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.

Summary of general election performance[]

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Saved deposits Number of MPs[1]
1910 Jan 78 505,657 6,483 7.0 +2.7 N/A 40
1910 Dec 56 371,802 6,639 6.4 -0.6 N/A 42
1918 361 2,245,777 6,221 20.8 +14.4 355 57

Sponsorship of candidates[]

Sponsor Candidates Jan 10 MPs Jan 10 Candidates Dec 10 MPs Dec 10 Candidates 18 MPs 18[2]
BSP N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 0
CLP 0 0 0 0 144 5
Fabian 2 0 2 1 unknown 0
ILP 14 6 12 8 50 3
SDF N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 1
Trade union 62 34 42 33 163 49

Election results[]

By-elections, 1906–1910[]

Smillie, first candidate run under the "Labour Party" name
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[3]
1906 Cockermouth by-election Robert Smillie 1,436 14.5 3 Miners
1906 Huddersfield by-election T. Russell Williams 5,422 33.8 2 ILP
1907 Belfast North by-election William Walker 4,194 41.1 2 Carpenters & Joiners
1907 Jarrow by-election Pete Curran 4,698 33.0 1 Gasworkers
1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election John Hill 3,330 45.4 2 Boilermakers
1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election James Holmes 4,512 29.1 3 ASRS
1908 Leeds South by-election Albert E. Fox 2,451 19.4 3 ASLEF
1908 Dewsbury by-election Ben Turner 2,446 20.2 3 Textile Workers
1908 Dundee by-election George Harold Stuart 4,014 24.9 3 Postmen
1908 Montrose Burghs by-election Joseph Burgess 1,937 29.4 2 ILP
1909 Taunton by-election Frank Smith 1,085 35.4 2 Fabian[4]
1909 Croydon by-election Frank Smith 886 4.2 3 ILP[4]
1909 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election Joseph Pointer 3,631 27.5 1 Patternmakers
1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election John George Hancock 6,735 60.5 1 Miners

January 1910 general election[]

Henderson, leader of the party in January 1910, elected for Barnard Castle
"Mabon", a miners' MP and former Liberal, re-elected for Rhondda
Thomas, newly elected for Derby
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[3]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 6,096 56.7 1 Iron Founders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 5,304 55.2 1 Engineers
Belfast North Robert Gageby 3,951 38.7 2 Flaxdressers
Birmingham Bordesley Fred Hughes 3,453 27.7 2
Birmingham East Joseph James Stephenson 3,958 31.9 2 Engineers
Bishop Auckland William House 3,993 33.2 2 Miners
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,762 28.1 2 ILP
Bolton Alfred Gill 11,864 30.5 2 Textile Factory Workers
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,955 33.5 2 ILP
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,880 66.6 1 ILP
Bristol East Frank Sheppard 1,874 31.2 2 Boot and Shoe
Chatham John Hagan Jenkins 6,130 45.3 2 Shipwrights
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor 12,684 64.8 1 Miners
Chesterfield James Haslam 8,234 59.1 1 Miners
Clitheroe David Shackleton 13,873 67.3 1 Textile Factory Workers
Cockermouth Percy Whitehead 1,909 18.9 3 Steel Smelters
Crewe Frank Herbert Rose 1,380 9.5 3 Engineers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,880 52.0 1 Compositors[5]
Derby James Henry Thomas 10,189 27.9 2 Railway Servants[6]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 10,365 32.9 2 Shipwrights
Eccles George Henry Stuart 3,511 20.3 3 Postmen
Gateshead John Johnson 3,572 21.4 3 Miners
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 4,496 61.7 1 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 2,443 28.9 3 ILP
Gorton John Hodge 7,807 51.6 1 Steel Smelters[7]
Govan James Thomas Brownlie 3,545 23.3 3 Engineers
Gower John Williams 9,312 78.6 1 Miners
Halifax James Parker 9,093 38.9 2 ILP
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 10,193 62.2 1 Miners
Hanley Enoch Edwards 9,199 63.9 1 Miners
Holmfirth William Pickles 1,643 14.9 3 Painters
Huddersfield Harry Snell 5,686 31.6 2 Fabians[8]
Hyde William Crawford Anderson 2,401 21.2 3 ILP
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,723 60.6 1 Miners
Jarrow Pete Curran 4,818 33.5 2 Gasworkers
Leeds East James O'Grady 5,873 71.8 1 Furnishing
Leicester Ramsay Macdonald 14,337 31.4 2 ILP
Leigh Thomas Greenall 3,268 24.7 3 Miners
Leith Burghs William Walker 2,724 18.9 3 Carpenters & Joiners
Liverpool Kirkdale Alexander Gordon Cameron 3,921 48.6 2 Carpenters & Joiners
Liverpool West Toxteth James Sexton 2,909 42.5 2 Dock Labourers
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 6,110 54.5 1 Miners
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 5,157 58.4 1 ILP
Manchester South West J. M. McLachlan 1,218 16.6 3 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 13,841 36.7 2 ILP
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 7,575 63.9 1 Miners
Middlesbrough Patrick Walls 2,710 14.2 3 Blastfurnacemen
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,864 25.7 3 Miners
Morley Herbert Smith 2,191 16.1 3 Miners
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 18,241 28.1 2 Railway Servants
Newton James Andrew Seddon 7,256 52.7 1 Shop Assistants
Normanton Frederick Hall 9,172 72.2 1 Miners
North Ayrshire James Brown 1,801 12.9 3 Miners
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 8,715 57.6 1 Miners
North East Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 2,160 11.8 3 Miners
North West Lanarkshire Robert Small 1,718 9.7 3 Miners
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,566 59.8 1 Miners
Norwich George Henry Roberts 11,119 28.7 2 Typographical[9]
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,154 50.8 1 Miners
Portsmouth Williams Sanders 3,529 6.1 5 Fabians[8]
Preston John Thomas Macpherson 7,539 21.4 3 Steel Smelters[7]
Rhondda William Abraham 12,436 78.2 1 Miners
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,512 53.3 1 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 7,755 56.1 1 Patternmakers
South Glamorganshire William Brace 11,612 61.1 1 Miners
Spen Valley T. Russell Williams 2,514 23.3 3 ILP
Stockport George James Wardle 6,682 28.0 1 Railway Servants
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 11,058 23.4 4 ILP
Tewkesbury Charles Fox 238 2.1 3 ILP
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,602 45.5 2 ILP
West Fife William Adamson 4,736 37.7 2 Miners
West Ham South Will Thorne 11,791 63.1 1 Gasworkers
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,064 53.2 1 Carpenters & Joiners
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards 13,295 81.4 1 Miners
Whitehaven Andrew Sharp 825 28.8 3 Miners
Wigan Henry Twist 4,803 52.8 1 Miners
Wolverhampton West Thomas Frederick Richards 5,790 47.6 2 Boot and Shoe
Woolwich Will Crooks 8,420 49.1 2 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
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[3]
1910 Mid Glamorgan by-election Vernon Hartshorn 6,210 41.0 2 Miners
1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election Alexander Gordon Cameron 3,427 44.5 2 Carpenters & Joiners

