National Liberal Party (UK) election results

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This article lists the National Liberal Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage votes per candidate % UK voteChange (percentage points)Saved depositsNumber of MPs
1931 41809,30219,7393.7N/A4135
1935 44784,60817,8323.7N/A4433
1945 49686,65214,0132.8-0.94911
1950 55985,34317,9153.4+0.65516
1951 551,058,13819,2393.7+0.35519
1955 45842,13318,7143.1-0.64521
1959 39765,79419,6362.7-0.43920
1964 19326,13017,1651.2-1.5196
1966 9149,77916,6420.5-0.793

Source: F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.55

Election results

1931 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Ashford Roderick Kedward 14,68141.32
Barnsley Richard John Soper 21,39250.91
Bishop Auckland Aaron Curry 17,55151.41
Bosworth William Edge 29,92668.01
Clay Cross Jacob Weinberg11,61135.42
Consett John Purcell Dickie 22,47453.01
Denbigh Henry Morris-Jones unopposedN/A1
Dunfermline Burghs John Wallace 16,86357.91
East Dorset Alec Ewart Glassey 18,80140.42
East Fife James Duncan Millar unopposedN/A1
East Norfolk William Lygon 25,94579.81
Eddisbury Richard John Russell unopposedN/A1
Eye Edgar Granville unopposedN/A1
Flintshire Frederick Llewellyn-Jones 40,40571.41
Gateshead Thomas Magnay 34,76460.11
Great Yarmouth Arthur Harbord 21,00878.61
Greenock Godfrey Collins 18,01351.11
Harwich Percy Pybus 26,81886.41
Holland with Boston James Blindell 30,37577.51
Huddersfield William Mabane 47,05670.11
Huntingdonshire Sidney Peters 23,10283.31
Inverness Murdoch Macdonald 18,70265.31
Leith Ernest Brown 24,84765.01
Luton Leslie Burgin 32,01580.21
Montgomeryshire Clement Davies unopposedN/A1
Montrose Burghs Robert Hutchison 17,21277.01
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Robert Aske 24,55263.41
Norwich Geoffrey Shakespeare 40,92530.41
Nuneaton Herbert Willison 12,81120.73
Plymouth Devonport Leslie Hore-Belisha 23,45972.21
Pontypool Thomas Keens14,70943.72
Ross and Cromarty Ian Macpherson unopposedN/A1
St Ives Walter Runciman unopposedN/A1
Shoreditch Charles Summersby 19,59656.71
Southampton Charles Barrie 54,26933.62
South Molton George Lambert 25,70088.01
Southwark North [CHECK] Edward Anthony Strauss 13,04564.91
Spen Valley John Simon 28,64764.61
Swansea West Lewis Jones 20,60358.61
Wentworth Charlotte Isabel Hilyer14,46231.22
Western Isles Thomas Ramsay 5,79354.81

Barrie won in Southampton by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1931-1935

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1932 Charles Kerr 7,96346.91
East Fife by-election, 1933 James Henderson-Stewart 15,77052.21
Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935 Henry Fildes 16,27160.31

1935 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Barnsley Richard John Soper 17,68341.12
Bermondsey West Frank Glanville7,67437.82
Bosworth William Edge 22,96959.21
Burnley Gordon Campbell 26,96546.42
Burslem William Allen 15,22745.82
Combined Scottish Universities George Alexander Morrison 7,52927.72
Consett John Purcell Dickie 17,89741.32
Denbigh* Henry Morris-Jones 17,37250.11
Dumfriesshire Henry Fildes 22,05365.41
Dunfermline Burghs John Wallace 14,84847.72
Durham William McKeag 14,91040.92
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 27,91582.31
East Norfolk William Lygon 23,10868.81
Eddisbury Richard John Russell unopposedN/A1
Eye Edgar Granville 21,60673.91
Gateshead Thomas Magnay 28,77252.71
Great Yarmouth Arthur Harbord 16,99859.31
Greenock Godfrey Collins 20,29952.71
Harwich Stanley Holmes 21,71670.31
Holland with Boston James Blindell 25,16265.51
Huddersfield William Mabane 37,00960.81
Huntingdonshire Sidney Peters 17,28768.71
Inverness Murdoch Macdonald 14,98556.41
Leith Ernest Brown 18,88857.71
Luton Leslie Burgin 28,80965.51
Montgomeryshire Clement Davies unopposedN/A1
Montrose Burghs Charles Kerr 15,19869.61
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Robert Aske 23,14658.61
Norwich Geoffrey Shakespeare 36,03929.11
Oldham John Samuel Dodd 34,75524.12
Plymouth Devonport Leslie Hore-Belisha 20,85268.11
Pontefract Victor Seeley 17,25746.62
Ross and Cromarty Ian Macpherson 10,81076.71
Rotherham* Thomas Worrall Casey 14,29832.52
St Ives Walter Runciman unopposedN/A1
Shoreditch Somerset Brooke11,67338.62
Southampton Charles Barrie 43,69729.32
South Molton George Lambert 20,76778.71
Southwark North Edward Anthony Strauss 8,08650.21
Spen Valley John Simon 21,67150.81
Sunderland Stephen Noel Furness 49,00130.21
Swansea West Lewis Jones 18,78452.91
Walsall Joseph Leckie 28,56357.51
Western Isles Thomas Ramsay 4,07630.92

