United Kingdom general election, January 1910
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The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January – 10th 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.
Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) |
Conservative & Liberal Unionists | 2,919,236 | 272 | + 116 | 46.8 |
Liberal | 2,712,511 | 274 | - 122 | 43.5 |
Labour | 435,770 | 40 | + 11 | 7.0 |
Irish Nationalist | 114,185 | 82 | - 1 | 1.9 |
SDP | 13,479 | 0 | 0.2 | |
Independent Conservative | 11,772 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Free Trader | 11,553 | 1 | 0.2 | |
Independent Labour | 9,936 | 0 | - 1 | 0.1 |
Independent Liberal | 5,237 | 1 | + 1 | 0.1 |
Total votes cast: 7,694,741. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.
External links
- January 1910 Conservative manifesto (http://www.conservativemanifesto.com/1910/jan/january-1910-conservative-manifesto.shtml)
- January 1910 Labour manifesto (http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1910/jan/january-1910-labour-manifesto.shtml)
- January 1910 Liberal manifesto (http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1910/jan/january-1910-liberal-manifesto.shtml)