December 1910 general election[]

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
Smith, frequent candidate, unsuccessful in Chatham
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[3][10]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 5,868 57.0 1 Iron Founders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 4,810 52.9 1 Engineers
Bishop Auckland William House 3,993 33.2 2 Miners
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,762 26.4 1 ILP
Bolton Alfred Gill 7,729 64.0 2 Textile Factory Workers
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 4,315 55.6 1 ILP
Bradford West Fred Jowett 8,880 66.6 1 ILP
Chatham Frank Smith 1,103 8.9 3 ILP
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Chesterfield James Haslam 7,283 59.0 1 Miners
Clitheroe Albert Smith 12,107 67.7 1 Textile Factory Workers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,357 51.4 1 Compositors[5]
Derby James Henry Thomas 9,144 34.1 2 Railway Servants[6]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 8,957 29.3 2 Shipwrights
East Carmarthenshire John Henry Williams 1,176 12.6 3 Steel Smelters
East Glamorgan Charles Stanton 4,675 24.1 3 Miners
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 4,162 59.1 1 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie James O'Connor Kessack 1,539 18.1 3 ILP
Gorton John Hodge 7,840 52.2 1 Steel Smelters[7]
Gower John Williams 5,480 54.8 1 Miners
Halifax James Parker 8,511 32.3 2 ILP
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 8,708 59.9 1 Miners
Hanley Enoch Edwards 8,343 64.2 1 Miners
Huddersfield Harry Snell 4,988 29.0 3 Fabians[8]
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,117 57.2 1 Miners
Jarrow Alexander Gordon Cameron 4,892 30.6 3 Carpenters & Joiners
Leeds East James O'Grady 4,028 68.0 1 Furnishing
Leeds South John Badlay 2,706 21.5 3 ILP
Leicester Ramsay Macdonald 12,998 38.5 2 ILP
Liverpool Kirkdale Thomas McKerrell 2,992 41.6 2 ILP
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 5,524 54.3 1 Miners
Manchester North East J. R. Clynes 4,313 58.4 1 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 11,507 39.6 2 ILP
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 6,557 60.5 1 Miners
Mid Glamorganshire Vernon Hartshorn 6,102 44.5 2 Miners
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,847 24.7 3 Miners
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 16,447 28.0 2 Railway Servants[6]
Newton James Andrew Seddon 6,562 49.5 2 Shop Assistants
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Miners
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 7,838 56.3 1 Miners
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,125 62.2 1 Miners
Norwich George Henry Roberts 10,003 35.8 2 Typographical[9]
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,199 52.2 1 Miners
Preston William Henry Carr 7,853 23.0 4 Textile Factory Workers
Rhondda William Abraham 9,073 71.0 1 Miners
St Helens Thomas Glover 5,752 48.9 2 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 6,532 55.0 1 Patternmakers
South Glamorganshire William Brace 10,910 58.4 1 Miners
Stockport George James Wardle 6,094 26.9 2 Railway Servants[6]
Sunderland Frank Goldstone 11,291 25.8 2 Teachers
West Fife William Adamson 6,128 53.0 1 Miners
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards unopposed N/A 1 Miners
West Ham South Will Thorne 9,508 66.4 1 Gasworkers
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,064 53.2 1 Carpenters & Joiners
Whitehaven Thomas Richardson 1,414 53.7 1 ILP and Miners
Wigan Henry Twist 4,110 46.8 2 Miners
Woolwich Will Crooks 8,252 50.7 1 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
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[3]
1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election John Robertson 2,879 16.3 3 Miners
1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election Thomas McKerrell 2,761 19.3 3 ILP
1911 Keighley by-election William Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9 3 ILP
1911 Oldham by-election William Cornforth Robinson 7,448 24.6 3 Textile Factory Workers
1912 Holmfirth by-election William Lunn 3,195 28.2 3 Miners
1912 Hanley by-election Samuel Finney 1,694 11.8 3 Miners
1912 Crewe by-election James Holmes 2,485 17.7 3 Railway Servants
1912 Midlothian by-election Robert Brown 2,415 16.7 3 Miners
1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election William House 4,165 26.2 3 Miners
1913 Keighley by-election William Bland 3,646 29.8 3 ILP
1913 South Lanarkshire by-election Thomas Gibb 1,674 16.8 3 Miners
1914 North West Durham by-election G. H. Stuart 5,026 28.2 3 Postmen
1914 Leith Burghs by-election Joseph Nicholas Bell 3,346 24.5 3 Labour Amalgamation
1914 North East Derbyshire by-election James Martin 3,669 22.5 3 Miners
1914 Bolton by-election Robert Tootill unopposed N/A 1 Carters & Lurrymen[11]
1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election William Crawford Anderson unopposed N/A 1 ILP[11]
1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election James Winstone 6,080 37.2 2 Miners
1916 North West Staffordshire by-election Samuel Finney unopposed N/A 1 Miners
1917 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts unopposed N/A 1 Typographical[9]
1918 Manchester North East by-election J. R. Clynes unopposed N/A 1 ILP

