British MPs sponsored by mining unions

Several British members of Parliament have been sponsored by mining trade unions. Many were sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers, its predecessor the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and the local trade unions which preceded it.

A small number of MPs were sponsored by other trade unions related to the mining industry, such as the Cumberland Iron Ore Miners' and Kindred Trades' Association, the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, and the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, and are covered in the articles on those unions. Other miners and people related to the mining industry were elected without being sponsored by a trade union, and are not listed here.

## History

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John Normansell, leader of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, presented a paper at the 1869 Trades Union Congress, on "the best means to secure the direct representation of labour in the Commons". This led to the formation of the Labour Representation League, but miners did not initially join the organisation.[1]

At the 1874 United Kingdom general election, four miners stood for Parliament, with two winning seats, the first working class members of Parliament in the UK. Alexander Macdonald in Stafford stood as "Secretary of the Miners' Association of Scotland and President of the Miners' National Association", and Thomas Burt in Morpeth stood as a "Radical Labour" candidate. However, both worked with the Liberal Party in Parliament, and they were the first members of what became known as the Liberal-Labour group. Their seats were held at the 1880 United Kingdom general election, and from 1884 the Miners' National Union founded local political associations in areas where there were many miners. The Reform Act 1885 enfranchised many miners in rural areas for the first time, and this allowed six miners to win election. In 1886, the local political association formed the Labour Electoral Association, and when the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was founded in 1889, its affiliated unions continued to support liberal candidates through the association.[1]

Keir Hardie, of the Ayrshire Miners' Union, first won a seat as an independent at the 1892 United Kingdom general election, and this spurred him to form the Independent Labour Party and, in 1900, the Labour Representation Committee (LRC).[1] The MFGB initially believed that the committee would not be successful and remained apart, but from 1902 it raised a centralised Labour Political Fund of one shilling per member, to stand working coal miners or officials as Parliamentary candidates, and then to support successful members of Parliament, as they were otherwise unpaid. Candidates were free to stand under the label of any political party, or as independents, although in practice affiliations were agreed with the local union. At the 1906 United Kingdom general election, this led to the election of eleven out of sixteen MFGB candidates.[2]

In 1906, the MFGB narrowly voted against affiliating to the LRC. By 1908, the LRC had become the Labour Party, and a second vote was held, this time resulting in a clear majority for affiliation. Some existing MPs were reluctant to transfer, so it was agreed that they would not have to join the Labour Party group in Parliament until the next general election. This was held in January 1910, and resulted in fifteen mining trade union MPs, approximately a third of the total size of the party.[2] However, a few mining MPs refused to take the Labour whip, and remained part of the Liberal-Labour group until 1918.[3]

Miners were uniquely well placed to win seats in Parliament; by 1918, they constituted more than 30% of the total electorate of forty constituencies,[3] and unlike many other unions, the MFGB focused on standing members in these seats, where it had the strongest membership.[4] After 1918, Labour won the majority of seats in the coalfields. In Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Durham, the county unions increased political levies, to employ political organisers and election agents, and also support more union members in local elections. While the miners' union MPs suffered in the 1931 United Kingdom general election, alongside the party as a whole, things soon rebounded.[3] The MFGB remained the largest union in the country until 1937, and also had sponsored the most Labour Party candidates, had the largest number of members affiliated to the Labour Party, and typically had the largest political fund of any union. This ensured that it remained influential and able to get its members selected in many promising constituencies.[4]

The choice of candidates remained in the hands of the county unions affiliated to the MFGB. Half of the MFGB's political fund was retained by its affiliates, enabling them to conduct additional political activity, such as campaigning for other Labour candidates. The South Wales Miners' Federation instead used the funds to sponsor additional candidates, so that by 1931 it stood 10 candidates, despite the MFGB only directly providing enough funding for five. This election saw the peak of MFGB influence, with half of all the Labour MPs elected being sponsored by the union.[4]

The mining MPs were not compelled to vote in the interests of the union, and were sometimes in conflict with it, but there was generally a close relationship. The MFGB got the MPs to propose legislation which it favoured, organise access to the government, and to ask questions and obtain information from government ministers.[4]

The MFGB reformed as the more centralised National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1945, the affiliated unions becoming areas of the NUM. The number of coal miners, and with it the membership of the NUM, steadily declined, and with it the number of safe mining constituencies, and the number of sponsored candidates, which reached a low of 13 in 1987. While the selection of candidates remained a matter for the areas, they were required to be members of the NUM, and have worked in the mines or for the union for at least five years. By the 1970s, the union was tending to select younger candidates. However, unlike many other unions, it did not sponsor existing MPs from outside the industry, and as a result, by the late 1980s, none of its MPs held leading roles in the Labour Party.[5][6]

## Lib-Lab candidates

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### 1874 general election

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Alexander Macdonald, one of the first two mining MPs Thomas Burt, one of the first two mining MPs Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Merthyr Tydfil | Thomas Halliday | 4,912 | 25.3 | 3 | Amalgamated Association
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | 3,332 | 85.1 | 1 | Northumberland
Stafford | Alexander Macdonald | 1,183 | 27.7 | 2 | National Union
Wigan | William Pickard | 1,134 | 12.7 | 4 | Amalgamated Association

Macdonald was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

### 1880 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Morpeth | Thomas Burt | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland
Stafford | Alexander Macdonald | 1,345 | 25.8 | 1 | National Union

Macdonald was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency

### 1885 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Chesterfield | James Haslam | 1,907 | 25.6 | 3 | Derbyshire
Houghton-le-Spring | John Wilson | 6,511 | 57.7 | 1 | Durham
Mid Durham | William Crawford | 5,799 | 64.1 | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Ben Pickard | 5,615 | 60.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rhondda | William Abraham | 3,859 | 56.3 | 1 | Cambrian
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 5,858 | 68.4 | 1 | Northumberland

Abraham stood as an independent Liberal-Labour candidate.

### 1886 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Houghton-le-Spring | John Wilson | 5,059 | 46.3 | 2 | Durham
Mid Durham | William Crawford | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Ben Pickard | 4,771 | 56.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rhondda | William Abraham | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Cambrian
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 5,235 | 75.4 | 1 | Northumberland

### By-elections, 1886–1892

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John Wilson, MP from 1885 to 1886, and 1890 to 1915 By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor

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1890 Mid Durham by-election | John Wilson | 5,468 | 61.8 | 1 | Durham

### 1892 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Ince | Sam Woods | 4,579 | 51.3 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mid Durham | John Wilson | 5,661 | 60.7 | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Ben Pickard | 6,134 | 61.7 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rhondda | William Abraham | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Cambrian
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 5,696 | 66.1 | 1 | Northumberland
Wigan | Thomas Aspinwall | 3,312 | 49.2 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire

### 1895 general election

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William Abraham, MP from 1885 to 1920 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Ince | Sam Woods | 4,790 | 47.8 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mid Durham | John Wilson | 5,937 | 58.0 | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | 3,404 | 73.4 | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Ben Pickard | 5,499 | 58.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rhondda | William Abraham | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Cambrian
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 5,629 | 69.9 | 1 | Northumberland
Wigan | Thomas Aspinwall | 3,075 | 43.8 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire

### 1900 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Hanley | Enoch Edwards | 5,944 | 47.4 | 1 | Midland
Mid Durham | John Wilson | 5,565 | 57.5 | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | 3,117 | 53.5 | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Ben Pickard | 5,025 | 58.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Nuneaton | William Johnson | 4,432 | 43.6 | 2 | Midland
Rhondda | William Abraham | 8,383 | 81.7 | 1 | South Wales
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 5,474 | 56.1 | 1 | Northumberland

### By-elections, 1900–1906

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Fred Hall, MP from 1905 to 1933 By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor

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1904 Gateshead by-election | John Johnson | 8,220 | 54.0 | 1 | Durham
1904 Normanton by-election | William Parrott | 6,855 | 70.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
1904 West Monmouthshire by-election | Thomas Richards | 7,995 | 70.4 | 1 | South Wales
1905 Normanton by-election | Frederick Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire

### 1906 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[2]

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Chesterfield | James Haslam | 7,254 | 56.5 | 1 | Derbyshire
Gateshead | John Johnson | 9,651 | 65.3 | 1 | Durham
Gower | John Williams | 4,841 | 42.8 | 1 | South Wales
Hallamshire | John Wadsworth | 8,375 | 55.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Hanley | Enoch Edwards | 9,183 | 68.2 | 1 | Midland
Mid Durham | John Wilson | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | 5,518 | 74.2 | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Frederick Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
Nuneaton | William Johnson | 7,677 | 56.8 | 1 | Midland
Rhondda | William Abraham | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
South Glamorganshire | William Brace | 10,514 | 63.3 | 1 | South Wales
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 10,386 | 76.4 | 1 | Northumberland
West Monmouthshire | Thomas Richards | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales

### By-elections, 1906–1910

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor

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1907 North East Derbyshire by-election | W. E. Harvey | 6,644 | 52.9 | 1 | Derbyshire
1907 North West Staffordshire by-election | Albert Stanley | 7,396 | 59.4 | 1 | Midland

### January 1910 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Mid Durham | John Wilson | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | 5,874 | 66.1 | 1 | Northumberland
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | 10,872 | 70.0 | 1 | Northumberland

### December 1910 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[7]

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Mid Durham | John Wilson | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Durham
Morpeth | Thomas Burt | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland
Wansbeck | Charles Fenwick | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Northumberland

### By-elections, 1910–1918

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Barnet Kenyon, MP from 1913 By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor

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1913 Chesterfield by-election | Barnet Kenyon | 7,725 | 55.8 | 1 | Derbyshire
1915 Mid Durham by-election | Samuel Galbraith | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Durham

## Other parties

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Party | Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor

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Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party | 1892 United Kingdom general election | Edinburgh Central | John Wilson | 434 | 7.3 | 3 | Scottish[8]
Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party | 1892 United Kingdom general election | Stirlingshire | Robert Chisholm Robertson | 663 | 6.3 | 3 | Scottish[8]
Scottish Labour Party | 1894 Mid Lanarkshire by-election | Mid Lanarkshire | 1,221 | 13.8 | 3 |  | Scottish[8]
Independent Labour Party | 1895 United Kingdom general election | Glasgow Camlachie | Robert Smillie | 696 | 10.9 | 3 | Scottish[8]
Independent Labour | 1906 United Kingdom general election | Chester-le-Street | John Wilkinson Taylor | 8,805 | 45.6 | 1 | Durham Colliery Mechanics
Independent Labour | 1918 by-election | Wansbeck | Ebby Edwards | 5,267 | 47.5 | 2 | Northumberland

## Scottish Workers' Representation Committee

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### By-elections, 1900–1906

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Election | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position | Sponsor[9]

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1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election | Robert Smillie | 2,900 | 21.7 | 3 | Scottish
1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election | John Robertson | 3,984 | 27.9 | 3 | Scottish

### 1906 UK general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position | Sponsor[9]

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Falkirk Burghs | David Gilmour | 1,763 | 17.5 | 3 | Scottish
North Ayrshire | James Brown | 2,684 | 20.8 | 3 | Scottish
North East Lanarkshire | John Robertson | 4,658 | 29.2 | 3 | Scottish
North West Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 3,291 | 23.9 | 3 | Scottish
Paisley | Robert Smillie | 2,482 | 23.1 | 3 | Scottish

## Labour candidates

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### 1906 general election

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Stephen Walsh, MP from 1906 to 1929 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[10][11]

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Ince | Stephen Walsh | 8,046 | 70.2 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
St Helens | Thomas Glover | 6,088 | 56.6 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire

### By-elections, 1906–1910

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12]

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1906 Cockermouth by-election | Robert Smillie | 1,436 | 14.5 | 3
1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election | John George Hancock | 6,735 | 60.5 | 1

### January 1910 general election

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J. E. Sutton, MP from 1910 to 1918, 1922, and 1923 to 1931 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12]

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Bishop Auckland | William House | 3,993 | 33.2 | 2
Chester-le-Street | John Wilkinson Taylor | 12,684 | 64.8 | 1
Chesterfield | James Haslam | 8,234 | 59.1 | 1
Gateshead | John Johnson | 3,572 | 21.4 | 3
Gower | John Williams | 9,312 | 78.6 | 1
Hallamshire | John Wadsworth | 10,193 | 62.2 | 1
Hanley | Enoch Edwards | 9,199 | 63.9 | 1
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 7,723 | 60.6 | 1
Leigh | Thomas Greenall | 3,268 | 24.7 | 3
Manchester East | John Edward Sutton | 6,110 | 54.5 | 1
Mid Derbyshire | John Hancock | 7,575 | 63.9 | 1
Mid Lanarkshire | Robert Smillie | 3,864 | 25.7 | 3
Morley | Herbert Smith | 2,191 | 16.1 | 3
Normanton | Frederick Hall | 9,172 | 72.2 | 1
North Ayrshire | James Brown | 1,801 | 12.9 | 3
North East Derbyshire | William Edwin Harvey | 8,715 | 57.6 | 1
North East Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 2,160 | 11.8 | 3
North West Lanarkshire | Robert Small | 1,718 | 9.7 | 3
North West Staffordshire | Albert Stanley | 8,566 | 59.8 | 1
Nuneaton | William Johnson | 8,154 | 50.8 | 1
Rhondda | William Abraham | 12,436 | 78.2 | 1
St Helens | Thomas Glover | 6,512 | 53.3 | 1
South Glamorganshire | William Brace | 11,612 | 61.1 | 1
West Fife | William Adamson | 4,736 | 37.7 | 2
West Monmouthshire | Thomas Richards | 13,295 | 81.4 | 1
Whitehaven | Andrew Sharp | 825 | 28.8 | 3
Wigan | Henry Twist | 4,803 | 52.8 | 1

### By-elections, Jan–Dec 1910

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12]

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1910 Mid Glamorgan by-election | Vernon Hartshorn | 6,210 | 41.0 | 2

### December 1910 general election

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William Adamson, MP from 1910 to 1931 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12]

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Bishop Auckland | William House | 3,993 | 33.2 | 2
Chester-le-Street | John Wilkinson Taylor | unopposed | N/A | 1
Chesterfield | James Haslam | 7,283 | 59.0 | 1
East Glamorgan | Charles Stanton | 4,675 | 24.1 | 3
Gower | John Williams | 5,480 | 54.8 | 1
Hallamshire | John Wadsworth | 8,708 | 59.9 | 1
Hanley | Enoch Edwards | 8,343 | 64.2 | 1
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 7,117 | 57.2 | 1
Manchester East | John Edward Sutton | 5,524 | 54.3 | 1
Mid Derbyshire | John Hancock | 6,557 | 60.5 | 1
Mid Glamorganshire | Vernon Hartshorn | 6,102 | 44.5 | 2
Mid Lanarkshire | Robert Smillie | 3,847 | 24.7 | 3
Normanton | Frederick Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1
North East Derbyshire | William Edwin Harvey | 7,838 | 56.3 | 1
North West Staffordshire | Albert Stanley | 8,125 | 62.2 | 1
Nuneaton | William Johnson | 8,199 | 52.2 | 1
Rhondda | William Abraham | 9,073 | 71.0 | 1
St Helens | Thomas Glover | 5,752 | 48.9 | 2
South Glamorganshire | William Brace | 10,910 | 58.4 | 1
West Fife | William Adamson | 6,128 | 53.0 | 1
West Monmouthshire | Thomas Richards | unopposed | N/A | 1
Whitehaven | Thomas Richardson | 1,414 | 53.7 | 1
Wigan | Henry Twist | 4,110 | 46.8 | 2

### By-elections, 1910–1918

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12]