Morrison in Combined Scottish Universities, Dodd in Oldham and Barrie in Southampton won seats by taking second place in a two seat constituency.

By-elections, 1935-1945

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Greenock by-election, 1936 Vivian Emery Cornelius17,99046.62
Holland with Boston by-election, 1937 Herbert Butcher 21,84660.01
St Ives by-election, 1937 Alec Beechman 13,04450.41
Pontypridd by-election, 1938 Juliet Rhys-Williams 14,81040.12
Barnsley by-election, 1938 Seymour Howard 13,05235.62
Walsall by-election, 1938 George Ernest Schuster 28,72057.11
East Norfolk by-election, 1939 Frank Medlicott 18,25762.91
Southwark North by-election, 1939 Alfred Henderson-Livesey4,32242.62
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1940 John Maclay unopposedN/A1
Spen Valley by-election, 1940 William Woolley unopposedN/A1
Eddisbury by-election, 1943 Thomas Peacock7,53741.02

1945 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Barnsley Richard John Soper 11,38227.12
Bermondsey West Bernard Pemberton2,23819.82
Bishop Auckland William John Wilson Tiley11,24035.92
Bosworth James Millard Tucker20,85444.42
Bradford South Herbert Walker Peel15,39233.12
Bristol North John Henshaw Britton16,64842.22
Burnley Herbert Monckton Milnes9,87729.82
Burslem Frederic Bennett 15,22745.82
Consett James Aloysius McGilley12,19829.92
Denbigh Henry Morris-Jones 17,02341.71
Dewsbury Ernest Kilner8,67429.92
Dumfriesshire Niall Macpherson 16,46547.41
Dunfermline Burghs James Henderson12,02835.32
Durham John Bunyan12,33133.82
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 24,76569.41
East Norfolk Frank Medlicott 23,30755.81
Eddisbury John Barlow 15,29457.71
Gateshead Thomas Magnay 17,71932.52
Gower John Aeron-Thomas14,11531.52
Great Yarmouth Percy Jewson 7,97444.22
Hackney South Stanley Price4,90124.22
Harwich Stanley Holmes 16,45255.71
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 26,93955.91
Huddersfield William Mabane 24,49635.52
Huntingdonshire David Renton 15,38950.11
Inverness Murdoch Macdonald 12,09043.31
Jarrow Stanley Holmes11,64934.03
Lambeth North Eric William Bales2,62420.12
Leith Ernest Brown 10,11631.42
Luton Bruno Brown 31,91444.82
Manchester Clayton Phillip Smith9,88330.62
Montrose Burghs John Maclay 13,96658.21
Neath David Bowen8,46616.92
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Richard O'Sullivan11,77431.12
Norwich Geoffrey Shakespeare 25,94523.03
Oldham John Samuel Dodd 24,19918.24
Rotherham E. H. Phillips12,42025.82
St Ives Alec Beechman 14,25647.31
Sheffield Hillsborough Robert Hampden Hobart14,40436.62
Shoreditch Frederick Boult4,08126.02
Southampton William Stanley Russell Thomas 22,65017.44
South Molton George Lambert 19,06567.61
South Shields Donald Maurice Parry15,29640.62
Southwark North Edward Terrell 2,67331.02
Spen Valley William Woolley 19,62143.32
Sunderland Stephen Noel Furness 29,36621.33
Swansea East Rowe Harding 6,10224.22
Swansea West Lewis Jones 13,08942.02
Walsall George Ernest Schuster 24,19746.12
West Fife Robert Scott Stevenson8,59720.63
Wrexham David Leslie Milne13,71428.62

