1900 United Kingdom general election

Election December 2011 April 2021 1900 United Kingdom general election United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland parliamentary no 1895 United Kingdom general election 1895 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1895 1906 United Kingdom general election 1906 All 670 seats in the House of Commons 336 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900 1900 9 26 1900 10 24 yes Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Marquess of Salisbury April 1881 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative-Liberal Unionist House of Lords 340 seats, 39.8% 335 5 1,467,273 41.8% 2.0 pp Sir-Henry-Campbell-Bannerman.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Henry Campbell-Bannerman December 1898 Liberal Party (UK) Stirling Burghs 177 seats, 45.6% 183speaker Figure includes Speaker of the House of Commons William Court Gully in Carlisle 6 1,572,323 45.0% 0.7 pp John Redmond, circa 1909.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 John Redmond 6 February 1900 Irish Parliamentary Party Waterford City 81 seats, 3.9%Contested the 1895 election as two separate parties, the Irish National League and the Irish National Party, but reunified before 1900. 77 4 64,812 1.8% 2.1 pp Joseph Chamberlain MP.png 120 120 160 0 0 Joseph Chamberlain 1891 Liberal Unionist Party Conservative-Liberal Unionist Birmingham West 71 seats, 9.3% 67 4 300,685 8.5% 0.8 pp Keir Hardie by George Charles Beresford (1905).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Keir Hardie 28 February 1900 Labour Representation Committee (1900) Ran in Merthyr Tydfil (won) Did not contest 2 2 62,698 1.3% New party United Kingdom general election 1900.svg 330px Colours denote the winning party Prime Minister Prime Minister afterelection Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Party (UK) Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Party (UK) 3,260,69675.1% (3.3 pp) File:1900 UK GE composition diagram.svg Diagram displaying the composition of the House of Commons following the election The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also referred to as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear this sobriquet), it was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War had effectively been won (though in fact it was to continue for another two years). The Conservative Party, led by Lord Salisbury and with its Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 134 seats, despite having received only 5.3% more votes than Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberals. This was largely owing to the Conservatives winning 163 seats that were uncontested by others. The Labour Representation Committee, later to become the Labour Party, participated in a general election for the first time. However, it had only been in existence for a few months; as a result, Keir Hardie and Richard Bell were the only LRC Members of Parliament elected in 1900. This was the first occasion at which Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons. He had stood in the same constituency, Oldham, at a by-election held the previous year, but had lost. It was also the final general election of the Victorian era, as well as the last one at which the leader of either of the two largest parties (and by extension, the incumbent Prime Minister) sat in the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons. none 1892 1895 1900 1906 January 1910 Results Summary of seats returned + centre|420px PartyBritish Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher 16 Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 2006Ferris, Wesley (2011). "The Candidates of the Liberal Unionist Party, 1886–1912". Parliamentary History. 30# 2: 148. doi:10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00246.x.https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/17 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026 Leader MPs Aggregate votes Of total Of totalAdjusted for multi-member constituencies. Conservative-Liberal Unionist Marquess of Salisbury 402 402 670 1 yes Conservative and Liberal Unionist 1,767,958 50.3% 50.3 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Conservative Party Marquess of Salisbury 317 317 670 1 yes Conservative Party (UK) 1,428,609 40.8% 40.8 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Unionist Party Joseph Chamberlain 67 67 670 1 yes Liberal Unionist Party 300,685 8.5% 8.5 Liberal Unionist Party Irish Unionist PartyStood under the Conservative Party Whip; all figures are attributed to the Conservative Party nationally. Edward James Saunderson 18 18 670 1 yes Irish Unionist Party 38,664 1.0% 1.0 Irish Unionist Party Liberal Party Henry Campbell-Bannerman 183speaker 183 670 1 yes Liberal Party (UK) 1,572,323 45.0% 45.0 Liberal Party (UK) Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond 77 77 670 1 yes Irish Parliamentary Party 62,768 1.8% 1.8 Irish Parliamentary Party Healyite Nationalist Tim Healy 3 3 670 1 yes Healyite Nationalist 22,174 0.6% 0.6 Healyite Nationalist Labour Representation Committee Keir Hardie 2 2 670 1 yes Labour Representation Committee (1900) 62,698 1.3% 1.3 Labour Representation Committee (1900) Independent Liberal 1 1 670 1 yes Independent Liberal 5,609 0.2% 0.2 Independent Liberal Independent Nationalist 1 1 670 1 yes Independent Nationalist 4,069 0.1% 0.1 Independent Nationalist Irish Nationalist T. P. O'ConnorO'Connor was also a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party. 