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January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland ← 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 party Second party Third party Leader John Redmond Edward Carson William O'Brien Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist All-for-Ireland Leader since 1900 1910 15 January 1910 Leader's seat ...
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.
Winner Party Constituency Date Parliament Outgoing Party Reason for vacancy Augustine Roche: IPP: North Louth: 15 March 1911 Richard Hazleton: IPP: Void election
8 January – Sinéad Flanagan married future Irish president Éamon de Valera in Dublin. 21 February – Irish Unionist members of the Westminster Parliament elected Sir Edward Carson as party leader, replacing Walter Long. 23 February – St Patrick's College, Maynooth, became a recognised college of the National University of Ireland.
1910s elections in Ireland (9 C) Pages in category "1910s in Irish politics" ... December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland
The Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP; commonly called the Irish Party or the Home Rule Party) was formed in 1874 by Isaac Butt, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons at Westminster within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland up until 1918.
As a minority party after 1910 elections, the Liberals depended on the Irish vote, controlled by John Redmond. To gain Irish support for the budget and the parliament bill, Asquith promised Redmond that Irish Home Rule would be the highest priority. [14] It proved much more complex and time-consuming than expected. [15]
Parliament of Ireland, a legislature on the island of Ireland from 1297 until 1800; From 1801 to 1922 Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Irish Parliament, the legislative body for Ireland that was intended to have been created by the Government of Ireland Act 1914 (Third Home Rule Bill) of 1914