Independent Labour Party election results

UK political party election results

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

## Summary of general election performance

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Year | Number of candidates[1] | Total votes | Average voters per candidate | Percentage of vote | Saved deposits[2] | Change (%) | Number of MPs[1]

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1895 | 28 | 44,325 | 1,583 | 1.0 | N/A | N/A | 0
1900 | 9 | 32,135 | 3,571 | 0.9 | N/A | -0.1 | 1
1906 | 11 | 81,415 | 7,401 | 1.6 | N/A | +0.7 | 7
1910 Jan | 14 | 87,499 | 6,250 | 1.4 | N/A | -0.2 | 6
1910 Dec | 12 | 69,884 | 5,824 | 1.4 | N/A | 0.0 | 8
1918 | 50 |  |  |  |  |  | 3
1922 | 55 | 673,283 | 12,242 | 4.9 | 31 |  | 31
1923 | 89 |  |  |  |  |  | 39
1924 | 87 |  |  |  |  |  | 30
1929 | 54 | 921,914 | 17,072 | 4.3 | 54 |  | 36
1931 | 19 | 239,280 | 12,594 | 1.2 |  | -3.1 | 3
1935 | 17 | 136,208 | 8,012 | 0.7 | 9 | -0.5 | 4
1945 | 5 | 46,769 | 9,354 | 0.2 | 4 | -0.5 | 3
1950 | 4 | 4,112 | 1,028 | 0.0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0
1951 | 3 | 4,057 | 1,352 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0
1955 | 2 | 3,334 | 1,667 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0
1959 | 2 | 923 | 462 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0
1964 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
1966 | 1 | 441 | 441 | 0.0 | 0 | N/A | 0
1970 | 1 | 847 | 847 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0
February 1974 | 1 | 991 | 991 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0

## Election results

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### By-elections, 1893–1895

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election | Frank Smith | 1,249 | 13.5 | 3
1894 Leicester by-election | Joseph Burgess | 4,402 | 15.7 | 4

### 1895 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3]

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Ashton-under-Lyne | James Sexton | 415 | 6.4 | 3
Barrow-in-Furness | Pete Curran | 414 | 6.9 | 3
Bradford West | Ben Tillett | 2,264 | 23.4 | 3
Bolton | Fred Brocklehurst | 2,691 | 9.8 | 4
Bristol East | Samuel George Hobson | 1,874 | 31.2 | 2
Colne Valley | Tom Mann | 1,245 | 13.4 | 3
Dewsbury | Edward Hartley | 1,080 | 10.5 | 3
Dundee | James MacDonald | 1,313 | 5.0 | 5
Fulham | William Parnell | 191 | 2.0 | 3
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown | James Shaw Maxwell | 448 | 7.1 | 3
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Robertson Watson | 609 | 9.4 | 3
Glasgow Camlachie | Robert Smillie | 696 | 10.9 | 3
Glasgow St Rollox | John Evans Woolacott | 405 | 4.4 | 3
Glasgow Tradeston | Frank Smith | 368 | 5.8 | 3
Gorton | Richard Pankhurst | 4,261 | 42.1 | 2
Govan | Alex Haddow | 430 | 4.9 | 3
Halifax | John Lister | 3,818 | 20.5 | 4
Huddersfield | Russell Smart | 1,594 | 11.2 | 3
Hyde | George Christie | 448 | 5.0 | 3
Kingston upon Hull West | Tom McCarthy | 1,400 | 17.4 | 2
Leeds South | Arthur Shaw | 622 | 6.4 | 3
Leicester | Joseph Burgess | 4,009 | 13.7 | 4
Manchester North East | James Johnston | 546 | 6.6 | 3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Fred Hammill | 2,302 | 4.6 | 5
Preston | James Tattersall | 4,781 | 22.4 | 3
Rochdale | George Nicoll Barnes | 1,251 | 12.0 | 3
Southampton | Ramsay MacDonald | 867 | 4.0 | 5
West Ham South | Keir Hardie | 3,975 | 45.6 | 2

### By-elections, 1895–1900

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

### 1900 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

Hardie stood for two seats. All candidates other than Hempsall stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee. Clarke ran as a joint Independent Labour Party-Social Democratic Federation candidate. The list does not include Alfred Ewen Fletcher, who was supported by the ILP but ran for the Scottish Workers' Representation Committee.

### By-elections, 1900–1906

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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1902 Wakefield by-election | Philip Snowden | 1,979 | 40.1 | 2
1904 Norwich by-election | George Henry Roberts | 2,440 | 13.7 | 3

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

### 1906 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 10,282 | 26.8 | 2
Bradford West | Fred Jowett | 4,957 | 39.1 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Joseph Burgess | 2,568 | 30.0 | 3
Halifax | James Parker | 8,937 | 38.3 | 2
Huddersfield | T. Russell Williams | 5,813 | 35.2 | 2
Keighley | W. T. Newlove | 3,102 | 26.9 | 3
Leicester | Ramsay MacDonald | 14,685 | 39.8 | 2
Manchester North East | John Robert Clynes | 5,386 | 64.6 | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | Keir Hardie | 10,187 | 32.0 | 2
Sunderland | Thomas Summerbell | 13,430 | 31.8 | 2
Wakefield | Stanton Coit | 2,068 | 36.9 | 2

All candidates other than Burgess and Newlove stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee. Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.

