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Was it the Liberals who won the 1906 elections or was it the conservatives who lost it? It was the conservatives who lost the 1906 elections as they had a large majority of the electorate supporting their party, and they would have to do something which displeased those supporters of the conservative party for them to take away their support in the party. This is shown by the fact that in 1900 the conservatives held 402 out of the 670 seats, and had 51.1% of the vote. Whereas the Liberals had only 184 out of the 670 seats, but in 1906, only six years later, the roles were completely reversed. The Liberals won 400 seats out of the 670, and had 49% of the vote. Whereas the conservatives had only 157 seats. These figures may seem strange as 402 out of 670 seats are more than 51.1%. This is because in the U.K we do not have proportional representation. They do have this in countries such as Germany. Proportional representation is where the number of votes won all together reflects in the number of seats held in parliament. In Britain we have a process of whomever wins the vote of each constituency win a seat in parliament, therefore not depending on the margin of victory. So if every constituency is a closely contested bu