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1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election | John Robertson | 2,879 | 16.3 | 3
1912 Holmfirth by-election | William Lunn | 3,195 | 28.2 | 3
1912 Hanley by-election | Samuel Finney | 1,694 | 11.8 | 3
1912 Midlothian by-election | Robert Brown | 2,415 | 16.7 | 3
1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election | William House | 4,165 | 26.2 | 3
1913 South Lanarkshire by-election | Thomas Gibb | 1,674 | 16.8 | 3
1914 North East Derbyshire by-election | James Martin | 3,669 | 22.5 | 3
1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election | James Winstone | 6,080 | 37.2 | 2
1916 North West Staffordshire by-election | Samuel Finney | unopposed | N/A | 1

### 1918 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[13]

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Abertillery | William Brace | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnard Castle | John Edmund Swan | 5,468 | 42.9 | 1 | Durham
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | 11,370 | 53.6 | 1 | South Wales
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 7,844 | 41.6 | 2 | Durham
Bothwell | John Robertson | 9,027 | 49.1 | 2 | Scottish
Broxtowe | George Alfred Spencer | 11,150 | 55.2 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Burslem | Samuel Finney | 7,474 | 44.3 | 1 | Midland
Caerphilly | Alfred Onions | 11,496 | 54.8 | 1 | South Wales
Clay Cross | Frank Hall | 6,766 | 45.9 | 2 | Derbyshire
Cleveland | Harry Dack | 8,610 | 35.3 | 2 | Cleveland
Darwen | John McGurk | 5,211 | 23.4 | 3 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Don Valley | Edward Hough | 3,226 | 24.5 | 3 | Yorkshire
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 8,809 | 49.4 | 2 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Thomas Richards | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Thomas Greenall | 9,740 | 40.8 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Frome | Edward Gill | 10,454 | 43.9 | 2 | Somerset
Gower | John Williams | 10,109 | 54.8 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Macgregor Graham | 6,988 | 42.1 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | John Guest | 8,102 | 55.5 | 1 | Yorkshire
Hexham | William Weir | 4,168 | 26.2 | 2 | Northumberland
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 7,315 | 36.4 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 14,882 | 87.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield | Thomas Riley | 5,548 | 36.4 | 2 | Midland
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 7,654 | 38.4 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield | William Carter | 8,957 | 43.6 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Merthyr | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | 2 | South Wales
Morpeth | John Cairns | 7,677 | 34.3 | 1 | Northumberland
Normanton | Frederick Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 5,560 | 28.6 | 2 | Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 5,673 | 34.1 | 2 | Scottish
Ogmore | Vernon Hartshorn | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Oswestry | Thomas Morris | 8,467 | 40.8 | 2 | North Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | James Gold | 4,830 | 39.4 | 2 | Scottish
Pontefract | Isaac Burns | 5,047 | 37.1 | 2 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | David Lewis Davies | 10,152 | 42.8 | 2 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts-Morgan | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William Abraham | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Walter Grundy | 9,917 | 55.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 9,098 | 44.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
Seaham | Jack Lawson | 8,988 | 41.3 | 2 | Durham
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 5,801 | 36.8 | 2 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 6,358 | 37.3 | 1 | Scottish
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 8,196 | 46.5 | 2 | Durham
Wallsend | John Chapman | 6,835 | 34.0 | 2 | Northumberland[14]
Wansbeck | Ebenezer Edwards | 5,267 | 47.5 | 2 | Northumberland
Wentworth | George Henry Hirst | 13,029 | 59.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 10,664 | 72.6 | 1 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 12,914 | 48.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 10,441 | 51.4 | 1 | Cumberland*

### By-elections, 1918–1922

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Jack Lawson, MP from 1919 to 1949 By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1919 Bothwell by-election | John Robertson | 13,135 | 68.8 | 1
1919 Pontefract by-election | Isaac Burns | 8,445 | 46.0 | 2
1919 Chester-le-Street by-election | Jack Lawson | 17,838 | 77.1 | 1
1920 Abertillery by-election | George Barker | 15,942 | 66.4 | 1
1921 Penistone by-election | William Gillis | 8,560 | 36.2 | 1
1922 Tamworth by-election | George Henry Jones | 6,671 | 31.2 | 2
1922 Manchester Clayton by-election | John Edward Sutton | 14,662 | 57.1 | 1
1922 Gower by-election | David Rhys Grenfell | 13,296 | 57.5 | 1
1922 Pontypridd by-election | Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones | 16,630 | 57.0 | 1

### 1922 general election

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Wilfred Paling, MP from 1922 to 1959 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[13]

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Aberdare | George Hall | 20,704 | 57.2 | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Barker | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnard Castle | John Swan | 8,052 | 49.3 | 2 | Durham
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | 17,270 | 63.0 | 1 | South Wales
Belper | Oliver Wright | 7,942 | 38.9 | 2 | Derbyshire
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 14,722 | 53.9 | 1 | Durham
Bothwell | John Robertson | 13,872 | 57.0 | 1 | Scottish
Broxtowe | George Spencer | 11,699 | 50.8 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 20,296 | 68.5 | 1 | Durham
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 14,068 | 55.2 | 1 | Durham
Cleveland | Harry Dack | 10,843 | 29.5 | 3 | Cleveland
Darwen | John McGurk | 4,528 | 15.8 | 3 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Doncaster | Wilfred Paling | 13,437 | 46.5 | 1 | Yorkshire
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 9,903 | 47.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 11,652 | 50.4 | 1 | Scottish
Ebbw Vale | Evan Davies | 16,947 | 65.4 | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Thomas Greenall | 13,391 | 45.6 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Frome | Edward Gill | 14,311 | 48.8 | 2 | Somerset
Gower | David Rhys Grenfell | 13,388 | 54.2 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Macgregor Graham | 12,365 | 57.8 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | John Guest | 14,295 | 63.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Hexham | George Shield | 5,050 | 24.2 | 3 | Northumberland*
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 14,611 | 51.9 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 17,332 | 67.7 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Henry Twist | 15,006 | 45.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield | Walter John French | 9,316 | 46.8 | 2 | Midland
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 14,789 | 50.0 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield | William Carter | 14,917 | 48.0 | 2 | Nottinghamshire
Morpeth | John Cairns | 15,026 | 48.3 | 1 | Northumberland
Neath | William Jenkins | 19,566 | 59.5 | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Frederick Hall | 16,040 | 73.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 9,359 | 33.9 | 1 | Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 10,349 | 47.3 | 1 | Scottish
Nuneaton | James Stevenson | 10,842 | 32.5 | 2 | Midland
Ogmore | Vernon Hartshorn | 17,321 | 55.8 | 1 | South Wales
Oswestry | Thomas Morris | 6,105 | 23.8 | 3 | North Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Joseph Westwood | 6,394 | 36.0 | 1 | Scottish
Penistone | William Gillis | 8,382 | 33.7 | 2 | Yorkshire
Pontefract | Tom Smith | 9,111 | 38.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones | 14,884 | 47.2 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts-Morgan | 17,146 | 55.0 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | 18,001 | 62.1 | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Grundy | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 17,831 | 62.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 9,756 | 43.6 | 1 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 11,511 | 55.6 | 1 | Scottish
South Shields | Will Lawther | 15,735 | 39.7 | 2 | Durham
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 13,766 | 50.3 | 1 | Durham
Stirling and Falkirk | Hugh Murnin | 11,073 | 53.3 | 1 | Scottish*
Wansbeck | George Warne | 16,032 | 45.2 | 1 | Northumberland[14]
Wentworth | George Henry Hirst | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 20,079 | 56.5 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 14,546 | 54.7 | 1 | Cumberland

### By-elections, 1922–1923

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1923 Morpeth by-election | Robert Smillie | 20,053 | 60.5 | 1 | Northumberland

