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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%
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
This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected at the January 1910 general election, held over several days from 15 January to 10 February 1910. [ 1 ] Contents
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1900 and 1918, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: pink for a Labour (including Labour Representation Committee) gain, light blue for a Conservative (including Liberal Unionist, Irish Unionist and ...
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.
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 January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominated House of Lords , in order to get a mandate to pass the budget.