1918 UK general election[]

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
Tillett, newly elected in Salford North
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[12]
Aberavon Robert Williams 7,758 35.7 2 NAUL
Aberdare T. E. Nicholas 6,229 21.4 2 ILP[13]
Abertillery William Brace unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 6,369 21.7 3 ILP[13]
Acton Robert Dunsmore 4,241 26.7 2 Constituency[15]
Altrincham George Middleton 7,685 27.3 2 Postal Clerks[16][17]
Argyllshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 2,733 18.6 2 Highland Land League
Ayr Burghs Campbell Stephen 4,534 23.2 3 ILP[13]
Balham and Tooting Frank Smith 3,586 17.2 2
Barnard Castle John Edmund Swan 5,468 42.9 1 Miners[14]
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 12,309 49.4 2 Workers[18]
Basingstoke A. Close 6,277 35.9 2
Bath Alfred James Bethell 5,244 25.2 2
Batley and Morley Ben Turner 12,051 47.1 2 Textile Workers[17]
Battersea North Charlotte Despard 5,634 33.4 2 Constituency
Battersea South Arthur Lynch 3,383 14.7 2
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 11,370 53.6 1 Miners[14]
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 1,956 18.6 3 ILP[13]
Berwick and Haddington Robert W. Foulis 4,783 30.0 2 Constituency[15]
Birkenhead East John Finigan 5,399 26.7 2
Birkenhead West William Henry Egan 5,671 31.0 2
Birmingham Aston John Banfield 4,451 29.4 2
Birmingham Erdington Albert Edward Ayton 5,211 27.1 2
Birmingham Handsworth Henry Joseph Odell 4,576 21.5 3
Birmingham Ladywood John Kneeshaw 2,572 19.0 2 ILP[13]
Birmingham Moseley Robert Dunstan 3,789 16.2 2 Constituency[15]
Birmingham Yardley George Shann 7,466 38.3 2 Constituency[17]
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 10,060 50.6 1
Blackburn Philip Snowden 15,274 19.7 3 ILP[13]
Blackpool Allan Gee 2,608 09.2 3 Textile Workers[15]
Blaydon William Whiteley 7,844 41.6 2 Miners[14]
Bolton Robert Tootill unopposed N/A 1 General Workers[18]
Bosworth Thomas Richardson 6,344 33.6 2 ILP[13]
Bothwell John Robertson 9,027 49.1 2 Miners[14]
Bournemouth Frederick Jesse Hopkins 5,301 25.0 2
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 7,248 44.3 2
Bradford Central William Leach 7,636 31.3 2 ILP[13]
Bradford East Frederick William Jowett 8,637 37.9 2 ILP[13]
Bradford North John Henry Palin 6,499 29.2 2 Constituency[15]
Brentford and Chiswick William Haywood 2,620 20.2 2 Constituency[15]
Bridgwater Sid Plummer 5,771 31.4 2 Constituency[15]
Brigg David Quibell 4,789 27.3 2 ILP[13]
Brighton Thomas Lewis 8,971 10.8 3
Brighton George William Canter 8,514 10.2 4
Bristol Central Ernest Bevin 7,137 36.8 2
Bristol East Luke Bateman 8,135 42.8 2 ILP[13]
Bristol North James Kaylor 5,007 26.5 2 Engineers
Bristol South Thomas Lewis 6,409 31.8 2 Dockers[15]
Broxtowe George Alfred Spencer 11,150 55.2 1 Miners[14]
Buckingham John Scurr 7,481 32.3 2 Constituency[15]
Buckrose George Henry Dawson 3,176 20.8 2
Burnley Dan Irving 15,217 41.9 1 Socialist
Burslem Samuel Finney 7,474 44.3 1 Miners[14]
Bury Harry Wright Wallace 4,973 22.7 3 Postmen[16]
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Robert Smith 5,848 28.5 2 Constituency
Caerphilly Alfred Onions 11,496 54.8 1 Miners[14]
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 2,175 21.0 3 ILP[13] and Fawcett[16]
Camborne George Nicholls 6,546 48.0 2
Cambridge Thomas Rhondda Williams 3,789 24.7 2
Cambridgeshire Albert Ernest Stubbs 6,686 34.9 2 Constituency[9]
Cambridge University J. C. Squire 640 11.1 4
Canterbury Edward Timothy Palmer 2,719 19.2 2 Constituency[15]
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 4,663 22.4 2 ILP[13]
Cardiff East Arthur James Williams 5,554 28.5 3 Railwaymen
Cardiff South Joshua Clatworthy 4,303 26.3 2 Coal Trimmers
Carlisle Ernest Lowthian 4,736 33.2 2 General Workers
Chatham Dan W. Hubbard 4,134 22.5 2 Engineers[19]
Chelmsford William F. Toynbee 5,551 33.1 2 Constituency[9][15]
Chertsey Thomas Linsey 3,232 19.3 2 Constituency[20][15]
Chester Arthur Mason 2,799 15.7 3 Locomotive Engineers[21]
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor unopposed N/A 1 Durham Colliery Mechanics
Chichester Frederick Ernest Green 6,705 31.6 2 Constituency[15]
Chippenham Reuben George 2,939 17.7 3 Constituency[15]
