UK political party election results
This article lists the Independent Labour Party 's election resultsUK parliamentary elections.
Year Number of candidates[ 1] Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Saved deposits[ 2] Change (%) Number of MPs[ 1] 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
[ edit ] 1895 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 3] 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
[ edit ] 1900 general election [ edit ] 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 .
[ edit ] All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee .
1906 general election [ edit ] 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.
[ edit ] All candidates other than Bramley stood for the Labour Party .[ 4]
January 1910 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 5] 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 [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 6] 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 .
[ edit ] All candidates except Williams and Bland (in 1918) stood for the Labour Party .[ 4]
1918 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 7] 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.
[ edit ] All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1922 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 9] 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.
[ edit ] Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1923 UK general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 11] 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.
[ edit ] Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1924 general election [ edit ] By-election Candidate Votes % Position[ 13] 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.
[ edit ] Candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1929 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 17] [ 18] 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.
[ edit ] All candidates except Irwin were endorsed by the Labour Party. Irwin was sponsored by the United Society of Boilermakers .
1931 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] 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.[ 20]
[ edit ] 1935 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] 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
[ edit ] By-election Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] 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 [ edit ] [ edit ] 1950 general election [ edit ] [ edit ] 1951 general election [ edit ] 1955 general election [ edit ] [ edit ] 1959 general election [ edit ] [ edit ] 1966 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] Leyton Bill Hanley 441 0.9 4
1970 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] Halifax Alistair Graham 847 1.7 3
February 1974 general election [ edit ] Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[ 19] St Helens M. Pike 991 1.8 4
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