26 September – 24 October 1900 (1900-09-26 – 1900-10-24)
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All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
75.1%
First party
Second party
Leader
Marquess of Salisbury
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Party
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
Liberal
Leader since
April 1881
December 1898
Leader's seat
House of Lords
Stirling Burghs
Last election
411 seats, 49.3%
177 seats, 45.6%
Seats won
402
183
Seat change
9
6
Popular vote
1,637,683
1,469,500
Percentage
50.2%
45.1%
Swing
0.9%
0.5%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
John Redmond
Keir Hardie
Party
Irish Parliamentary
Labour Repr. Cmte.
Leader since
6 February 1900
28 February 1900
Leader's seat
Waterford City
Merthyr Tydfil
Last election
82 seats, 3.9%[1]
Did not contest
Seats won
76
2
Seat change
6
2
Popular vote
57,576
41,900
Percentage
1.8%
1.3%
Swing
2.1%
New party
Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election
Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative
Prime Minister after election
Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative
The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also referred to as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet), it was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War had effectively been won (though in fact it was to continue for another two years).
The Conservative Party, led by Lord Salisbury with their Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 134 seats, despite securing only 5.6% more votes than Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberals. This was largely owing to the Conservatives winning 163 seats that were uncontested by others. The Labour Representation Committee, later to become the Labour Party, participated in a general election for the first time. However, it had only been in existence for a few months; as a result, Keir Hardie and Richard Bell were the only LRC Members of Parliament elected in 1900.
This was the first occasion when Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons. He had stood in the same seat, Oldham, at a by-election held the previous year, but had lost. It was also the final general election of the Victorian era.
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^Contested the 1895 election as two separate parties, the Irish National League and the Irish National Party, but reunified before 1900.
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