December 1910 United Kingdom general election

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The December 1910 United Kingdom general election was a parliamentary election that reaffirmed the Liberal government’s narrow hold on power amid constitutional struggles over the House of Lords and social reform.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
beforeParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
coalitionSupport Irish Parliamentary Party ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
ConservativeAllies Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
ConservativeAndLiberalUnionistPopularVoteShare 46.6% ⓘ
ConservativeAndLiberalUnionistSeatsWon 272 ⓘ
ConservativeLeader Arthur Balfour ⓘ
constitutionalOutcome mandate used to pass the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effectOnHouseOfLords reduced veto power of the House of Lords ⓘ
endDate 1910-12-19 ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
franchise male householders and some male lodgers over 21 ⓘ
IrishParliamentaryPartyLeader John Redmond ⓘ
IrishParliamentaryPartyPopularVoteShare 1.9% ⓘ
IrishParliamentaryPartySeatsWon 74 ⓘ
LabourLeader Arthur Henderson ⓘ
LabourPopularVoteShare 6.4% ⓘ
LabourSeatsWon 42 ⓘ
leadingParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
legislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
LiberalLeader H. H. Asquith ⓘ
LiberalPopularVoteShare 44.2% ⓘ
LiberalSeatsWon 272 ⓘ
mainIssue Parliament Act and powers of the House of Lords ⓘ
constitutional crisis over the 1909 People’s Budget ⓘ
social reform and welfare legislation ⓘ
majoritySeats 336 ⓘ
nextElection 1918 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
notableFeature last UK general election held before the First World War ⓘ
last election before the passage of the Parliament Act 1911 ⓘ
second general election held in the United Kingdom in 1910 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousElection January 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection H. H. Asquith ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection H. H. Asquith ⓘ
result Liberal government returned with support of Irish Parliamentary Party and Labour Party ⓘ
seatsForElection 670 ⓘ
secondLargestParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
startDate 1910-12-03 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuringReignOf King George V ⓘ
linked to: George V
triggeredBy House of Lords’ rejection of the 1909 People’s Budget ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed minority government ⓘ
voterTurnout 80.9% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange -0.4 percentage points ⓘ

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Valentine Fleming → reElectedIn → December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
January 1910 United Kingdom general election → nextElection → December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Cabinet of H. H. Asquith → formedFromElection → United Kingdom general election, December 1910 ⓘ
linked to: December 1910 United Kingdom general election
1918 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
31st Parliament of the United Kingdom → election → December 1910 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
David Lloyd George ministry → election → United Kingdom general election, 1910 (December) ⓘ
linked to: December 1910 United Kingdom general election