### 1923 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[13]

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Aberdare | George Hall | 22,379 | 58.2 | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Barker | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnsley | John Potts | 12,674 | 48.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | 17,564 | 67.6 | 1 | South Wales
Belper | Oliver Wright | 7,284 | 31.5 | 2 | Derbyshire
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 15,073 | 67.9 | 1 | Durham
Bothwell | John Robertson | 14,211 | 60.2 | 1 | Scottish
Broxtowe | George Spencer | 13,219 | 54.5 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 20,712 | 74.7 | 1 | Durham
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 12,898 | 60.4 | 1 | Yorkshire
Doncaster | Wilfred Paling | 16,198 | 60.6 | 1 | Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 12,606 | 53.6 | 1 | Scottish
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 13,819 | 56.8 | 1 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Evan Davies | 16,492 | 65.6 | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Thomas Greenall | 14,858 | 57.2 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower | David Rhys Grenfell | 14,771 | 59.1 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Macgregor Graham | 11,858 | 58.4 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | John Guest | 13,159 | 70.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 15,225 | 59.3 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 17,365 | 73.5 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Joe Tinker | 13,989 | 43.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 17,255 | 56.7 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield | Frank Varley | 18,813 | 57.8 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Morpeth | Robert Smillie | 16,902 | 64.2 | 1 | Northumberland
Neath | William Jenkins | 20,764 | 62.3 | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Frederick Hall | 15,453 | 78.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 10,971 | 39.5 | 1 | Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 10,526 | 50.5 | 1 | Scottish
Ogmore | Vernon Hartshorn | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Joseph Westwood | 7,882 | 43.0 | 1 | Scottish
Pontefract | Tom Smith | 11,134 | 45.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | Thomas Mardy Jones | 16,837 | 54.9 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts-Morgan | 21,338 | 71.9 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | 18,206 | 65.4 | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Walter Grundy | 15,967 | 68.6 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 15,115 | 66.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 11,087 | 50.0 | 2 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 11,169 | 55.9 | 1 | Scottish
South Shields | Will Lawther | 15,717 | 40.7 | 2 | Durham
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 15,567 | 65.7 | 1 | Durham
Stoke | John Watts | 12,502 | 48.8 | 2 | Midland
Wansbeck | George Warne | 18,583 | 56.8 | 1 | Northumberland
Wentworth | George Henry Hirst | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 12,204 | 65.4 | 1 | Scottish
Wigan | John Allen Parkinson | 19,637 | 57.6 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 15,296 | 56.5 | 1 | Cumberland

### 1924 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsor[13]

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Aberdare | George Hall | 20,704 | 57.2 | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Barker | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnsley | John Potts | 14,738 | 51.7 | 1 | Yorkshire
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 17,670 | 62.6 | 1 | Durham
Bothwell | John Robertson | 14,591 | 56.3 | 1 | Scottish
Broxtowe | George Spencer | 15,276 | 55.4 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 22,700 | 71.0 | 1 | Durham
Cleveland | William Mansfield | 11,153 | 29.4 | 2 | Cleveland
Doncaster | Wilfred Paling | 16,496 | 52.7 | 1 | Yorkshire
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 14,958 | 53.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 13,887 | 57.9 | 1 | Scottish
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 15,032 | 54.9 | 1 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Evan Davies | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Thomas Greenall | 15,327 | 47.5 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower | David Rhys Grenfell | 15,374 | 57.2 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Macgregor Graham | 13,003 | 60.8 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | John Guest | 15,593 | 69.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 17,857 | 57.8 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Stephen Walsh | 18,272 | 70.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Joe Tinker | 17,262 | 51.5 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield | Frank Hodges | 12,512 | 46.2 | 2 | Midland
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 17,338 | 54.2 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield | Frank Varley | 19,441 | 59.0 | 1 | Nottinghamshire
Morpeth | Robert Smillie | 19,248 | 56.8 | 1 | Northumberland
Neath | William Jenkins | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Frederick Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 13,420 | 44.9 | 1 | Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire | Joseph Sullivan | 11,852 | 46.1 | 2 | Scottish
Ogmore | Vernon Hartshorn | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Joseph Westwood | 7,797 | 40.8 | 1 | Scottish
Pontefract | Tom Smith | 13,044 | 48.7 | 2 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | Thomas Mardy-Jones | 18,301 | 55.9 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts-Morgan | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Walter Grundy | 18,750 | 65.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 16,540 | 61.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 12,552 | 47.3 | 2 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 11,313 | 50.4 | 1 | Scottish
South Shields | Will Lawther | 16,852 | 42.1 | 2 | Durham
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 17,211 | 63.0 | 1 | Durham
Stirling and Falkirk | Hugh Murnin | 13,436 | 53.9 | 1 | Scottish*
Stoke | John Watts | 13,318 | 42.7 | 2 | Midland
Wansbeck | George Warne | 21,159 | 52.9 | 1 | Northumberland
Wentworth | George Hirst | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 14,685 | 70.9 | 1 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 20,350 | 57.6 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 15,353 | 55.6 | 1 | Cumberland

### By-elections, 1924–1929

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1926 Bothwell by-election | Joseph Sullivan | 14,830 | 59.7 | 1 |
1929 Wansbeck by-election | George Shield | 20,398 | 58.0 | 1[15] | Northumberland[14]

### 1929 general election

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Aneurin Bevan, MP from 1929 to 1960 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[16] | Sponsor[13]

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Aberdare | George Hall | 29,550 | 64.6 | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Daggar | 20,175 | 64.5 | 1 | South Wales
Barnard Castle | Will Lawther | 9,281 | 42.0 | 1 | Durham
Barnsley | John Potts | 21,855 | 53.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | 26,021 | 79.0 | 1 | South Wales
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 21,221 | 59.1 | 1 | Durham
Bothwell | Joseph Sullivan | 17,006 | 55.3 | 1 | Scottish
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 26,975 | 69.8 | 1 | Durham
Cleveland | William Mansfield | 16,938 | 36.3 | 1 | Cleveland
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 31,466 | 73.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Doncaster | Wilfred Paling | 25,295 | 56.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 15,288 | 58.5 | 1 | Scottish
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 18,514 | 56.8 | 1 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 20,088 | 60.3 | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Guy Rowson | 21,857 | 52.2 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower | David Rhys Grenfell | 20,664 | 54.0 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Graham | 16,595 | 67.1 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | John Guest | 26,075 | 79.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 25,056 | 57.1 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Gordon Macdonald | 26,091 | 73.8 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Joe Tinker | 25,635 | 57.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 21,103 | 55.0 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Midlothian and Peebles Northern | Andrew Clarke | 10,779 | 37.5 | 2
Morpeth | Ebby Edwards | 25,508 | 61.3 | 1 | Northumberland
Neath | William Jenkins | 29,455 | 60.2 | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Frederick Hall | 26,008 | 83.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 21,633 | 54.6 | 1 | Derbyshire
Ogmore | Vernon Hartshorn | 22,900 | 56.7 | 1 | South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Joseph Westwood | 11,161 | 45.5 | 1 | Scottish
Penistone | Rennie Smith | 17,286 | 45.2 | 1 | Yorkshire
Pontefract | Tom Smith | 17,335 | 47.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | Thomas Mardy Jones | 20,835 | 53.1 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts Morgan | 19,010 | 50.2 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | 23,238 | 65.1 | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Walter Grundy | 30,405 | 76.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 27,320 | 61.7 | 1 | Yorkshire
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 15,749 | 47.7 | 1 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 16,981 | 58.1 | 1 | Scottish
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 20,858 | 71.8 | 1 | Durham
Stirling and Falkirk | Hugh Murnin | 15,408 | 47.4 | 1 | Scottish
Wansbeck | George Shield | 27,930 | 54.4 | 1 | Northumberland
Wentworth | George Henry Hirst | 35,276 | 75.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 17,668 | 60.0 | 1 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 27,462 | 58.5 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 20,591 | 65.2 | 1 | Cumberland

