December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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December 1910 United Kingdom general election in Ireland

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First party Second party Third party   Leader John Redmond Viscount Midleton William O'Brien Party Irish Parliamentary Irish Unionist All-for-Ireland Leader since 6 February 1900 10 February 1910 15 January 1910 Leader's seat Waterford City House of Lords Cork City Last election 70 seats, 35.1% 20 seats, 32.7% 8 seats, 11.2% Seats before 71 18 8 Seats won 73 18† 8 Seat change 2 Popular vote 90,416 59,370 30,322 Percentage 43.6% 28.6% 14.6% Swing 8.5% 4.1% 3.4%
Results of the 1910 election in Ireland. Cork City was a two-seat constituency, in this case both seats were won by the All-for Ireland League. †Includes 1 member elected as a Liberal Unionist. (Indicated in dark blue on the map)

The Irish component of the December 1910 United Kingdom general election took place between 3 and 19 December, concurrently with the polls in Great Britain. Though the national result was a deadlock between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the result in Ireland was, as was the trend by now, a large victory for the Irish Parliamentary Party. The IPP supported the Liberals to form a government after the election. This was to be the party's last victory, however. Due to the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the next general election would not be held until 1918, by which time events both in Ireland and Britain and outside would conspire to see the rise of a new nationalist party, Sinn Féin, and the subsequent demise of the IPP.

It was the government formed by this election which brought in the final Home Rule Bill in 1912, enacted as the Government of Ireland Act 1914. The outbreak of the war led to its delay and eventual abandonment in response to the rise of Sinn Féin.