January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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.

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

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%

See also

References


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