Independent Labour Party election results
UK political party election results
This article lists the Independent Labour Party 's election results in UK 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
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] Only candidates sponsored by the ILP are listed.
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 Labour Annual (1896), pp. 40–41
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^ Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1923), pp. 39–41
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^ Independent Labour Party , Annual Report (1924), pp. 46–51
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^ 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
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