Independent Labour Party election results

This article lists the Independent Labour Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Saved deposits Change (%) Number of MPs
1895 28 44,325 1,583 1.0 N/A N/A 0
1900 9 32,135 3,571 0.9 N/A -0.1 1
1906 11 81,415 7,401 1.6 N/A +0.7 7
1910 Jan 14 87,499 6,250 1.4 N/A -0.2 6
1910 Dec 12 69,884 5,824 1.4 N/A 0.0 8
1918 50 3
1922 55 32
1923 89 45
1924 87 27
1929
1931 19 239,280 12,594 1.2 3
1935 17 136,208 8,012 0.7 9 -0.5 4
1945 5 46,769 9,354 0.2 4 -0.5 3
1950 4 4,112 1,028 0.0 0 -0.2 0
1951 3 4,057 1,352 0.0 0 0.0 0
1955 2 3,334 1,667 0.0 0 0.0 0
1959 2 923 462 0.0 0 0.0 0
1964 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1966 1 441 441 0.0 0 N/A 0
1970 1 847 847 0.0 0 0.0 0
February 1974 1 991 991 0.0 0 0.0 0

Election results

By-elections, 1893-1895

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1894 Smith, FrankFrank Smith 1,249 13.5 3
Leicester by-election, 1894 Burgess, JosephJoseph Burgess 4,402 15.7 4

1895 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[1]
Ashton-under-Lyne Sexton, JamesJames Sexton 415 6.4 3
Barrow-in-Furness Curran, PetePete Curran 414 6.9
Bradford West Tillett, BenBen Tillett 2,264 23.4 3
Bolton Brocklehurst, FredFred Brocklehurst 2,691 3
Bristol East Hobson, Samuel GeorgeSamuel George Hobson 1,874 31.2
Colne Valley Mann, TomTom Mann 1,245 13.4
Dewsbury Hartley, EdwardEdward Hartley 1,080 10.5 3
Dundee MacDonald, JamesJames MacDonald 1,313 5.0 5
Fulham Parnell, WilliamWilliam Parnell 191 2.0 3
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown Shaw Maxwell, JamesJames Shaw Maxwell 448 7.1 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Watson, James RobertsonJames Robertson Watson 609 9.4 3
Glasgow Camlachie Smillie, RobertRobert Smillie 696 10.9 3
Glasgow St Rollox Woolacott, John EvansJohn Evans Woolacott 405 4.4 3
Glasgow Tradeston Smith, FrankFrank Smith 368 5.8 3
Gorton Pankhurst, RichardRichard Pankhurst 4,261 2
Govan Haddow, AlexAlex Haddow 430 4.9 3
Halifax Lister, JohnJohn Lister 3,818 20.5
Huddersfield Smart, RussellRussell Smart 1,594 11.2 3
Hyde Christie, GeorgeGeorge Christie 448 5.0 3
Kingston-upon-Hull West McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy 1,400 17.4
Leeds South Shaw, ArthurArthur Shaw 622 6.4
Leicester Burgess, JosephJoseph Burgess 4,009 13.7 4
Manchester North East Johnston, JamesJames Johnston 546 6.6 3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hammill, FredFred Hammill 2,302 4.6
Preston Tattersall, JamesJames Tattersall 4,781
Rochdale Barnes, George NicollGeorge Nicoll Barnes 1,251 12.0 3
Southampton MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 867 4.0 5
West Ham South Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 3,975 45.6 2

By-elections, 1895-1900

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Aberdeen North by-election, 1896 Mann, TomTom Mann 2,479 46.0 2
Bradford East by-election, 1896 Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 1,953 17.1
Halifax by-election, 1897 Mann, TomTom Mann 2,000 15.5
Barnsley by-election, 1897 Curran, PetePete Curran 1,091 9.7 3

1900 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Accrington Hempsall, JohnJohn Hempsall 433 3.3 3
Ashton-under-Lyne Johnston, JamesJames Johnston 737 11.0 3
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 7,096 25.6 3
Bradford West Jowett, FredFred Jowett 4,949 49.8 2
Halifax Parker, JamesJames Parker 3,276 16.1 4
Leicester MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 4,164 13.0 4
Merthyr Tydfil Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 5,745 31.3 2
Preston Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 4,834 22.1 3
Rochdale Clarke, AllenAllen Clarke 901 8.0 3

Hardie stood for two seats. All candidates other than Hempsall stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee. Clarke ran as a joint Independent Labour Party-Social Democratic Federation candidate. The list does not include Alfred Ewen Fletcher, who was supported by the ILP but ran for the Scottish Workers' Representation Committee.

By-elections, 1900-1906

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Wakefield by-election, 1902 Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 1,979 40.1 2
Norwich by-election, 1904 Roberts, George HenryGeorge Henry Roberts 2,440 13.7 3

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

1906 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 10,282 26.8 2
Bradford West Jowett, FredFred Jowett 4,957 39.1 1
Glasgow Camlachie Burgess, JosephJoseph Burgess 2,568 30.0 3
Halifax Parker, JamesJames Parker 8,937 38.3 2
Huddersfield Williams, T. RussellT. Russell Williams 5,813 35.2 2
Keighley Newlove, W. T.W. T. Newlove 3,102 26.9 3
Leicester MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 14,685 39.8 2
Manchester North East Clynes, John RobertJohn Robert Clynes 5,386 64.6 1
Merthyr Tydfil Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 10,187 32.0 2
Sunderland Summerbell, ThomasThomas Summerbell 13,430 31.8 2
Wakefield Coit, StantonStanton Coit 2,068 36.9 2

All candidates other than Burgess and Newlove stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee. Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.

