UK political party election results
This article lists the Independent Labour Party 's election resultsUK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
Year
Number of candidates
Total votes
Average voters per candidate
Percentage of vote
Saved deposits
Change (%)
Number of MPs
1895
28
44,325
1,583
1.0
N/A N/A 0
1900
9
32,135
3,571
0.9
N/A -0.1
1
1906
11
81,415
7,401
1.6
N/A +0.7
7
1910 Jan
14
87,499
6,250
1.4
N/A -0.2
6
1910 Dec
12
69,884
5,824
1.4
N/A 0.0
8
1918
50
3
1922
55
673,283
12,242
4.9
31
31
1923
89
39
1924
87
30
1929
54
921,914
17,072
4.3
54
36
1931
19
239,280
12,594
1.2
-3.1
3
1935
17
136,208
8,012
0.7
9
-0.5
4
1945
5
46,769
9,354
0.2
4
-0.5
3
1950
4
4,112
1,028
0.0
0
-0.2
0
1951
3
4,057
1,352
0.0
0
0.0
0
1955
2
3,334
1,667
0.0
0
0.0
0
1959
2
923
462
0.0
0
0.0
0
1964
0
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1966
1
441
441
0.0
0
N/A 0
1970
1
847
847
0.0
0
0.0
0
February 1974
1
991
991
0.0
0
0.0
0
Election results
By-elections, 1893–1895
1895 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Ashton-under-Lyne James Sexton 415
6.4
3
Barrow-in-Furness Pete Curran 414
6.9
3
Bradford West Ben Tillett 2,264
23.4
3
Bolton Fred Brocklehurst 2,691
9.8
4
Bristol East Samuel George Hobson 1,874
31.2
2
Colne Valley Tom Mann 1,245
13.4
3
Dewsbury Edward Hartley 1,080
10.5
3
Dundee James MacDonald 1,313
5.0
5
Fulham William Parnell
191
2.0
3
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown James Shaw Maxwell 448
7.1
3
Glasgow Bridgeton James Robertson Watson 609
9.4
3
Glasgow Camlachie Robert Smillie 696
10.9
3
Glasgow St Rollox John Evans Woolacott 405
4.4
3
Glasgow Tradeston Frank Smith 368
5.8
3
Gorton Richard Pankhurst 4,261
42.1
2
Govan Alex Haddow
430
4.9
3
Halifax John Lister 3,818
20.5
4
Huddersfield Russell Smart 1,594
11.2
3
Hyde George Christie
448
5.0
3
Kingston upon Hull West Tom McCarthy 1,400
17.4
2
Leeds South Arthur Shaw
622
6.4
3
Leicester Joseph Burgess 4,009
13.7
4
Manchester North East James Johnston 546
6.6
3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fred Hammill 2,302
4.6
5
Preston James Tattersall 4,781
22.4
3
Rochdale George Nicoll Barnes 1,251
12.0
3
Southampton Ramsay MacDonald 867
4.0
5
West Ham South Keir Hardie 3,975
45.6
2
By-elections, 1895–1900
1900 general election
Hardie stood for two seats. All candidates other than Hempsall stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee . Clarke ran as a joint Independent Labour Party-Social Democratic Federation candidate. The list does not include Alfred Ewen Fletcher , who was supported by the ILP but ran for the Scottish Workers' Representation Committee .
By-elections, 1900–1906
All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee .
1906 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,282
26.8
2
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,957
39.1
1
Glasgow Camlachie Joseph Burgess 2,568
30.0
3
Halifax James Parker 8,937
38.3
2
Huddersfield T. Russell Williams 5,813
35.2
2
Keighley W. T. Newlove
3,102
26.9
3
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,685
39.8
2
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,386
64.6
1
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 10,187
32.0
2
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 13,430
31.8
2
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,068
36.9
2
All candidates other than Burgess and Newlove stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee . Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.
By-elections, 1906–1910
All candidates other than Bramley stood for the Labour Party . Only candidates sponsored by the ILP are listed.
