This article lists the Independent Labour Party 's election resultsUK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
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 By-elections, 1893–1895 1895 general election
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 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 .[4]
January 1910 general election
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
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 All candidates except Williams and Bland (in 1918) stood for the Labour Party .[4]
1918 general election
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 All candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1922 general election
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 Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1923 UK general election
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 Candidate stood for the Labour Party.
1924 general election
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 Candidates stood for the Labour Party.
1929 general election
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 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[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 1935 general election
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
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 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[19]
Leyton Bill Hanley 441
0.9
4
1970 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[19]
Halifax Alistair Graham 847
1.7
3
February 1974 general election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
%
Position[19]
St Helens M. Pike 991
1.8
4
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^ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack , vol.26, p. 361^ Independent Labour Party , Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp. 28–29^ a b c d Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1920), pp. 14–15^ Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1923), pp. 39–41^ Clare V. J. Griffiths, Labour and the Countryside: The Politics of Rural Britain 1918–1939 , p. 1
^ Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1924), pp. 46–51^ Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1924), pp. 12–13^ ILP , Annual Report (1925), pp. 57–61^ a b Labour Party , Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1925), pp. 25–27^ a b Labour Party , "Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1928), pp. 11–17 ^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference : 15–19. 1929.^ Independent Labour Party , The Report of the Annual Conference (1929), p. 40^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference : 24–44. 1929.^ 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 ^ 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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