United Kingdom general election, 1900

26 September – 24 October 1900

All 670 seats in the House of Commons
336 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Lord Salisbury	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Party	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Liberal
Leader since	April 1881	December 1898
Leader's seat	Marquess of Salisbury	Stirling Burghs
Last election	411 seats, 49.0%	177 seats, 45.7%
Seats won	402	183
Seat change	9	6
Popular vote	1,767,958	1,572,323
Percentage	50.3%	44.7%
Swing	1.3%	1.0%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	John Redmond	Keir Hardie
Party	Irish Parliamentary	Labour
Leader since	6 February 1900	28 February 1900
Leader's seat	Waterford City	Merthyr Tydfil
Last election	82 seats, 4.0%	N/A
Seats won	77	2
Seat change	5	N/A
Popular vote	57,576	62,698
Percentage	1.6%	1.8%
Swing	1.4%	N/A

Colours denote the winning party.

Prime Minister before election

Lord Salisbury
Conservative

Subsequent Prime Minister

Lord Salisbury
Conservative

The United Kingdom general election of 1900 was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also known as the khaki election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet), it was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War had effectively been won (though in fact it was to continue for a further two years). The Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury with their Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 130, despite securing only 5.6% more votes than Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberals. This was largely due to the Conservatives winning 163 uncontested seats. The Labour Representation Committee, later to become the Labour Party, participated in a general election for the first time even though they had only been in existence for a few months. As a result, Keir Hardie and Richard Bell were the only LRC members of parliament in 1900.

This was the first time that Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons. He had stood in the same seat, Oldham, in a by-election the previous year, but had lost. It was also the final general election of the Victorian era and the 19th century.

Results

UK general election 1900
			Candidates						Votes
Party		Leader	Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	Lord Salisbury	472	335						1,481,516
	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Chamberlain	97	67						286,442
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	Lord Salisbury	569	402	32	41	−9	60.1	50.3	1,767,958	+1.3
	Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	402	183	38	32	+6	27.4	44.7	1,572,323	−1.0
	Labour	Keir Hardie	15	2	2	0	+2	3.0	1.8	62,698	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	John Redmond	83	77	2	7	−5	11.5	1.6	57,576	−2.4
	Independent Nationalist	N/A	18	5	5	0	+5	0.6	0.7	23,706	+0.6
	Independent Conservative	N/A	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	13,713
	Independent Liberal	N/A	3	1	1	0	+1	0.1	0.2	6,423	+0.1
	Independent	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4,800	+0.2
	Scottish Workers	Robert Allan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	3,107	N/A
	Ind. Liberal Unionist	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1,855	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	Bruce Glasier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	433	+0.0

Total votes cast: 3,514,592. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.

Voting summary

Popular vote

Conservative and Liberal Unionist			50.3%
Liberal			44.74%
Labour			1.78%
Irish Parliamentary			1.64%
Independent			1.45%
Others			0.99%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats

Conservative and Liberal Unionist			60%
Liberal			27.31%
Labour			0.3%
Irish Parliamentary			11.49%
Independent Nationalist			0.75%
Independent Liberal			0.15%

Regional results

Largest party in each constituent country.

Results within London & Middlesex.

Great Britain

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	541	152	383	1,722,344	51.0
	Liberal	401	22	182	1,569,454	46.5
	Labour	15	0	2	62,698	1.9
	Irish Parliamentary Party	1	0	1	2,044	0.1
	Other	9	0	1	17,549	0.5
Total		967	174	569	3,374,089	100

England

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	441	139	332	1,421,195	52.4
	Liberal	302	12	121	1,218,525	45.6
	Labour	13	0	1	53,100	1.4
	Irish Parliamentary Party	1	0	1	2,044	0.1
	Other	6	0	1	13,628	0.5
Total		763	151	456	2,708,492	100

Scotland

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	70	3	36	237,217	49.0
	Liberal	66	0	34	245,092	50.2
	Other	3	0	0	3,921	0.85
Total		139	3	70	486,320	100

Wales

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Liberal	33	10	27	105,837	58.5
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	21	1	6	63,932	37.6
Total		56	11	34	179,367	100

Ireland

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary Party	100	58	81	89,011	57.4
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	28	11	19	45,614	32.2
	Liberal	1	0	1	2,869	2.0
	Other	6	0	0	11,899	8.4
Total		135	69	101	149,393	100

Universities

Party		Candidates	Unopposed	Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Conservative & Liberal Unionist	9	9	9		unopposed
Total		9	9	9

References

External links

1900 Conservative manifesto
1900 Labour manifesto
1900 Liberal manifesto
Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979

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