Independent Labour Party election results

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

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of candidates [1] Total votesAverage voters per candidatePercentage of voteSaved deposits [2] Change (%)Number of MPs [1]
1895 2844,3251,5831.0N/AN/A0
1900 932,1353,5710.9N/A-0.11
1906 1181,4157,4011.6N/A+0.77
1910 Jan 1487,4996,2501.4N/A-0.26
1910 Dec 1269,8845,8241.4N/A0.08
1918 503
1922 55673,28312,2424.93131
1923 8939
1924 8730
1929 54921,91417,0724.35436
1931 19239,28012,5941.2-3.13
1935 17136,2088,0120.79-0.54
1945 546,7699,3540.24-0.53
1950 44,1121,0280.00-0.20
1951 34,0571,3520.000.00
1955 23,3341,6670.000.00
1959 29234620.000.00
1964 0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
1966 14414410.00N/A0
1970 18478470.000.00
February 1974 19919910.000.00

Election results

By-elections, 1893–1895

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1894 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election Frank Smith 1,24913.53
1894 Leicester by-election Joseph Burgess 4,40215.74

1895 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [3]
Ashton-under-Lyne James Sexton 4156.43
Barrow-in-Furness Pete Curran 4146.93
Bradford West Ben Tillett 2,26423.43
Bolton Fred Brocklehurst 2,6919.84
Bristol East Samuel George Hobson 1,87431.22
Colne Valley Tom Mann 1,24513.43
Dewsbury Edward Hartley 1,08010.53
Dundee James MacDonald 1,3135.05
Fulham William Parnell1912.03
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown James Shaw Maxwell 4487.13
Glasgow Bridgeton James Robertson Watson 6099.43
Glasgow Camlachie Robert Smillie 69610.93
Glasgow St Rollox John Evans Woolacott 4054.43
Glasgow Tradeston Frank Smith 3685.83
Gorton Richard Pankhurst 4,26142.12
Govan Alex Haddow4304.93
Halifax John Lister 3,81820.54
Huddersfield Russell Smart 1,59411.23
Hyde George Christie4485.03
Kingston upon Hull West Tom McCarthy 1,40017.42
Leeds South Arthur Shaw6226.43
Leicester Joseph Burgess 4,00913.74
Manchester North East James Johnston 5466.63
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Fred Hammill 2,3024.65
Preston James Tattersall 4,78122.43
Rochdale George Nicoll Barnes 1,25112.03
Southampton Ramsay MacDonald 8674.05
West Ham South Keir Hardie 3,97545.62

By-elections, 1895–1900

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1896 Aberdeen North by-election Tom Mann 2,47946.02
1896 Bradford East by-election Keir Hardie 1,95317.13
1897 Halifax by-election Tom Mann 2,00015.53
1897 Barnsley by-election Pete Curran 1,0919.73

1900 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Accrington John Hempsall4333.33
Ashton-under-Lyne James Johnston 73711.03
Blackburn Philip Snowden 7,09625.63
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,94949.82
Halifax James Parker 3,27616.14
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 4,16413.04
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 5,74531.32
Preston Keir Hardie 4,83422.13
Rochdale Allen Clarke 9018.03

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

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1902 Wakefield by-election Philip Snowden 1,97940.12
1904 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts 2,44013.73

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

1906 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,28226.82
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,95739.11
Glasgow Camlachie Joseph Burgess 2,56830.03
Halifax James Parker 8,93738.32
Huddersfield T. Russell Williams 5,81335.22
Keighley W. T. Newlove3,10226.93
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,68539.82
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,38664.61
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 10,18732.02
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 13,43031.82
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,06836.92

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

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1906 Huddersfield by-election T. Russell Williams 5,42233.82
1907 Aberdeen South by-election Fred Bramley 1,74019.53
1908 Montrose Burghs by-election Joseph Burgess 1,93729.42
1909 Croydon by-election Frank Smith 8864.23