Chorley Elijah Sandham 6,222 32.3 2 ILP[13]
Clay Cross Frank Hall 6,766 45.9 2 Miners[14]
Cleveland Harry Dack 8,610 35.3 2 Miners[14]
Clitheroe Alfred Davies 9,578 44.7 1 Textile Factory Workers[22]
Coatbridge Owen Coyle 7,254 35.5 2 Constituency[15]
Colchester Andrew Conley 7,112 38.9 2 Garment Workers[17]
Colne Valley Wilfrid Whiteley 9,473 41.2 2 ILP[13]
Combined English Universities John A. Hobson 366 18.4 3
Combined Scottish Universities Peter Macdonald 1,581 12.2 4
Consett G. H. Stuart-Bunning 7,268 32.8 3 Postmen[16]
Coventry Richard Collingham Wallhead 10,298 32.4 2 ILP[13]
Crewe James Thomas Brownlie 10,439 43.8 2 Engineers[19]
Croydon South Henry Thomas Muggeridge 7,006 28.2 2
Dartford William Ling 6,506 29.4 2 Constituency[15]
Darwen John McGurk 5,211 23.4 3 Miners[14]
Daventry Will Rogers 7,824 41.2 2 Constituency[15]
Denbigh Edward Thomas John 2,958 16.7 2 Constituency[15]
Deptford Charles William Bowerman 14,073 54.4 1 Compositors[18]
Derby James Henry Thomas 25,145 37.8 1 Railwaymen[22]
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 5,596 30.1 2 ILP[13]
Doncaster Robert Morley 5,153 25.0 2 Workers[23]
Don Valley Edward Hough 3,226 24.5 3 Miners[14]
Dudley William Bridgland Steer 6,048 39.8 2
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 10,566 47.4 2 Engineers
Dunbartonshire William Martin 7,072 30.9 2 ILP[13]
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 24,822 36.1 2 Shipwrights[18]
Dundee James Sunney Brown 7,769 11.3 4
Durham Joshua Ritson 8,809 49.4 2 Miners[14]
Ealing Alfred Chilton 3,610 20.8 2
Eastbourne Thomas Burleigh Hasdell 4,641 26.0 2 Constituency[15]
East Dorset Alfred Smith 4,321 26.6 2 Vehicle Workers[17]
East Grinstead David Pole 6,208 33.0 2 Constituency[15]
East Ham South Arthur Henderson 5,024 26.9 3 Ironfounders[18]
East Renfrewshire Robert Spence 5,048 27.8 2 Constituency[15]
Ebbw Vale Thomas Richards unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Edinburgh Central William Graham 7,161 51.3 1 ILP[13]
Edinburgh West John Alexander Young 2,622 14.6 3
Edmonton Frank Broad 3,575 25.7 2 Socialist
Elland Dennis Hardaker 5,923 25.6 3 Constituency[15]
Enfield William E. Hill 6,176 37.5 2 Railway Clerks[24]
Epsom James Chuter Ede 4,796 26.1 2 Constituency[15]
Evesham Walter Metcalfe Fielding 2,863 16.9 3 Constituency[15]
Farnham John Hayes 3,534 24.6 2 Constituency[15]
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 9,740 40.8 2 Miners[14]
Faversham Stanley Morgan 5,981 31.8 2 Constituency[15]
Finchley John Leslie 3,140 18.2 2 Constituency[15]
Forest of Dean James Wignall 9,731 62.8 1 Dockers[17]
Frome Edward Gill 10,454 43.9 2 Miners[14]
Fulham East David Cook 2,883 19.5 2
Fulham West Robert Mark Gentry 4,435 23.7 2
Fylde William John Tout 7,400 35.1 2 Textile Factory Workers
Gateshead John Brotherton 7,212 23.8 2 Engineers
Gillingham William Tapp 4,705 25.9 2 Shipwrights
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 7,860 39.8 2 ILP[13]
Glasgow Camlachie Hugh Guthrie 7,192 33.1 2 ILP[13]
Glasgow Cathcart Gavin Brown Clark 4,489 21.6 2
Glasgow Central David Quin 4,736 21.2 2
Glasgow Gorbals John Maclean 7,436 34.1 2 Socialist
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 9,577 47.8 1 ILP[13]
Glasgow Hillhead John Izett 4,186 24.6 2 ILP[13]
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 5,531 27.9 2
Partick William Mackie 5,173 29.9 2
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 6,147 33.2 2 ILP[13]
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 9,827 49.8 2 ILP[13]
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 7,996 39.1 2 ILP[13]
Gloucester William Levason Edwards 2,860 17.3 3
Gower John Williams 10,109 54.8 1 Miners[14]
Gravesend James Butts 3,254 21.5 2 Engineers[19]
Great Yarmouth William McConnell 1,848 12.8 3 Socialist
Greenwich James Bermingham 6,471 30.7 2
Grimsby Charles Franklin 9,015 35.4 2 Socialist
Guildford William Bennett 5,078 27.9 2 Constituency[15]
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 6,988 42.1 1 Miners[14]
Hammersmith North Christopher Morden 2,048 16.4 4
Hammersmith South John Westcott 1,958 14.9 3
Hampstead Skene Mackay 3,646 19.3 2
Hanley Myles Harper Parker 7,697 38.7 2 Enginemen[17]
Harborough Walter John Baker 4,495 25.6 3 Postal Clerks[16]
