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Encyclopedia > United Kingdom general election, December 1910
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The UK general election of December 1910 was the last held over several days, from 3rd19th December 1910. The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January – 10th February 1910. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 19th December) December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... -1...


The Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour, and Liberals, led by Herbert Asquith, could not break the deadlock produced in the January general election, but the Liberals formed a government with the support of the Irish Nationalists. The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... The name Herbert Asquith normally refers to: Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916), but may also refer to his son: Herbert Asquith, a poet. ... The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January – 10th February 1910. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ...


Results

UK General Election December 1910
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative and Liberal Unionist 271 - 1 40.4 2,420,169
  Liberal 272 - 2 40.5 2,293,869
  Labour 42 + 2 6.3 371,802
  Irish Nationalist 82 0 12.5 131,720
  SDP 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 5,733
  Independent Conservative 1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 4,647
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 3,492
  Independent Liberal 0 0 1 - 1 0 0.1 1,946
  Scottish Prohibition 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 913
  Independent Nationalist 2 2 0 + 2 0 0.0 911
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 57

Total votes cast: 7,709,981. All parties shown. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Unionists were a British political party which split away from the Liberals in 1886, and had effectively merged with the Conservatives by the turn of the century, the formal merger being completed in 1912. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... The Labour Party has been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom since the early 20th century (see British politics). ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ... This article is about the British political party. ... The Scottish Prohibition Party was a minor Scottish political party, represented in the House of Commons by Edwin Scrymgeour from 1922-1931. ...


External links

December 1910 Conservative manifesto
December 1910 Labour manifesto
December 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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United Kingdom general election, January 1910 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (116 words)
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