United Kingdom general election, December 1910

United Kingdom general election, December 1910

1910 ← members 3–19 December 1910 Members elected → 1918 members

All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader H. H. Asquith Arthur Balfour Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 30 April 1908 11 June 1902 Leader's seat East Fife City of London Last election 274 seats, 43.1% 272 seats, 46.7% Seats won 272 271 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 2,293,869 2,420,169 Percentage 43.9% 46.3% Swing 0.7% 0.3%   Third party Fourth party   Leader George Nicoll Barnes John Redmond Party Labour Irish Parliamentary Leader since 14 February 1910 6 February 1900 Leader's seat Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown Waterford City Last election 40 seats, 7.6% 71 seats, 1.2% Seats won 42 74 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 371,802 90,416 Percentage 7.1% 1.7% Swing 0.6% 0.7%

File:Dec 1910 UK Election Map.png

Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

PM before election H. H. Asquith Liberal Subsequent PM H. H. Asquith Liberal

The United Kingdom general election of December 1910 was held from 3 to 19 December. It was the last British election to be held over several days^[1] and the last to be held prior to the First World War (1914-1918).

The Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour with their Liberal Unionist allies, and the Liberals, led by H. H. Asquith, could not break the deadlock produced in the January general election, with the Conservatives again winning the largest number of votes. The Liberal Party under Asquith formed a government with the support of the Irish Nationalists. This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons.

Results

UK General Election December 1910
		Candidates						Votes
Party		Standing	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative and Liberal Unionist	548	271	28	29	- 1	40.4	46.6	2,270,753	-0.3
	Liberal	467	272	23	25	- 2	40.6	43.2	2,157,256	+0.7
	Labour	56	42	5	3	+ 2	6.3	6.3	309,963	-0.6
	Irish Parliamentary	81	74	5	2	+ 3	11.0	1.9	90,416	+0.7
	All-for-Ireland	21	8	2	2	0	1.2	0.6	30,322	+0.2
	Social Democratic Federation	2	0	0	0	0		0.1	5,733	-0.1
	Independent Conservative	4	1	1	1	0	0.1	0.1	4,647
	Independent Labour	4	0	0	0	0		0.1	3,492
	Independent Liberal	1	0	0	1	- 1		0.0	1,946
	Scottish Prohibition	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	913
	Independent Nationalist	4	2	0	1	- 1	0.3	0.0	911
	Independent	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	57

Voting summary

Popular vote
Conservative and Liberal Unionist			46.57%
Liberal			44.23%
Labour			6.36%
Irish Parliamentary			1.85%
Independent			0.23%
Others			0.78%

Seats summary

Parliamentary seats
Conservative and Liberal Unionist			40.45%
Liberal			40.6%
Labour			6.27%
Irish Parliamentary			11.04%
All-for-Ireland			1.19%
Independent			0.45%

See also

• MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, December 1910
• The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918

External links

• December 1910 Conservative manifesto
• December 1910 Labour manifesto
• December 1910 Liberal manifesto

References

1. ^ General Election Dates 1832-2005, Parliament of the United Kingdom

• F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
• Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results
• United Kingdom election results - summary results 1885-1979