January 1910 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,762
1
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,955
33.5
2
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,880
66.6
1
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 2,443
28.9
3
Halifax James Parker 9,093
38.9
2
Hyde William Crawford Anderson 2,401
21.2
3
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,337
38.2
2
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,157
58.4
1
Manchester South West J. M. McLachlan 1,218
16.6
3
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 13,841
36.7
2
Spen Valley T. Russell Williams 2,514
23.3
3
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 11,058
23.4
4
Tewkesbury Charles Fox 238
2.1
3
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,602
45.5
2
All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party . Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.
December 1910 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,762
1
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 4,315
55.6
1
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,880
66.6
1
Chatham Frank Smith 1,103
8.9
3
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 1,539
18.1
3
Halifax James Parker 8,511
2
Leeds South John Badlay 2,706
21.5
3
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 12,998
38.5
2
Liverpool Kirkdale Thomas McKerrell 2,992
41.6
2
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 4,313
1
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 11,507
39.6
2
Whitehaven Thomas Richardson 1,414
53.7
1
All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party .
By-elections, 1910–1918
All candidates except Williams and Bland (in 1918) stood for the Labour Party .
1918 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdare T. E. Nicholas 6,229
21.4
2
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 6,369
21.7
3
Ayr Burghs Campbell Stephen 4,534
23.2
3
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 1,956
18.6
3
Birmingham Ladywood John Kneeshaw 2,572
19.0
2
Blackburn Philip Snowden 15,274
19.7
3
Bosworth Thomas Richardson 6,344
33.6
2
Bradford Central William Leach 7,636
31.3
2
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 8,637
37.9
2
Brigg David Quibell 4,789
27.3
2
Bristol East Luke Bateman 8,135
42.8
2
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 2,175
21.0
3
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 4,663
22.4
2
Chorley Elijah Sandham 6,222
32.3
2
Colne Valley Wilfrid Whiteley 9,473
41.2
2
Coventry Richard Collingham Wallhead 10,298
32.4
2
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 5,596
30.1
2
Dunbartonshire William Henry Porteous Martin 7,072
30.9
2
Edinburgh Central William Graham 7,161
51.3
1
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 7,860
39.8
2
Glasgow Camlachie Hugh Guthrie 7,192
33.1
2
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 9,577
47.8
1
Glasgow Hillhead John Izett
4,186
24.6
2
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 6,147
33.2
2
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 9,827
49.8
2
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 7,996
39.1
2
Huddersfield Harry Snell 12,737
32.5
2
Ipswich Robert Jackson 8,143
32.1
2
Keighley William Bland 6,324
27.7
3
Kingston upon Hull South West Robert Mell 3,121
19.3
3
Lanark James C. Welsh 5,821
31.0
2
Leeds West John Arnott 6,020
29.5
2
Leicester East George Banton 6,697
27.1
2
Leicester West Ramsay MacDonald 6,347
24.0
2
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 8,723
40.3
2
Montrose Burghs Henry Noel Brailsford 2,940
24.0
2
Motherwell Walton Newbold 4,135
23.2
2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central James Smith
4,976
34.6
2
Rochdale R. H. Tawney 4,956
16.5
3
Rutherglen William Regan
8,759
40.9
2
Sheffield Attercliffe William Crawford Anderson 6,539
34.7
2
Shipley Tom Snowden 5,690
25.4
2
Southampton Frederick Perriman
6,776
09.2
5
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 6,508
24.8
2
Swansea East David Williams 6,341
36.4
2
West Ham Silvertown David John Davis
2,278
16.9
3
West Ham Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 3,186
22.2
2
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 7,126
38.2
2
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 3,809
28.7
2
All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1918–1922
All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1922 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 14,138
46.6
1
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,462
44.2
1
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 7,550
44.6
1
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 10,589
44.8
2
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,946
53.7
1
Blackburn Percy Davies 24,049
21.7
3
Bradford Central William Leach 14,296
42.4
1
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,573
45.4
1
Brigg David Quibell 9,185
37.3
2
Bristol North Walter Ayles 9,567
35.4
2
Bute and North Ayrshire John Paton 9,323
39.4
2
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 13,759
57.2
1
