United Kingdom general election, January 1910

15 January – 10 February 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	399 seats, 48.7%	156 seats, 42.9%	82 seats, 0.6%
Seats won	274	272	71
Seat change	125	116	11
Popular vote	2,866,157	3,104,407	74,047
Percentage	43.1%	46.7%	1.2%
Swing	5.4%	3.4%	0.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Arthur Henderson	William O'Brien
Party	Labour	All-for-Ireland
Leader since	22 January 1908	15 January 1910
Leader's seat	Barnard Castle	Cork City
Last election	29 seats, 5.7%	N/A
Seats won	40	8
Seat change	11	8
Popular vote	505,657	23,605
Percentage	7.6%	0.4%
Swing	2.2%	0.4%

PM before election

H. H. Asquith
Liberal

Subsequent PM

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.

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Results 1
- Voting summary 1.1
- Seats summary 1.2
See also 2
External links 3
References 4

Results

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274	272	71	40	13
Liberal	Conservative	IP	Labour	O

UK General Election January 1910
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	594	272 (240 + 32)			+ 116	40.6	46.8	2,919,236	+3.4
	Liberal	511	274			- 123	40.9	43.5	2,712,511	-5.4
	Labour	78	40			+ 11	6.0	7.0	435,770
	Irish Parliamentary	85	71	0	11	- 11	10.6	1.2	74,047	+0.6
	All-for-Ireland	10	8	8	0	+ 8	1.2	0.4	23,605
	Independent Nationalist	10	3	3	2	+ 2	0.5	0.3	16,533
	Social Democratic Federation	9	0	0	0	0		0.2	13,479	-0.1
	Independent Conservative	4	1	1	1	0	0.1	0.2	11,772
	Free Trader	4	0	0	0	0		0.2	11,553
	Independent Labour	6	0	0	1	- 1		0.2	9,936
	Independent Liberal	3	1	1	0	+ 1	0.1	0.1	5,237
	Scottish Prohibition	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

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

External links

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

References

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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