By-elections, 1945-1950

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [1]
Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1946 Robert Scott Stevenson1,9385.95
Edinburgh East by-election, 1947 D. Mathews11,49034.42
Bradford South by-election, 1949 John Lightfoot Windle19,31342.42

1950 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Aberavon Auberon Herbert 8,09119.02
Barnsley Charles Gordon-Spencer8,48013.83
Bradford Central Thomas Boyce13,37531.62
Bradford East Geoffrey Francis Greenbank12,52727.02
Bradford North William Taylor 20,62845.71
Bradford South John Lightfoot Windle15,99835.62
Brighouse and Spenborough William Woolley 23,45647.82
Bristol North East Violet Bathurst 16,08238.92
Cannock Marjorie Hicking15,81832.12
Central Norfolk Frank Medlicott 20,40751.31
Chesterfield Andrew Cavendish 17,23130.92
Dearne Valley Aymée Lavender Dower10,36520.42
Denbigh Emlyn Garner Evans 17,47338.91
Dumfries Niall Macpherson 26,26859.31
Dundee East James Henderson22,86346.22
Dundee West Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn 23,68544.62
Dunfermline Burghs James Stuart Kerr14,96738.82
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 25,74963.71
Edinburgh Leith Eoin Cameron Mekie15,84143.02
Gateshead East Douglas Clift13,53040.12
Gateshead West John Magnay11,66035.82
Gloucester Anthony Kershaw 15,70837.12
Gower Rowe Harding 10,20823.92
Harwich Stanley Holmes 22,81450.61
Hemsworth Jean Patricia Asquith10,25417.62
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 30,33653.91
Huntingdonshire David Renton 18,55151.41
Lincoln Francis Hill17,78441.32
Luton Charles Hill 22,94646.61
Motherwell A. D. Robertson14,18334.02
Normanton Thomas Heseltine10,92925.52
North Angus and Mearns Colin Thornton-Kemsley 15,48551.51
North Norfolk Douglas Reid17,74143.02
Pembrokeshire Gwilym Lloyd-George 25,42149.92
Plymouth Devonport Randolph Churchill 27,32944.92
Pontefract Maurice Grant11,43124.42
Ross and Cromarty John MacLeod 10,91262.61
St Ives Greville Howard 16,65346.01
Sheffield Attercliffe Lionel Farris12,18528.42
Sheffield Brightside H. S. V. Smith13,13628.12
Sheffield Hallam Roland Jennings 28,15965.11
Sheffield Heeley Peter Roberts 26,56056.31
Sheffield Hillsborough Knowles Edge19,61339.82
Sheffield Neepsend A. M. Cook11,31127.22
Sheffield Park Harold Pryce13,67830.32
South Angus James Duncan 19,32453.91
Southampton Itchen Robert Hampton Hobart24,53644.12
Southampton Test P. Brembridge23,66345.22
South Bedfordshire William Fearnley-Whittingstall18,54641.82
Swansea West Lewis Jones 22,60846.32
Torrington George Lambert 19,12851.11
Walsall John Barlow 28,70044.02
West Fife Patrick William Neill Fraser10,13123.62
West Renfrewshire John Maclay 20,81053.91
Wrexham Willoughby Gervase Cooper14,11725.52

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament. [3]

By-elections, 1950-1951

ElectionCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Sheffield Neepsend by-election, 1950 John Philip Hunt8,36526.82
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950 William Woolley 23,56749.52

