January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
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  1906 15–28 January 1910 (1910-01-15 1910-01-28) December 1910  

103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
John Redmond, circa 1909.jpg
Sir Edward Carson, bw photo portrait seated.jpg
William O'Brien 1917.jpg
Leader John Redmond Edward Carson William O'Brien
Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist All-for-Ireland
Leader since1900191015 January 1910
Leader's seat Waterford City Dublin University Cork City
Seats before8116New Party
Seats won71208
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 10Increase2.svg 4New Party
Popular vote74,04768,98223,605
Percentage35.1%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.

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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

PartyLeaderSeatsVotes
# of SeatsSeat ChangeUncontested# of Votes % of Votes
Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond 70Decrease2.svg 105774,04735.1
Irish Unionist Edward Carson 20Increase2.svg 4868,98232.7
All-for-Ireland League William O'Brien 8New023,60511.2
Independent Nationalist 3Increase2.svg 2016,5327.8
Liberal Party H. H. Asquith 1Steady2.svg020,3579.6
Liberal Unionist1Decrease2.svg 103,5531.7
Labour Party Arthur Henderson 0Steady2.svg03,9511.9
Total103Steady2.svg65211,027100
Source: B.M. Walker [1]
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%

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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. 171–176. ISBN   0901714127.