# Canonical recap data for British General Election of 1906 (1906)
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slug: british-election-1906
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1906/british-election-1906"
title: British General Election of 1906
subtitle: The 1906 landslide gave the Liberal Party a massive mandate for sweeping social reforms, establishing the modern welfare state.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1906-01-12
endDate: 1906-02-08
datePrecision: day
year: 1906
decade: 1900
country:
name: United Kingdom
slug: united-kingdom
summaryShort: The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. The Liberals under Henry Campbell-Bannerman won a landslide victory against a bewildered Conservative Party, in which its leader, Arthur Balfour, lost his seat; the party won the lowest number of seats it ever had in its history, a re
summaryLong: The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. The Liberals under Henry Campbell-Bannerman won a landslide victory against a bewildered Conservative Party, in which its leader, Arthur Balfour, lost his seat; the party won the lowest number of seats it ever had in its history, a record unsurpassed until 2024. This particular landslide is now ranked alongside the 1924, 1931, 1945, 1983, 1997, 2001, and 2024 general elections as one of the largest landslide election victories.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Sir-Henry-Campbell-Bannerman.jpg/1280px-Sir-Henry-Campbell-Bannerman.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1906 United Kingdom general election"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election"
  title: British general election, 1906
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906. The Liberals under Henry Campbell-Bannerman won a landslide victory agains
wikidataQid: Q3076606
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260623223633/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-23
  label: British general election, 1906
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election"