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

January 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [5]
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,7621
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,95533.52
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,88066.61
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 2,44328.93
Halifax James Parker 9,09338.92
Hyde William Crawford Anderson 2,40121.23
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,33738.22
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,15758.41
Manchester South West J. M. McLachlan 1,21816.63
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 13,84136.72
Spen Valley T. Russell Williams 2,51423.33
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 11,05823.44
Tewkesbury Charles Fox 2382.13
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,60245.52

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

December 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [6]
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,7621
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 4,31555.61
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,88066.61
Chatham Frank Smith 1,1038.93
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 1,53918.13
Halifax James Parker 8,5112
Leeds South John Badlay 2,70621.53
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 12,99838.52
Liverpool Kirkdale Thomas McKerrell 2,99241.62
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 4,3131
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 11,50739.62
Whitehaven Thomas Richardson 1,41453.71

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election Thomas McKerrell 2,76119.33
1911 Keighley by-election William Crawford Anderson 3,45228.93
1912 East Carmarthenshire by-election John Henry Williams 1,08910.33
1913 Keighley by-election William Bland 3,64629.83
1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election William Crawford Anderson unopposedN/A1
1918 Keighley by-election William Bland 2,34932.52
1918 Manchester North East by-election J. R. Clynes unopposedN/A1

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

1918 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [7]
Aberdare T. E. Nicholas 6,22921.42
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 6,36921.73
Ayr Burghs Campbell Stephen 4,53423.23
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 1,95618.63
Birmingham Ladywood John Kneeshaw 2,57219.02
Blackburn Philip Snowden 15,27419.73
Bosworth Thomas Richardson 6,34433.62
Bradford Central William Leach 7,63631.32
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 8,63737.92
Brigg David Quibell 4,78927.32
Bristol East Luke Bateman 8,13542.82
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 2,17521.03
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 4,66322.42
Chorley Elijah Sandham 6,22232.32
Colne Valley Wilfrid Whiteley 9,47341.22
Coventry Richard Collingham Wallhead 10,29832.42
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 5,59630.12
Dunbartonshire William Henry Porteous Martin 7,07230.92
Edinburgh Central William Graham 7,16151.31
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 7,86039.82
Glasgow Camlachie Hugh Guthrie 7,19233.12
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 9,57747.81
Glasgow Hillhead John Izett4,18624.62
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 6,14733.22
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 9,82749.82
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 7,99639.12
Huddersfield Harry Snell 12,73732.52
Ipswich Robert Jackson 8,14332.12
Keighley William Bland 6,32427.73
Kingston upon Hull South West Robert Mell 3,12119.33
Lanark James C. Welsh 5,82131.02
Leeds West John Arnott 6,02029.52
Leicester East George Banton 6,69727.12
Leicester West Ramsay MacDonald 6,34724.02
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 8,72340.32
Montrose Burghs Henry Noel Brailsford 2,94024.02
Motherwell Walton Newbold 4,13523.22
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central James Smith4,97634.62
Rochdale R. H. Tawney 4,95616.53
Rutherglen William Regan8,75940.92
Sheffield Attercliffe William Crawford Anderson 6,53934.72
Shipley Tom Snowden 5,69025.42
Southampton Frederick Perriman6,77609.25
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 6,50824.82
Swansea East David Williams 6,34136.42
West Ham Silvertown David John Davis2,27816.93
West Ham Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 3,18622.22
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 7,12638.22
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 3,80928.72

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1918–1922

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election Joseph Forbes Duncan 3,48226.43 [8]
1919 Swansea East by-election David Williams 8,15846.92 [8]
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election Robert Dunstan 6,41231.22 [8]
1919 Spen Valley by-election Tom Myers 11,96239.41 [8]
1921 Woolwich East by-election Ramsay MacDonald 13,08148.72
1921 Caerphilly by-election Morgan Jones 13,69954.21
1922 Leicester East by-election George Banton 14,06252.91

