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1900 United Kingdom general election
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Turnout
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Colours denote the winning party
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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 securing 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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UK General Election 1900
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Candidates
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Votes
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Party
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Leader
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Stood
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Elected
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Gained
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Unseated
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Net
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% of total
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%
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No.
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Net %
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist
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Marquess of Salisbury
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569
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402
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32
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41
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−9
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60.1
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50.2
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1,637,683
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+1.0
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Liberal
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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402
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183
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38
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32
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+6
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27.4
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45.1
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1,469,500
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−0.5
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Irish Parliamentary
|
John Redmond
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83
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76
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2
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8
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−6
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11.3
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1.8
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57,576
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−0.8
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Labour Repr. Cmte.
|
Keir Hardie
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15
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2
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2
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0
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+2
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0.3
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1.3
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41,900
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N/A
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Independent Nationalist
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N/A
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18
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6
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6
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0
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+6
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0.9
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0.7
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23,706
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Ind. Conservative
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N/A
|
7
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.4
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13,713
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Independent Liberal
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N/A
|
3
|
1
|
1
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0
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+1
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0.1
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0.2
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6,423
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+0.1
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Independent
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N/A
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.2
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4,800
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+0.2
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Scottish Workers
|
Robert Allan
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.1
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3,107
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N/A
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Ind. Liberal Unionist
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N/A
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.1
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1,855
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N/A
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Independent Labour
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N/A
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.0
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433
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+0.0
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Total votes cast: 3,260,696.
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Electorate: 6,730,935 (4,369,284 in contested seats)
Turnout: 75.1%
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Voting summary
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Popular vote
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist
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50.22%
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Liberal
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45.07%
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Irish Parliamentary
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1.77%
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Labour Repr. Cmte.
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1.29%
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Others
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1.66%
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Seats summary
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Parliamentary seats
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Conservative and Liberal Unionist
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60.00%
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Liberal
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27.31%
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Irish Parliamentary
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11.34%
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Labour Repr. Cmte.
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0.30%
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Others
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1.04%
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See also
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Notes
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References
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- Craig, F. W. S.
(1989),
British Electoral Facts: 1832?1987
, Dartmouth: Gower,
ISBN
0900178302
- Garvin, J. L.
(1934),
The life of Joseph Chamberlain: Volume Three 1895?1900
, London, pp. 571?92 on dissolving Parliament, pp. 593?607 on Khaki election
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link
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- Hinton, Guy (2015), "Newcastle and the Boer War: Regional Reactions to an Imperial War",
Northern History
,
52
(2): 272?294,
doi
:
10.1179/0078172X15Z.00000000092
,
S2CID
163032144
- Marsh, Peter T. (1994),
Joseph Chamberlain: Entrepreneur in Politics
, pp. 492?502
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publisher missing
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- Readman, Paul
(2001), "The Conservative party, patriotism, and British politics: the case of the general election of 1900",
Journal of British Studies
,
40
(1): 107?145,
doi
:
10.1086/386236
,
JSTOR
3070771
,
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145429939
- Roberts, Andrew
(1999),
Salisbury: Victorian Titan
, pp. 766?83
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publisher missing
]
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