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United Kingdom general election, 1906
| 1900 election |
| 1906 election |
| January 1910 election |
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.
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