1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

Main article: 1900 United Kingdom general election

1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

29 September – 12 October 1900 (1900-09-29 – 1900-10-12)
103 seats for Ireland of the 670 seats in the House of Commons
First party Second party   Leader John Redmond Edward James Saunderson Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist Leader since 1900 1891 Leader's seat Waterford City North Armagh Seats before 80 (71 + 9) 18 Seats won 77 18 Seat change 3   Third party Fourth party   Leader Tim Healy Joseph Chamberlain Party Healyite Nationalist Liberal Unionist Leader since 1895 1891 Leader's seat North Louth Birmingham West Seats before 4 Seats won 3 3 Seat change New Party 1

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.

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

Party		Leader	Seats			Votes
			# of Seats	Seat Change	Uncontested	# of Votes	% of Votes	Vote Change
	Irish Parliamentary Party	John Redmond	77	3	57
	Irish Unionist	Edward James Saunderson	18		10
	Liberal Unionist	Joseph Chamberlain	3	1	3
	Healyite Nationalist	Tim Healy	3	New	0
	Liberal Party	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	1		0
	Independent Nationalist		1	1	0
	Independent Unionist		0		0
	Independent Liberal Unionist		0		0
Total			103		70		100%
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

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)

References

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