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Uk General Election, 1906 | 1900 election | | b>1906 election | | a href="/encyclopedia/UK-general-election,-1910-(January)" title="UK general election, 1910 (January)">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
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