UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 12 JANUARY TO 8 FEBRUARY 1906 =================================================================== Elections to the House of Commons Source: F W S Craig, British Electoral Facts NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS =================================================================== Party Votes % Change Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- Conservative Party 2,422,071 43.4 (-06.9) 156 -246 Irish Nationalist Party 35,031 00.7 (-01.9) 83 +001 Labour Party 321,663 04.8 (+03.5) 29 +027 Liberal Party 2,751,057 49.4 (+04.4) 399 +216 Others 96,269 01.7 3 +002 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,626,091 670 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Conservatives, 74 Irish Nationalists and 27 Liberals were elected without opposition. This explains the disparity between the party vote totals and the number of MPs elected.