### By-elections, 1906–1910

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

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

### January 1910 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[5]

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Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 10,762 |  | 1
Bow and Bromley | George Lansbury | 2,955 | 33.5 | 2
Bradford West | Fred Jowett | 8,880 | 66.6 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | James O'Connor Kessack | 2,443 | 28.9 | 3
Halifax | James Parker | 9,093 | 38.9 | 2
Hyde | William Crawford Anderson | 2,401 | 21.2 | 3
Leicester | Ramsay MacDonald | 14,337 | 38.2 | 2
Manchester North East | John Robert Clynes | 5,157 | 58.4 | 1
Manchester South West | J. M. McLachlan | 1,218 | 16.6 | 3
Merthyr Tydfil | Keir Hardie | 13,841 | 36.7 | 2
Spen Valley | T. Russell Williams | 2,514 | 23.3 | 3
Sunderland | Thomas Summerbell | 11,058 | 23.4 | 4
Tewkesbury | Charles Fox | 238 | 2.1 | 3
Wakefield | Stanton Coit | 2,602 | 45.5 | 2

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party. Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.

### December 1910 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6]

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Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 10,762 |  | 1
Bow and Bromley | George Lansbury | 4,315 | 55.6 | 1
Bradford West | Fred Jowett | 8,880 | 66.6 | 1
Chatham | Frank Smith | 1,103 | 8.9 | 3
Glasgow Camlachie | James O'Connor Kessack | 1,539 | 18.1 | 3
Halifax | James Parker | 8,511 |  | 2
Leeds South | John Badlay | 2,706 | 21.5 | 3
Leicester | Ramsay MacDonald | 12,998 | 38.5 | 2
Liverpool Kirkdale | Thomas McKerrell | 2,992 | 41.6 | 2
Manchester North East | J. R. Clynes | 4,313 |  | 1
Merthyr Tydfil | Keir Hardie | 11,507 | 39.6 | 2
Whitehaven | Thomas Richardson | 1,414 | 53.7 | 1

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

### By-elections, 1910–1918

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

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

### 1918 general election

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

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Aberdare | T. E. Nicholas | 6,229 | 21.4 | 2
Accrington | Charles Roden Buxton | 6,369 | 21.7 | 3
Ayr Burghs | Campbell Stephen | 4,534 | 23.2 | 3
Bermondsey West | Alfred Salter | 1,956 | 18.6 | 3
Birmingham Ladywood | John Kneeshaw | 2,572 | 19.0 | 2
Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 15,274 | 19.7 | 3
Bosworth | Thomas Richardson | 6,344 | 33.6 | 2
Bradford Central | William Leach | 7,636 | 31.3 | 2
Bradford East | Frederick William Jowett | 8,637 | 37.9 | 2
Brigg | David Quibell | 4,789 | 27.3 | 2
Bristol East | Luke Bateman | 8,135 | 42.8 | 2
Camberwell North | Charles Ammon | 2,175 | 21.0 | 3
Cardiff Central | James Ewart Edmunds | 4,663 | 22.4 | 2
Chorley | Elijah Sandham | 6,222 | 32.3 | 2
Colne Valley | Wilfrid Whiteley | 9,473 | 41.2 | 2
Coventry | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 10,298 | 32.4 | 2
Dewsbury | Benjamin Riley | 5,596 | 30.1 | 2
Dunbartonshire | William Henry Porteous Martin | 7,072 | 30.9 | 2
Edinburgh Central | William Graham | 7,161 | 51.3 | 1
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 7,860 | 39.8 | 2
Glasgow Camlachie | Hugh Guthrie | 7,192 | 33.1 | 2
Glasgow Govan | Neil Maclean | 9,577 | 47.8 | 1
Glasgow Hillhead | John Izett | 4,186 | 24.6 | 2
Glasgow St Rollox | James Stewart | 6,147 | 33.2 | 2
Glasgow Shettleston | John Wheatley | 9,827 | 49.8 | 2
Glasgow Springburn | George Hardie | 7,996 | 39.1 | 2
Huddersfield | Harry Snell | 12,737 | 32.5 | 2
Ipswich | Robert Jackson | 8,143 | 32.1 | 2
Keighley | William Bland | 6,324 | 27.7 | 3
Kingston upon Hull South West | Robert Mell | 3,121 | 19.3 | 3
Lanark | James C. Welsh | 5,821 | 31.0 | 2
Leeds West | John Arnott | 6,020 | 29.5 | 2
Leicester East | George Banton | 6,697 | 27.1 | 2
Leicester West | Ramsay MacDonald | 6,347 | 24.0 | 2
Linlithgowshire | Manny Shinwell | 8,723 | 40.3 | 2
Montrose Burghs | Henry Noel Brailsford | 2,940 | 24.0 | 2
Motherwell | Walton Newbold | 4,135 | 23.2 | 2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | James Smith | 4,976 | 34.6 | 2
Rochdale | R. H. Tawney | 4,956 | 16.5 | 3
Rutherglen | William Regan | 8,759 | 40.9 | 2
Sheffield Attercliffe | William Crawford Anderson | 6,539 | 34.7 | 2
Shipley | Tom Snowden | 5,690 | 25.4 | 2
Southampton | Frederick Perriman | 6,776 | 09.2 | 5
Stalybridge and Hyde | Walter Fowden | 6,508 | 24.8 | 2
Swansea East | David Williams | 6,341 | 36.4 | 2
West Ham Silvertown | David John Davis | 2,278 | 16.9 | 3
West Ham Upton | Benjamin Walter Gardner | 3,186 | 22.2 | 2
West Renfrewshire | Robert Murray | 7,126 | 38.2 | 2
West Stirlingshire | Tom Johnston | 3,809 | 28.7 | 2