### By-elections, 1929–1931

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1931 Pontypridd by-election | David Lewis Davies | 20,687 | 59.9 | 1[17]
1931 Ogmore by-election | Edward Williams | 19,356 | 78.8 | 1[17]

### 1931 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[18] | Sponsor

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Aberavon | William Cove | 23,029 | 58.4 | 1 |
Aberdare | George Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Daggar | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnard Castle | Will Lawther | 10,287 | 44.7 | 2 | Durham
Barnsley | John Potts | 20,622 | 49.1 | 2 | Yorkshire
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 18,431 | 49.3 | 2 | Durham
Bothwell | Joseph Sullivan | 14,423 | 43.5 | 2 | Scottish
Cleveland | William Mansfield | 20,060 | 39.6 | 2 | Cleveland
Doncaster | Wilfred Paling | 22,363 | 45.1 | 2 | Yorkshire
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 27,599 | 58.6 | 1 | Yorkshire
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 17,136 | 49.6 | 2 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Guy Rowson | 19,553 | 46.5 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower | David Rhys Grenfell | 21,963 | 53.4 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Macgregor Graham | 14,233 | 53.9 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | Gabriel Price | 23,609 | 70.5 | 1 | Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring | Robert Richardson | 22,700 | 47.1 | 2 | Durham
Ince | Gordon Macdonald | 23,237 | 63.4 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Joe Tinker | 23,965 | 52.3 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton | John Edward Sutton | 17,169 | 43.8 | 2 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Morpeth | Ebby Edwards | 18,174 | 48.7 | 2 | Northumberland
Neath | William Jenkins | 30,873 | 64.0 | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Frederick Hall | 22,877 | 69.6 | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 19,385 | 47.5 | 2 | Derbyshire
Ogmore | Edward Williams | 23,064 | 61.0 | 1 | South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | Joseph Westwood | 9,185 | 34.5 | 2 | Scottish
Pontefract | Tom Smith | 16,870 | 44.6 | 2 | Yorkshire
Pontypridd | David Lewis Davies | 21,751 | 58.4 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | David Watts-Morgan | 22,086 | 68.1 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | 23,024 | 84.3 | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Thomas Walter Grundy | 26,185 | 62.3 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 24,897 | 52.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Sedgefield | John Herriotts | 15,404 | 41.2 | 2 | Durham
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 13,733 | 45.2 | 2 | Scottish
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 18,072 | 56.2 | 1 | Durham
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs | Hugh Murnin | 12,483 | 36.4 | 2 | Scottish
Wansbeck | George Shield | 24,126 | 41.8 | 2 | Northumberland
Wentworth | George Henry Hirst | 31,861 | 68.8 | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 11,063 | 35.8 | 2 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 23,544 | 51.1 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | 18,469 | 54.9 | 1 | Cumberland

### By-elections, 1931–1935

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S. O. Davies, MP from 1934 By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1933 Rhondda East by-election | William Mainwaring | 14,127 | 42.5 | 1[19]
1933 Normanton by-election | Tom Smith | unopposed | N/A | 1[19]
1933 Wentworth by-election | Wilfred Paling | unopposed | N/A | 1[20]
1934 Hemsworth by-election | George Griffiths | unopposed | N/A | 1[20]
1934 Merthyr by-election | S. O. Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | 1[20]

### 1935 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[21] | Sponsor

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Aberdare | George Hall | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Abertillery | George Daggar | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Barnsley | John Potts | 25,318 | 58.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Berwick and Haddington | John Robertson | 14,299 | 41.9 | 2 | Scottish
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 24,148 | 62.3 | 1 | Durham
Bothwell | James C. Welsh | 20,900 | 60.3 | 1 | Scottish
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 29,111 | 71.0 | 1 | Durham
Don Valley | Tom Williams | 33,220 | 68.9 | 1 | Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 16,271 | 52.3 | 1 | Scottish
Durham | Joshua Ritson | 21,517 | 59.1 | 1 | Durham
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 25,007 | 77.8 | 1 | South Wales
Farnworth | Guy Rowson | 22,040 | 51.7 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower | David Grenfell | 25,632 | 66.8 | 1 | South Wales
Hamilton | Duncan Graham | 17,049 | 65.7 | 1 | Scottish
Hemsworth | George Griffiths | 28,298 | 80.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring | William Stewart | 30,665 | 57.2 | 1 | Durham
Ince | Gordon Macdonald | 26,334 | 72.6 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh | Joe Tinker | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield | George Henry Jones | 20,191 | 46.2 | 2 | Midland
Merthyr | S. O. Davies | 20,530 | 68.0 | 1 | South Wales
Morpeth | Robert Taylor | 28,900 | 59.2 | 1 | Northumberland[14]
Neath | William Jenkins | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Normanton | Tom Smith | 26,705 | 81.4 | 1 | Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire | Frank Lee | 25,382 | 57.2 | 1 | Derbyshire
Ogmore | Ted Williams | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Peebles and South Midlothian | David Pryde | 12,209 | 47.2 | 2 | Scottish
Pontypridd | David Lewis Davies | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda East | William Mainwaring | 22,088 | 61.8 | 1 | South Wales
Rhondda West | William John | unopposed | N/A | 1 | South Wales
Rother Valley | Edward Dunn | 33,271 | 72.0 | 1 | Yorkshire
Rothwell | William Lunn | 31,472 | 64.5 | 1 | Yorkshire
South Ayrshire | James Brown | 18,190 | 57.6 | 1 | Scottish
Spennymoor | Joseph Batey | 21,473 | 71.2 | 1 | Durham
Wansbeck | Edward Dowling | 29,904 | 49.2 | 2 | Northumberland[14]
Wentworth | Wilfred Paling | 37,471 | 82.1 | 1 | Yorkshire
West Fife | William Adamson | 12,869 | 35.7 | 2 | Scottish
Wigan | John Parkinson | 27,950 | 61.3 | 1 | Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington | Thomas Cape | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Cumberland

### By-elections, 1935–1945

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1936 Llanelly by-election | Jim Griffiths | 32,188 | 66.8 | 1[22]
1938 Barnsley by-election | Frank Collindridge | 23,566 | 64.4 | 1[23]
1939 South Ayrshire by-election | Alexander Sloan | 17,908 | 58.0 | 1[23]
1942 North East Derbyshire by-election | Henry White | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1942 Wigan by-election | William Foster | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1942 Spennymoor by-election | James Murray | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1942 Rothwell by-election | Thomas Brooks | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1942 Ince by-election | Tom Brown | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1943 Hamilton by-election | Tom Fraser | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1943 Consett by-election | James Glanville | unopposed | N/A | 1[24]
1944 Clay Cross by-election | Harold Neal | 13,693 | 76.3 | 1[24]
1945 Neath by-election | D. J. Williams | 30,847 | 79.3 | 1[24]

### 1945 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[25]

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Barnsley | Frank Collindridge | 30,614 | 72.9 | 1
Bedwellty | Charles Edwards | 30,480 | 82.1 | 1
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 29,931 | 71.7 | 1
Bothwell | John Timmons | 25,369 | 65.8 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 29,158 | 80.2 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Jack Lawson | 33,788 | 76.8 | 1
Clay Cross | Harold Neal | 27,538 | 82.1 | 1
Consett | James Glanville | 28,617 | 70.1 | 1
Dewsbury | William Paling | 16,330 | 56.3 | 1
Don Valley | Thomas Williams | 40,153 | 71.7 | 1
Dunfermline Burghs | William McLean Watson | 22,021 | 64.7 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 24,135 | 66.2 | 1
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 27,209 | 80.1 | 1
Gower | David Grenfell | 30,676 | 68.5 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 20,015 | 73.5 | 1
Hemsworth | George Griffiths | 33,984 | 81.4 | 1
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | 43,730 | 66.7 | 1
Ince | Tom Brown | 28,702 | 74.4 | 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Thomas Hubbard | 15,401 | 45.0 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 44,514 | 81.1 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 43,113 | 75.1 | 1
Merthyr | S. O. Davies | 24,879 | 81.4 | 1
Morpeth | Robert Taylor | 38,521 | 73.2 | 1
Neath | D. J. Williams | 37,957 | 75.8 | 1
Normanton | Tom Smith | 28,238 | 84.3 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Henry White | 35,795 | 65.6 | 1
Ogmore | Ted Williams | 32,715 | 76.4 | 1
Peebles and Southern Midlothian | David Pryde | 15,546 | 55.7 | 1
Pontypool | Arthur Jenkins | 27,455 | 77.3 | 1
Rhondda East | William Mainwaring | 16,733 | 48.4 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | unopposed | N/A | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 44,449 | 75.2 | 1
South Ayrshire | Alexander Sloan | 21,235 | 61.3 | 1
Spennymoor | James Murray | 22,587 | 69.9 | 1
Wallsend | John McKay | 32,065 | 60.1 | 1
Wentworth | Wilfred Paling | 44,080 | 83.6 | 1
Wigan | William Foster | 31,392 | 68.2 | 1

