Unlike their rivals in the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), Sinn Féin MPs had announced that they would not take their seats in Westminster but instead would set up an Irish Parliament in Dublin.
Porén, ó contrario que os seus rivais do Partido Parlamentario Irlandés, os parlamentarios do Sinn Féin anunciaron que eles non tomarían posesión dos seus escanos en Westminster, pero que establecerían un Parlamento Irlandés en Dublín.