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Revision as of 19:51, 20 September 2005

1906 election
January 1910 election
December 1910 election

The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January10th February 1910.

The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour, and Liberals, led by Herbert Asquith having almost equal forces. A second election was held in December in an attempt to resolve the situation.

Results

UK General Election December 1910
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 272 + 116 46.8 2,919,236
  Liberal 274 - 122 43.5 2,712,511
  Labour 40 + 11 7.0 435,770
  Irish Parliamentary 82 - 1 1.9 114,185
  SDP 0 0 0 0 0.2 13,479
  Independent Conservative 1 0 0 0 0.2 11,772
  Free Trader 1 0 0 0 0.2 11,553
  Independent Labour 0 0 1 - 1 0.1 9,936
  Independent Liberal 1 1 0 + 1 0.1 5,237

Total votes cast: 7,694,741. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.

January 1910 Conservative manifesto
January 1910 Labour manifesto
January 1910 Liberal manifesto