%
Others
  
 0.79%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Liberal
  
 40.9%
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
  
 40.6%
Irish Parliamentary
  
 10.6%
Labour
  
 5.97%
All-for-Ireland
  
 1.19%
Independent
  
 0.75%

See also

References

    Further reading

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