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The Irish component of the 1918 United Kingdom general election took place on 14 December 1918. It was the final United Kingdom general election to be held throughout Ireland, as the next election would happen following Irish independence. It is a key moment in modern Irish history, seeing the overwhelming defeat of the moderate nationalist Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), which had dominated the Irish political landscape since the 1880s, and a landslide victory for the radical Sinn Féin party. Sinn Féin had never previously stood in a general election, but had won six seats in by-elections in 1917–1918. The party had vowed in its manifesto to establish an independent Irish Republic. In Ulster, however, the Unionist Party was the most successful party.
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The 1913 Wick Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 8 December 1913. It was a Scottish Highland constituency that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was a district of burghs representing the parliamentary burghs of Cromarty, Dingwall, Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain and Wick. The by-election took place during the third anniversary of the Liberal Government's re-election of December 1910. It was thought to be a key indicator to the outcome of the following general election anticipated to take place in 1914–15.
The 1914 Ipswich by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 23 May 1914. The constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The 1914 Great Grimsby by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 12 May 1914. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. It was one of the last by-election contests to take place before the outbreak of the Great War, and provided a good indicator of how the main parties would have performed at an anticipated general election for 1914 or 1915.
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The 1914 Belfast East by-election was held on 6 April 1914. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Robert McMordie. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate Robert Sharman-Crawford, who was unopposed.
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The Irish component of the December 1910 United Kingdom general election took place between 3 and 19 December, concurrently with the polls in Great Britain. Though the national result was a deadlock between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the result in Ireland was, as was the trend by now, a large victory for the Irish Parliamentary Party. The IPP supported the Liberals to form a government after the election. This was to be the party's last victory, however. Due to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the next general election would not be held until 1918, by which time events both in Ireland and Britain and outside would conspire to see the rise of a new nationalist party, Sinn Féin, and the subsequent demise of the IPP.
The 1914 Tullamore by-election was held on 8 December 1914. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Edmund Haviland-Burke. It was won by the Independent Nationalist candidate Edward John Graham.
The 1914 West Wicklow by-election was held on 20 August 1914. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Edward Peter O'Kelly. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate John Thomas Donovan who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.
The 1914 North Galway by-election was held on 21 July 1914. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Richard Hazleton, who was seeking re-election after submitting his own bankruptcy petition. It was retained by Hazleton who was unopposed.
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