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Independent Labour Party election results

This article lists the Independent Labour Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

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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

Election results

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By-elections, 1893–1895

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election Frank Smith 1,249 13.5 3
1894 Leicester by-election Joseph Burgess 4,402 15.7 4

1895 general election

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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

By-elections, 1895–1900

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1896 Aberdeen North by-election Tom Mann 2,479 46.0 2
1896 Bradford East by-election Keir Hardie 1,953 17.1 3
1897 Halifax by-election Tom Mann 2,000 15.5 3
1897 Barnsley by-election Pete Curran 1,091 9.7 3

1900 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Accrington John Hempsall 433 3.3 3
Ashton-under-Lyne James Johnston 737 11.0 3
Blackburn Philip Snowden 7,096 25.6 3
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,949 49.8 2
Halifax James Parker 3,276 16.1 4
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 4,164 13.0 4
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 5,745 31.3 2
Preston Keir Hardie 4,834 22.1 3
Rochdale Allen Clarke 901 8.0 3

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

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1902 Wakefield by-election Philip Snowden 1,979 40.1 2
1904 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts 2,440 13.7 3

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

1906 general election

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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

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1906 Huddersfield by-election T. Russell Williams 5,422 33.8 2
1907 Aberdeen South by-election Fred Bramley 1,740 19.5 3
1908 Montrose Burghs by-election Joseph Burgess 1,937 29.4 2
1909 Croydon by-election Frank Smith 886 4.2 3

All candidates other than Bramley stood for the Labour Party.[4] Only candidates sponsored by the ILP are listed.

January 1910 general election

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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

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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.

By-elections, 1910–1918

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election Thomas McKerrell 2,761 19.3 3
1911 Keighley by-election William Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9 3
1912 East Carmarthenshire by-election John Henry Williams 1,089 10.3 3
1913 Keighley by-election William Bland 3,646 29.8 3
1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election William Crawford Anderson unopposed N/A 1
1918 Keighley by-election William Bland 2,349 32.5 2
1918 Manchester North East by-election J. R. Clynes unopposed N/A 1

All candidates except Williams and Bland (in 1918) stood for the Labour Party.[4]

1918 general election

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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.

By-elections, 1918–1922

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election Joseph Forbes Duncan 3,482 26.4 3[8]
1919 Swansea East by-election David Williams 8,158 46.9 2[8]
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election Robert Dunstan 6,412 31.2 2[8]
1919 Spen Valley by-election Tom Myers 11,962 39.4 1[8]
1921 Woolwich East by-election Ramsay MacDonald 13,081 48.7 2
1921 Caerphilly by-election Morgan Jones 13,699 54.2 1
1922 Leicester East by-election George Banton 14,062 52.9 1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1922 general election

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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.

By-elections, 1922–1923

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1923 Ludlow by-election Percy F. Pollard 1,420 7.8 3[10]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

1923 UK general election

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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.

By-elections, 1923–1924

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1924 Westminster Abbey by-election Fenner Brockway 6,156 27.0 3[12]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

1924 general election

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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.

By-elections, 1924–1929

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1924 Dundee by-election Tom Johnston 22,973 69.2 1[14]
1925 Ayr Burghs by-election Patrick Dollan 9,787 35.2 2[14]
1928 Linlithgowshire by-election Manny Shinwell 14,446 49.1 1[15]
1928 Aberdeen North by-election William Wedgwood Benn 10,646 52.5 1[15]
1929 North Lanarkshire by-election Jennie Lee 15,711 57.5 1[16]

Candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1929 general election

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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.

By-elections 1929–1931

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election John McGovern 10,699 42.8 1
1930 East Renfrewshire by-election Thomas Irwin 12,293 33.3 2
1931 Rutherglen by-election David Hardie 6,736 51.4 1

All candidates except Irwin were endorsed by the Labour Party. Irwin was sponsored by the United Society of Boilermakers.

1931 general election

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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]

By-elections, 1931–1935

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[19]
1932 New Forest and Christchurch by-election C. A. Smith 5,135 18.0 2
1933 Kilmarnock by-election John Pollock 7,575 20.9 3
1934 Upton by-election Fenner Brockway 748 3.5 3
1934 Merthyr by-election Campbell Stephen 3,508 9.8 3

1935 general election

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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

By-elections, 1935–1945

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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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Bilston Arthur Eaton 849 1.8 3
Bradford East Will Ballantine 5,105 14.6 3
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 13,220 66.4 1
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,558 57.7 1
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 11,947 35.5 1

By-elections, 1945–1950

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[19]
1946 Battersea North by-election Hugo Dewar 240 1.5 3
1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election James Carmichael 6,351 34.3 1
1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election David Gibson 154 0.7 4
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election Annie Maxton 1,622 6.4 3

1950 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Burnley Dan Carradice 295 0.5 4
Glasgow Bridgeton Robert Duncan 1,974 5.8 3
Glasgow Shettleston Jim Graham 1,031 2.5 4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Fred Barton 812 2.1 3

By-elections, 1950–1951

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[19]
1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election David Gibson 680 1.9 3
1951 Ormskirk by-election Fred Barton 689 2.0 3

1951 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Fred Barton 1,006 2.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Robert Duncan 1,796 5.4 3
Glasgow Shettleston Jim Graham 1,195 2.8 3

1955 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Bermondsey Stan Birkett 715 2.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton George Stone 2,619 7.4 3

By-elections, 1955–1959

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[19]
1957 East Ham North by-election Bill Christopher 458 2.1 4
1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election William Park 587 2.8 4
1958 Islington North by-election Jim McKie 576 2.9 3

1959 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Glasgow Kelvingrove William Park 740 3.0 3
Walthamstow East Bill Christopher 183 0.5 4

By-elections, 1959–1964

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[19]
1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election George Stone 586 3.1 4

1966 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Leyton Bill Hanley 441 0.9 4

1970 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
Halifax Alistair Graham 847 1.7 3

February 1974 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[19]
St Helens M. Pike 991 1.8 4

References

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  1. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p. 54
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918–1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 46. ISBN 0900178000.
  3. ^ The Labour Annual (1896), pp. 40–41
  4. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918, p. xvi
  5. ^ "I.L.p. Candidates: the official list", Manchester Guardian, 10 December 1909
  6. ^ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p. 361
  7. ^ Independent Labour Party, Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp. 28–29
  8. ^ a b c d Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1920), pp. 14–15
  9. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1923), pp. 39–41
  10. ^ Clare V. J. Griffiths, Labour and the Countryside: The Politics of Rural Britain 1918–1939, p. 1
  11. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1924), pp. 46–51
  12. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1924), pp. 12–13
  13. ^ ILP, Annual Report (1925), pp. 57–61
  14. ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1925), pp. 25–27
  15. ^ a b Labour Party, "Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1928), pp. 11–17
  16. ^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 15–19. 1929. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ Independent Labour Party, The Report of the Annual Conference (1929), p. 40
  18. ^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 24–44. 1929. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p F. W. S. Craig, Minor parties at British Parliamentary elections 1885–1974
  20. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1931), p. 295; Josiah Wedgwood omitted as he was not affiliated with the ILp.
  • F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987
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