British General Election December 1910

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(in %)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

46.6

43.2

6.3

1.9

2.0

Tories

Liberals

Labor

IP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to Jan. 1910

 % p

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

-0.2

-0.3

-0.7

+0.7

+0.5

Tories

Liberals

Labor

IP

Otherwise.

42

272

74

11

271

42 272 74 11 271 

A total of 670 seats

• Labor : 42
• Liberals : 272
• IP : 74
• Otherwise: 11
• Tories : 271

The British general election in December 1910 took place from third place to 19 December 1910 to the Members of the House of Commons to determine new (House of Commons). It was the last British election before the outbreak of the First World War .

background

The House of Commons election in January 1910 resulted in a hung parliament with a stalemate between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. Herbert Henry Asquith , the leader of the Liberals, then formed a government with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party . The blockade of the budget by the House of Lords , which triggered the January election, could not be overcome and so Asquith asked King George V in November 1910 to dissolve the House of Commons and hold new elections in December.

Electoral system and parties

Voting was based on the majority voting system, there was no threshold clause . Compared to the January election, there were no new parties; George Nicoll Barnes replaced Arthur Henderson as Labor Party leader in February .

Outcome of the election

The majority were only minimally shifted by the election compared to January; Asquith remained prime minister. The conflict between the upper and lower houses was defused in August 1911 by the Parliament Act in favor of the lower house.

Election result

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Conservative Party and Liberal Unionists	2,270,753	46.6	−0.2	271	−1
	Liberal party	2,157,256	43.2	−0.3	272	−2
	Labor Party	309.963	6.3	−0.7	42	+2
	Irish Parliamentary Party	90,416	1.9	+0.7	74	+3
	All-for-Ireland League	30,322	0.6	+0.2	8th	± 0
	Social Democratic Federation	5,733	0.1	−0.1	0	± 0
	Independent Conservatives	4,647	0.1	+0.1	1	+1
	Independent Labor	3,492	0.1	−0.1	0	± 0
	Independent liberals	1,946	0.0	−0.1	0	−1
	Scottish Prohibition Party	913	0.0	± 0.0	0	± 0
	Independent nationalists	911	0.0	−0.3	2	−1
	Independent	57	0.0		0
	total	7,709,981	100.0		670
Source:

See also

• United Kingdom Political System

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} General Election Results 1885-1979 United Kingdom Election Results (English)