January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
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103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Leader | John Redmond | Edward Carson | William O'Brien | Party | Irish Parliamentary | Irish Unionist | All-for-Ireland | Leader since | 1900 | 1910 | 15 January 1910 | Leader's seat | Waterford City | Dublin University | Cork City | Seats before | 81 | 16 | New Party | Seats won | 71 | 20 | 8 | Seat change | 10 | 4 | New Party | Popular vote | 74,047 | 68,982 | 23,605 | Percentage | 35.1% | 32.7% | 11.2% | |
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held with ninety-nine of the seats in single-member districts using the first-past-the-post electoral system, and the constituencies of Cork City and Dublin University were two-member districts using block voting.
The election had been called as H. H. Asquith sought a mandate for the People's Budget which had been presented by Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, but had been rejected by the House of Lords. In the election as a whole, the Liberal Party lost its majority, and was dependent on the Irish Parliamentary Party, the breakaway All-for-Ireland League, and the Labour Party.
A second election was held in December, with broadly similar results.
Results
Popular vote | | | | Irish Parliamentary | | 35.09% | Irish Unionist | | 32.69% | All-for-Ireland | | 11.19% | Liberal | | 9.65% | Independent Nationalist | | 7.83% | Independent Unionist | | 1.68% | Labour Party | | 1.68% | |
Parliamentary seats | | | | Irish Parliamentary | | 68.93% | Irish Unionist | | 19.42% | All-for-Ireland | | 7.77% | Independent Nationalist | | 2.91% | Liberal | | 0.97% | |
See also
- History of Ireland (1801–1923)
References
- ^ Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 (New History of Ireland). Royal Irish Academy. pp. 171–176. ISBN 0901714127.
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