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