Social Democratic Federation election results

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This article lists the Social Democratic Federation's election results in UK parliamentary elections. It also includes the results of its successor, the British Socialist Party.

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage voters per candidatePercentage of voteSaved depositsChange (%)Number of MPs
1885 36572190.0N/AN/A0
1886 0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0
1892 26593300.0N/AN/A0
1895 43,7309330.1N/A+0.10
1900 26,9973,4990.2N/A+0.10
1906 818,4462,3100.4N/A+0.20
Jan 1910 913,4791,4980.2N/A-0.20
Dec 1910 25,7332,8670.1N/A-0.10
1918 1671,7624,4850.713+0.60

Elections results

1885 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Hampstead Jack Williams 270.63
Kennington John Fielding320.53
Nottingham West John Burns 5985.43

1892 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bethnal Green North East Hugh Robert Taylor1062.03
Salford South William Knight Hall 5537.53

By-elections, 1892–1895

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1895 Walworth by-election George Lansbury 3476.83

1895 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Burnley H. M. Hyndman 1,49812.43
Northampton Frederick George Jones1,2166.75
Salford South Henry William Hobart 81310.83
Walworth George Lansbury 2033.83

By-elections, 1895–1900

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1896 Southampton by-election C. A. Gibson2742.4
1898 Reading by-election Harry Quelch 2703.1

1900 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,55836.72
West Ham South Will Thorne 4,43944.22

For the 1900 general election, the Social Democratic Federation stood candidates as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

By-elections, 1900–1906

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1902 Dewsbury by-election Harry Quelch 1,59713.63

1906 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Aberdeen North Tom Kennedy 1,93525.12
Accrington Dan Irving 4,85238.32
Bradford East Edward Hartley 3,09022.83
Burnley H. M. Hyndman 4,93232.53
Camborne Jack Jones 1091.53
Northampton James Gribble 2,36610.96
Northampton Jack Williams 2,54411.75
Southampton Harry Quelch 2,1468.05

By-elections, 1906–1910

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1908 Manchester North West by-election Dan Irving 2762.63
1908 Haggerston by-election Herbert Burrows 98617.73
1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election Edward Hartley 2,97110.43

January 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Aberdeen North Tom Kennedy 1,34416.93
Bradford East Edward Hartley 1,74012.03
Burnley H. M. Hyndman 4,94830.23
Carlisle Arthur Charles Bannington 77711.33
Haggerston Herbert Burrows 70111.13
Northampton James Gribble 1,7927.75
Northampton Harry Quelch 1,6177.06
Rochdale Dan Irving 1,75512.63
Sheffield Brightside Charles Lapworth 5104.73

December 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Burnley H. M. Hyndman 3,81023.83
Rochdale Dan Irving 1,90114.53

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1913 Leicester by-election Edward Hartley 2,58011.43
1913 Reading by-election Joseph George Butler 1,06310.43
1914 Poplar by-election Jack Jones 89311.63

The Social Democratic Party merged into the British Socialist Party in 1911. Hartley was endorsed by the Labour Party.

1918 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bradford South William Hirst 8,29130.92
Edmonton Frank Broad 3,57525.72
Glasgow Gorbals John Maclean 7,43634.32
Glasgow Tradeston James D. MacDougall 3,75119.42
Great Yarmouth William McConnell 1,84512.83
Greenock Fred Shaw 2,54211.23
Grimsby Charles E. Franklin9,01533.72
Hastings Joseph George Butler 3,55624.12
Islington North John Arnall4,00019.32
Motherwell Walton Newbold 4,13523.23
Portsmouth Central Hugh Hinshelwood 4,00419.13
Salford South James Gorman 3,80719.02
Sheffield Central Robert George Murray6434.03
Sheffield Park Alf Barton 3,16720.42
Southampton Tommy Lewis 7,82810.64
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 4,16729.32

All candidates other than Arnall, Hirst and Murray stood for the Labour Party. Hirst stood for the Co-operative Party.

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References

    • Martin Crick, The History of the Social Democratic Federation, pp.330-332