### By-elections, 1945–1950

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1946 Hemsworth by-election | Horace Holmes | unopposed | N/A | 1
1946 Ogmore by-election | John Evans | 13,632 | 70.6 | 1
1946 Aberdare by-election | David Thomas | 24,215 | 68.3 | 1
1947 Normanton by-election | George Sylvester | 19,085 | 79.8 | 1
1948 Wigan by-election | Ronald Williams | 28,941 | 59.1 | 1

### 1950 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[26]

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Aberdare | David Thomas | 33,390 | 75.6 | 1
Barnsley | Frank Collindridge | 42,008 | 68.6 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 31,329 | 83.4 | 1
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 28,343 | 68.9 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 34,017 | 80.6 | 1
Bothwell | John Timmons | 25,715 | 56.7 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 30,270 | 77.5 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Patrick Bartley | 35,348 | 77.3 | 1
Consett | James Glanville | 34,907 | 66.8 | 1
Dearne Valley | Wilfred Paling | 40,420 | 79.6 | 1
Dewsbury | William Paling | 29,341 | 53.6 | 1
Don Valley | Thomas Williams | 39,789 | 74.0 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 36,024 | 68.1 | 1
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 28,245 | 80.7 | 1
Gower | David Grenfell | 32,564 | 76.1 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 29,292 | 70.0 | 1
Hemsworth | Horace Holmes | 47,934 | 82.4 | 1
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | 36,044 | 77.1 | 1
Ince | Tom Brown | 32,145 | 71.8 | 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Thomas Hubbard | 25,756 | 60.0 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 39,326 | 70.8 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 36,224 | 66.7 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 29,120 | 78.9 | 1
Midlothian and Peebles | David Pryde | 26,966 | 52.8 | 1
Morpeth | Robert Taylor | 27,548 | 71.5 | 1
Neath | D. J. Williams | 33,034 | 73.0 | 1
Normanton | Thomas Brooks | 31,986 | 74.5 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Henry White | 33,417 | 66.3 | 1
North West Durham | James Murray | 31,084 | 69.7 | 1
Pontefract | George Sylvester | 35,432 | 75.6 | 1
Rhondda East | William Mainwaring | 26,645 | 75.9 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 27,150 | 82.4 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 42,222 | 76.6 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 27,946 | 62.5 | 1
Wallsend | John McKay | 33,790 | 56.4 | 1
Wigan | Ronald Williams | 32,746 | 62.5 | 1

### 1951 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[27]

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Aberdare | David Thomas | 34,783 | 78.6 | 1
Barnsley | Sidney Schofield | 37,523 | 69.7 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 31,582 | 83.3 | 1
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 28,337 | 68.2 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 33,661 | 79.9 | 1
Bothwell | John Timmons | 26,529 | 56.3 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 30,523 | 77.2 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Patrick Bartley | 35,511 | 77.0 | 1
Consett | James Glanville | 35,705 | 69.2 | 1
Dearne Valley | Wilfred Paling | 39,782 | 79.6 | 1
Dewsbury | William Paling | 28,650 | 53.3 | 1
Don Valley | Thomas Williams | 39,687 | 74.1 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 35,597 | 67.1 | 1
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 28,283 | 80.7 | 1
Gower | David Grenfell | 32,661 | 75.9 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 28,591 | 68.7 | 1
Hemsworth | Horace Holmes | 47,402 | 82.7 | 1
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | 37,718 | 75.8 | 1
Ince | Tom Brown | 32,148 | 72.3 | 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Thomas Hubbard | 26,885 | 60.6 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 39,731 | 72.5 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 37,097 | 69.9 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 28,841 | 79.6 | 1
Midlothian and Peebles | David Pryde | 29,271 | 55.3 | 1
Morpeth | Robert Taylor | 27,718 | 71.9 | 1
Neath | D. J. Williams | 34,496 | 76.9 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 31,052 | 73.5 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Henry White | 33,376 | 66.7 | 1
North West Durham | James Murray | 30,417 | 68.7 | 1
Pontefract | George Sylvester | 35,280 | 76.2 | 1
Rhondda East | William Mainwaring | 27,958 | 81.2 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 26,123 | 81.1 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 41,990 | 75.7 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 28,219 | 62.3 | 1
Wallsend | John McKay | 35,678 | 58.7 | 1
Wells | David Llewellyn | 21,481 | 44.8 | 2
Wigan | Ronald Williams | 34,530 | 66.9 | 1

### By-elections, 1951–1955

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1953 Barnsley by-election | Roy Mason | 29,283 | 72.9 | 1

### 1955 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[28]

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Barnsley | Roy Mason | 39,485 | 72.8 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 30,104 | 82.4 | 1
Blaydon | William Whiteley | 25,273 | 66.5 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 30,074 | 78.9 | 1
Bothwell | John Timmons | 23,365 | 54.2 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 27,852 | 75.2 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Patrick Bartley | 32,323 | 76.3 | 1
Consett | William Stones | 30,979 | 67.1 | 1
Dearne Valley | Wilfred Paling | 36,718 | 77.9 | 1
Dewsbury | William Paling | 23,286 | 52.1 | 1
Don Valley | Thomas Williams | 38,433 | 73.7 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 32,412 | 66.1 | 1
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 26,058 | 79.3 | 1
Gower | David Grenfell | 26,304 | 68.3 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 26,187 | 67.4 | 1
Hemsworth | Horace Holmes | 42,603 | 83.3 | 1
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | 33,375 | 76.1 | 1
Ince | Tom Brown | 29,830 | 72.7 | 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs | Thomas Hubbard | 23,861 | 59.3 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 34,021 | 66.6 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 29,543 | 68.5 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 25,630 | 77.3 | 1
Midlothian | David Pryde | 25,994 | 60.2 | 1
Neath | D. J. Williams | 30,581 | 76.4 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 27,846 | 73.5 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Henry White | 34,965 | 66.5 | 1
North Somerset | David Llewellyn | 22,802 | 45.8 | 2
North West Durham | William Ainsley | 27,116 | 67.4 | 1
Pontefract | George Sylvester | 32,646 | 76.2 | 1
Rhondda East | William Mainwaring | 21,859 | 72.6 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 21,288 | 73.8 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 39,968 | 75.6 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 37,221 | 59.7 | 1
Wallsend | John McKay | 34,625 | 57.8 | 1
Wigan | Ronald Williams | 29,755 | 64.4 | 1

### By-elections, 1955–1959

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1956 Blaydon by-election | Robert Woof | 18,791 | 69.9 | 1
1956 Chester-le-Street by-election | Norman Pentland | 27,912 | 80.8 | 1
1958 Wigan by-election | Alan Fitch | 27,415 | 71.0 | 1

