Labour Party (UK) election results (1906–1922)

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This article lists the Labour Party's election results in elections from it adopting the "Labour Party" name in 1906 until the end of the 1918 to 1922 Parliament.

Contents

Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage votes per candidate % UK voteChange (percentage points)Saved depositsNumber of MPs [1]
1910 Jan 78505,6576,4837.0+2.7N/A40
1910 Dec 56371,8026,6396.4-0.6N/A42
1918 3612,245,7776,22120.8+14.435557

Sponsorship of candidates

SponsorCandidates Jan 10MPs Jan 10Candidates Dec 10MPs Dec 10Candidates 18MPs 18 [2]
BSP N/AN/AN/AN/A40
CLP 00001445
Fabian 2021unknown0
ILP 146128503
SDF N/AN/AN/AN/A31
Trade union6234423316349

Election results

By-elections, 1906–1910

Smillie, first candidate run under the "Labour Party" name Smillie-Robert.jpg
Smillie, first candidate run under the "Labour Party" name
By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [3]
1906 Cockermouth by-election Robert Smillie 1,43614.53 Miners
1906 Huddersfield by-election T. Russell Williams 5,42233.82 ILP
1907 Belfast North by-election William Walker 4,19441.12 Carpenters & Joiners
1907 Jarrow by-election Pete Curran 4,69833.01 Gasworkers
1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election John Hill 3,33045.42 Boilermakers
1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election James Holmes 4,51229.13 ASRS
1908 Leeds South by-election Albert E. Fox 2,45119.43 ASLEF
1908 Dewsbury by-election Ben Turner 2,44620.23 Textile Workers
1908 Dundee by-election George Harold Stuart 4,01424.93 Postmen
1908 Montrose Burghs by-election Joseph Burgess 1,93729.42 ILP
1909 Taunton by-election Frank Smith 1,08535.42 Fabian [4]
1909 Croydon by-election Frank Smith 8864.23 ILP [4]
1909 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election Joseph Pointer 3,63127.51 Patternmakers
1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election John George Hancock 6,73560.51 Miners

January 1910 general election

Henderson, leader of the party in January 1910, elected for Barnard Castle 1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg
Henderson, leader of the party in January 1910, elected for Barnard Castle
"Mabon", a miners' MP and former Liberal, re-elected for Rhondda William Abraham - Mabon.jpeg
"Mabon", a miners' MP and former Liberal, re-elected for Rhondda
Thomas, newly elected for Derby James Henry Thomas circa 1920.jpg
Thomas, newly elected for Derby
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [3]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 6,09656.71 Iron Founders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 5,30455.21 Engineers
Belfast North Robert Gageby 3,95138.72 Flaxdressers
Birmingham Bordesley Fred Hughes3,45327.72
Birmingham East Joseph James Stephenson 3,95831.92 Engineers
Bishop Auckland William House 3,99333.22 Miners
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,76228.12 ILP
Bolton Alfred Gill 11,86430.52 Textile Factory Workers
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,95533.52 ILP
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,88066.61 ILP
Bristol East Frank Sheppard 1,87431.22 Boot and Shoe
Chatham John Hagan Jenkins 6,13045.32 Shipwrights
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor 12,68464.81 Miners
Chesterfield James Haslam 8,23459.11 Miners
Clitheroe David Shackleton 13,87367.31 Textile Factory Workers
Cockermouth Percy Whitehead1,90918.93 Steel Smelters
Crewe Frank Herbert Rose 1,3809.53 Engineers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,88052.01 Compositors [5]
Derby James Henry Thomas 10,18927.92 Railway Servants [6]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 10,36532.92 Shipwrights
Eccles George Henry Stuart 3,51120.33 Postmen
Gateshead John Johnson 3,57221.43 Miners
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 4,49661.71 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 2,44328.93 ILP
Gorton John Hodge 7,80751.61 Steel Smelters [7]
Govan James Thomas Brownlie 3,54523.33 Engineers
Gower John Williams 9,31278.61 Miners
Halifax James Parker 9,09338.92 ILP
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 10,19362.21 Miners
Hanley Enoch Edwards 9,19963.91 Miners
Holmfirth William Pickles 1,64314.93 Painters
Huddersfield Harry Snell 5,68631.62 Fabians [8]
Hyde William Crawford Anderson 2,40121.23 ILP
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,72360.61 Miners
Jarrow Pete Curran 4,81833.52 Gasworkers
Leeds East James O'Grady 5,87371.81 Furnishing
Leicester Ramsay Macdonald 14,33731.42 ILP
Leigh Thomas Greenall 3,26824.73 Miners
Leith Burghs William Walker 2,72418.93 Carpenters & Joiners
Liverpool Kirkdale Alexander Gordon Cameron 3,92148.62 Carpenters & Joiners
Liverpool West Toxteth James Sexton 2,90942.52 Dock Labourers
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 6,11054.51 Miners
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 5,15758.41 ILP
Manchester South West J. M. McLachlan 1,21816.63 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 13,84136.72 ILP
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 7,57563.91 Miners
Middlesbrough Patrick Walls 2,71014.23 Blastfurnacemen
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,86425.73 Miners
Morley Herbert Smith 2,19116.13 Miners
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 18,24128.12 Railway Servants
Newton James Andrew Seddon 7,25652.71 Shop Assistants
Normanton Frederick Hall 9,17272.21 Miners
North Ayrshire James Brown 1,80112.93 Miners
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 8,71557.61 Miners
North East Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 2,16011.83 Miners
North West Lanarkshire Robert Small 1,7189.73 Miners
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,56659.81 Miners
Norwich George Henry Roberts 11,11928.72 Typographical [9]
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,15450.81 Miners
Portsmouth Williams Sanders 3,5296.15 Fabians [8]
Preston John Thomas Macpherson 7,53921.43 Steel Smelters [7]
Rhondda William Abraham 12,43678.21 Miners
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,51253.31 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 7,75556.11 Patternmakers
South Glamorganshire William Brace 11,61261.11 Miners
Spen Valley T. Russell Williams 2,51423.33 ILP
Stockport George James Wardle 6,68228.01 Railway Servants
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 11,05823.44 ILP
Tewkesbury Charles Fox 2382.13 ILP
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,60245.52 ILP
West Fife William Adamson 4,73637.72 Miners
West Ham South Will Thorne 11,79163.11 Gasworkers
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,06453.21 Carpenters & Joiners
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards 13,29581.41 Miners
Whitehaven Andrew Sharp 82528.83 Miners
Wigan Henry Twist 4,80352.81 Miners
Wolverhampton West Thomas Frederick Richards 5,79047.62 Boot and Shoe
Woolwich Will Crooks 8,42049.12 Coopers [8]

Gill in Bolton, Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, Hudson in Newcastle, Macdonald in Leicester, Parker in Halifax, Roberts in Norwich, Snowden in Blackburn, Thomas in Derby and Wilkie in Dundee were elected by taking second place in a multi-seat constituency.

By-elections, Jan–Dec 1910

Hartshorn, who stood unsuccessfully in Mid Glamorgan in 1910 Vernon Hartshorn MP.jpg
Hartshorn, who stood unsuccessfully in Mid Glamorgan in 1910
By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [3]
1910 Mid Glamorgan by-election Vernon Hartshorn 6,21041.02 Miners
1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election Alexander Gordon Cameron 3,42744.52 Carpenters & Joiners

December 1910 general election

Barnes, leader of the party in December 1910, re-elected in Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes in 1916.jpg
Barnes, leader of the party in December 1910, re-elected in Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
Lansbury, future party leader, newly elected in Bow and Bromley George Lansbury.jpg
Lansbury, future party leader, newly elected in Bow and Bromley
Smith, frequent candidate, unsuccessful in Chatham Frank Smith 1908.JPG
Smith, frequent candidate, unsuccessful in Chatham
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [3] [10]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 5,86857.01 Iron Founders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 4,81052.91 Engineers
Bishop Auckland William House 3,99333.22 Miners
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,76226.41 ILP
Bolton Alfred Gill 7,72964.02 Textile Factory Workers
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 4,31555.61 ILP
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,88066.61 ILP
Chatham Frank Smith 1,1038.93 ILP
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor unopposedN/A1 Miners
Chesterfield James Haslam 7,28359.01 Miners
Clitheroe Albert Smith 12,10767.71 Textile Factory Workers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,35751.41 Compositors [5]
Derby James Henry Thomas 9,14434.12 Railway Servants [6]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 8,95729.32 Shipwrights
East Carmarthenshire John Henry Williams 1,17612.63 Steel Smelters
East Glamorgan Charles Stanton 4,67524.13 Miners
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 4,16259.11 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 1,53918.13 ILP
Gorton John Hodge 7,84052.21 Steel Smelters [7]
Gower John Williams 5,48054.81 Miners
Halifax James Parker 8,51132.32 ILP
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 8,70859.91 Miners
Hanley Enoch Edwards 8,34364.21 Miners
Huddersfield Harry Snell 4,98829.03 Fabians [8]
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,11757.21 Miners
Jarrow Alexander Gordon Cameron 4,89230.63 Carpenters & Joiners
Leeds East James O'Grady 4,02868.01 Furnishing
Leeds South John Badlay 2,70621.53 ILP
Leicester Ramsay Macdonald 12,99838.52 ILP
Liverpool Kirkdale Thomas McKerrell 2,99241.62 ILP
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 5,52454.31 Miners
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 4,31358.41 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 11,50739.62 ILP
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 6,55760.51 Miners
Mid Glamorganshire Vernon Hartshorn 6,10244.52 Miners
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,84724.73 Miners
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 16,44728.02 Railway Servants [6]
Newton James Andrew Seddon 6,56249.52 Shop Assistants
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposedN/A1 Miners
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 7,83856.31 Miners
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,12562.21 Miners
Norwich George Henry Roberts 10,00335.82 Typographical [9]
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,19952.21 Miners
Preston William Henry Carr 7,85323.04 Textile Factory Workers
Rhondda William Abraham 9,07371.01 Miners
St Helens Thomas Glover 5,75248.92 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 6,53255.01 Patternmakers
South Glamorganshire William Brace 10,91058.41 Miners
Stockport George James Wardle 6,09426.92 Railway Servants [6]
Sunderland Frank Goldstone 11,29125.82 Teachers
West Fife William Adamson 6,12853.01 Miners
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards unopposedN/A1 Miners
West Ham South Will Thorne 9,50866.41 Gasworkers
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,06453.21 Carpenters & Joiners
Whitehaven Thomas Richardson 1,41453.71 ILP and Miners
Wigan Henry Twist 4,11046.82 Miners
Woolwich Will Crooks 8,25250.71 Fabians [8] and Coopers

Gill in Bolton, Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, Hudson in Newcastle, Macdonald in Leicester, Parker in Halifax, Roberts in Norwich, Goldstone in Sunderland, Thomas in Derby, Wardle in Stockport and Wilkie in Dundee were elected by taking second place in a multi-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1910–1918

Roberts, winner of a ministerial by-election in Norwich in 1917 G H Roberts.JPG
Roberts, winner of a ministerial by-election in Norwich in 1917
By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [3]
1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election John Robertson 2,87916.33 Miners
1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election Thomas McKerrell 2,76119.33 ILP
1911 Keighley by-election William Crawford Anderson 3,45228.93 ILP
1911 Oldham by-election William Cornforth Robinson 7,44824.63 Textile Factory Workers
1912 Holmfirth by-election William Lunn 3,19528.23 Miners
1912 Hanley by-election Samuel Finney 1,69411.83 Miners
1912 Crewe by-election James Holmes 2,48517.73 Railway Servants
1912 Midlothian by-election Robert Brown 2,41516.73 Miners
1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election William House 4,16526.23 Miners
1913 Keighley by-election William Bland 3,64629.83 ILP
1913 South Lanarkshire by-election Thomas Gibb1,67416.83 Miners
1914 North West Durham by-election G. H. Stuart 5,02628.23 Postmen
1914 Leith Burghs by-election Joseph Nicholas Bell 3,34624.53 Labour Amalgamation
1914 North East Derbyshire by-election James Martin 3,66922.53 Miners
1914 Bolton by-election Robert Tootill unopposedN/A1 Carters & Lurrymen [11]
1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election William Crawford Anderson unopposedN/A1 ILP [11]
1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election James Winstone 6,08037.22 Miners
1916 North West Staffordshire by-election Samuel Finney unopposedN/A1 Miners
1917 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts unopposedN/A1 Typographical [9]
1918 Manchester North East by-election J. R. Clynes unopposedN/A1 ILP

1918 UK general election

Adamson, leader of the party in 1918, re-elected in West Fife Cropped photograph of William Adamson.jpg
Adamson, leader of the party in 1918, re-elected in West Fife
Pethick-Lawrence, one of four women to stand for the party in 1918, defeated in Manchester Rusholme Emmeline Pethick Lawrence, c.1910. (22981177345).jpg
Pethick-Lawrence, one of four women to stand for the party in 1918, defeated in Manchester Rusholme
Tillett, newly elected in Salford North Ben Tillett in 1920.jpg
Tillett, newly elected in Salford North
ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor [12]
Aberavon Robert Williams 7,75835.72 NAUL
Aberdare T. E. Nicholas 6,22921.42 ILP [13]
Abertillery William Brace unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 6,36921.73 ILP [13]
Acton Robert Dunsmore4,24126.72Constituency [15]
Altrincham George Middleton 7,68527.32 Postal Clerks [16] [17]
Argyllshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 2,73318.62 Highland Land League
Ayr Burghs Campbell Stephen 4,53423.23 ILP [13]
Balham and Tooting Frank Smith 3,58617.22
Barnard Castle John Edmund Swan 5,46842.91 Miners [14]
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 12,30949.42 Workers [18]
Basingstoke A. Close6,27735.92
Bath Alfred James Bethell5,24425.22
Batley and Morley Ben Turner 12,05147.12 Textile Workers [17]
Battersea North Charlotte Despard 5,63433.42Constituency
Battersea South Arthur Lynch 3,38314.72
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 11,37053.61 Miners [14]
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 1,95618.63 ILP [13]
Berwick and Haddington Robert W. Foulis4,78330.02Constituency [15]
Birkenhead East John Finigan5,39926.72
Birkenhead West William Henry Egan 5,67131.02
Birmingham Aston John Banfield 4,45129.42
Birmingham Erdington Albert Edward Ayton5,21127.12
Birmingham Handsworth Henry Joseph Odell4,57621.53
Birmingham Ladywood John Kneeshaw 2,57219.02 ILP [13]
Birmingham Moseley Robert Dunstan 3,78916.22Constituency [15]
Birmingham Yardley George Shann 7,46638.32Constituency [17]
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 10,06050.61
Blackburn Philip Snowden 15,27419.73 ILP [13]
Blackpool Allan Gee 2,60809.23 Textile Workers [15]
Blaydon William Whiteley 7,84441.62 Miners [14]
Bolton Robert Tootill unopposedN/A1 General Workers [18]
Bosworth Thomas Richardson 6,34433.62 ILP [13]
Bothwell John Robertson 9,02749.12 Miners [14]
Bournemouth Frederick Jesse Hopkins 5,30125.02
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 7,24844.32
Bradford Central William Leach 7,63631.32 ILP [13]
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 8,63737.92 ILP [13]
Bradford North John Henry Palin 6,49929.22Constituency [15]
Brentford and Chiswick William Haywood2,62020.22Constituency [15]
Bridgwater Sid Plummer5,77131.42Constituency [15]
Brigg David Quibell 4,78927.32 ILP [13]
Brighton Thomas Lewis8,97110.83
Brighton George William Canter8,51410.24
Bristol Central Ernest Bevin 7,13736.82
Bristol East Luke Bateman 8,13542.82 ILP [13]
Bristol North James Kaylor 5,00726.52 Engineers
Bristol South Thomas Lewis 6,40931.82 Dockers [15]
Broxtowe George Alfred Spencer 11,15055.21 Miners [14]
Buckingham John Scurr 7,48132.32Constituency [15]
Buckrose George Henry Dawson3,17620.82
Burnley Dan Irving 15,21741.91 Socialist
Burslem Samuel Finney 7,47444.31 Miners [14]
Bury Harry Wright Wallace 4,97322.73 Postmen [16]
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Robert Smith 5,84828.52Constituency
Caerphilly Alfred Onions 11,49654.81 Miners [14]
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 2,17521.03 ILP [13] and Fawcett [16]
Camborne George Nicholls 6,54648.02
Cambridge Thomas Rhondda Williams 3,78924.72
Cambridgeshire Albert Ernest Stubbs 6,68634.92Constituency [9]
Cambridge University J. C. Squire 64011.14
Canterbury Edward Timothy Palmer 2,71919.22Constituency [15]
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 4,66322.42 ILP [13]
Cardiff East Arthur James Williams 5,55428.53 Railwaymen
Cardiff South Joshua Clatworthy4,30326.32 Coal Trimmers
Carlisle Ernest Lowthian4,73633.22 General Workers
Chatham Dan W. Hubbard4,13422.52 Engineers [19]
Chelmsford William F. Toynbee5,55133.12Constituency [9] [15]
Chertsey Thomas Linsey3,23219.32Constituency [20] [15]
Chester Arthur Mason 2,79915.73 Locomotive Engineers [21]
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor unopposedN/A1 Durham Colliery Mechanics
Chichester Frederick Ernest Green 6,70531.62Constituency [15]
Chippenham Reuben George2,93917.73Constituency [15]
Chorley Elijah Sandham 6,22232.32 ILP [13]
Clay Cross Frank Hall 6,76645.92 Miners [14]
Cleveland Harry Dack 8,61035.32 Miners [14]
Clitheroe Alfred Davies 9,57844.71 Textile Factory Workers [22]
Coatbridge Owen Coyle7,25435.52Constituency [15]
Colchester Andrew Conley 7,11238.92 Garment Workers [17]
Colne Valley Wilfrid Whiteley 9,47341.22 ILP [13]
Combined English Universities John A. Hobson 36618.43
Combined Scottish Universities Peter Macdonald1,58112.24
Consett G. H. Stuart-Bunning 7,26832.83 Postmen [16]
Coventry Richard Collingham Wallhead 10,29832.42 ILP [13]
Crewe James Thomas Brownlie 10,43943.82 Engineers [19]
Croydon South Henry Thomas Muggeridge 7,00628.22
Dartford William Ling6,50629.42Constituency [15]
Darwen John McGurk 5,21123.43 Miners [14]
Daventry Will Rogers 7,82441.22Constituency [15]
Denbigh Edward Thomas John 2,95816.72Constituency [15]
Deptford Charles William Bowerman 14,07354.41 Compositors [18]
Derby James Henry Thomas 25,14537.81 Railwaymen [22]
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 5,59630.12 ILP [13]
Doncaster Robert Morley 5,15325.02 Workers [23]
Don Valley Edward Hough 3,22624.53 Miners [14]
Dudley William Bridgland Steer 6,04839.82
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 10,56647.42 Engineers
Dunbartonshire William Martin 7,07230.92 ILP [13]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 24,82236.12 Shipwrights [18]
Dundee James Sunney Brown7,76911.34
Durham Joshua Ritson 8,80949.42 Miners [14]
Ealing Alfred Chilton 3,61020.82
Eastbourne Thomas Burleigh Hasdell4,64126.02Constituency [15]
East Dorset Alfred Smith 4,32126.62 Vehicle Workers [17]
East Grinstead David Pole 6,20833.02Constituency [15]
East Ham South Arthur Henderson 5,02426.93 Ironfounders [18]
East Renfrewshire Robert Spence 5,04827.82Constituency [15]
Ebbw Vale Thomas Richards unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Edinburgh Central William Graham 7,16151.31 ILP [13]
Edinburgh West John Alexander Young2,62214.63
Edmonton Frank Broad 3,57525.72 Socialist
Elland Dennis Hardaker5,92325.63Constituency [15]
Enfield William E. Hill6,17637.52 Railway Clerks [24]
Epsom James Chuter Ede 4,79626.12Constituency [15]
Evesham Walter Metcalfe Fielding2,86316.93Constituency [15]
Farnham John Hayes3,53424.62Constituency [15]
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 9,74040.82 Miners [14]
Faversham Stanley Morgan 5,98131.82Constituency [15]
Finchley John Leslie 3,14018.22Constituency [15]
Forest of Dean James Wignall 9,73162.81 Dockers [17]
Frome Edward Gill 10,45443.92 Miners [14]
Fulham East David Cook2,88319.52
Fulham West Robert Mark Gentry 4,43523.72
Fylde William John Tout 7,40035.12 Textile Factory Workers
Gateshead John Brotherton 7,21223.82 Engineers
Gillingham William Tapp4,70525.92 Shipwrights
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 7,86039.82 ILP [13]
Glasgow Camlachie Hugh Guthrie 7,19233.12 ILP [13]
Glasgow Cathcart Gavin Brown Clark 4,48921.62
Glasgow Central David Quin4,73621.22
Glasgow Gorbals John Maclean 7,43634.12 Socialist
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 9,57747.81 ILP [13]
Glasgow Hillhead John Izett4,18624.62 ILP [13]
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 5,53127.92
Partick William Mackie5,17329.92
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 6,14733.22 ILP [13]
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 9,82749.82 ILP [13]
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 7,99639.12 ILP [13]
Gloucester William Levason Edwards2,86017.33
Gower John Williams 10,10954.81 Miners [14]
Gravesend James Butts3,25421.52 Engineers [19]
Great Yarmouth William McConnell 1,84812.83 Socialist
Greenwich James Bermingham6,47130.72
Grimsby Charles Franklin9,01535.42 Socialist
Guildford William Bennett 5,07827.92Constituency [15]
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 6,98842.11 Miners [14]
Hammersmith North Christopher Morden2,04816.44
Hammersmith South John Westcott1,95814.93
Hampstead Skene Mackay 3,64619.32
Hanley Myles Harper Parker 7,69738.72 Enginemen [17]
Harborough Walter John Baker 4,49525.63 Postal Clerks [16]
The Hartlepools Will Sherwood 4,73318.63 General Workers
Hastings Joseph George Butler 3,55624.12 Socialist
Hemel Hempstead Jesse Hawkes2,91322.42Constituency [15]
Hemsworth John Guest 8,10255.51 Miners [14]
Hendon Frank Bailey3,15916.12Constituency [15]
Hereford Sidney Box 3,73024.22Constituency [15]
Hertford Cyril Harding1,67909.13Constituency [15]
Hexham William Weir 4,16826.22 Miners [14]
Heywood and Radcliffe Horace Nobbs 6,82732.42 Postal Clerks [16]
Hitchin Robert Green5,66134.92Constituency [15]
Holland-with-Boston William Stapleton Royce 8,78839.81Constituency
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 7,31536.41 Miners [14]
Huddersfield Harry Snell 12,73732.52 ILP [13]
Hythe Robert William Forsyth3,42728.02
Ilford Herbert Dunnico 4,62119.52
Ilkeston George Oliver 7,96245.22 Engineers
Ince Stephen Walsh 14,88287.01 Miners [18]
Ipswich Robert Frederick Jackson 8,14332.12 ILP [13]
Islington East Arthur John Lewer3,12216.33
Islington West John Thomas Sheppard2,30020.93 Engineers
Jarrow John Hill 8,03439.02
Keighley William Bland 6,32427.73 ILP [13]
Kennington William Glennie 2,81725.43 Engineers
Kensington North William Joseph Jarrett 3,65321.72Constituency [15]
Kidderminster John Baker 9,76042.02 Iron & Steel [7]
King's Lynn Robert Barrie Walker 9,78049.12 Agricultural [25]
Kingston upon Hull East R. H. Farrah 3,72520.43Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North West Alfred Gould 3,52819.33 Carpenters & Joiners [26]
Kingston upon Hull South West Robert Mell 3,12119.33 ILP [13]
Kingston-upon-Thames Thomas Henry Dumper2,50213.62
Kingswinford Charles Henry Sitch 10,39748.01 Chain Makers [17]
Lanark James C. Welsh 5,82131.02 ILP [13]
Leeds North George Hartley Thompson3,42318.42Constituency [15]
Leeds North East John Bromley 4,45024.52 Locomotive Engineers [21]
Leeds South Frank Fountain5,51031.52
Leeds South East James O'Grady unopposedN/A1 Furnishing Trades [18]
Leeds West John Arnott 6,02029.52 ILP [13]
Leek William Bromfield 10,51051.71 Midland Textile
Leicester East George Banton 6,69727.12 ILP [13]
Leicester South Frederick Fox Riley 5,46322.82 Postal Clerks [16]
Leicester West Ramsay MacDonald 6,34724.02 ILP [13]
Leigh Richard Owen Jones11,14646.42 Engineers [19]
Leith Stanley Burgess 4,25119.13 Engineers
Lewes Tom Pargeter4,16433.62Constituency [15]
Leyton East William Carter 3,66930.33
Lichfield T. Riley5,54836.42 Miners [14]
Lincoln Robert Arthur Taylor 6,65828.52 Engineers [19]
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 8,72340.32 ILP [13]
Liverpool Edge Hill Peter Tevenan 5,58736.22Constituency
Liverpool Fairfield George Porter 3,33721.93
Liverpool Kirkdale Samuel Mason5,01232.62
Liverpool Walton Dixon Smith4,58028.62 Blind
Liverpool Wavertree Charles Wilson5,10327.02
Liverpool West Derby George Nelson 5,61836.22Constituency [15]
Liverpool West Toxteth William Albert Robinson 6,85034.42 Warehouse Workers [17]
Llandaff and Barry Russell Lowell Jones6,60730.82
Llanelli John Henry Williams 14,40946.92Constituency [15]
London University Sidney Webb 2,14131.72
Lonsdale David Hunter4,47224.32Constituency [15]
Loughborough Herbert William Hallam6,38134.92Constituency [15]
Luton Willet Ball 5,96430.62Constituency [15]
Macclesfield William Pimblott10,25341.82Constituency [15]
Maidstone Frederick George Burgess 6,27734.52Constituency [15]
Maldon George Dallas 6,31539.62Constituency [15]
Manchester Ardwick Thomas Lowth 5,67031.82 Railwaymen [27]
Manchester Blackley Arnold Townend 3,65925.02 Railway Clerks [27] [24]
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 7,65438.42 Miners [14]
Manchester Gorton John Hodge 13,04767.41 Iron & Steel [7]
Manchester Platting John Robert Clynes unopposedN/A1 General Workers [27]
Manchester Rusholme Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence 2,98515.63Constituency [27]
Mansfield William Carter 8,95743.61 Miners [14]
Merthyr James Winstone 12,68247.32 Miners [14]
Middlesbrough East Frederick William Carey3,77630.82
Middlesbrough West Charlie Cramp 5,35032.82 Railwaymen
Middleton and Prestwich John B. Battle6,50130.52
Montrose Burghs Henry Noel Brailsford 2,94024.02 ILP [13]
Morpeth John Cairns 7,67734.31 Miners [14]
Motherwell Walton Newbold 4,13523.22 ILP [13]
Neath Herbert Morgan9,67035.22Constituency [15]
Nelson and Colne Albert Smith 14,07562.01 Textile Factory Workers
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central James Smith4,97634.62 ILP [13]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Walter Hudson 5,19534.72 Railwaymen
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Robert John Wilson 3,10216.53Constituency [15]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West David Adams 6,41133.42 Engineers [19]
Newport (Monmouthshire) John William Bowen 10,23441.02 Postmen [16]
Newton Robert Young 9,80855.01 Engineers [19]
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Northampton Walter Halls 10,73537.32
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 5,56028.62 Miners [14]
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 5,67334.12 Miners [14]
Norwich Herbert Witard 6,85611.63Constituency [17]
Nottingham East Thomas Proctor 2,81719.42 Engineers [19]
Nottingham West Arthur Hayday 7,28656.81 General Workers
Nuneaton Ivor Gregory 6,26925.82 Locomotive Engineers [21]
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Oldham William Cornforth Robinson 15,17819.63 Textile Factory Workers [22]
Ormskirk James Bell 6,54537.21 Textile Factory Workers
Oswestry Thomas Morris8,46740.82 Miners [14]
Oxford University Henry Sanderson Furniss 33506.04
Peckham Charles Diamond 2,55916.13
Peebles and Southern Midlothian James Gold4,83039.42 Miners [14]
Pembrokeshire Ivor Gwynne 7,71228.02 Tin and Sheet Millmen
Peterborough John Mansfield 8,83241.02Constituency [15]
Petersfield John Pile4,26728.52Constituency [15]
Plymouth Devonport Fred Bramley 4,11519.32 Furnishing
Plymouth Sutton William Thomas Gay5,33420.62
Pontefract Isaac Burns 5,04737.12 Miners [14]
Pontypool Thomas Griffiths 8,34838.81 Iron & Steel [7]
Pontypridd David Lewis Davies 10,15242.82 Miners [14]
Poplar South Samuel March 4,44625.62
Portsmouth Central Hugh Hinshelwood 4,00419.13 Socialist
Portsmouth South James Lacey 3,07013.23
Preston Tom Shaw 19,21325.81 Textile Factory Workers [22]
Pudsey and Otley George Ripley Carter4,58324.82Constituency [15]
Reading Thomas Charles Morris 8,41029.82 Railwaymen
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Rhondda West William Abraham unopposedN/A1 Miners [14]
Rochdale R. H. Tawney 4,95616.53 ILP [13]
Romford Walter Henry Letts5,04428.12Constituency [15]
Ross and Cromarty Hector Munro2,27821.42
Rossendale Gilbert Wright Jones 7,98435.12 Textile Factory Workers
Rotherham James Walker 9,75738.12 Iron & Steel [7]
Rotherhithe Will Godfrey1,75015.53
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 9,91755.11 Miners [14]
Rothwell William Lunn 9,09844.11 Miners [14]
Roxburgh and Selkirk Thomas Hamilton5,57429.92Constituency [15]
Royton James Crinion 4,87522.42
Rushcliffe Charles Harris6,18029.92Constituency [15]
Rutland and Stamford Fleming Eccles 7,63946.42 General Workers
Rutherglen William Regan8,75940.92 ILP [13]
Saffron Walden James Joseph Mallon 4,53129.92Constituency [15]
St Helens James Sexton 15,58357.11 Dock Labourers [17]
St Ives Albert Dunn 6,65938.42Constituency [15]
St Pancras North John Gilbert Dale 4,65126.63 Prison Officers [17]
St Pancras South East Herbert George Romeril 2,18916.94 Railway Clerks [24]
Salford North Ben Tillett 12,07974.41 Dockers [27]
Salford South James Gorman 3,80719.02 Engineers [27]
Salford West Rhys John Davies 4,50323.13Constituency [27] [15]
Scarborough and Whitby John Watson Rowntree1,02504.93Constituency [15]
Seaham John James Lawson 8,98841.32 Miners [14]
Sedgefield John Herriotts 5,80136.82 Miners [14]
Sevenoaks John Ephraim Skinner3,32323.82
Sheffield Attercliffe William Crawford Anderson 6,53934.72 ILP [13]
Sheffield Brightside Richard Edward Jones6,78135.82 Engineers [19]
Sheffield Park Alf Barton 3,16720.42 Socialist
Shipley Tom Snowden 5,69025.42 ILP [13]
Shrewsbury Arthur Taylor5,54236.12 Engineers
Smethwick John Davison 9,38952.21 Ironfounders
Southampton Tommy Lewis 7,82810.64 Socialist
Southampton Frederick Perriman6,77609.25 ILP [13]
South Ayrshire James Brown 6,35837.31 Miners [14]
South Derbyshire Samuel Truman7,92333.82Constituency [15]
South Dorset Brett Morgan5,15931.62Constituency [15]
South East Essex Joe Cotter 5,34329.02 Ship Stewards
South Norfolk George Edwards 6,53635.72 Agricultural [25]
Southport Arthur Greenwood 5,72728.02
South Shields George John Rowe6,42524.82
Southwark Central Leslie Haden-Guest 3,12627.92
Southwark North George Alfred Isaacs 2,02722.43 Printers' Assistants
Southwark South East Thomas Ellis Naylor 2,71827.42 London Compositors
Sowerby John William Ogden 7,30632.72 Textile Factory Workers [22]
Spelthorne Frank Ernest Horton2,41815.12Constituency [15]
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 8,19646.52 Miners [14]
Spen Valley Tom Myers 8,50844.42Constituency [15]
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 6,50824.82 ILP [13] [28]
Stepney Limehouse Daniel Desmond Sheehan 2,47025.22
Stepney Mile End William Devenay 2,39225.12
Stirling and Falkirk Archibald Logan 5,20135.72 Iron Moulders [17]
Stourbridge Mary Reid Anderson 7,58732.72 Women Workers [20]
Stretford Joseph Hallsworth 5,21623.32Constituency [15]
Stroud Charles Wye Kendall8,52240.12Constituency [15]
Sudbury Joseph Rouse Hicks3903.03
Sunderland Frank Goldstone 9,57815.23 Teachers [18]
Swansea East David Williams 6,34136.42 ILP [13]
Swansea West John James Powesland5,51025.63
Swindon Joseph Compton 8,39339.92 Coachmakers [17]
Taunton George Saville Woods 4,81627.62Constituency [15]
Tiverton Donald B. Fraser 2,37714.13Constituency [15]
Tonbridge John Palmer5,00623.32Constituency [15]
Torquay Alfred Trestrail 4,02918.92Constituency [15]
Tottenham South Leo Chiozza Money 5,77937.02
Twickenham Humphrey Chalmers2,82316.82Constituency [15]
Tynemouth George Harold Humphries2,56615.23
University of Wales Millicent Mackenzie 17619.22
Uxbridge Harry Gosling 6,25137.62 Watermen [17]
Wakefield Albert Bellamy 5,88233.72 Railwaymen [29]
Wallasey Walter Citrine 4,38416.62 Electrical [30]
Wallsend John Chapman6,83534.02Constituency
Walsall Joseph Thickett 8,33630.02
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 4,16729.32 Socialist, Carpenters & Joiners [26]
Wandsworth Central George Pearce Blizard 3,38223.92
Wansbeck Ebenezer Edwards 5,26747.52 Miners [14]
Warrington Isaac Brassington 5,37722.63 Railwaymen
Waterloo Samuel Reeves 2,61916.52Constituency [15]
Watford George Lathan 4,95225.42 Railway Clerks [24]
Wednesbury Alfred Short 11,34149.81 Boilermakers [17]
Wellingborough Walter Robert Smith 10,29052.51 Boot & Shoe [31]
Wentworth George Henry Hirst 13,02959.81 Miners [14]
West Bromwich Frederick Owen Roberts 11,57254.01 Typographical [9]
West Fife William Adamson 10,66472.61 Miners [14]
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 7,12638.22 ILP [13]
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 3,80928.72 ILP [13]
Westbury Ernest Nathaniel Bennett 3,53718.83Constituency [15]
West Ham Plaistow Will Thorne 12,15694.91 General Workers [18]
West Ham Silvertown David John Davis2,27816.93 ILP [17]
West Ham Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 3,18622.22 ILP [17]
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 11,84963.91 Carpenters & Joiners [26]
Whitechapel and St George's Robert Ambrose 2,52229.22
Whitehaven Thomas Gavan Duffy 9,01645.62 Cumberland Iron Miners [17]
Widnes Tom Williamson 7,82140.42 NAUL
Wigan John Parkinson 12,91448.01 Miners [14]
Willesden East Henry James Lincoln4,94125.02 Postmen [16]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 7,21737.22 Carpenters & Joiners [26]
Wolverhampton Bilston John William Kynaston6,74439.52
Wolverhampton West Alexander Walkden 10,15842.22 Railway Clerks [24]
Wood Green Harri Tudor Rhys 4,53917.02Constituency [15]
Woolwich East Will Crooks unopposedN/A1 Coopers [18]
Woolwich West Alexander Gordon Cameron 7,08834.52 Carpenters & Joiners [26]
Workington Thomas Cape 10,44151.41 Miners [18]
Wrexham Hugh Hughes 6,50023.72
Yeovil William Thomas Kelly 7,58936.42 Engineers [19]
York Thomas Harry Gill 4,82218.03 Railway Clerks [24]

Wilkie won in Dundee won by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1918–1922

Edwards, elected in South Norfolk in 1920 George Edwards (politician) 1922.jpg
Edwards, elected in South Norfolk in 1920
Bondfield, narrowly defeated in Northampton in 1920 Margaret Bondfield 1919.jpg
Bondfield, narrowly defeated in Northampton in 1920
MacDonald, former party leader, unsuccessful in Woolwich East in 1921 J. Ramsay MacDonald LCCN2014715885 (cropped).jpg
MacDonald, former party leader, unsuccessful in Woolwich East in 1921
By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor
1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election George Nelson 4,67043.52Constituency
1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election Joseph Forbes Duncan 3,48226.43 ILP [32]
1919 Swansea East by-election David Williams 8,15846.92 ILP [32]
1919 Bothwell by-election John Robertson 13,13568.81 Miners
1919 Widnes by-election Arthur Henderson 11,40452.31 Iron Founders
1919 Pontefract by-election Isaac Burns 8,44546.02 Miners
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election Robert Dunstan 6,41231.22 ILP [32]
1919 Chester-le-Street by-election Jack Lawson 17,83877.11 Miners
1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election William Thomas Gay9,29233.32
1919 St Albans by-election John W. Brown 8,90842.42 Shipping Clerks
1919 Bromley by-election Francis Percy Hodes10,07747.52
1919 Spen Valley by-election Tom Myers 11,96239.41 ILP [32]
1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election William Cornforth Robinson 8,12739.62 Textile Factory Workers
February 1920 The Wrekin by-election Charles Duncan 8,72938.42 Workers [23]
1920 Horncastle by-election William Holmes 3,44318.83 Agricultural Workers
1920 Argyll by-election Malcolm MacCallum5,49835.12 Highland Land League
1920 Dartford by-election John Edmund Mills 13,61050.21
1920 Stockport by-election Leo Chiozza Money 16,04218.03
1920 Basingstoke by-election James H. Round5,35227.83
1920 Camberwell North West by-election Susan Lawrence 4,73332.12
1920 Northampton by-election Margaret Bondfield 13,27944.42 Shop Assistants
1920 Edinburgh North by-election David Pole 3,80817.13
1920 Sunderland by-election Vickerman Henzell Rutherford 14,37934.02
1920 Nelson and Colne by-election Robinson Graham 14,13449.51
1920 Ebbw Vale by-election Evan Davies unopposedN/A1
1920 South Norfolk by-election George Edwards 8,59445.71 Agricultural [25]
1920 Woodbridge by-election Henry Devenish Harben 8,70746.82
1920 Ilford by-election Joseph King 6,57722.92
November 1920 The Wrekin by-election Charles Duncan 10,60042.12
1920 Abertillery by-election George Barker 15,94266.41 Miners
1920 Rhondda West by-election William John 14,03558.51
1921 Woolwich East by-election Ramsay MacDonald 13,08148.72 ILP
1921 Dudley by-election James Wilson 10,24450.71 Railwaymen [29]
1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election Tom Kennedy 11,67453.41 NSP
1921 Penistone by-election William Gillis 8,56036.21 Miners
1921 Taunton by-election James Lunnon 8,29038.92 Agricultural Workers [33]
1921 Bedford by-election Frederick Fox Riley 9,73140.32 Post Office Workers [16]
1921 Hastings by-election Richard Davies 5,43725.52Constituency
1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election Walter Halls 13,43041.71 Railwaymen [29]
1921 Caerphilly by-election Morgan Jones 13,69954.21 ILP [34]
1921 Louth by-election James L. George3,87319.53Constituency [34]
1921 Westhoughton by-election Rhys Davies 14,87658.41 Distributive Workers [34]
1921 Southwark South East by-election Thomas Ellis Naylor 6,56157.01 London Compositors [5]
1922 Tamworth by-election George Henry Jones 6,67131.22 Miners [34]
1922 Manchester Clayton by-election John Edward Sutton 14,66257.11 Miners [34]
1922 Camberwell North by-election Charles Ammon 7,85453.91 Post Office Workers [16]
1922 Wolverhampton West by-election Alexander Walkden 13,79945.12 Railway Clerks [35]
1922 Cambridge by-election Hugh Dalton 6,95431.12Constituency [34]
1922 Leicester East by-election George Banton 14,06252.91 ILP [34]
1922 Nottingham East by-election A. H. Jones5,43127.32 Co-op
1922 Gower by-election David Rhys Grenfell 13,29657.51 Miners
1922 Pontypridd by-election Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 16,63057.01 Miners
1922 Hackney South by-election Holford Knight 9,04649.82
1922 Newport by-election John William Bowen 11,42533.82 Post Office Workers [16]

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