The Hartlepools Will Sherwood 4,733 18.6 3 General Workers
Hastings Joseph George Butler 3,556 24.1 2 Socialist
Hemel Hempstead Jesse Hawkes 2,913 22.4 2 Constituency[15]
Hemsworth John Guest 8,102 55.5 1 Miners[14]
Hendon Frank Bailey 3,159 16.1 2 Constituency[15]
Hereford Sidney Box 3,730 24.2 2 Constituency[15]
Hertford Cyril Harding 1,679 09.1 3 Constituency[15]
Hexham William Weir 4,168 26.2 2 Miners[14]
Heywood and Radcliffe Horace Nobbs 6,827 32.4 2 Postal Clerks[16]
Hitchin Robert Green 5,661 34.9 2 Constituency[15]
Holland-with-Boston William Stapleton Royce 8,788 39.8 1 Constituency
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 7,315 36.4 1 Miners[14]
Huddersfield Harry Snell 12,737 32.5 2 ILP[13]
Hythe Robert William Forsyth 3,427 28.0 2
Ilford Herbert Dunnico 4,621 19.5 2
Ilkeston George Oliver 7,962 45.2 2 Engineers
Ince Stephen Walsh 14,882 87.0 1 Miners[18]
Ipswich Robert Frederick Jackson 8,143 32.1 2 ILP[13]
Islington East Arthur John Lewer 3,122 16.3 3
Islington West John Thomas Sheppard 2,300 20.9 3 Engineers
Jarrow John Hill 8,034 39.0 2
Keighley William Bland 6,324 27.7 3 ILP[13]
Kennington William Glennie 2,817 25.4 3 Engineers
Kensington North William Joseph Jarrett 3,653 21.7 2 Constituency[15]
Kidderminster John Baker 9,760 42.0 2 Iron & Steel[7]
King's Lynn Robert Barrie Walker 9,780 49.1 2 Agricultural[25]
Kingston upon Hull East R. H. Farrah 3,725 20.4 3 Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North West Alfred Gould 3,528 19.3 3 Carpenters & Joiners[26]
Kingston upon Hull South West Robert Mell 3,121 19.3 3 ILP[13]
Kingston-upon-Thames Thomas Henry Dumper 2,502 13.6 2
Kingswinford Charles Henry Sitch 10,397 48.0 1 Chain Makers[17]
Lanark James C. Welsh 5,821 31.0 2 ILP[13]
Leeds North George Hartley Thompson 3,423 18.4 2 Constituency[15]
Leeds North East John Bromley 4,450 24.5 2 Locomotive Engineers[21]
Leeds South Frank Fountain 5,510 31.5 2
Leeds South East James O'Grady unopposed N/A 1 Furnishing Trades[18]
Leeds West John Arnott 6,020 29.5 2 ILP[13]
Leek William Bromfield 10,510 51.7 1 Midland Textile
Leicester East George Banton 6,697 27.1 2 ILP[13]
Leicester South Frederick Fox Riley 5,463 22.8 2 Postal Clerks[16]
Leicester West Ramsay MacDonald 6,347 24.0 2 ILP[13]
Leigh Richard Owen Jones 11,146 46.4 2 Engineers[19]
Leith Stanley Burgess 4,251 19.1 3 Engineers
Lewes Tom Pargeter 4,164 33.6 2 Constituency[15]
Leyton East William Carter 3,669 30.3 3
Lichfield T. Riley 5,548 36.4 2 Miners[14]
Lincoln Robert Arthur Taylor 6,658 28.5 2 Engineers[19]
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 8,723 40.3 2 ILP[13]
Liverpool Edge Hill Peter Tevenan 5,587 36.2 2 Constituency
Liverpool Fairfield George Porter 3,337 21.9 3
Liverpool Kirkdale Samuel Mason 5,012 32.6 2
Liverpool Walton Dixon Smith 4,580 28.6 2 Blind
Liverpool Wavertree Charles Wilson 5,103 27.0 2
Liverpool West Derby George Nelson 5,618 36.2 2 Constituency[15]
Liverpool West Toxteth William Albert Robinson 6,850 34.4 2 Warehouse Workers[17]
Llandaff and Barry Russell Lowell Jones 6,607 30.8 2
Llanelli John Henry Williams 14,409 46.9 2 Constituency[15]
London University Sidney Webb 2,141 31.7 2
Lonsdale David Hunter 4,472 24.3 2 Constituency[15]
Loughborough Herbert William Hallam 6,381 34.9 2 Constituency[15]
Luton Willet Ball 5,964 30.6 2 Constituency[15]
Macclesfield William Pimblott 10,253 41.8 2 Constituency[15]
Maidstone Frederick George Burgess 6,277 34.5 2 Constituency[15]
Maldon George Dallas 6,315 39.6 2 Constituency[15]
Manchester Ardwick Thomas Lowth 5,670 31.8 2 Railwaymen[27]
Manchester Blackley Arnold Townend 3,659 25.0 2 Railway Clerks[27][24]
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 7,654 38.4 2 Miners[14]
Manchester Gorton John Hodge 13,047 67.4 1 Iron & Steel[7]
Manchester Platting John Robert Clynes unopposed N/A 1 General Workers[27]
Manchester Rusholme Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence 2,985 15.6 3 Constituency[27]
Mansfield William Carter 8,957 43.6 1 Miners[14]
Merthyr James Winstone 12,682 47.3 2 Miners[14]
Middlesbrough East Frederick William Carey 3,776 30.8 2
Middlesbrough West Charlie Cramp 5,350 32.8 2 Railwaymen
Middleton and Prestwich John B. Battle 6,501 30.5 2
