January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

15–28 January 1910 (1910-01-15 – 1910-01-28)
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 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 January 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held with ninety-nine of the seats in single-member districts using the first-past-the-post electoral system, and the constituencies of Cork City and Dublin University were two-member districts using block voting.

The election had been called as H. H. Asquith sought a mandate for the People's Budget which had been presented by Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George, but had been rejected by the House of Lords. In the election as a whole, the Liberal Party lost its majority, and was dependent on the Irish Parliamentary Party, the breakaway All-for-Ireland League, and the Labour Party.

A second election was held in December, with broadly similar results.

Results

Party		Leader	Seats			Votes
			# of Seats	Seat Change	Uncontested	# of Votes	% of Votes
	Irish Parliamentary Party	John Redmond	70	10	57	74,047	35.1
	Irish Unionist	Edward Carson	20	4	8	68,982	32.7
	All-for-Ireland League	William O'Brien	8	New	0	23,605	11.2
	Independent Nationalist		3	2	0	16,532	7.8
	Liberal Party	H. H. Asquith	1		0	20,357	9.6
	Liberal Unionist		1	1	0	3,553	1.7
	Labour Party	Arthur Henderson	0		0	3,951	1.9
Total			103		65	211,027	100
Source: B.M. Walker[1]

See also

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)

References