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