Montrose Burghs Henry Noel Brailsford 2,940 24.0 2 ILP[13]
Morpeth John Cairns 7,677 34.3 1 Miners[14]
Motherwell Walton Newbold 4,135 23.2 2 ILP[13]
Neath Herbert Morgan 9,670 35.2 2 Constituency[15]
Nelson and Colne Albert Smith 14,075 62.0 1 Textile Factory Workers
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central James Smith 4,976 34.6 2 ILP[13]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Walter Hudson 5,195 34.7 2 Railwaymen
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Robert John Wilson 3,102 16.5 3 Constituency[15]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West David Adams 6,411 33.4 2 Engineers[19]
Newport (Monmouthshire) John William Bowen 10,234 41.0 2 Postmen[16]
Newton Robert Young 9,808 55.0 1 Engineers[19]
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Northampton Walter Halls 10,735 37.3 2
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 5,560 28.6 2 Miners[14]
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 5,673 34.1 2 Miners[14]
Norwich Herbert Witard 6,856 11.6 3 Constituency[17]
Nottingham East Thomas Proctor 2,817 19.4 2 Engineers[19]
Nottingham West Arthur Hayday 7,286 56.8 1 General Workers
Nuneaton Ivor Gregory 6,269 25.8 2 Locomotive Engineers[21]
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Oldham William Cornforth Robinson 15,178 19.6 3 Textile Factory Workers[22]
Ormskirk James Bell 6,545 37.2 1 Textile Factory Workers
Oswestry Thomas Morris 8,467 40.8 2 Miners[14]
Oxford University Henry Sanderson Furniss 335 06.0 4
Peckham Charles Diamond 2,559 16.1 3
Peebles and Southern Midlothian James Gold 4,830 39.4 2 Miners[14]
Pembrokeshire Ivor Gwynne 7,712 28.0 2 Tin and Sheet Millmen
Peterborough John Mansfield 8,832 41.0 2 Constituency[15]
Petersfield John Pile 4,267 28.5 2 Constituency[15]
Plymouth Devonport Fred Bramley 4,115 19.3 2 Furnishing
Plymouth Sutton William Thomas Gay 5,334 20.6 2
Pontefract Isaac Burns 5,047 37.1 2 Miners[14]
Pontypool Thomas Griffiths 8,348 38.8 1 Iron & Steel[7]
Pontypridd David Lewis Davies 10,152 42.8 2 Miners[14]
Poplar South Samuel March 4,446 25.6 2
Portsmouth Central Hugh Hinshelwood 4,004 19.1 3 Socialist
Portsmouth South James Lacey 3,070 13.2 3
Preston Tom Shaw 19,213 25.8 1 Textile Factory Workers[22]
Pudsey and Otley George Ripley Carter 4,583 24.8 2 Constituency[15]
Reading Thomas Charles Morris 8,410 29.8 2 Railwaymen
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Rhondda West William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 Miners[14]
Rochdale R. H. Tawney 4,956 16.5 3 ILP[13]
Romford Walter Henry Letts 5,044 28.1 2 Constituency[15]
Ross and Cromarty Hector Munro 2,278 21.4 2
Rossendale Gilbert Wright Jones 7,984 35.1 2 Textile Factory Workers
Rotherham James Walker 9,757 38.1 2 Iron & Steel[7]
Rotherhithe Will Godfrey 1,750 15.5 3
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 9,917 55.1 1 Miners[14]
Rothwell William Lunn 9,098 44.1 1 Miners[14]
Roxburgh and Selkirk Thomas Hamilton 5,574 29.9 2 Constituency[15]
Royton James Crinion 4,875 22.4 2
Rushcliffe Charles Harris 6,180 29.9 2 Constituency[15]
Rutland and Stamford Fleming Eccles 7,639 46.4 2 General Workers
Rutherglen William Regan 8,759 40.9 2 ILP[13]
Saffron Walden James Joseph Mallon 4,531 29.9 2 Constituency[15]
St Helens James Sexton 15,583 57.1 1 Dock Labourers[17]
St Ives Albert Dunn 6,659 38.4 2 Constituency[15]
St Pancras North John Gilbert Dale 4,651 26.6 3 Prison Officers[17]
St Pancras South East Herbert George Romeril 2,189 16.9 4 Railway Clerks[24]
Salford North Ben Tillett 12,079 74.4 1 Dockers[27]
Salford South James Gorman 3,807 19.0 2 Engineers[27]
Salford West Rhys John Davies 4,503 23.1 3 Constituency[27][15]
Scarborough and Whitby John Watson Rowntree 1,025 04.9 3 Constituency[15]
Seaham John James Lawson 8,988 41.3 2 Miners[14]
Sedgefield John Herriotts 5,801 36.8 2 Miners[14]
Sevenoaks John Ephraim Skinner 3,323 23.8 2
Sheffield Attercliffe William Crawford Anderson 6,539 34.7 2 ILP[13]
Sheffield Brightside Richard Edward Jones 6,781 35.8 2 Engineers[19]
Sheffield Park Alf Barton 3,167 20.4 2 Socialist
Shipley Tom Snowden 5,690 25.4 2 ILP[13]
Shrewsbury Arthur Taylor 5,542 36.1 2 Engineers
Smethwick John Davison 9,389 52.2 1 Ironfounders
Southampton Tommy Lewis 7,828 10.6 4 Socialist