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1922 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [9]
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 14,13846.61
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,46244.21
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 7,55044.61
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 10,58944.82
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,94653.71
Blackburn Percy Davies 24,04921.73
Bradford Central William Leach 14,29642.41
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,57345.41
Brigg David Quibell 9,18537.32
Bristol North Walter Ayles 9,56735.42
Bute and North Ayrshire John Paton 9,32339.42
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 13,75957.21
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,16929.42
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 4,51325.12
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,31242.01
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 12,61439.51
Consett Herbert Dunnico 14,46946.51
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 8,85637.31
Dunbartonshire W. H. Martin 13,21649.62
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,70842.41
Edinburgh Central William Graham 12,87657.91
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 17,89063.71
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,18153.21
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,13734.01
Glasgow Central Edward Rosslyn Mitchell 12,92341.92
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,44162.31
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,05847.31
Glasgow Pollok Alexander Burns Mackay 5,75924.72
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,11456.61
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 14,69559.11
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,77160.51
Huddersfield James Hindle Hudson 15,67333.52
Ipswich Robert Jackson 14,92446.62
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 13,97846.31
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,75245.32
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 4,85919.13
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 9,81245.02
Lancaster Fenner Brockway 9,04331.62
Leeds North East John Badlay 6,52524.43
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 12,48748.32
Leicester East George Banton 13,85047.72
Limehouse Clement Attlee 9,68855.41
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 12,62546.41
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 17,51653.01
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,04445.62
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 14,50360.21
Newcastle Central Charles Trevelyan 13,70954.21
Norwich Herbert Witard 15,60916.93
Rutherglen William Wright 14,02955.11
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 16,69260.41
Spen Valley Tom Myers 12,51936.92
Stirling and Clackmannan West Tom Johnston 9,91955.01
Swansea East David Williams 11,33350.91
Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 7,26832.81
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,78754.01

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1922–1923

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1923 Ludlow by-election Percy F. Pollard 1,4207.83 [10]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

1923 UK general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [11]
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,43955.61
Aberdeen South John Paton 6,91129.02
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,79345.72
Acton Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin6,06928.92
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 8,29847.52
Bethnal Green North East Walter Windsor 7,41545.71
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 11,33046.82
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,32851.21
Blackburn John Davies 25,42823.83
Bootle John Kinley 3,27213.83
Bosworth Emrys Hughes 8,15228.93
Bournemouth Minnie Pallister 5,98619.53
Bradford Central William Leach 14,24144.61
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,57948.11
Brigg David Quibell 10,75346.42
Bristol North Walter Ayles 10,43337.51
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen9,85544.42
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 16,53558.71
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,56332.02
Chatham Mary Hamilton 5,79424.13
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 5,04727.52
Chesterfield George Benson 6,19825.92
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,49251.11
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 13,13640.41
Consett Herbert Dunnico 15,86252.01
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,05437.02
Dewsbury Ben Riley 8,92344.42
Dunbartonshire William Martin 11,70543.01
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,85744.61
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,18667.91
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 15,73564.81
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,14356.21
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 8,88434.72
Glasgow Central Edward Mitchell 12,97644.42
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 13,98766.31
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 5,05926.42
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 12,50848.11
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,83632.82
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,62459.81
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 14,53562.31
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 15,24062.31
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,12735.72
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 6,35428.73
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 8,10141.01
Hammersmith South Wyndham Albery 6,97436.92
Hitchin Skene Mackay 5,91326.32
Huddersfield James Hudson 17,43036.71
Ilford Dan Chater 5,77518.13
Inverness Andrew D. Kinloch5,38534.62
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,82450.71
Islington East Ethel Bentham 6,94126.03
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,08349.12
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,99243.21
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 5,97323.73
Lambeth North Fred Hughes4,08921.93
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,38450.51
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 11,43440.71
Leicester East George Banton 13,16244.81
Leyton East Archibald Church 7,94439.51
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,47368.51
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 13,30450.91
Llandaff and Barry Thomas F. Worrall7,87127.03
Lowestoft Robert Arthur Mellanby4,78819.73
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 6,55824.43
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,51160.11
Mile End John Scurr 6,21941.01
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,03244.72
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 12,88165.61
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 12,44752.51
Newcastle upon Tyne North John Beckett 5,37422.03
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 19,30420.02
Penistone Rennie Smith 8,32933.52
Reading Somerville Hastings 16,65744.81
Rutherglen William Wright 13,02154.51
St Pancras North James Marley 10,93143.01
Salford West Alexander Haycock 9,86838.41
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 13,58158.71
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 14,74153.01
Southampton Reginald Sorensen 16,67916.44
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 9,05024.43
Sunderland David Baxter Lawley 13,70711.65
Swansea East David Williams 12,73557.41
Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 8,65639.31
Walthamstow East John Gilbert Dale 6,83734.62
Wells Charles Henry Whitlow1,71307.63
Westbury George Ward4,37217.43
West Dorset Louie Simpson7,08741.22
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 10,90448.11
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 9,24251.91

