1900 United Kingdom general election

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The 1900 United Kingdom general election, often called the "Khaki election," was a wartime parliamentary contest dominated by support for the Second Boer War, resulting in a decisive victory for the Conservative–Liberal Unionist coalition under Lord Salisbury.

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1900 United Kingdom general election canonical 3

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instanceOf United Kingdom general election ⓘ
afterParty Conservative Party–Liberal Unionist coalition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khaki election ⓘ
beforeParty Conservative Party–Liberal Unionist coalition ⓘ
campaignSloganTheme support the troops and finish the war ⓘ
chamberDissolved 26th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
coalitionLeaderTitle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
context Second Boer War ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electedBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
electionDateRange September–October 1900 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
endDate 1900-10-24 ⓘ
franchise male householders and some lodgers over 21 ⓘ
governingLeader Lord Salisbury ⓘ
historicalSignificance last general election held in the reign of Queen Victoria ⓘ
leadingCoalition Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
legislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainCampaignTheme patriotic support for the war effort ⓘ
majorIssue Second Boer War ⓘ
monarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
nextElection 1906 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
nicknameReason named "Khaki election" due to association with Boer War soldiers’ uniforms ⓘ
notableFeature held during an ongoing overseas war ⓘ
strengthened Unionist majority in Parliament ⓘ
oppositionLeader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ⓘ
oppositionParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
oppositionStatus Liberals remained in opposition ⓘ
parliamentaryTermEnd 1906 ⓘ
parliamentaryTermStart 1900 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 27th Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignmentOfGovernment Unionist ⓘ
previousElection 1895 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ⓘ
result decisive victory for Conservative–Liberal Unionist coalition ⓘ
seatsForElection 670 ⓘ
startDate 1900-09-25 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
turningPointFor Liberal Party recovery leading to 1906 landslide ⓘ
type parliamentary ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 75.1% ⓘ

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John Pius Boland → electedIn → 1900 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
Reginald Pole-Carew → electedIn → 1900 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
1906 United Kingdom general election → previousElection → 1900 United Kingdom general election ⓘ