Southampton Frederick Perriman 6,776 09.2 5 ILP[13]
South Ayrshire James Brown 6,358 37.3 1 Miners[14]
South Derbyshire Samuel Truman 7,923 33.8 2 Constituency[15]
South Dorset Brett Morgan 5,159 31.6 2 Constituency[15]
South East Essex Joe Cotter 5,343 29.0 2 Ship Stewards
South Norfolk George Edwards 6,536 35.7 2 Agricultural[25]
Southport Arthur Greenwood 5,727 28.0 2
South Shields George John Rowe 6,425 24.8 2
Southwark Central Leslie Haden-Guest 3,126 27.9 2
Southwark North George Alfred Isaacs 2,027 22.4 3 Printers' Assistants
Southwark South East Thomas Ellis Naylor 2,718 27.4 2 London Compositors
Sowerby John William Ogden 7,306 32.7 2 Textile Factory Workers[22]
Spelthorne Frank Ernest Horton 2,418 15.1 2 Constituency[15]
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 8,196 46.5 2 Miners[14]
Spen Valley Tom Myers 8,508 44.4 2 Constituency[15]
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 6,508 24.8 2 ILP[13][28]
Stepney Limehouse Daniel Desmond Sheehan 2,470 25.2 2
Stepney Mile End William Devenay 2,392 25.1 2
Stirling and Falkirk Archibald Logan 5,201 35.7 2 Iron Moulders[17]
Stourbridge Mary Reid Anderson 7,587 32.7 2 Women Workers[20]
Stretford Joseph Hallsworth 5,216 23.3 2 Constituency[15]
Stroud Charles Wye Kendall 8,522 40.1 2 Constituency[15]
Sudbury Joseph Rouse Hicks 390 3.0 3
Sunderland Frank Goldstone 9,578 15.2 3 Teachers[18]
Swansea East David Williams 6,341 36.4 2 ILP[13]
Swansea West John James Powesland 5,510 25.6 3
Swindon Joseph Compton 8,393 39.9 2 Coachmakers[17]
Taunton George Saville Woods 4,816 27.6 2 Constituency[15]
Tiverton Donald B. Fraser 2,377 14.1 3 Constituency[15]
Tonbridge John Palmer 5,006 23.3 2 Constituency[15]
Torquay Alfred Trestrail 4,029 18.9 2 Constituency[15]
Tottenham South Leo Chiozza Money 5,779 37.0 2
Twickenham Humphrey Chalmers 2,823 16.8 2 Constituency[15]
Tynemouth George Harold Humphries 2,566 15.2 3
University of Wales Millicent Mackenzie 176 19.2 2
Uxbridge Harry Gosling 6,251 37.6 2 Watermen[17]
Wakefield Albert Bellamy 5,882 33.7 2 Railwaymen[29]
Wallasey Walter Citrine 4,384 16.6 2 Electrical[30]
Wallsend John Chapman 6,835 34.0 2 Constituency
Walsall Joseph Thickett 8,336 30.0 2
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 4,167 29.3 2 Socialist, Carpenters & Joiners[26]
Wandsworth Central George Pearce Blizard 3,382 23.9 2
Wansbeck Ebenezer Edwards 5,267 47.5 2 Miners[14]
Warrington Isaac Brassington 5,377 22.6 3 Railwaymen
Waterloo Samuel Reeves 2,619 16.5 2 Constituency[15]
Watford George Lathan 4,952 25.4 2 Railway Clerks[24]
Wednesbury Alfred Short 11,341 49.8 1 Boilermakers[17]
Wellingborough Walter Robert Smith 10,290 52.5 1 Boot & Shoe[31]
Wentworth George Henry Hirst 13,029 59.8 1 Miners[14]
West Bromwich Frederick Owen Roberts 11,572 54.0 1 Typographical[9]
West Fife William Adamson 10,664 72.6 1 Miners[14]
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 7,126 38.2 2 ILP[13]
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 3,809 28.7 2 ILP[13]
Westbury Ernest Nathaniel Bennett 3,537 18.8 3 Constituency[15]
West Ham Plaistow Will Thorne 12,156 94.9 1 General Workers[18]
West Ham Silvertown David John Davis 2,278 16.9 3 ILP[17]
West Ham Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 3,186 22.2 2 ILP[17]
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 11,849 63.9 1 Carpenters & Joiners[26]
Whitechapel and St George's Robert Ambrose 2,522 29.2 2
Whitehaven Thomas Gavan Duffy 9,016 45.6 2 Cumberland Iron Miners[17]
Widnes Tom Williamson 7,821 40.4 2 NAUL
Wigan John Parkinson 12,914 48.0 1 Miners[14]
Willesden East Henry James Lincoln 4,941 25.0 2 Postmen[16]
Willesden West Samuel Viant 7,217 37.2 2 Carpenters & Joiners[26]
Wolverhampton Bilston John William Kynaston 6,744 39.5 2
Wolverhampton West Alexander Walkden 10,158 42.2 2 Railway Clerks[24]
Wood Green Harri Tudor Rhys 4,539 17.0 2 Constituency[15]
Woolwich East Will Crooks unopposed N/A 1 Coopers[18]
Woolwich West Alexander Gordon Cameron 7,088 34.5 2 Carpenters & Joiners[26]
Workington Thomas Cape 10,441 51.4 1 Miners[18]
Wrexham Hugh Hughes 6,500 23.7 2
Yeovil William Thomas Kelly 7,589 36.4 2 Engineers[19]
York Thomas Harry Gill 4,822 18.0 3 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
