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1900 United Kingdom general election
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1900 United Kingdom general election | ||
| country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| previous_election | 1895 United Kingdom general election | ||
| previous_year | 1895 | ||
| previous_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1895 | ||
| next_election | 1906 United Kingdom general election | ||
| next_year | 1906 | ||
| seats_for_election | All 670 seats in the House of Commons | ||
| majority_seats | 336 | ||
| elected_mps | List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900 | ||
| election_date | |||
| <!--Conservative--> | image1 | [[File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury (cropped).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader1 | Marquess of Salisbury | ||
| leader_since1 | April 1881 | ||
| party1 | Conservative and Liberal Unionist | ||
| leaders_seat1 | House of Lords | ||
| last_election1 | 411 seats, 49.3% | ||
| seats1 | **402** | ||
| seat_change1 | 9 | ||
| popular_vote1 | **1,637,683** | ||
| percentage1 | **50.2%** | ||
| swing1 | 0.9 pp | ||
| <!--Liberal--> | image2 | [[File:Sir-Henry-Campbell-Bannerman.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader2 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | ||
| leader_since2 | December 1898 | ||
| party2 | Liberal Party (UK) | ||
| leaders_seat2 | Stirling Burghs | ||
| last_election2 | 177 seats, 45.6% | ||
| seats2 | 183 | ||
| seat_change2 | 6 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 1,469,500 | ||
| percentage2 | 45.1% | ||
| swing2 | 0.5 pp | ||
| <!--Irish Nationalist--> | image4 | [[File:John Redmond, circa 1909.jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader4 | John Redmond | ||
| leader_since4 | 6 February 1900 | ||
| party4 | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
| leaders_seat4 | Waterford City | ||
| last_election4 | 82 seats, 3.9% | ||
| seats4 | 76 | ||
| seat_change4 | 6 | ||
| popular_vote4 | 57,576 | ||
| percentage4 | 1.8% | ||
| swing4 | 2.1 pp | ||
| <!--Labour--> | image5 | [[File:Keir Hardie by George Charles Beresford (1905).jpg | 160x160px]] |
| leader5 | Keir Hardie | ||
| leader_since5 | 28 February 1900 | ||
| party5 | Labour Representation Committee (1900) | ||
| leaders_seat5 | Merthyr Tydfil | ||
| last_election5 | *Did not contest* | ||
| seats5 | 2 | ||
| seat_change5 | 2 | ||
| popular_vote5 | 41,900 | ||
| percentage5 | 1.3% | ||
| swing5 | *New party* | ||
| map_image | United Kingdom general election 1900.svg | ||
| map_size | 330px | ||
| map_caption | Colours denote the winning party | ||
| title | Prime Minister | ||
| posttitle | Prime Minister after | ||
| election | |||
| before_election | Marquess of Salisbury | ||
| before_party | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| after_election | Marquess of Salisbury | ||
| after_party | Conservative Party (UK) | ||
| turnout | 3,260,696 | ||
| 75.1% (3.3 pp) | |||
| map2_image | File:1900 UK GE composition diagram.svg | ||
| map2_caption | Diagram displaying the composition of the House of Commons following the election |
election 75.1% (3.3 pp) 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 with their Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 134 seats, despite having received only 5.6% 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 when Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons. He had stood in the same seat, 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 where 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.
Results
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Voting summary
Seats summary
Notes
References
References
- Contested the 1895 election as two separate parties, the [[Irish National League]] and the [[Irish National Party]], but reunified before 1900.
- All parties with more than 1,000 votes shown.
- "General Election Results 1885-1979".
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