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,169
29.4
2
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 4,513
25.1
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,312
42.0
1
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 12,614
39.5
1
Consett Herbert Dunnico 14,469
46.5
1
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 8,856
37.3
1
Dunbartonshire W. H. Martin 13,216
49.6
2
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,708
42.4
1
Edinburgh Central William Graham 12,876
57.9
1
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 17,890
63.7
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,181
53.2
1
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,137
34.0
1
Glasgow Central Edward Rosslyn Mitchell 12,923
41.9
2
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,441
62.3
1
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,058
47.3
1
Glasgow Pollok Alexander Burns Mackay 5,759
24.7
2
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,114
56.6
1
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 14,695
59.1
1
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,771
60.5
1
Huddersfield James Hindle Hudson 15,673
33.5
2
Ipswich Robert Jackson 14,924
46.6
2
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 13,978
46.3
1
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,752
45.3
2
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 4,859
19.1
3
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 9,812
45.0
2
Lancaster Fenner Brockway 9,043
31.6
2
Leeds North East John Badlay 6,525
24.4
3
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 12,487
48.3
2
Leicester East George Banton 13,850
47.7
2
Limehouse Clement Attlee 9,688
55.4
1
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 12,625
46.4
1
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 17,516
53.0
1
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,044
45.6
2
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 14,503
60.2
1
Newcastle Central Charles Trevelyan 13,709
54.2
1
Norwich Herbert Witard 15,609
16.9
3
Rutherglen William Wright 14,029
55.1
1
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 16,692
60.4
1
Spen Valley Tom Myers 12,519
36.9
2
Stirling and Clackmannan West Tom Johnston 9,919
55.0
1
Swansea East David Williams 11,333
50.9
1
Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 7,268
32.8
1
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,787
54.0
1
All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1922–1923
Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1923 UK general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,439
55.6
1
Aberdeen South John Paton 6,911
29.0
2
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,793
45.7
2
Acton Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin
6,069
28.9
2
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 8,298
47.5
2
Bethnal Green North East Walter Windsor 7,415
45.7
1
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 11,330
46.8
2
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,328
51.2
1
Blackburn John Davies 25,428
23.8
3
Bootle John Kinley 3,272
13.8
3
Bosworth Emrys Hughes 8,152
28.9
3
Bournemouth Minnie Pallister 5,986
19.5
3
Bradford Central William Leach 14,241
44.6
1
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,579
48.1
1
Brigg David Quibell 10,753
46.4
2
Bristol North Walter Ayles 10,433
37.5
1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen
9,855
44.4
2
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 16,535
58.7
1
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,563
32.0
2
Chatham Mary Hamilton 5,794
24.1
3
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 5,047
27.5
2
Chesterfield George Benson 6,198
25.9
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,492
51.1
1
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 13,136
40.4
1
Consett Herbert Dunnico 15,862
52.0
1
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,054
37.0
2
Dewsbury Ben Riley 8,923
44.4
2
Dunbartonshire William Martin 11,705
43.0
1
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,857
44.6
1
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,186
67.9
1
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 15,735
64.8
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,143
56.2
1
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 8,884
34.7
2
Glasgow Central Edward Mitchell 12,976
44.4
2
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 13,987
66.3
1
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 5,059
26.4
2
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 12,508
48.1
1
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,836
32.8
2
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,624
59.8
1
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 14,535
62.3
1
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 15,240
62.3
1
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,127
35.7
2
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 6,354
28.7
3
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 8,101
41.0
1
Hammersmith South Wyndham Albery 6,974
36.9
2
Hitchin Skene Mackay 5,913