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1923–1924

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1924 Westminster Abbey by-election Fenner Brockway 6,15627.03 [12]

Candidate stood for the Labour Party.

1924 general election

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [13]
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,72453.11
Aberdeen and Kincardine East William Sloan Cormack 3,89924.43
Aberdeen North Frank Herbert Rose 13,24960.81
Aberdeen South George Archibald 10,69939.92
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 18,14847.12
Argyllshire I. H. MacIver4,53222.73
Belper Jack Lees 10,61841.82
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 11,57857.21
Birkenhead East James Coulthard 7,49626.73
Birmingham Erdington Charles Simmons 11,41240.52
Birmingham Ladywood Oswald Mosley 13,29748.92
Birmingham Sparkbrook Sydney Potter9,75936.12
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 15,78655.11
Blackburn Mary Hamilton 24,33021.83
Bradford Central William Leach 16,65248.32
Bradford East Fred Jowett 15,17449.92
Bradford North Frank Wise 9,44232.72
Brigg David Quibell 11,66943.62
Bristol North Walter Ayles 12,31940.92
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen10,07538.32
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 17,72359.01
Central Aberdeenshire J. Newman3,79118.42
Chesterfield George Benson 9,20639.72
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 13,03252.61
Colchester Richard Reiss 10,95343.42
Consett Herbert Dunnico 18,84255.91
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,95429.72
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 9,94141.11
Dumfriesshire Agnes Dollan 6,34223.03
Dunbartonshire William Martin 12,87244.22
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 10,90344.32
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,62860.51
Gateshead John Beckett 23,51450.21
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 16,85061.31
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,58850.41
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,91535.02
Glasgow Central J. D. White 12,61740.92
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,13263.21
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 6,95732.32
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,94747.42
Glasgow Kelvingrove Thomas Archibald Kerr12,84441.62
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,74924.72
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,29959.21
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,71451.31
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,63556.51
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,00536.22
Greenock Stephen Kelly5,87422.43
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 9,68436.32
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 10,97045.92
Harwich Alf Barton 1,60406.83
Huddersfield James Hudson 19,01036.31
Inverness T. Henderson6,86337.42
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,79144.62
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,10545.01
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 13,05447.82
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 7,96529.23
Kinross and Western Perthshire John MacDiarmid5,28628.02
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,42643.52
Lancaster Harold Mostyn Watkins5,57217.53
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 13,05742.51
Leicester East George Banton 15,66949.32
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,71357.71
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 14,12348.92
Liverpool Fairfield Mary Ann Mercer8,41237.12
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 9,36939.42
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 8,19233.72
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,88259.81
Mile End John Scurr 8,30648.51
Motherwell James Barr 12,81652.11
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 14,54251.61
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 22,93122.04
Paisley Edward Mitchell 17,05753.51
Penrith and Cockermouth Fred Tait 5,40432.12
Perth Cameron Roberts5,31620.23
Rutherglen William Wright 13,79652.11
St Pancras North James Marley 13,17144.12
Salford West Alexander Haycock 12,36942.52
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 16,80263.61
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 17,05355.41
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 12,50933.72
Stirling and Clackmannan Western Tom Johnston 9,74949.32
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 14,11334.82
Upton Benjamin Gardner 11,44346.02
Westbury George Ward4,73118.13
Western Isles A. G. Burns1,45417.23
Weston-super-Mare Raphael Neft1,34304.23
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,25245.92
Willesden East William Davies Lloyd7,86024.73