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### By-elections, 1918–1922

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

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### 1922 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[9]

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Aberavon | Ramsay MacDonald | 14,138 | 46.6 | 1
Accrington | Charles Roden Buxton | 16,462 | 44.2 | 1
Bermondsey West | Alfred Salter | 7,550 | 44.6 | 1
Birmingham Ladywood | Robert Dunstan | 10,589 | 44.8 | 2
Bishop Auckland | Ben Spoor | 13,946 | 53.7 | 1
Blackburn | Percy Davies | 24,049 | 21.7 | 3
Bradford Central | William Leach | 14,296 | 42.4 | 1
Bradford East | Fred Jowett | 13,573 | 45.4 | 1
Brigg | David Quibell | 9,185 | 37.3 | 2
Bristol North | Walter Ayles | 9,567 | 35.4 | 2
Bute and North Ayrshire | John Paton | 9,323 | 39.4 | 2
Caerphilly | Morgan Jones | 13,759 | 57.2 | 1
Cardiff Central | James Ewart Edmunds | 8,169 | 29.4 | 2
Chelsea | Bertrand Russell | 4,513 | 25.1 | 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Lauchlin MacNeill Weir | 10,312 | 42.0 | 1
Colne Valley | Philip Snowden | 12,614 | 39.5 | 1
Consett | Herbert Dunnico | 14,469 | 46.5 | 1
Dewsbury | Benjamin Riley | 8,856 | 37.3 | 1
Dunbartonshire | W. H. Martin | 13,216 | 49.6 | 2
East Renfrewshire | Robert Nichol | 9,708 | 42.4 | 1
Edinburgh Central | William Graham | 12,876 | 57.9 | 1
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 17,890 | 63.7 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 15,181 | 53.2 | 1
Glasgow Cathcart | John Primrose Hay | 9,137 | 34.0 | 1
Glasgow Central | Edward Rosslyn Mitchell | 12,923 | 41.9 | 2
Glasgow Govan | Neil Maclean | 15,441 | 62.3 | 1
Glasgow Maryhill | John William Muir | 13,058 | 47.3 | 1
Glasgow Pollok | Alexander Burns Mackay | 5,759 | 24.7 | 2
Glasgow St Rollox | James Stewart | 16,114 | 56.6 | 1
Glasgow Shettleston | John Wheatley | 14,695 | 59.1 | 1
Glasgow Springburn | George Hardie | 15,771 | 60.5 | 1
Huddersfield | James Hindle Hudson | 15,673 | 33.5 | 2
Ipswich | Robert Jackson | 14,924 | 46.6 | 2
Keighley | Hastings Lees-Smith | 13,978 | 46.3 | 1
Kilmarnock | Robert Climie | 10,752 | 45.3 | 2
Kingston upon Hull South West | John Arnott | 4,859 | 19.1 | 3
Lanark | Thomas Scott Dickson | 9,812 | 45.0 | 2
Lancaster | Fenner Brockway | 9,043 | 31.6 | 2
Leeds North East | John Badlay | 6,525 | 24.4 | 3
Leeds West | Thomas Stamford | 12,487 | 48.3 | 2
Leicester East | George Banton | 13,850 | 47.7 | 2
Limehouse | Clement Attlee | 9,688 | 55.4 | 1
Linlithgowshire | Manny Shinwell | 12,625 | 46.4 | 1
Merthyr | R. C. Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | 1
Montrose Burghs | John Carnegie | 7,044 | 45.6 | 2
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Josiah Wedgwood | 14,503 | 60.2 | 1
Newcastle Central | Charles Trevelyan | 13,709 | 54.2 | 1
Norwich | Herbert Witard | 15,609 | 16.9 | 3
Rutherglen | William Wright | 14,029 | 55.1 | 1
Sheffield Brightside | Arthur Ponsonby | 16,692 | 60.4 | 1
Spen Valley | Tom Myers | 12,519 | 36.9 | 2
Stirling and Clackmannan West | Tom Johnston | 9,919 | 55.0 | 1
Swansea East | David Williams | 11,333 | 50.9 | 1
Upton | Benjamin Walter Gardner | 7,268 | 32.8 | 1
West Renfrewshire | Robert Murray | 11,787 | 54.0 | 1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### By-elections, 1922–1923

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1923 Ludlow by-election | Percy F. Pollard | 1,420 | 7.8 | 3[10]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

