1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

The 1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland was held in September and October 1900. Ninety-nine of the seats were in single-member districts using the first-past-the-post electoral system, and the constituencies of Cork City and Dublin University were two-member districts using block voting.

1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

← 189529 September – 12 October 1900 (1900-09-29 – 1900-10-12)1906 →

103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons
 First partySecond party
 
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LeaderJohn RedmondEdward James Saunderson
PartyIrish ParliamentaryIrish Unionist
Leader since19001891
Leader's seatWaterford CityNorth Armagh
Seats before80 (71 + 9)18
Seats won7718
Seat changeDecrease 3Steady

 Third partyFourth party
 
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LeaderTim HealyJoseph Chamberlain
PartyHealyite NationalistLiberal Unionist
Leader since18951891
Leader's seatNorth LouthBirmingham West
Seats before4
Seats won33
Seat changeNew PartyDecrease 1

This election was the first fought after the separate organisations in the Irish Parliamentary Party re-merged after a split in 1891 between the Irish National Federation, which had opposed the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, and the Irish National League, which had supported his continued leadership. The IPP was now led by John Redmond of the smaller INL.

In the overall election result, the coalition of the Conservative Party, which included the Irish Unionist Alliance, and the Liberal Unionist Party, was returned and the Marquess of Salisbury continued as Prime Minister.

Results

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PartyLeaderSeatsVotes
# of SeatsSeat ChangeUncontested# of Votes% of VotesVote Change
Irish Parliamentary PartyJohn Redmond77 357
Irish UnionistEdward James Saunderson18 10
Liberal UnionistJoseph Chamberlain3 13
Healyite NationalistTim Healy3New0
Liberal PartyHenry Campbell-Bannerman1 0
Independent Nationalist1 10
Independent Unionist0 0
Independent Liberal Unionist0 0
Total103 70100%
Source: B.M. Walker[1]
Parliamentary seats
Irish Parliamentary
74.76%
Irish Unionist
17.48%
Liberal Unionist
2.91%
Healyite Nationalist
2.91%
Liberal
0.97%
Independent Nationalist
0.97%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 (New History of Ireland). Royal Irish Academy. pp. 158–163. ISBN 0901714127.