January 1910 United Kingdom general election information
"February 1910 general election" redirects here. For the Finnish election, see 1910 Finnish parliamentary election.
January 1910 United Kingdom general election
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15 January – 10 February 1910 (1910-01-15 – 1910-02-10)
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All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
86.8%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
H. H. Asquith
Arthur Balfour
John Redmond
Party
Liberal
Conservative and Liberal Unionist
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
397 seats, 48.9%
156 seats, 43.4%
82 seats, 0.6%
Seats won
274
272
71
Seat change
123
116
11
Popular vote
2,712,511
2,919,236
74,047
Percentage
43.5%
46.8%
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
March 1909
Leader's seat
Barnard Castle
North East Cork
Last election
29 seats, 4.8%
Did not contest
Seats won
40
8
Seat change
11
8
Popular vote
435,770
23,605
Percentage
7.0%
0.4%
Swing
2.2%
0.4%
Colours denote the winning party
Prime Minister before election
H. H. Asquith
Liberal
Prime Minister after election
H. H. Asquith
Liberal
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election 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 Conservative-dominated House of Lords, in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.
The general election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party led by Arthur Balfour and their Liberal Unionist allies receiving the most votes, but the Liberals led by H. H. Asquith winning the most seats, returning two more MPs than the Conservatives. Asquith's government remained in power with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party, led by John Redmond. Another general election was soon held in December.
The Labour Party, led by Arthur Henderson, returned 40 MPs. Much of this apparent increase (from the 29 Labour MPs elected in 1906) came from the defection, a few years earlier, of Lib Lab MPs from the Liberal Party to Labour.
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