### 1923 UK general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[11]

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Aberavon | Ramsay MacDonald | 17,439 | 55.6 | 1
Aberdeen South | John Paton | 6,911 | 29.0 | 2
Accrington | Charles Roden Buxton | 16,793 | 45.7 | 2
Acton | Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin | 6,069 | 28.9 | 2
Bermondsey West | Alfred Salter | 8,298 | 47.5 | 2
Bethnal Green North East | Walter Windsor | 7,415 | 45.7 | 1
Birmingham Ladywood | Robert Dunstan | 11,330 | 46.8 | 2
Bishop Auckland | Ben Spoor | 13,328 | 51.2 | 1
Blackburn | John Davies | 25,428 | 23.8 | 3
Bootle | John Kinley | 3,272 | 13.8 | 3
Bosworth | Emrys Hughes | 8,152 | 28.9 | 3
Bournemouth | Minnie Pallister | 5,986 | 19.5 | 3
Bradford Central | William Leach | 14,241 | 44.6 | 1
Bradford East | Fred Jowett | 13,579 | 48.1 | 1
Brigg | David Quibell | 10,753 | 46.4 | 2
Bristol North | Walter Ayles | 10,433 | 37.5 | 1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire | Peter Campbell Stephen | 9,855 | 44.4 | 2
Caerphilly | Morgan Jones | 16,535 | 58.7 | 1
Cardiff Central | James Ewart Edmunds | 8,563 | 32.0 | 2
Chatham | Mary Hamilton | 5,794 | 24.1 | 3
Chelsea | Bertrand Russell | 5,047 | 27.5 | 2
Chesterfield | George Benson | 6,198 | 25.9 | 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Lauchlin MacNeill Weir | 10,492 | 51.1 | 1
Colne Valley | Philip Snowden | 13,136 | 40.4 | 1
Consett | Herbert Dunnico | 15,862 | 52.0 | 1
Croydon North | Gilbert Foan | 10,054 | 37.0 | 2
Dewsbury | Ben Riley | 8,923 | 44.4 | 2
Dunbartonshire | William Martin | 11,705 | 43.0 | 1
East Renfrewshire | Robert Nichol | 9,857 | 44.6 | 1
Edinburgh Central | William Graham | 13,186 | 67.9 | 1
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 15,735 | 64.8 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 14,143 | 56.2 | 1
Glasgow Cathcart | John Primrose Hay | 8,884 | 34.7 | 2
Glasgow Central | Edward Mitchell | 12,976 | 44.4 | 2
Glasgow Govan | Neil Maclean | 13,987 | 66.3 | 1
Glasgow Hillhead | John L. Kinloch | 5,059 | 26.4 | 2
Glasgow Maryhill | John William Muir | 12,508 | 48.1 | 1
Glasgow Pollok | John Rankin | 6,836 | 32.8 | 2
Glasgow Shettleston | John Wheatley | 12,624 | 59.8 | 1
Glasgow Springburn | George Hardie | 14,535 | 62.3 | 1
Glasgow St Rollox | James Stewart | 15,240 | 62.3 | 1
Gloucester | M. Philips Price | 8,127 | 35.7 | 2
Hackney Central | Ernest E. Hunter | 6,354 | 28.7 | 3
Hammersmith North | James Patrick Gardner | 8,101 | 41.0 | 1
Hammersmith South | Wyndham Albery | 6,974 | 36.9 | 2
Hitchin | Skene Mackay | 5,913 | 26.3 | 2
Huddersfield | James Hudson | 17,430 | 36.7 | 1
Ilford | Dan Chater | 5,775 | 18.1 | 3
Inverness | Andrew D. Kinloch | 5,385 | 34.6 | 2
Ipswich | Robert Jackson | 15,824 | 50.7 | 1
Islington East | Ethel Bentham | 6,941 | 26.0 | 3
Keighley | Hastings Lees-Smith | 14,083 | 49.1 | 2
Kilmarnock | Robert Climie | 10,992 | 43.2 | 1
Kingston upon Hull South West | John Arnott | 5,973 | 23.7 | 3
Lambeth North | Fred Hughes | 4,089 | 21.9 | 3
Lanark | Thomas Scott Dickson | 11,384 | 50.5 | 1
Leeds West | Thomas Stamford | 11,434 | 40.7 | 1
Leicester East | George Banton | 13,162 | 44.8 | 1
Leyton East | Archibald Church | 7,944 | 39.5 | 1
Limehouse | Clement Attlee | 11,473 | 68.5 | 1
Linlithgowshire | Manny Shinwell | 13,304 | 50.9 | 1
Llandaff and Barry | Thomas F. Worrall | 7,871 | 27.0 | 3
Lowestoft | Robert Arthur Mellanby | 4,788 | 19.7 | 3
Maidstone | Seymour Cocks | 6,558 | 24.4 | 3
Merthyr | R. C. Wallhead | 19,511 | 60.1 | 1
Mile End | John Scurr | 6,219 | 41.0 | 1
Montrose Burghs | John Carnegie | 7,032 | 44.7 | 2
Newcastle-under-Lyme | Josiah Wedgwood | 12,881 | 65.6 | 1
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Charles Trevelyan | 12,447 | 52.5 | 1
Newcastle upon Tyne North | John Beckett | 5,374 | 22.0 | 3
Norwich | Dorothy Jewson | 19,304 | 20.0 | 2
Penistone | Rennie Smith | 8,329 | 33.5 | 2
Reading | Somerville Hastings | 16,657 | 44.8 | 1
Rutherglen | William Wright | 13,021 | 54.5 | 1
St Pancras North | James Marley | 10,931 | 43.0 | 1
Salford West | Alexander Haycock | 9,868 | 38.4 | 1
Sheffield Attercliffe | Cecil Wilson | 13,581 | 58.7 | 1
Sheffield Brightside | Arthur Ponsonby | 14,741 | 53.0 | 1
Southampton | Reginald Sorensen | 16,679 | 16.4 | 4
Stourbridge | Wilfred Wellock | 9,050 | 24.4 | 3
Sunderland | David Baxter Lawley | 13,707 | 11.6 | 5
Swansea East | David Williams | 12,735 | 57.4 | 1
Upton | Benjamin Walter Gardner | 8,656 | 39.3 | 1
Walthamstow East | John Gilbert Dale | 6,837 | 34.6 | 2
Wells | Charles Henry Whitlow | 1,713 | 07.6 | 3
Westbury | George Ward | 4,372 | 17.4 | 3
West Dorset | Louie Simpson | 7,087 | 41.2 | 2
West Renfrewshire | Robert Murray | 10,904 | 48.1 | 1
West Stirlingshire | Tom Johnston | 9,242 | 51.9 | 1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### By-elections, 1923–1924