26.3
2
Huddersfield James Hudson 17,430
36.7
1
Ilford Dan Chater 5,775
18.1
3
Inverness Andrew D. Kinloch
5,385
34.6
2
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,824
50.7
1
Islington East Ethel Bentham 6,941
26.0
3
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,083
49.1
2
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,992
43.2
1
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 5,973
23.7
3
Lambeth North Fred Hughes
4,089
21.9
3
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,384
50.5
1
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 11,434
40.7
1
Leicester East George Banton 13,162
44.8
1
Leyton East Archibald Church 7,944
39.5
1
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,473
68.5
1
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 13,304
50.9
1
Llandaff and Barry Thomas F. Worrall
7,871
27.0
3
Lowestoft Robert Arthur Mellanby
4,788
19.7
3
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 6,558
24.4
3
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,511
60.1
1
Mile End John Scurr 6,219
41.0
1
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,032
44.7
2
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 12,881
65.6
1
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 12,447
52.5
1
Newcastle upon Tyne North John Beckett 5,374
22.0
3
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 19,304
20.0
2
Penistone Rennie Smith 8,329
33.5
2
Reading Somerville Hastings 16,657
44.8
1
Rutherglen William Wright 13,021
54.5
1
St Pancras North James Marley 10,931
43.0
1
Salford West Alexander Haycock 9,868
38.4
1
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 13,581
58.7
1
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 14,741
53.0
1
Southampton Reginald Sorensen 16,679
16.4
4
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 9,050
24.4
3
Sunderland David Baxter Lawley 13,707
11.6
5
Swansea East David Williams 12,735
57.4
1
Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 8,656
39.3
1
Walthamstow East John Gilbert Dale 6,837
34.6
2
Wells Charles Henry Whitlow
1,713
07.6
3
Westbury George Ward
4,372
17.4
3
West Dorset Louie Simpson
7,087
41.2
2
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 10,904
48.1
1
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 9,242
51.9
1
All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1923–1924
Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1924 general election
By-election
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,724
53.1
1
Aberdeen and Kincardine East William Sloan Cormack 3,899
24.4
3
Aberdeen North Frank Herbert Rose 13,249
60.8
1
Aberdeen South George Archibald 10,699
39.9
2
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 18,148
47.1
2
Argyllshire I. H. MacIver
4,532
22.7
3
Belper Jack Lees 10,618
41.8
2
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 11,578
57.2
1
Birkenhead East James Coulthard 7,496
26.7
3
Birmingham Erdington Charles Simmons 11,412
40.5
2
Birmingham Ladywood Oswald Mosley 13,297
48.9
2
Birmingham Sparkbrook Sydney Potter
9,759
36.1
2
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 15,786
55.1
1
Blackburn Mary Hamilton 24,330
21.8
3
Bradford Central William Leach 16,652
48.3
2
Bradford East Fred Jowett 15,174
49.9
2
Bradford North Frank Wise 9,442
32.7
2
Brigg David Quibell 11,669
43.6
2
Bristol North Walter Ayles 12,319
40.9
2
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen
10,075
38.3
2
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 17,723
59.0
1
Central Aberdeenshire J. Newman
3,791
18.4
2
Chesterfield George Benson 9,206
39.7
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 13,032
52.6
1
Colchester Richard Reiss 10,953
43.4
2
Consett Herbert Dunnico 18,842
55.9
1
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,954
29.7
2
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 9,941
41.1
1
Dumfriesshire Agnes Dollan 6,342
23.0
3
Dunbartonshire William Martin 12,872
44.2
2
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 10,903
44.3
2
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,628
60.5
1
Gateshead John Beckett 23,514
50.2
1
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 16,850
61.3
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,588
50.4
1
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,915
35.0
2
Glasgow Central J. D. White 12,617
40.9
2
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,132
63.2
1
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 6,957
32.3
2
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,947
47.4
2
Glasgow Kelvingrove Thomas Archibald Kerr
12,844
41.6
2
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,749
24.7
2
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,299
59.2
1
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,714
51.3
1
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,635
56.5
1
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,005
36.2
2
Greenock Stephen Kelly
5,874
22.4
3
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 9,684
36.3
2
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 10,970
45.9
2
Harwich Alf Barton 1,604