Candidates stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1924–1929

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1924 Dundee by-election Tom Johnston 22,97369.21 [14]
1925 Ayr Burghs by-election Patrick Dollan 9,78735.22 [14]
1928 Linlithgowshire by-election Manny Shinwell 14,44649.11 [15]
1928 Aberdeen North by-election William Wedgwood Benn 10,64652.51 [15]
1929 North Lanarkshire by-election Jennie Lee 15,71157.51 [16]

Candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1929 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [17] [18]
Aberdeen North William Wedgwood Benn 17,82660.81
Aberdeen South William Henry Porteous Martin 13,85639.12
Argyll John L. Kinloch 6,00123.83
Ayr Burghs Clarice Shaw 13,42936.52
Belper Jack Lees 15,95843.01
Birkenhead East James Coulthard 11,65431.83
Birmingham Erdington Charles Simmons 20,66543.41
Birmingham Ladywood Wilfrid Whiteley 16,44750.01
Blackburn Mary Agnes Hamilton 37,25626.11
Bradford Central William Leach 24,87659.01
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 21,39854.71
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Alexander Sloan 14,29443.82
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 17,66753.21
Clapham J. Allen Skinner 9,87130.52
Dumfriesshire W. H. Marwick 6,68718.73
East Renfrewshire John Martin Munro16,92447.82
Edinburgh Central William Graham 16,76259.01
Fylde J. Williamson16,31835.32
Galloway Hector McNeil 4,90315.53
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 21,03367.71
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 17,94653.21
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 12,98336.32
Glasgow Hillhead William Sloan Cormack 10,06536.71
Glasgow Kelvingrove John Winning15,17343.62
Glasgow Maryhill John Smith Clarke 18,31150.61
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 19,59460.41
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 21,07965.51
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 19,44561.81
Huddersfield James Hindle Hudson 25,96638.31
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 18,41244.71
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 17,38648.21
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 14,90341.21
Leeds West Thomas William Stamford 18,76541.91
Leicester East Edward Frank Wise 22,53350.81
Leyton East Fenner Brockway 11,11142.91
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 18,06351.61
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 15,22251.31
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 22,70159.61
Motherwell James Barr 16,65058.01
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 19,88455.91
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 31,04024.03
Oldham Gordon Lang 34,22326.21
Paisley James Welsh 22,42555.81
Perth Helen Gault8,29123.53
Rutherglen William Wright 17,53852.21
Salford West Alexander Haycock 15,64742.81
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 20,27755.21
Sheffield Hallam Basil Rawson12,13339.12
Western Isles John M. MacDiarmid3,58932.52
West Renfrewshire Robert Forgan 14,41946.51
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 15,17956.71
Whitehaven Morgan Phillips Price 14,03446.81
Widnes Alexander Gordon Cameron 19,12551.01
Willesden East William Davies Lloyd13,97733.12

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections 1929–1931

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-election John McGovern 10,69942.81
1930 East Renfrewshire by-election Thomas Irwin 12,29333.32
1931 Rutherglen by-election David Hardie 6,73651.41

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

1931 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Bradford East Fred Jowett 15,77941.22
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Alexander Sloan 12,75834.32
Camborne Kate Spurrell 8,28024.53
Clapham Hilda Browning 7,31723.02
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 16,33551.61
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 16,63058.21
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,28245.32
Glasgow Govan George Buchanan 19,27858.11
Glasgow Kelvingrove John Winning12,41536.62
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 16,30147.81
Kilmarnock John Pollock 14,76740.42
Lanark Jack Gibson11,81536.42
Leyton East Fenner Brockway 10,43337.62
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 9,53130.12
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 24,62369.41
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 12,13637.32
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 19,69144.72
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 26,53719.74
Peckham John Beckett 11,21733.52
Perth Helen Gault3,7059.73
Stockport John Thomas Abbott 15,59111.34
Warwick and Leamington Jim Garton 9,26119.42
West Renfrewshire Jean Mann 10,20331.52

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

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1932 New Forest and Christchurch by-election C. A. Smith 5,13518.02
1933 Kilmarnock by-election John Pollock 7,57520.93
1934 Upton by-election Fenner Brockway 7483.53
1934 Merthyr by-election Campbell Stephen 3,5089.83

1935 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Aberdeen North Fraser Macintosh3,87111.13
Bradford East Fred Jowett 8,98326.72
Camborne Kate Spurrell 5921.94
Chorley Robert Edwards 1,3653.33
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire David Gibson 1,5134.34
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 17,69165.01
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,07047.11
Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 22,86075.01
Glasgow Govan Tom Taylor 4,95916.03
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 18,37752.81
Glasgow Tradeston James Carmichael 3,42313.23
Kilmarnock John Pollock 3,58210.23
Lanark William Carlin2,5838.33
Merthyr Claude Stanfield9,64032.02
North Lanarkshire Jennie Lee 17,26737.32
Norwich Fenner Brockway 6,7375.45
Whitehaven Tom Stephenson 1,0043.33

By-elections, 1935–1945

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1939 Stretford by-election Robert Edwards 4,42415.12
1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election John Nicolson8,20611.92
1940 East Renfrewshire by-election Annie Maxton 8,20619.32
1941 Lancaster by-election Fenner Brockway 5,41819.53
1941 Edinburgh Central by-election Tom Taylor 1,95029.02
1942 Cardiff East by-election Fenner Brockway 3,31124.82
1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election James Carmichael 2,49313.83
1943 Bristol Central by-election John McNair 8307.43
1943 Woolwich West by-election Tom Colyer 3,41927.22
1943 Acton by-election Walter Padley 2,33628.12
1944 Bilston by-election Arthur Eaton9,34449.12
1945 Newport by-election Robert Edwards 13,72245.52

1945 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Bilston Arthur Eaton8491.83
Bradford East Will Ballantine 5,10514.63
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 13,22066.41
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,55857.71
Glasgow Shettleston John McGovern 11,94735.51

By-elections, 1945–1950

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1946 Battersea North by-election Hugo Dewar 2401.53
1946 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election James Carmichael 6,35134.31
1947 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election David Gibson 1540.74
1948 Glasgow Camlachie by-election Annie Maxton 1,6226.43

1950 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Burnley Dan Carradice2950.54
Glasgow Bridgeton Robert Duncan1,9745.83
Glasgow Shettleston Jim Graham1,0312.54
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Fred Barton 8122.13

By-elections, 1950–1951

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election David Gibson 6801.93
1951 Ormskirk by-election Fred Barton 6892.03

1951 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Fred Barton 1,0062.53
Glasgow Bridgeton Robert Duncan1,7965.43
Glasgow Shettleston Jim Graham1,1952.83

1955 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Bermondsey Stan Birkett7152.53
Glasgow Bridgeton George Stone 2,6197.43

By-elections, 1955–1959

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1957 East Ham North by-election Bill Christopher4582.14
1958 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election William Park5872.84
1958 Islington North by-election Jim McKie5762.93

1959 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Glasgow Kelvingrove William Park7403.03
Walthamstow East Bill Christopher1830.54

By-elections, 1959–1964

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [19]
1961 Glasgow Bridgeton by-election George Stone 5863.14

1966 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Leyton Bill Hanley4410.94

1970 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
Halifax Alistair Graham8471.73

February 1974 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [19]
St Helens M. Pike9911.84

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  15. 1 2 Labour Party, "Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference (1928), pp. 11–17
  16. Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 15–19. 1929.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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.