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1924 Westminster Abbey by-election | Fenner Brockway | 6,156 | 27.0 | 3[12]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

### 1924 general election

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[13]

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Aberavon | Ramsay MacDonald | 17,724 | 53.1 | 1
Aberdeen and Kincardine East | William Sloan Cormack | 3,899 | 24.4 | 3
Aberdeen North | Frank Herbert Rose | 13,249 | 60.8 | 1
Aberdeen South | George Archibald | 10,699 | 39.9 | 2
Accrington | Charles Roden Buxton | 18,148 | 47.1 | 2
Argyllshire | I. H. MacIver | 4,532 | 22.7 | 3
Belper | Jack Lees | 10,618 | 41.8 | 2
Bermondsey West | Alfred Salter | 11,578 | 57.2 | 1
Birkenhead East | James Coulthard | 7,496 | 26.7 | 3
Birmingham Erdington | Charles Simmons | 11,412 | 40.5 | 2
Birmingham Ladywood | Oswald Mosley | 13,297 | 48.9 | 2
Birmingham Sparkbrook | Sydney Potter | 9,759 | 36.1 | 2
Bishop Auckland | Ben Spoor | 15,786 | 55.1 | 1
Blackburn | Mary Hamilton | 24,330 | 21.8 | 3
Bradford Central | William Leach | 16,652 | 48.3 | 2
Bradford East | Fred Jowett | 15,174 | 49.9 | 2
Bradford North | Frank Wise | 9,442 | 32.7 | 2
Brigg | David Quibell | 11,669 | 43.6 | 2
Bristol North | Walter Ayles | 12,319 | 40.9 | 2
Bute and Northern Ayrshire | Peter Campbell Stephen | 10,075 | 38.3 | 2
Caerphilly | Morgan Jones | 17,723 | 59.0 | 1
Central Aberdeenshire | J. Newman | 3,791 | 18.4 | 2
Chesterfield | George Benson | 9,206 | 39.7 | 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Lauchlin MacNeill Weir | 13,032 | 52.6 | 1
Colchester | Richard Reiss | 10,953 | 43.4 | 2
Consett | Herbert Dunnico | 18,842 | 55.9 | 1
Croydon North | Gilbert Foan | 10,954 | 29.7 | 2
Dewsbury | Benjamin Riley | 9,941 | 41.1 | 1
Dumfriesshire | Agnes Dollan | 6,342 | 23.0 | 3
Dunbartonshire | William Martin | 12,872 | 44.2 | 2
East Renfrewshire | Robert Nichol | 10,903 | 44.3 | 2
Edinburgh Central | William Graham | 13,628 | 60.5 | 1
Gateshead | John Beckett | 23,514 | 50.2 | 1
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 16,850 | 61.3 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 14,588 | 50.4 | 1
Glasgow Cathcart | John Primrose Hay | 9,915 | 35.0 | 2
Glasgow Central | J. D. White | 12,617 | 40.9 | 2
Glasgow Govan | Neil Maclean | 15,132 | 63.2 | 1
Glasgow Hillhead | John L. Kinloch | 6,957 | 32.3 | 2
Glasgow Maryhill | John William Muir | 13,947 | 47.4 | 2
Glasgow Kelvingrove | Thomas Archibald Kerr | 12,844 | 41.6 | 2
Glasgow Pollok | John Rankin | 6,749 | 24.7 | 2
Glasgow St Rollox | James Stewart | 16,299 | 59.2 | 1
Glasgow Shettleston | John Wheatley | 12,714 | 51.3 | 1
Glasgow Springburn | George Hardie | 15,635 | 56.5 | 1
Gloucester | M. Philips Price | 8,005 | 36.2 | 2
Greenock | Stephen Kelly | 5,874 | 22.4 | 3
Hackney Central | Ernest E. Hunter | 9,684 | 36.3 | 2
Hammersmith North | James Patrick Gardner | 10,970 | 45.9 | 2
Harwich | Alf Barton | 1,604 | 06.8 | 3
Huddersfield | James Hudson | 19,010 | 36.3 | 1
Inverness | T. Henderson | 6,863 | 37.4 | 2
Ipswich | Robert Jackson | 15,791 | 44.6 | 2
Keighley | Hastings Lees-Smith | 14,105 | 45.0 | 1
Kilmarnock | Robert Climie | 13,054 | 47.8 | 2
Kingston upon Hull South West | John Arnott | 7,965 | 29.2 | 3
Kinross and Western Perthshire | John MacDiarmid | 5,286 | 28.0 | 2
Lanark | Thomas Scott Dickson | 11,426 | 43.5 | 2
Lancaster | Harold Mostyn Watkins | 5,572 | 17.5 | 3
Leeds West | Thomas Stamford | 13,057 | 42.5 | 1
Leicester East | George Banton | 15,669 | 49.3 | 2
Limehouse | Clement Attlee | 11,713 | 57.7 | 1
Linlithgowshire | Manny Shinwell | 14,123 | 48.9 | 2
Liverpool Fairfield | Mary Ann Mercer | 8,412 | 37.1 | 2
Liverpool Kirkdale | Elijah Sandham | 9,369 | 39.4 | 2
Maidstone | Seymour Cocks | 8,192 | 33.7 | 2
Merthyr | R. C. Wallhead | 19,882 | 59.8 | 1
Mile End | John Scurr | 8,306 | 48.5 | 1
Motherwell | James Barr | 12,816 | 52.1 | 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | Charles Trevelyan | 14,542 | 51.6 | 1
Norwich | Dorothy Jewson | 22,931 | 22.0 | 4
Paisley | Edward Mitchell | 17,057 | 53.5 | 1
Penrith and Cockermouth | Fred Tait | 5,404 | 32.1 | 2
Perth | Cameron Roberts | 5,316 | 20.2 | 3
Rutherglen | William Wright | 13,796 | 52.1 | 1
St Pancras North | James Marley | 13,171 | 44.1 | 2
Salford West | Alexander Haycock | 12,369 | 42.5 | 2
Sheffield Attercliffe | Cecil Wilson | 16,802 | 63.6 | 1
Sheffield Brightside | Arthur Ponsonby | 17,053 | 55.4 | 1
Stalybridge and Hyde | Walter Fowden | 12,509 | 33.7 | 2
Stirling and Clackmannan Western | Tom Johnston | 9,749 | 49.3 | 2
Stourbridge | Wilfred Wellock | 14,113 | 34.8 | 2
Upton | Benjamin Gardner | 11,443 | 46.0 | 2
Westbury | George Ward | 4,731 | 18.1 | 3
Western Isles | A. G. Burns | 1,454 | 17.2 | 3
Weston-super-Mare | Raphael Neft | 1,343 | 04.2 | 3
West Renfrewshire | Robert Murray | 11,252 | 45.9 | 2
Willesden East | William Davies Lloyd | 7,860 | 24.7 | 3

Candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### By-elections, 1924–1929

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

Candidates stood for the Labour Party.

### 1929 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[17][18]

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Aberdeen North | William Wedgwood Benn | 17,826 | 60.8 | 1
Aberdeen South | William Henry Porteous Martin | 13,856 | 39.1 | 2
Argyll | John L. Kinloch | 6,001 | 23.8 | 3
Ayr Burghs | Clarice Shaw | 13,429 | 36.5 | 2
Belper | Jack Lees | 15,958 | 43.0 | 1
Birkenhead East | James Coulthard | 11,654 | 31.8 | 3
Birmingham Erdington | Charles Simmons | 20,665 | 43.4 | 1
Birmingham Ladywood | Wilfrid Whiteley | 16,447 | 50.0 | 1
Blackburn | Mary Agnes Hamilton | 37,256 | 26.1 | 1
Bradford Central | William Leach | 24,876 | 59.0 | 1
Bradford East | Frederick William Jowett | 21,398 | 54.7 | 1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire | Alexander Sloan | 14,294 | 43.8 | 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Lauchlin MacNeill Weir | 17,667 | 53.2 | 1
Clapham | J. Allen Skinner | 9,871 | 30.5 | 2
Dumfriesshire | W. H. Marwick | 6,687 | 18.7 | 3
East Renfrewshire | John Martin Munro | 16,924 | 47.8 | 2
Edinburgh Central | William Graham | 16,762 | 59.0 | 1
Fylde | J. Williamson | 16,318 | 35.3 | 2
Galloway | Hector McNeil | 4,903 | 15.5 | 3
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 21,033 | 67.7 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 17,946 | 53.2 | 1
Glasgow Cathcart | John Primrose Hay | 12,983 | 36.3 | 2
Glasgow Hillhead | William Sloan Cormack | 10,065 | 36.7 | 1
Glasgow Kelvingrove | John Winning | 15,173 | 43.6 | 2
Glasgow Maryhill | John Smith Clarke | 18,311 | 50.6 | 1
Glasgow Shettleston | John Wheatley | 19,594 | 60.4 | 1
Glasgow Springburn | George Hardie | 21,079 | 65.5 | 1
Glasgow St Rollox | James Stewart | 19,445 | 61.8 | 1
Huddersfield | James Hindle Hudson | 25,966 | 38.3 | 1
Keighley | Hastings Lees-Smith | 18,412 | 44.7 | 1
Kilmarnock | Robert Climie | 17,386 | 48.2 | 1
Kingston upon Hull South West | John Arnott | 14,903 | 41.2 | 1
Leeds West | Thomas William Stamford | 18,765 | 41.9 | 1
Leicester East | Edward Frank Wise | 22,533 | 50.8 | 1
Leyton East | Fenner Brockway | 11,111 | 42.9 | 1
Linlithgowshire | Manny Shinwell | 18,063 | 51.6 | 1
Liverpool Kirkdale | Elijah Sandham | 15,222 | 51.3 | 1
Merthyr | R. C. Wallhead | 22,701 | 59.6 | 1
Motherwell | James Barr | 16,650 | 58.0 | 1
North Lanarkshire | Jennie Lee | 19,884 | 55.9 | 1
Norwich | Dorothy Jewson | 31,040 | 24.0 | 3
Oldham | Gordon Lang | 34,223 | 26.2 | 1
Paisley | James Welsh | 22,425 | 55.8 | 1
Perth | Helen Gault | 8,291 | 23.5 | 3
Rutherglen | William Wright | 17,538 | 52.2 | 1
Salford West | Alexander Haycock | 15,647 | 42.8 | 1
Sheffield Brightside | Arthur Ponsonby | 20,277 | 55.2 | 1
Sheffield Hallam | Basil Rawson | 12,133 | 39.1 | 2
Western Isles | John M. MacDiarmid | 3,589 | 32.5 | 2
West Renfrewshire | Robert Forgan | 14,419 | 46.5 | 1
