The UK general election of January 1910 was held from 15th January – 10th February 1910.
The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservatives, led by Arthur Balfour, and Liberals, led by Herbert Asquith having almost equal forces. A second election was held in December in an attempt to resolve the situation.
| Party
| Votes
| Seats
| Loss/Gain
| Share of Vote (%)
|
| Conservative & Liberal Unionists
| 2,919,236
| 272
| + 116
| 46.8
|
| Liberal
| 2,712,511
| 274
| - 122
| 43.5
|
| Labour
| 435,770
| 40
| + 11
| 7.0
|
| Irish Nationalist
| 114,185
| 82
| - 1
| 1.9
|
| SDP
| 13,479
| 0
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent Conservative
| 11,772
| 1
|
| 0.2
|
| Free Trader
| 11,553
| 1
|
| 0.2
|
| Independent Labour
| 9,936
| 0
| - 1
| 0.1
|
| Independent Liberal
| 5,237
| 1
| + 1
| 0.1
|
Total votes cast: 7,694,741. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.
External links
- January 1910 Conservative manifesto
- January 1910 Labour manifesto
- January 1910 Liberal manifesto