United Kingdom general election, 1906

1900 election

1906 election

January 1910 election

The UK general election of 1906 was from 12th January – 8th February 1906.

The Liberals, led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman, gained an overall majority in parliament. The Conservatives under Arthur Balfour lost more than half their seats, while the newly-formed Labour Party were far more successful than the Labour Representation Committee had been in the 1900 general election. The Irish Nationalists achieved their seats on a low number of votes as 74 of their members were elected in uncontested seats.

Party	Votes	Seats	Loss/Gain	Share of Vote (%)
Liberal	2,565,644	399	+ 216	49.4
Conservative & Liberal Unionists	2,278,076	156	- 246	43.4
Labour	254,202	29	+ 27	4.8
Independent Conservative	42,155	3	+ 3	0.8
Irish Nationalist	33,231	82		0.6
Independent Labour	18,886	1	+ 1	0.4
SDF	18,446	0		0.4
Scottish Workers	14,877	0		0.3
Free Trader	8,974	0		0.2
Independent Lib-Lab	4,841	1	+ 1	0.1
Independent	3,806	0		0.1
Independent Nationalist	1,800	1	+ 1	0.0
Independent Liberal	1,581	0	- 1	0.0

Total votes cast: 5,246,672. All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.

External links

1906 Conservative manifesto

1906 Labour manifesto

1906 Liberal manifesto

Categories: UK General Election results | 1906

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