West Stirlingshire | Tom Johnston | 15,179 | 56.7 | 1
Whitehaven | Morgan Phillips Price | 14,034 | 46.8 | 1
Widnes | Alexander Gordon Cameron | 19,125 | 51.0 | 1
Willesden East | William Davies Lloyd | 13,977 | 33.1 | 2

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

### By-elections 1929–1931

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position

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

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

### 1931 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Bradford East | Fred Jowett | 15,779 | 41.2 | 2
Bute and Northern Ayrshire | Alexander Sloan | 12,758 | 34.3 | 2
Camborne | Kate Spurrell | 8,280 | 24.5 | 3
Clapham | Hilda Browning | 7,317 | 23.0 | 2
Dumbarton Burghs | David Kirkwood | 16,335 | 51.6 | 1
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 16,630 | 58.2 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 15,282 | 45.3 | 2
Glasgow Govan | George Buchanan | 19,278 | 58.1 | 1
Glasgow Kelvingrove | John Winning | 12,415 | 36.6 | 2
Glasgow Shettleston | John McGovern | 16,301 | 47.8 | 1
Kilmarnock | John Pollock | 14,767 | 40.4 | 2
Lanark | Jack Gibson | 11,815 | 36.4 | 2
Leyton East | Fenner Brockway | 10,433 | 37.6 | 2
Liverpool Kirkdale | Elijah Sandham | 9,531 | 30.1 | 2
Merthyr | R. C. Wallhead | 24,623 | 69.4 | 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | Charles Trevelyan | 12,136 | 37.3 | 2
North Lanarkshire | Jennie Lee | 19,691 | 44.7 | 2
Norwich | Dorothy Jewson | 26,537 | 19.7 | 4
Peckham | John Beckett | 11,217 | 33.5 | 2
Perth | Helen Gault | 3,705 | 9.7 | 3
Stockport | John Thomas Abbott | 15,591 | 11.3 | 4
Warwick and Leamington | Jim Garton | 9,261 | 19.4 | 2
West Renfrewshire | Jean Mann | 10,203 | 31.5 | 2

In addition, Josiah Wedgwood was elected unopposed for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Only those ILP members not accredited by the Labour Party are listed.[20]

### By-elections, 1931–1935

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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

### 1935 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Aberdeen North | Fraser Macintosh | 3,871 | 11.1 | 3
Bradford East | Fred Jowett | 8,983 | 26.7 | 2
Camborne | Kate Spurrell | 592 | 1.9 | 4
Chorley | Robert Edwards | 1,365 | 3.3 | 3
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | David Gibson | 1,513 | 4.3 | 4
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 17,691 | 65.0 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 15,070 | 47.1 | 1
Glasgow Gorbals | George Buchanan | 22,860 | 75.0 | 1
Glasgow Govan | Tom Taylor | 4,959 | 16.0 | 3
Glasgow Shettleston | John McGovern | 18,377 | 52.8 | 1
Glasgow Tradeston | James Carmichael | 3,423 | 13.2 | 3
Kilmarnock | John Pollock | 3,582 | 10.2 | 3
Lanark | William Carlin | 2,583 | 8.3 | 3
Merthyr | Claude Stanfield | 9,640 | 32.0 | 2
North Lanarkshire | Jennie Lee | 17,267 | 37.3 | 2
Norwich | Fenner Brockway | 6,737 | 5.4 | 5
Whitehaven | Tom Stephenson | 1,004 | 3.3 | 3