### 1959 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[29]

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Barnsley | Roy Mason | 42,565 | 73.7 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 30,697 | 81.8 | 1
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 25,969 | 65.4 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 32,536 | 78.2 | 1
Bothwell | John Timmons | 25,119 | 54.7 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 28,154 | 72.7 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Norman Pentland | 33,901 | 75.8 | 1
Consett | William Stones | 32,307 | 66.8 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 39,088 | 77.7 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 40,935 | 70.9 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 33,795 | 66.4 | 1
Ebbw Vale | Aneurin Bevan | 27,326 | 81.0 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 27,423 | 66.1 | 1
Hemsworth | Alan Beaney | 45,153 | 82.2 | 1
Houghton-le-Spring | Billy Blyton | 35,960 | 75.9 | 1
Ince | Tom Brown | 30,752 | 72.3 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 34,625 | 66.7 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 31,066 | 67.9 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 26,608 | 77.1 | 1
Midlothian | James Hill | 28,457 | 60.2 | 1
Neath | D. J. Williams | 30,469 | 71.4 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 29,672 | 72.7 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 37,444 | 62.9 | 1
North West Durham | William Ainsley | 28,064 | 68.1 | 1
Pontefract | George Sylvester | 35,194 | 76.4 | 1
Rhondda East | Elfed Davies | 20,565 | 65.2 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 21,130 | 72.0 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 43,962 | 74.1 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 30,642 | 58.5 | 1
Wallsend | John McKay | 37,862 | 56.6 | 1
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 30,664 | 66.3 | 1

### By-elections, 1959–1964

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1962 Pontefract by-election | Joseph Harper | 26,461 | 77.3 | 1

### 1964 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[30]

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Ayr | Alex Eadie | 18,346 | 47.8 | 2
Barnsley | Roy Mason | 37,250 | 66.8 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 29,425 | 83.5 | 1
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 25,926 | 66.7 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 31,234 | 79.3 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 26,001 | 72.1 | 1
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 29,452 | 56.5 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Norman Pentland | 32,895 | 75.2 | 1
Consett | William Stones | 29,676 | 68.1 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 38,101 | 80.7 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 42,452 | 71.9 | 1
Dunfermline Burghs | Adam Hunter | 22,468 | 61.6 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 32,818 | 68.3 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 28,964 | 71.0 | 1
Hemsworth | Alan Beaney | 42,528 | 83.1 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 31,042 | 72.0 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 21,134 | 54.7 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 32,546 | 65.9 | 1
Mansfield | Bernard Taylor | 29,055 | 63.6 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 23,275 | 75.3 | 1
Midlothian | James Hill | 29,820 | 61.3 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 28,477 | 72.5 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 38,657 | 64.2 | 1
Pontefract | Joseph Harper | 32,357 | 76.2 | 1
Rhondda East | Elfed Davies | 20,510 | 71.2 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 20,713 | 79.3 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 43,101 | 74.4 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 32,273 | 60.7 | 1
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 28,640 | 69.4 | 1

### By-elections, 1964–1966

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1965 Abertillery by-election | Clifford Williams | 18,256 | 79.0 | 1

### 1966 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[31]

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Abertillery | Clifford Williams | 23,353 | 88.1 | 1
Barnsley | Roy Mason | 38,744 | 75.7 | 1
Bedwellty | Harold Finch | 29,723 | 86.3 | 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed | James W. Conway | 9,908 | 33.0 | 2
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 26,629 | 69.2 | 1
Bolsover | Harold Neal | 30,114 | 81.6 | 1
Caerphilly | Ness Edwards | 26,330 | 74.3 | 1
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 31,542 | 61.6 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Norman Pentland | 32,467 | 77.0 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 36,735 | 81.6 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 43,973 | 74.9 | 1
Dunfermline Burghs | Adam Hunter | 20,709 | 58.4 | 1
Durham | Charles Grey | 32,200 | 70.6 | 1
Hamilton | Tom Fraser | 27,865 | 71.2 | 1
Hemsworth | Alan Beaney | 41,887 | 85.4 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 30,915 | 73.6 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 19,988 | 56.9 | 1
Llanelly | Jim Griffiths | 33,674 | 71.4 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 28,849 | 64.2 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | S. O. Davies | 21,737 | 74.5 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 27,608 | 56.6 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 29,416 | 76.4 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 38,723 | 66.9 | 1
Pontefract | Joseph Harper | 32,328 | 78.4 | 1
Rhondda East | Elfed Davies | 21,567 | 77.4 | 1
Rhondda West | Iorwerth Thomas | 19,060 | 76.1 | 1
Rother Valley | David Griffiths | 43,634 | 76.8 | 1
Sedgefield | Joseph Slater | 34,058 | 64.7 | 1
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 28,754 | 72.9 | 1

### By-elections, 1966–1970

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1967 Hamilton by-election | Alexander Wilson | 16,598 | 41.5 | 2

### 1970 general election

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Dennis Skinner, MP from 1970 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[32]

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Barnsley | Roy Mason | 34,956 | 64.8 | 1
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 25,724 | 64.9 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 28,830 | 77.5 | 1
Carlton | Carl Bennett | 27,043 | 40.4 | 2
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 30,386 | 59.0 | 1
Chester-le-Street | Norman Pentland | 33,694 | 71.6 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 33,966 | 75.1 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 42,496 | 69.5 | 1
Dunfermline Burghs | Adam Hunter | 21,532 | 57.1 | 1
Hamilton | Alexander Wilson | 25,431 | 53.0 | 1
Hemsworth | Alan Beaney | 40,013 | 80.8 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 32,295 | 68.5 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 22,324 | 57.3 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 30,554 | 66.1 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 30,802 | 52.9 | 1
Morpeth | George Grant | 21,826 | 60.4 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 28,421 | 68.4 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 38,181 | 60.9 | 1
Pontefract | Joseph Harper | 31,774 | 74.8 | 1
Rhondda East | Elfed Davies | 19,602 | 68.7 | 1
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 28,102 | 67.5 | 1

### By-elections, 1970–1974

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1972 Rochdale by-election | Lawrence Cunliffe | 14,203 | 31.1 | 2

### February 1974 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[33]

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Barnsley | Roy Mason | 40,595 | 71.8 | 1
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 22,279 | 58.7 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 30,787 | 76.5 | 1
Cardiff North West | Charlie Blewett | 10,641 | 29.9 | 2
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 31,040 | 54.8 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 34,727 | 68.8 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 48,737 | 70.1 | 1
Dunfermline | Adam Hunter | 19,201 | 39.3 | 1
Hamilton | Alexander Wilson | 19,070 | 48.0 | 1
Hemsworth | Alec Woodall | 44,093 | 82.8 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 39,822 | 70.0 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 22,689 | 54.7 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 34,378 | 64.5 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 32,220 | 44.7 | 1
Morpeth | George Grant | 22,026 | 56.4 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 29,621 | 67.2 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 29,602 | 57.0 | 1
Pontefract and Castleford | Joseph Harper | 34,409 | 74.8 | 1
Rochdale | Lawrence Cunliffe | 16,367 | 31.8 | 2
Rushcliffe | Michael Gallagher | 12,119 | 22.6 | 2
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 30,485 | 71.3 | 1

### October 1974 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[34]

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Barnsley | Roy Mason | 34,212 | 65.3 | 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed | G. Spain | 4,768 | 14.0 | 3
Blaydon | Robert Woof | 23,743 | 52.3 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 27,275 | 70.6 | 1
Cardiff North West | Charlie Blewett | 11,319 | 32.7 | 2
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 30,953 | 59.9 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 33,315 | 74.1 | 1
Don Valley | Richard Kelley | 41,187 | 63.3 | 1
Dunfermline | Adam Hunter | 18,470 | 40.1 | 1
Hamilton | Alexander Wilson | 18,487 | 47.6 | 1
Hemsworth | Alec Woodall | 37,467 | 76.5 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 35,453 | 63.5 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 23,964 | 60.5 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 28,964 | 57.4 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 28,652 | 41.5 | 1
Morpeth | George Grant | 22,696 | 63.8 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 24,372 | 58.7 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Thomas Swain | 25,234 | 49.9 | 1
Pontefract and Castleford | Joseph Harper | 30,208 | 70.4 | 1
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 27,692 | 65.8 | 1

