1906 United Kingdom general election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 156
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 12 January 1906
8 February 1906
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1906 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:IrishParliamentaryPartySeatsWon 82
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won 29
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon 397
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:majoritySeats 336
gptkbp:notableFor landslide victory for the Liberal Party
largest ever Liberal majority
first election with Labour Party as a significant force
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:28th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1900_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Arthur_Balfour
gptkb:Henry_Campbell-Bannerman
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 670
gptkbp:stateElectorate 7,250,000
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 83.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Liberal_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gladstone–MacDonald_pact
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6