1951 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Barnsley Geoffrey Whitaker9,29617.32
Bradford Central Arthur Tiley 16,34339.32
Bradford East Frederick William Howard Cook16,99937.12
Bradford North William Taylor 24,52454.31
Bradford South Geoffrey Francis Greenbank17,86339.42
Brighouse and Spenborough William Woolley 23,82847.72
Bristol North East George Nixon-Eckersall19,41047.02
Cannock Alan Farrington16,04133.12
Central Norfolk Frank Medlicott 21,90955.91
Chesterfield John Nash19,77636.32
Denbigh Emlyn Garner Evans 20,26945.71
Dewsbury James Ramsden 19,56236.42
Dumfries Niall Macpherson 26,38661.31
Dundee East Janet Sutherland Murray22,86346.22
Dunfermline Burghs James Stuart Kerr15,65738.92
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 28,44670.61
Edinburgh Leith Eoin Cameron Mekie19,23649.92
Gateshead East Douglas Clift14,34442.42
Gateshead West John Magnay11,81136.22
Gloucester Anthony Kershaw 18,83643.62
Goole Anthony Marreco 17,07339.62
Gower Rowe Harding 10,35124.12
Grimsby Charles William Hewson22,61143.42
Harwich Stanley Holmes 26,16958.91
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 31,68357.91
Huntingdonshire David Renton 20,84557.41
Kirkcaldy Burghs Ralph Harris 17,48439.42
Luton Charles Hill 26,55452.71
Motherwell Norman Sloan17,65042.72
Normanton Thomas Heseltine11,19926.52
North Norfolk Douglas Reid20,78849.72
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Gwilym Lloyd-George 23,93051.11
North Angus and Mearns Colin Thornton-Kemsley 18,51564.11
Plymouth Devonport Randolph Churchill 29,76848.12
Pontefract Mervyn Pike 11,04323.82
Ross and Cromarty John MacLeod 10,96964.31
St Ives Greville Howard 18,82853.31
Sheffield Attercliffe Herbert Lambert12,16128.92
Sheffield Brightside Alfred Wood12,43327.62
Sheffield Hallam Roland Jennings 29,01670.81
Sheffield Heeley Peter Roberts 27,77661.01
Sheffield Hillsborough Geprge Wadsworth 19,61741.02
Sheffield Neepsend Arthur Stobbs10,65527.02
Sheffield Park Stanley Rippon13,74330.82
Southampton Itchen Reginald Stranger25,70845.92
Southampton Test John Paul25,96549.62
South Angus James Duncan 24,47870.91
South Bedfordshire Norman Cole 22,91750.91
Stoke-on-Trent North James Coventry14,66828.62
Torrington George Lambert 23,16266.21
Western Isles John Mitchell6,70940.72
West Fife John Patterson Fyfe11,03824.62
West Renfrewshire John Maclay 21,54653.81
Wolverhampton North East John Ellis18,56337.72
Wrexham Willoughby Gervase Cooper19,12434.82

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament. [3]

By-elections, 1951-1955

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Dundee East by-election, 1952 Paul Cowcher14,03535.62
Barnsley by-election 1953 Geoffrey Whitaker10,90527.12
Harwich by-election, 1954 Julian Ridsdale 19,53259.11
Motherwell by-election, 1954 Norman Sloan13,33439.32
Wrexham by-election, 1955 Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones12,47630.82

1955 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Barnsley Anthony Wilson14,77627.22
Bradford East George Barber14,71338.42
Bradford North William Taylor 21,08450.11
Bradford South Reginald Winston Jones16,76838.72
Bradford West Arthur Tiley 22,30653.81
Brighouse and Spenborough Frederick William Howard Cook22,04848.22
Bristol North East David Webster21,86444.82
Cannock John Newey18,37940.82
Central Norfolk Frank Medlicott 21,85157.31
Chesterfield Frank Hadfield21,74842.42
Denbigh Emlyn Garner Evans 18,31243.21
Dumfries Niall Macpherson 24,55061.31
Dunfermline Burghs Charlotte McNee14,17039.02
Dundee East Robert Taylor21,60645.72
Dundee West Gordon Pirie24,20846.92
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 26,10470.61
Edinburgh Leith Janet Sutherland Shearer10,69332.32
Goole Gavin Welby15,45637.82
Gower Gwyther Jones8,13521.12
Harwich Julian Ridsdale 23,88956.41
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 28,41253.21
Huntingdonshire David Renton 20,60958.41
Kirkcaldy Burghs Duncan Drummond Young16,39240.72
Luton Charles Hill 24,72251.31
Merionethshire John Jenkins3,00112.74
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Gwilym Lloyd-George 25,23663.81
North Angus and Mearns Colin Thornton-Kemsley 18,51669.01
North Norfolk William Scarlett Jameson19,65748.52
Plymouth Devonport Joan Vickers 24,82147.11
Pontefract Anthony Geoffrey Blake10,18323.82
Ross and Cromarty John MacLeod 9,92962.31
St Ives Greville Howard 17,06352.01
Sheffield Attercliffe Herbert Lambert13,50329.02
Sheffield Brightside Edward Flynn12,23929.62
Sheffield Hallam Roland Jennings 30,06966.21
Sheffield Heeley Peter Roberts 30,79860.91
Sheffield Hillsborough Stanley Kenneth Arnold16,42841.22
Sheffield Park Stanley Rippon10,56526.82
South Angus James Duncan 23,96772.71
South Bedfordshire Norman Cole 23,36552.81
Torrington George Lambert 20,12465.11
Walsall North Francis Roberts15,97037.52
Western Isles John Frame6,31542.72
West Renfrewshire John Maclay 21,28355.21
Wrexham Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones16,28633.02