06.8
3
Huddersfield James Hudson 19,010
36.3
1
Inverness T. Henderson
6,863
37.4
2
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,791
44.6
2
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,105
45.0
1
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 13,054
47.8
2
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 7,965
29.2
3
Kinross and Western Perthshire John MacDiarmid
5,286
28.0
2
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,426
43.5
2
Lancaster Harold Mostyn Watkins
5,572
17.5
3
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 13,057
42.5
1
Leicester East George Banton 15,669
49.3
2
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,713
57.7
1
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 14,123
48.9
2
Liverpool Fairfield Mary Ann Mercer
8,412
37.1
2
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 9,369
39.4
2
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 8,192
33.7
2
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,882
59.8
1
Mile End John Scurr 8,306
48.5
1
Motherwell James Barr 12,816
52.1
1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 14,542
51.6
1
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 22,931
22.0
4
Paisley Edward Mitchell 17,057
53.5
1
Penrith and Cockermouth Fred Tait 5,404
32.1
2
Perth Cameron Roberts
5,316
20.2
3
Rutherglen William Wright 13,796
52.1
1
St Pancras North James Marley 13,171
44.1
2
Salford West Alexander Haycock 12,369
42.5
2
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 16,802
63.6
1
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 17,053
55.4
1
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 12,509
33.7
2
Stirling and Clackmannan Western Tom Johnston 9,749
49.3
2
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 14,113
34.8
2
Upton Benjamin Gardner 11,443
46.0
2
Westbury George Ward
4,731
18.1
3
Western Isles A. G. Burns
1,454
17.2
3
Weston-super-Mare Raphael Neft
1,343
04.2
3
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,252
45.9
2
Willesden East William Davies Lloyd
7,860
24.7
3
Candidates stood for the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1924–1929
Candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1929 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North William Wedgwood Benn 17,826
60.8
1
Aberdeen South William Henry Porteous Martin 13,856
39.1
2
Argyll John L. Kinloch 6,001
23.8
3
Ayr Burghs Clarice Shaw 13,429
36.5
2
Belper Jack Lees 15,958
43.0
1
Birkenhead East James Coulthard 11,654
31.8
3
Birmingham Erdington Charles Simmons 20,665
43.4
1
Birmingham Ladywood Wilfrid Whiteley 16,447
50.0
1
Blackburn Mary Agnes Hamilton 37,256
26.1
1
Bradford Central William Leach 24,876
59.0
1
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 21,398
54.7
1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Alexander Sloan 14,294
43.8
2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 17,667
53.2
1
Clapham J. Allen Skinner 9,871
30.5
2
Dumfriesshire W. H. Marwick 6,687
18.7
3
East Renfrewshire John Martin Munro
16,924
47.8
2
Edinburgh Central William Graham 16,762
59.0
1
Fylde J. Williamson
16,318
35.3
2
Galloway Hector McNeil 4,903
15.5
3
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 21,033
67.7
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 17,946
53.2
1
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 12,983
36.3
2
Glasgow Hillhead William Sloan Cormack 10,065
36.7
1
Glasgow Kelvingrove John Winning
15,173
43.6
2
Glasgow Maryhill John Smith Clarke 18,311
50.6
1
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 19,594
60.4
1
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 21,079
65.5
1
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 19,445
61.8
1
Huddersfield James Hindle Hudson 25,966
38.3
1
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 18,412
44.7
1
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 17,386
48.2
1
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 14,903
41.2
1
Leeds West Thomas William Stamford 18,765
41.9
1
Leicester East Edward Frank Wise 22,533
50.8
1
Leyton East Fenner Brockway 11,111
42.9
1
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 18,063
51.6
1
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 15,222
51.3
1
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 22,701
59.6
1
Motherwell James Barr 16,650
58.0
1
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 19,884
55.9
1
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 31,040
24.0
3
Oldham Gordon Lang 34,223
26.2
1
Paisley James Welsh 22,425
55.8
1
Perth Helen Gault
8,291
23.5
3
Rutherglen William Wright 17,538
52.2
1
Salford West Alexander Haycock 15,647
42.8
1
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 20,277
55.2
1
Sheffield Hallam Basil Rawson
12,133
39.1
2
Western Isles John M. MacDiarmid
3,589
32.5
2
West Renfrewshire Robert Forgan 14,419
46.5
1
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 15,179
56.7
1
Whitehaven Morgan Phillips Price 14,034
46.8
1
Widnes Alexander Gordon Cameron 19,125
51.0
1
Willesden East William Davies Lloyd
13,977
33.1
2
All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.