### 1979 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[35]

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Ashfield | Frank Haynes | 33,116 | 52.8 | 1
Barnsley | Roy Mason | 36,276 | 64.0 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 27,495 | 66.6 | 1
Carlton | Arthur Palmer | 18,989 | 31.4 | 2
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 31,049 | 57.4 | 1
Dearne Valley | Edwin Wainwright | 31,783 | 68.8 | 1
Don Valley | Michael Welsh | 39,603 | 55.6 | 1
Hemsworth | Alec Woodall | 36,509 | 69.6 | 1
Ince | Michael McGuire | 34,599 | 56.2 | 1
Leigh | Lawrence Cunliffe | 27,736 | 54.1 | 1
Liverpool West Derby | Eric Ogden | 22,576 | 55.5 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 29,051 | 52.3 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 37,773 | 47.8 | 1
Morpeth | George Grant | 21,744 | 56.3 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Raymond Ellis | 27,218 | 48.1 | 1
Normanton | Albert Roberts | 26,591 | 56.4 | 1
Rushcliffe | Clive Atkins | 11,712 | 21.3 | 2
Wigan | Alan Fitch | 26,144 | 59.8 | 1

### 1983 general election

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Kevin Barron, MP from 1983 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[36]

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Ashfield | Frank Haynes | 21,859 | 41.7 | 1
Barnsley Central | Roy Mason | 21,847 | 59.8 | 1
Barnsley East | Terry Patchett | 23,905 | 66.3 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 26,514 | 56.3 | 1
Chesterfield | Eric Varley | 23,881 | 48.1 | 1
Doncaster North | Michael Welsh | 26,626 | 52.8 | 1
Don Valley | Martin Redmond | 23,036 | 45.1 | 1
Hemsworth | Alec Woodall | 22,081 | 59.3 | 1
Leigh | Lawrence Cunliffe | 25,477 | 51.2 | 1
Mansfield | Don Concannon | 18,670 | 40.5 | 1
Makerfield | Michael McGuire | 25,114 | 49.3 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 19,401 | 42.7 | 1
North East Derbyshire | Raymond Ellis | 21,094 | 40.8 | 1
Rother Valley | Kevin Barron | 21,781 | 46.5 | 1
Wansbeck | Jack Thompson | 21,732 | 47.0 | 1

### 1987 general election

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Ronnie Campbell, MP from 1987 Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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Barnsley Central | Eric Illsley | 26,139 | 66.8 | 1
Barnsley East | Terry Patchett | 29,948 | 74.5 | 1
Blyth Valley | Ronnie Campbell | 19,604 | 42.5 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 28,453 | 56.2 | 1
Clydesdale | Jimmy Hood | 21,826 | 45.3 | 1
Doncaster North | Michael Welsh | 32,950 | 61.8 | 1
Don Valley | Martin Redmond | 29,200 | 53.1 | 1
Easington | John Cummings | 32,396 | 68.1 | 1
Hemsworth | George Buckley | 27,859 | 67.0 | 1
Leigh | Lawrence Cunliffe | 30,064 | 58.6 | 1
Midlothian | Alex Eadie | 22,553 | 48.3 | 1
Rother Valley | Kevin Barron | 28,292 | 56.4 | 1
Wansbeck | Jack Thompson | 28,080 | 57.5 | 1

### 1992 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[37][38]

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Barnsley Central | Eric Illsley | 27,048 | 69.3 | 1
Barnsley East | Terry Patchett | 30,346 | 77.2 | 1
Barnsley West and Penistone | Michael Clapham | 27,965 | 58.3 | 1
Blyth Valley | Ronnie Campbell | 24,542 | 49.9 | 1
Bolsover | Dennis Skinner | 33,978 | 64.5 | 1
Clydesdale | Jimmy Hood | 21,418 | 44.6 | 1
Doncaster North | Kevin Hughes | 34,135 | 61.8 | 1
Don Valley | Martin Redmond | 32,008 | 55.0 | 1
Easington | John Cummings | 34,269 | 72.7 | 1
Leigh | Lawrence Cunliffe | 32,225 | 61.3 | 1
Midlothian | Eric Clarke | 20,588 | 43.9 | 1
Rother Valley | Kevin Barron | 30,977 | 60.5 | 1
Sunderland North | Bill Etherington | 30,481 | 60.7 | 1
Wansbeck | Jack Thompson | 30,046 | 59.7 | 1

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Coal mining in Yorkshire

Coal mines in North Yorkshire|

* Selby complex2 (Gascoigne Wood, North Selby, Riccall, Stillingfleet, Whitemoor Wistow)
* Tan Hill

Coal mines in South Yorkshire1|

* Aldwarke1
* Askern
* Barnburgh
* Barrow
* Bentley
* Brodsworth
* Brookhouse
* Bullcroft1
* Birley
* Cortonwood
* Dalton
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* Fence
* Harry Crofts1
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* Thorne1
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* Wath
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* Yorkshire Main

Coal mines in West Yorkshire|

* Caphouse
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* Frickley
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* Kellingley
* Killingbeck
* Middleton
* Shuttle Eye
* Prince of Wales
* Upton
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* Wheldale
* Woolley

Incidents|

* Allerton Bywater Colliery Explosion
* Cadeby Main pit disaster
* Lofthouse Colliery disaster
* Lundhill Colliery explosion
* Oaks explosion
* Peckfield Colliery disaster

Coalfields and seams|

* Coal seams of the South Yorkshire Coalfield
* Ingleton Coalfield
* South Yorkshire Coalfield

Industrial relations|

* UK miners' strike (1969)
* UK miners' strike (1972)
* UK miners' strike (1984–85)
* Battle of Orgreave
* South Yorkshire Miners' Association
* West Yorkshire Miners' Association
* Yorkshire Miners' Association

Other articles|

* Geology of Yorkshire
* List of collieries in Yorkshire (1984–2015)
* Monckton Coke Works
* National Coal Mining Museum for England
* British MPs sponsored by mining unions

Notes|

* 1: Pre 1974, most coal mines in South Yorkshire were actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Those annotated with a number 1, were closed before 1974.

2: The Selby Coalfield straddled the border of North and West Yorkshire

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* 41
* 47
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* 57
* 59
* 65
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* 86
* 92
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1900s|

* 1900
* 06
* Jan 10
* Dec 10
* 18
* 22
* 23
* 24
* 29
* 31
* 35
* 45
* 50
* 51
* 55
* 59
* 64
* 66
* 70
* Feb 74
* Oct 74
* 79
* 83
* 87
* 92
* 97

2000s|

* 2001
* 05
* 10
* new
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

By seniority|

* 2010
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

By party|

* Alliance
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* 2005
* 10
* 24
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* 2005
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* 2005
* 10
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24
* Liberal Unionist
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* 2005
* 10
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By region|

| England|

* East Midlands
* 2010
* London
* Conservative
* Labour
* Liberal Democrat
* Kent
* Wolverhampton
* England
* 2005
* 10
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

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Scotland|

* 55
* 59
* 64
* 66
* 70
* Feb 74
* Oct 74
* 79
* 83
* 87
* 92
* 97
* 01
* 05
* 10
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

Wales|

* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910
* 18
* 22
* 23
* 24
* 29
* 31
* 35
* 45
* 50
* 51
* 55
* 59
* 64
* 66
* 70
* Feb 74
* Oct 74
* 79
* 83
* 87
* 92
* 97
* 01
* 05
* 10
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

Northern Ireland|

* 1987
* 1992
* 97
* 2001
* 05
* 10
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

MPs who stood down by election|

* 2010
* 15
* 17
* 19
* 24

Other|

* MPs who have acknowledged cannabis use
* MPs with the shortest service
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* MPs sponsored by mining unions
* LGBT MPs

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