Morning Glory – Ipomoea

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]

See also

• History of Ireland (1801–1923)

References