1 1 670 1 yes Nationalist Party (Ireland) 2,044 0.1% 0.1 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Full results centre|500x500px UK General Election 1900 Conservative and Liberal Unionist Marquess of Salisbury 569 402 32 41 −9 1,637,683 50.2 60.1 +1.0 4,398 Liberal Party (UK) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 402 183speaker 38 32 +6 1,469,500 45.1 27.4 −0.5 8,592 Irish Parliamentary Party John Redmond 83 76 2 8 −6 57,576 1.8 11.3 −0.8 748 Labour Representation Committee (1900) Keir Hardie 15 2 2 0 +2 41,900 1.3 0.3 N/A 31,349 Independent Nationalist N/A 18 6 6 0 +6 23,706 0.7 0.9 4,741 Independent Conservative N/A 7 0 0 0 0 13,713 0.4 0 N/A Independent Liberal N/A 3 1 1 0 +1 6,423 0.2 0.1 +0.1 6,423 Independent (politician) N/A 3 0 0 0 0 4,800 0.2 0 +0.2 N/A Scottish Workers' Representation Committee Robert Allan 1 0 0 0 0 3,107 0.1 0 N/A N/A Independent Liberal Unionist N/A 1 0 0 0 0 1,855 0.1 0 N/A N/A Independent Labour N/A 1 0 0 0 0 433 0.0 0 +0.0 N/A |} Total votes cast: 3,260,696.All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.Electorate: 6,730,935 (4,369,284 in contested seats)Turnout: 75.1%https://web.archive.org/web/20120130011015/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html 30 January 2012 http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html General Election Results 1885-1979 25 June 2022 dead Voting summary Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 45.0 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 41.8 Liberal Unionist Liberal Unionist 8.5 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary Party 1.8 Labour R. C. Labour Representation Committee (1900) 1.3 Others #A9A9A9 1.6 Popular vote (alliances) #ddd 600px 410px Con-LU Conservative and Liberal Unionist 50.3 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 45.0 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary Party 1.8 Labour R. C. Labour Representation Committee (1900) 1.3 Others #A9A9A9 1.6 Seats summary Parliamentary seats #ddd 600px 410px Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 50.0 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 27.3 Liberal Unionist Liberal Unionist 10.0 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary Party 11.6 Labour R. C. Labour Representation Committee (1900) 0.3 Others #A9A9A9 0.8 Popular vote (alliances) #ddd 600px 410px Con-LU Conservative and Liberal Unionist 60.0 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 27.3 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary Party 11.6 Labour R. C. Labour Representation Committee (1900) 0.3 Others #A9A9A9 0.8 See also List of MPs elected in the 1900 United Kingdom general election Parliamentary franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918 1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland 1900 United Kingdom general election in Scotland Notes References F. W. S. Craig F.W.S. Craig British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987 1989 Dartmouth Gower 0900178302 Garvin J.L. James Louis Garvin The life of Joseph Chamberlain: Volume Three 1895–1900 London 1934 571–592 on dissolving Parliament, pp. 593–607 on Khaki election Hinton Guy Newcastle and the Boer War: Regional Reactions to an Imperial War Northern History 52 272–294 2 2015 10.1179/0078172X15Z.00000000092 163032144 Marsh Peter T. Joseph Chamberlain: Entrepreneur in Politics 1994 492–502 Readman Paul Paul Readman The Conservative party, patriotism, and British politics: the case of the general election of 1900 Journal of British Studies 40 107–145 1 2001 3070771 10.1086/386236 145429939 Roberts Andrew Andrew Roberts (historian) Salisbury: Victorian Titan 1999 766–783 External links Spartacus: Political Parties and Election Results United Kingdom election results—summary results 1885–1979 https://web.archive.org/web/20120130011015/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/geresults.html 30 January 2012 Manifestos 1900 Conservative manifesto 1900 Labour manifesto 1900 Liberal manifesto General election 1900 United Kingdom general election United Kingdom general election United Kingdom general election Category:Henry Campbell-Bannerman Category:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury