Labour Representation Committee election results

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This article lists the Labour Representation Committee's election results in UK parliamentary elections. The Labour Representation was the forerunner of the Labour Party. It was founded in 1900 and became the Labour Party in 1906, shortly after that year's general election.

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage votes per candidate% UK voteChange (percentage points)Number of MPs [1]
1900 1562,6984,7801.8N/A2
1906 50321,7236,4344.8+3.029

Election results

1900 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes%Position [2] Sponsorship [3]
Ashton-under-Lyne James Johnston 73711.03 ILP
Blackburn Philip Snowden 7,09625.63 ILP
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,55836.72 SDF
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,94949.82 ILP
Derby Richard Bell 7,64025.72 Railway Servants
Gower John Hodge 3,85347.42 Steel Smelters
Halifax James Parker 3,27616.14 ILP
Leeds East William Pollard Byles 1,26619.73 Leeds Trades Council
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 4,16413.04 ILP
Manchester South West Fred Brocklehurst 2,39437.42 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 5,74531.32 ILP
Preston Keir Hardie 4,83422.13 ILP
Rochdale Allen Clarke 9018.03 ILP and SDF
Sunderland Alexander Wilkie 8,84223.64 Shipwrights
West Ham South Will Thorne 4,43944.22 Gasworkers

Hardie stood in two constituencies and was elected in Merthyr Tydfil, where he placed second in a two-seat constituency; Bell was similarly elected in Derby.

By-elections, 1900–1906

By-electionCandidateVotes%PositionSponsorship [4]
1902 Wakefield by-election Philip Snowden 1,97940.12 ILP
1902 Clitheroe by-election David James Shackleton unopposedN/A1Clitheroe LRC
1903 Woolwich by-election Will Crooks 8,68761.41Woolwich Trades Council
1903 Preston by-election John Hodge 6,49042.92 Steel Smelters
1903 Barnard Castle by-election Arthur Henderson 3,37035.41 Ironfounders
1904 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts 2,44013.73 ILP
1905 Belfast North by-election William Walker 3,96647.22 Carpenters

1906 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes%Position [5] Sponsorship [6]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 5,54058.81 Ironfounders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 5,16748.31 Engineers
Belfast North William Walker 4,61648.52 Carpenters
Birmingham Bordesley John Bruce Glasier 3,97633.92 ILP
Birmingham East James Holmes 5,34347.42 Railway Servants
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,28226.82 ILP
Bolton Alfred Henry Gill 10,41637.12 Textile Workers
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,95739.11 ILP
Chatham John Hagan Jenkins 6,69262.51 Shipwrights
Clitheroe David James Shackleton 12,03575.91 Textile Workers
Croydon Sidney Stranks 4,00720.23 Stonemasons
Darlington Isaac Mitchell 4,08748.32 Engineers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,23652.21 London Compositors
Dewsbury Ben Turner 2,62921.23Heavy Woollen LRC
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 6,83323.32 Shipwrights
Eccles Ben Tillett 3,98526.43 Dockers
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 3,28439.51 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie Joseph Burgess 2,56830.03 ILP
Glasgow Govan John Hill 4,21229.03 Boilermakers
Gorton John Hodge 8,56666.41 Steel Smelters
Gravesend James Macpherson 87316.23 Shop Assistants
Great Grimsby Tom Proctor 2,24817.83 Engineers
Halifax James Parker 8,93738.32 ILP
Huddersfield T. Russell Williams 5,81335.22Huddersfield Trades Council
Ince Stephen Walsh 8,04670.21 Lancashire & Cheshire Miners
Jarrow Pete Curran 5,09338.82 Gasworkers
Leeds East James O'Grady 4,29966.11 Furnishing Trades
Leeds South Albert E. Fox 4,03032.62 ASLEF
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,68539.82 ILP
Liverpool Kirkdale James Conley 3,15745.72 Boilermakers
Liverpool West Toxteth James Sexton 2,59243.52 Dock Labourers
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,38664.61 ILP
Manchester South West George Davy Kelley 4,10158.81 Lithographic Printers
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 10,18732.02 ILP
Monmouth Boroughs James Winstone 1,67816.53Newport Trades Council
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 18,86931.11 Railway Servants
Newton James Andrew Seddon 6,43452.21 Shop Assistants
Norwich George Henry Roberts 11,05937.51 Typographers
Portsmouth William Sanders 8,17217.63Portsmouth LRC
Preston John Thomas Macpherson 10,18131.01 Steel Smelters
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,08856.61 Lancashire & Cheshire Miners
Stockport George Wardle 7,29932.41 Railway Servants
Stockton-on-Tees Frank Herbert Rose 1,71023.13 Engineers
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 13,43031.82 ILP
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,06836.92 ILP
West Ham South Will Thorne 10,21067.21 Gasworkers & West Ham Trades Council
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,26260.21 Carpenters
Wolverhampton West Thomas Frederick Richards 6,76750.91 Boot and Shoe
Woolwich Will Crooks 9,02656.61Woolwich LRC
York G. H. Stuart 4,57319.74 Postmen

Burgess, Clynes, Coit, Hardie, Jowett, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Williams were sponsored by the Independent Labour Party. Gill, Hardie, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Wilkie were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.  53. ISBN   0900178000.
  2. ↑ Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
  3. ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.289
  4. ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.290
  5. ↑ Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116
  6. ↑ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, pp.290-292
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