### By-elections, 1935–1945

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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1939 Stretford by-election | Robert Edwards | 4,424 | 15.1 | 2
1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election | John Nicolson | 8,206 | 11.9 | 2
1940 East Renfrewshire by-election | Annie Maxton | 8,206 | 19.3 | 2
1941 Lancaster by-election | Fenner Brockway | 5,418 | 19.5 | 3
1941 Edinburgh Central by-election | Tom Taylor | 1,950 | 29.0 | 2
1942 Cardiff East by-election | Fenner Brockway | 3,311 | 24.8 | 2
1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election | James Carmichael | 2,493 | 13.8 | 3
1943 Bristol Central by-election | John McNair | 830 | 7.4 | 3
1943 Woolwich West by-election | Tom Colyer | 3,419 | 27.2 | 2
1943 Acton by-election | Walter Padley | 2,336 | 28.1 | 2
1944 Bilston by-election | Arthur Eaton | 9,344 | 49.1 | 2
1945 Newport by-election | Robert Edwards | 13,722 | 45.5 | 2

### 1945 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Bilston | Arthur Eaton | 849 | 1.8 | 3
Bradford East | Will Ballantine | 5,105 | 14.6 | 3
Glasgow Bridgeton | James Maxton | 13,220 | 66.4 | 1
Glasgow Camlachie | Campbell Stephen | 15,558 | 57.7 | 1
Glasgow Shettleston | John McGovern | 11,947 | 35.5 | 1

### By-elections, 1945–1950

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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1946 Battersea North by-election | Hugo Dewar | 240 | 1.5 | 3
1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election | James Carmichael | 6,351 | 34.3 | 1
1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election | David Gibson | 154 | 0.7 | 4
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election | Annie Maxton | 1,622 | 6.4 | 3

### 1950 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Burnley | Dan Carradice | 295 | 0.5 | 4
Glasgow Bridgeton | Robert Duncan | 1,974 | 5.8 | 3
Glasgow Shettleston | Jim Graham | 1,031 | 2.5 | 4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | Fred Barton | 812 | 2.1 | 3

### By-elections, 1950–1951

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election | David Gibson | 680 | 1.9 | 3
1951 Ormskirk by-election | Fred Barton | 689 | 2.0 | 3

### 1951 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central | Fred Barton | 1,006 | 2.5 | 3
Glasgow Bridgeton | Robert Duncan | 1,796 | 5.4 | 3
Glasgow Shettleston | Jim Graham | 1,195 | 2.8 | 3

### 1955 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Bermondsey | Stan Birkett | 715 | 2.5 | 3
Glasgow Bridgeton | George Stone | 2,619 | 7.4 | 3

### By-elections, 1955–1959

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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1957 East Ham North by-election | Bill Christopher | 458 | 2.1 | 4
1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election | William Park | 587 | 2.8 | 4
1958 Islington North by-election | Jim McKie | 576 | 2.9 | 3

### 1959 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Glasgow Kelvingrove | William Park | 740 | 3.0 | 3
Walthamstow East | Bill Christopher | 183 | 0.5 | 4

### By-elections, 1959–1964

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By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election | George Stone | 586 | 3.1 | 4

### 1966 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Leyton | Bill Hanley | 441 | 0.9 | 4

### 1970 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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Halifax | Alistair Graham | 847 | 1.7 | 3

### February 1974 general election

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Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[19]

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St Helens | M. Pike | 991 | 1.8 | 4

## References

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1. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p. 54
2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918–1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 46. ISBN 0900178000.
3. ^ The Labour Annual (1896), pp. 40–41
4. ^ a b F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918, p. xvi
5. ^ "I.L.p. Candidates: the official list", Manchester Guardian, 10 December 1909
6. ^ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p. 361
7. ^ Independent Labour Party, Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp. 28–29
8. ^ a b c d Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1920), pp. 14–15
9. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1923), pp. 39–41
10. ^ Clare V. J. Griffiths, Labour and the Countryside: The Politics of Rural Britain 1918–1939, p. 1
11. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1924), pp. 46–51
12. ^ Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1924), pp. 12–13
13. ^ ILP, Annual Report (1925), pp. 57–61
14. ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1925), pp. 25–27
15. ^ a b Labour Party, "Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1928), pp. 11–17
16. ^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 15–19\. 1929.15-19&rft.date=1929&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Independent+Labour+Party+election+results" class="Z3988"> `{{cite journal}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
17. ^ Independent Labour Party, The Report of the Annual Conference (1929), p. 40
18. ^ Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 24–44\. 1929.24-44&rft.date=1929&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Independent+Labour+Party+election+results" class="Z3988"> `{{cite journal}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p F. W. S. Craig, Minor parties at British Parliamentary elections 1885–1974
20. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1931), p. 295; Josiah Wedgwood omitted as he was not affiliated with the ILp.

* F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987

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