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament. [3]

By-elections, 1955-1959

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Torrington by-election, 1958 Anthony Royle 13,18937.42

1959 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Bradford East Desmond Dalgleish14,52942.02
Bradford North William Taylor 22,85053.11
Bradford South Reginald Winston Jones18,15839.32
Bradford West Arthur Tiley 23,01256.21
Brighouse and Spenborough Michael Shaw 23,24349.92
Bristol North East Alan Hopkins 24,25847.71
Cannock Philip Lugg22,48543.12
Central Norfolk Richard Collard 21,91850.31
Chesterfield James Anthony Lemkin17,08431.62
Denbigh Geraint Morgan 17,89341.71
Dumfries Niall Macpherson 25,86758.41
Dundee East Robert McCrindle22,08245.72
Dundee West Robert Taylor25,14348.32
Dunfermline Burghs Archie Elliott 14,74438.62
East Fife James Henderson-Stewart 26,58569.91
Edinburgh Leith Gershom Stewart12,01838.02
Goole Douglas Sisson16,58138.62
Gower Michael Heseltine 9,83724.02
Harwich Julian Ridsdale 23,65353.21
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 29,01353.51
Huntingdonshire David Renton 20,25453.91
Luton Charles Hill 27,15355.11
North Angus and Mearns Colin Thornton-Kemsley 17,53667.41
North Norfolk Frank Henry Easton19,12649.22
Plymouth Devonport Joan Vickers 28,48156.41
Pontefract Edward Bowman10,88423.62
Ross and Cromarty John MacLeod 7,81347.21
St Ives Greville Howard 15,70047.91
Sheffield Attercliffe Herbert Lambert15,30431.22
Sheffield Brightside Hugo Clifford Holmes12,26929.32
Sheffield Hallam John Osborn 28,74762.71
Sheffield Heeley Peter Roberts 33,23659.01
Sheffield Hillsborough Stanley Kenneth Arnold16,84543.52
Sheffield Park John Neill10,59828.92
South Angus James Duncan 19,43557.11
South Bedfordshire Norman Cole 25,86147.11
Western Isles Donny MacLeod 7,49646.42
West Renfrewshire John Maclay 20,95953.51
Wrexham Griffith H. Pierce17,14431.92

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament. [3]

By-elections, 1959-1964

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 Michael Shaw 22,47250.81
Central Norfolk by-election, 1962 Ian Gilmour 13,26837.71
Dundee West by-election, 1963 Robert Taylor25,14348.32

1964 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Bradford East Trevor Lewis11,07538.22
Bradford North William Taylor 16,50740.22
Bradford South Derek Bottomley17,09737.72
Bradford West Arthur Tiley 21,12154.01
Brighouse and Spenborough Michael Shaw 19,81242.22
Bristol North East Alan Hopkins 22,42346.71
Dundee East John Leslie Marshall21,49945.22
Dundee West Henry Campbell Scarlett22,47344.32
Dunfermline Burghs Ian Kirkwood 14,03338.52
Edinburgh Leith Gershom Stewart12,77744.52
Goole Donald Chapman15,43536.92
Gower Huw Griffith8,82222.52
Harwich Julian Ridsdale 25,10250.41
Holland with Boston Herbert Butcher 29,08255.41
Huntingdonshire David Renton 20,32051.11
Kirkcaldy Burghs Neil Gow11,75629.12
Ross and Cromarty John Macleod 5,51632.12
St Ives Greville Howard 14,04042.61
Wrexham Griffith H. Pierce17,24032.92

John Osborn and Peter Roberts are not listed; they were elected as Conservatives, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament. [3]

1966 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position [2]
Bradford East Henry Sissling8,09130.52
Bradford West Arthur Tiley 18,17048.02
Brighouse and Spenborough Cyril Donald Chapman21,21645.22
Bristol North East Alan Hopkins 21,72745.82
Goole Richard Whitfield13,96934.02
Harwich Julian Ridsdale 24,97547.61
Huntingdonshire David Renton 20,50449.21
St Ives John Nott 14,31241.31
Wrexham Griffith H. Pierce12,59624.62

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The Wandsworth by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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