By-elections 1929–1931
All candidates except Irwin were endorsed by the Labour Party. Irwin was sponsored by the United Society of Boilermakers .
1931 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Bradford East Fred Jowett 15,779
41.2
2
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Alexander Sloan 12,758
34.3
2
Camborne Kate Spurrell 8,280
24.5
3
Clapham Hilda Browning 7,317
23.0
2
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 16,335
51.6
1
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 16,630
58.2
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,282
45.3
2
Glasgow Govan George Buchanan 19,278
58.1
1
Glasgow Kelvingrove John Winning
12,415
36.6
2
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 16,301
47.8
1
Kilmarnock John Pollock 14,767
40.4
2
Lanark Jack Gibson
11,815
36.4
2
Leyton East Fenner Brockway 10,433
37.6
2
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 9,531
30.1
2
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 24,623
69.4
1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 12,136
37.3
2
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 19,691
44.7
2
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 26,537
19.7
4
Peckham John Beckett 11,217
33.5
2
Perth Helen Gault
3,705
9.7
3
Stockport John Thomas Abbott 15,591
11.3
4
Warwick and Leamington Jim Garton 9,261
19.4
2
West Renfrewshire Jean Mann 10,203
31.5
2
In addition, Josiah Wedgwood was elected unopposed for Newcastle-under-Lyme . Only those ILP members not accredited by the Labour Party are listed.
By-elections, 1931–1935
1935 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Aberdeen North Fraser Macintosh
3,871
11.1
3
Bradford East Fred Jowett 8,983
26.7
2
Camborne Kate Spurrell 592
1.9
4
Chorley Robert Edwards 1,365
3.3
3
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire David Gibson 1,513
4.3
4
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 17,691
65.0
1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,070
47.1
1
Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 22,860
75.0
1
Glasgow Govan Tom Taylor 4,959
16.0
3
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 18,377
52.8
1
Glasgow Tradeston James Carmichael 3,423
13.2
3
Kilmarnock John Pollock 3,582
10.2
3
Lanark William Carlin
2,583
8.3
3
Merthyr Claude Stanfield
9,640
32.0
2
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 17,267
37.3
2
Norwich Fenner Brockway 6,737
5.4
5
Whitehaven Tom Stephenson 1,004
3.3
3
By-elections, 1935–1945
By-election
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
1939 Stretford by-election Robert Edwards 4,424
15.1
2
1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election John Nicolson
8,206
11.9
2
1940 East Renfrewshire by-election Annie Maxton 8,206
19.3
2
1941 Lancaster by-election Fenner Brockway 5,418
19.5
3
1941 Edinburgh Central by-election Tom Taylor 1,950
29.0
2
1942 Cardiff East by-election Fenner Brockway 3,311
24.8
2
1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election James Carmichael 2,493
13.8
3
1943 Bristol Central by-election John McNair 830
7.4
3
1943 Woolwich West by-election Tom Colyer 3,419
27.2
2
1943 Acton by-election Walter Padley 2,336
28.1
2
1944 Bilston by-election Arthur Eaton
9,344
49.1
2
1945 Newport by-election Robert Edwards 13,722
45.5
2
1945 general election
By-elections, 1945–1950
1950 general election
By-elections, 1950–1951
1951 general election
1955 general election
By-elections, 1955–1959
1959 general election
By-elections, 1959–1964
1966 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Leyton Bill Hanley
441
0.9
4
1970 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
Halifax Alistair Graham
847
1.7
3
February 1974 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position
St Helens M. Pike
991
1.8
4
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