NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United Kingdom general election, 1910 (January)

%20%20%20%20The%20UK%20general%20election%20of%20December%201910%20was%20the%20last%20held%20over%20several%20days%2C%20from%20%20%203rd%20%26%238211%3B%20%20%2019th%20December%20%20%201910.%20... December 1910 election

The UK general election of January 1910 was held from %20(Redirected%20from%2015th%20January)%20%20January%2015%20is%20the%2015th%20day%20of%20the%20year%20in%20the%20Gregorian%20Calendar.%20... 15th January – %20(Redirected%20from%2010th%20February)%20%20February%2010%20is%20the%2041st%20day%20of%20the%20year%20in%20the%20Gregorian%20Calendar.%20... 10th February %20%20%201910%20was%20a%20%20%20common%20year%20starting%20on%20Saturday%20(see%20link%20for%20calendar).%20%20%20... 1910.

The election produced a %20%20%20In%20Parliamentary%20systems%2C%20a%20hung%20parliament%20is%20one%20in%20which%20no%20one%20political%20party%20has%20an%20outright%20majority.%20... hung parliament, with the Conservatives, led by %20%20%20%20Arthur%20James%20Balfour%2C%201st%20Earl%20of%20Balfour%20(25%20July%201848%20-%20March%2019%2C%201930)%20was%20a%20British%20statesman%20and%20the%20thirty-third%20Prime%20Minister%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom.%20%20%20... Arthur Balfour, and Liberals, led by %20%20%20The%20name%20Herbert%20Asquith%20normally%20refers%20to%3A%20%20Herbert%20Henry%20Asquith%2C%20Prime%20Minister%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20(1908%26%238211%3B1916)%2C%20%20but%20may%20also%20refer%20to%20his%20son%3A%20%20Herbert%20Asquith%2C%20a%20poet.%20%20... Herbert Asquith having almost equal forces. A second election was held in %20%20%20%20The%20UK%20general%20election%20of%20December%201910%20was%20the%20last%20held%20over%20several%20days%2C%20from%20%20%203rd%20%26%238211%3B%20%20%2019th%20December%20%20%201910.%20... December in an attempt to resolve the situation.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
%20%20%20%20The%20Conservative%20Party%20is%20the%20largest%20%20%20political%20party%20on%20the%20%20%20right%20in%20the%20%20%20United%20Kingdom.%20... Conservative & %20%20%20%20This%20article%20is%20part%20of%20or%20related%20to%20the%20Liberalism%20series%20%20%20%20%20Categories%3A%20Politics%20stubs%20%7C%20Liberal%20related%20stubs%20%7C%20UK%20political%20parties%20%7C%20Historical%20liberal%20parties%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20... Liberal Unionists	2,919,236	272	+ 116	46.8
%20%20%20%20The%20Liberal%20Party%20was%20one%20of%20the%20two%20major%20British%20political%20parties%20from%20the%20early%2019th%20century%20until%20the%201920s%2C%20and%20a%20third%20party%20of%20varying%20strength%20and%20importance%20up%20to%201988%2C%20when%20it%20merged%20with%20the%20Social%20Democratic%20Party%20to%20form%20a%20new%20party%20which%20would%20become%20known%20as... Liberal	2,712,511	274	- 122	43.5
%20%20%20%20The%20Labour%20Party%20is%20a%20centre-left%20or%20social%20democratic%20political%20party%20in%20Britain%20(see%20British%20politics)%2C%20and%20one%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%5Cs%20three%20main%20political%20parties.%20... Labour	435,770	40	+ 11	7.0
%20%20%20In%201882%20Charles%20Stewart%20Parnell%2C%20the%20leader%20of%20the%20Nationalist%20Party%2C%20formed%20the%20Irish%20Parliamentary%20Party%20(IPP)%2C%20replacing%20the%20Home%20Rule%20League%2C%20as%20a%20parliamentary%20party%20with%20strict%20rules.%20... Irish Nationalist	114,185	82	- 1	1.9
%20%20%20%20This%20article%20is%20about%20the%20British%20political%20party.%20... 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)

Categories: UK General Election results | 1910

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United Kingdom general election, January 1910 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (116 words)
	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.

1910 - Simple English Wikipedia (485 words)
	January - In Greece, the Military League forces parliament and George I of Greece to summon National Assembly to revise Constitution.
	January 15 - In the United Kingdom, General Election held in response to House of Lords rejection of David Lloyd George's (1909) budget results in reduced Liberal Party majority (Liberals, 275 seats; Labour, 40; Irish Nationalists, 82; Unionists (the title then preferred by the British Conservative Party), 273).
	January 16 - Constant rains in Paris, France cause the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city.

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