1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
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  1900 13–26 January 1906 (1906-01-13 1906-01-26) January 1910  

103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons
 First partySecond party
 
John Redmond, circa 1909.jpg
Lord Long .jpg
Leader John Redmond Walter Long
Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist
Leader since19001906
Leader's seat Waterford City South Dublin
Seats before7718
Seats won8116
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote28,29256,109
Percentage21.5%42.7%

The 1906 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held in January 1906. Ninety-nine of the seats were 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.

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In the election as a whole, the Liberal Party won a clear majority in the election across the United Kingdom and Henry Campbell-Bannerman was appointed as Prime Minister. This was the first time since the split in the Liberal Party in 1886 that they governed without the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party.

The Irish Parliamentary Party won 81 of the 103 Irish seats on 21.5% of the vote because, in many constituencies, the candidates were unopposed.

Results

PartyLeaderSeatsVotes
# of SeatsSeat ChangeUncontested# of Votes % of Votes
Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond 81Increase2.svg17328,29221.5
Irish Unionist Walter Long 16Decrease2.svg2856,10942.7
Russellite Unionist Thomas Russell 2New026,18319.9
Liberal Unionist Joseph Chamberlain 1Decrease2.svg 204,7193.6
Independent Unionist1Increase2.svg 104,4503.4
Independent Nationalist 1Steady2.svg13,9313.0
Liberal Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1Steady2.svg02,9662.3
Labour Keir Hardie 0Steady2.svg04,6163.5
Independent Liberal Unionist0Steady2.svg01530.1
Total103Steady2.svg82131419100
Source: B.M. Walker [1]
Popular vote
Irish Unionist
42.69%
Irish Parliamentary
21.53%
Russellite Unionist
19.92%
Liberal Unionist
3.59%
Labour Party
3.51%
Independent Unionist
3.39%
Independent Nationalist
2.99%
Liberal
2.56%
Independent
0.12%
Parliamentary seats
Irish Parliamentary
78.64%
Irish Unionist
15.53%
Russellite Unionist
1.94%
Liberal Unionist
0.97%
Independent Unionist
0.97%
Independent Nationalist
0.97%
Liberal
0.97%

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References

  1. Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 (New History of Ireland). Royal Irish Academy. pp. 165–170. ISBN   0901714127.