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 (http://www.conservativemanifesto.com/1906/1906-conservative-manifesto.shtml)
- 1906 Labour manifesto (http://www.labour-party.org.uk/manifestos/1906/1906-labour-manifesto.shtml)
- 1906 Liberal manifesto (http://www.libdemmanifesto.com/1906/1906-liberal-manifesto.shtml)