Bondfield, narrowly defeated in Northampton in 1920
MacDonald, former party leader, unsuccessful in Woolwich East in 1921
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1919 Liverpool West Derby by-election George Nelson 4,670 43.5 2 Constituency
1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election Joseph Forbes Duncan 3,482 26.4 3 ILP[32]
1919 Swansea East by-election David Williams 8,158 46.9 2 ILP[32]
1919 Bothwell by-election John Robertson 13,135 68.8 1 Miners
1919 Widnes by-election Arthur Henderson 11,404 52.3 1 Iron Founders
1919 Pontefract by-election Isaac Burns 8,445 46.0 2 Miners
1919 Manchester Rusholme by-election Robert Dunstan 6,412 31.2 2 ILP[32]
1919 Chester-le-Street by-election Jack Lawson 17,838 77.1 1 Miners
1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election William Thomas Gay 9,292 33.3 2
1919 St Albans by-election John W. Brown 8,908 42.4 2
1919 Bromley by-election Francis Percy Hodes 10,077 47.5 2
1919 Spen Valley by-election Tom Myers 11,962 39.4 1 ILP[32]
1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election William Cornforth Robinson 8,127 39.6 2 Textile Factory Workers
February 1920 The Wrekin by-election Charles Duncan 8,729 38.4 2 Workers[23]
1920 Horncastle by-election William Holmes 3,443 18.8 3 Agricultural Workers
1920 Argyll by-election Malcolm MacCallum 5,498 35.1 2 Highland Land League
1920 Dartford by-election John Edmund Mills 13,610 50.2 1
1920 Stockport by-election Leo Chiozza Money 16,042 18.0 3
1920 Basingstoke by-election James H. Round 5,352 27.8 3
1920 Camberwell North West by-election Susan Lawrence 4,733 32.1 2
1920 Northampton by-election Margaret Bondfield 13,279 44.4 2 Shop Assistants
1920 Edinburgh North by-election David Pole 3,808 17.1 3
1920 Sunderland by-election Vickerman Henzell Rutherford 14,379 34.0 2
1920 Nelson and Colne by-election Robinson Graham 14,134 49.5 1
1920 Ebbw Vale by-election Evan Davies unopposed N/A 1
1920 South Norfolk by-election George Edwards 8,594 45.7 1 Agricultural[25]
1920 Woodbridge by-election Henry Devenish Harben 8,707 46.8 2
1920 Ilford by-election Joseph King 6,577 22.9 2
November 1920 The Wrekin by-election Charles Duncan 10,600 42.1 2
1920 Abertillery by-election George Barker 15,942 66.4 1 Miners
1920 Rhondda West by-election William John 14,035 58.5 1
1921 Woolwich East by-election Ramsay MacDonald 13,081 48.7 2 ILP
1921 Dudley by-election James Wilson 10,244 50.7 1 Railwaymen[29]
1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election Tom Kennedy 11,674 53.4 1 NSP
1921 Penistone by-election William Gillis 8,560 36.2 1 Miners
1921 Taunton by-election James Lunnon 8,290 38.9 2 Agricultural Workers[33]
1921 Bedford by-election Frederick Fox Riley 9,731 40.3 2 Post Office Workers[16]
1921 Hastings by-election Richard Davies 5,437 25.5 2 Constituency
1921 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election Walter Halls 13,430 41.7 1 Railwaymen[29]
1921 Caerphilly by-election Morgan Jones 13,699 54.2 1 ILP[34]
1921 Louth by-election James L. George 3,873 19.5 3 Constituency[34]
1921 Westhoughton by-election Rhys Davies 14,876 58.4 1 Distributive Workers[34]
1921 Southwark South East by-election Thomas Ellis Naylor 6,561 57.0 1 London Compositors[5]
1922 Tamworth by-election George Henry Jones 6,671 31.2 2 Miners[34]
1922 Manchester Clayton by-election John Edward Sutton 14,662 57.1 1 Miners[34]
1922 Camberwell North by-election Charles Ammon 7,854 53.9 1 Post Office Workers[16]
1922 Wolverhampton West by-election Alexander Walkden 13,799 45.1 2 Railway Clerks[35]
1922 Cambridge by-election Hugh Dalton 6,954 31.1 2 Constituency[34]
1922 Leicester East by-election George Banton 14,062 52.9 1 ILP[34]
1922 Nottingham East by-election A. H. Jones 5,431 27.3 2 Co-op
1922 Gower by-election David Rhys Grenfell 13,296 57.5 1 Miners
1922 Pontypridd by-election Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 16,630 57.0 1 Miners
1922 Hackney South by-election Holford Knight 9,046 49.8 2
1922 Newport by-election John William Bowen 11,425 33.8 2 Post Office Workers[16]

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See also[]

  • Labour Representation Committee election results
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