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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.
The Liberal government sought to do so through the January 1910 general election. Their representation in parliament dropped heavily, but they retained a majority with the help of a significant number of Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) and Labour MPs. [24] The IPP saw the continued power of the Lords as detrimental to securing Home Rule. [29]
11 September – English-born actor-aviator Robert Loraine made an aeroplane flight from Wales across the Irish Sea but landed some 200 feet (60 metres) short of the Irish coast in Dublin Bay. [3] [4] 20 October – RMS Olympic was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. At 45,324 gross tons, she was the largest ship afloat.
After a brief attempt by the Irish Reform Association to introduce devolution in 1904, the Irish Party subsequently held the balance of power in the House of Commons after the 1910 general election. The last obstacle to achieving Home Rule was removed with the Parliament Act 1911 when the House of Lords lost its power to veto legislation and ...
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.
The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL) was an Irish, Munster-based political party (1909–1918).Founded by William O'Brien MP, it generated a new national movement to achieve agreement between the different parties concerned on the historically difficult aim of Home Rule for the whole of Ireland.
Residents of the state who are Irish citizens or British citizens may vote in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament). Residents who are citizens of any EU state may vote in European Parliament elections, while any resident, regardless of citizenship, may vote in local elections. [1]