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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
Irish Parliamentary: Irish Unionist: All-for-Ireland: Leader since 1900 1910 15 January 1910 Leader's seat Waterford City: Dublin University: Cork City: Seats before 81 16 New Party: Seats won 71: 20 8 Seat change 10 4 New Party: Popular vote 74,047 68,982 23,605 Percentage 35.1% 32.7% 11.2%
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected at the December 1910 general election, held over several days from 3 December to 19 December 1910. Table of contents: Floor crossings · By-elections
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.
Irish Parliamentary Party: Dublin County South: Bryan Cooper: Irish Unionist Dublin College Green: Joseph Nannetti: Irish Parliamentary Party: Dublin Harbour: Timothy Harrington: Irish Parliamentary Party: Dublin St Patrick's: William Field: Irish Parliamentary Party: Dublin St Stephen's Green: P. J. Brady: Irish Parliamentary Party: Dublin ...
The Liberal Party under Asquith remained in government with the support of the Irish Parliamentary Party. This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons. It was also the last United Kingdom general election in which a party other than Labour or the Conservatives won the most seats.
The 1910 West Wicklow by-election was held on 29 March 1910. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, James O'Connor . It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate Edward Peter O'Kelly , [ 1 ] who was unopposed.