By-elections, 1906-1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Huddersfield by-election, 1906 Williams, T. RussellT. Russell Williams 5,422 33.8 2
Aberdeen South by-election, 1907 Bramley, FredFred Bramley 1,740 19.5 3
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1908 Burgess, JosephJoseph Burgess 1,937 29.4 2
Taunton by-election, 1909 Smith, FrankFrank Smith 1,085 35.4 2
Croydon by-election, 1909 Smith, FrankFrank Smith 886 4.2 3

All candidates other than Bramley stood for the Labour Party. Only candidates sponsored by the ILP are listed.

January 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 10,762 1
Bow and Bromley Lansbury, GeorgeGeorge Lansbury 2,955 33.5 2
Bradford West Jowett, FredFred Jowett 8,880 66.6 1
Glasgow Camlachie O'Connor Kessack, JamesJames O'Connor Kessack 2,443 28.9 3
Halifax Parker, JamesJames Parker 9,093 38.9 2
Hyde Anderson, William CrawfordWilliam Crawford Anderson 2,401 21.2 3
Leicester MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 14,337 38.2 2
Manchester North East Clynes, John RobertJohn Robert Clynes 5,157 58.4 1
Manchester South West McLachlan, J. M.J. M. McLachlan 1,218 16.6 3
Merthyr Tydfil Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 13,841 36.7 2
Spen Valley Williams, T. RussellT. Russell Williams 2,514 23.3 3
Sunderland Summerbell, ThomasThomas Summerbell 11,058 23.4 4
Tewkesbury Fox, CharlesCharles Fox 238 2.1 3
Wakefield Coit, StantonStanton Coit 2,602 45.5 2

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party. Only ILP members sponsored by the party are listed.

December 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[3]
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 10,762 1
Bow and Bromley Lansbury, GeorgeGeorge Lansbury 4,315 55.6 1
Bradford West Jowett, FredFred Jowett 8,880 66.6 1
Chatham Smith, FrankFrank Smith 1,103 8.9 3
Glasgow Camlachie Kessack, James O'ConnorJames O'Connor Kessack 1,539 18.1 3
Halifax Parker, JamesJames Parker 8,511 2
Leeds South Badlay, JohnJohn Badlay 2,706 21.5 3
Leicester Macdonald, RamsayRamsay Macdonald 12,998 38.5 2
Liverpool Kirkdale McKerrell, ThomasThomas McKerrell 2,992 41.6 2
Manchester North East Clynes, J. R.J. R. Clynes 4,313 1
Merthyr Tydfil Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 11,507 39.6 2
Whitehaven Richardson, ThomasThomas Richardson 1,414 53.7 1

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1910-1918

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Kilmarnock Burghs by-election, 1911 McKerrell, ThomasThomas McKerrell 2,761 19.3 3
Keighley by-election, 1911 Anderson, William CrawfordWilliam Crawford Anderson 3,452 28.9 3
East Carmarthenshire by-election, 1912 Williams, John HenryJohn Henry Williams 1,089 10.3 3
Keighley by-election, 1913 Bland, WilliamWilliam Bland 3,646 29.8 3
Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1914 Anderson, William CrawfordWilliam Crawford Anderson unopposed N/A 1
Manchester North East by-election, 1918 Clynes, J. R.J. R. Clynes unopposed N/A 1

All candidates except Williams stood for the Labour Party.

1918 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[4]
Accrington Buxton, Charles RodenCharles Roden Buxton 6,369 21.7 3
Ayr Burghs Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 4,534 23.2 3
Bermondsey West Salter, AlfredAlfred Salter 1,956 18.6 3
Birmingham Ladywood Kneeshaw, JamesJames Kneeshaw 2,572 19.0 2
Bishop Auckland Spoor, BenBen Spoor 10,060 50.6 1
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 15,274 19.7 3
Bosworth Richardson, ThomasThomas Richardson 6,344 33.6 2
Bradford Central Leach, WilliamWilliam Leach 7,636 31.3 2
Bradford East Jowett, Frederick WilliamFrederick William Jowett 8,637 37.9 2
Brigg Quibell, DavidDavid Quibell 4,789 27.3 2
Bristol East Bateman, LukeLuke Bateman 8,135 42.8 2
Camberwell North Ammon, CharlesCharles Ammon 2,175 21.0 3
Cardiff Central Edmunds, James EwartJames Ewart Edmunds 4,663 22.4 2
Chorley Sandham, ElijahElijah Sandham 6,222 32.3 2
Coventry Wallhead, Richard CollinghamRichard Collingham Wallhead 10,298 32.4 2
Dewsbury Riley, BenjaminBenjamin Riley 5,596 30.1 2
Dunbartonshire Martin, William Henry PorteousWilliam Henry Porteous Martin 7,072 30.9 2
Edinburgh Central Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham 7,161 51.3 1
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 7,860 39.8 2
Glasgow Camlachie Guthrie, Hugh BoydHugh Boyd Guthrie 7,192 33.1 2
Glasgow St Rollox Stewart, JamesJames Stewart 6,147 33.2 2
Glasgow Shettleston Wheatley, JohnJohn Wheatley 9,827 49.8 2
Huddersfield Snell, HarryHarry Snell 12,737 32.5 2
Ipswich Jackson, Robert FrederickRobert Frederick Jackson 8,143 32.1 2
Keighley Bland, WilliamWilliam Bland 6,324 27.7 3
Kingston upon Hull South West Mell, RobertRobert Mell 3,121 19.3 3
Lanark Welsh, James C.James C. Welsh 5,821 31.0 2
Leeds West Arnott, JohnJohn Arnott 6,020 29.5 2
Leicester East Banton, GeorgeGeorge Banton 6,697 27.1 2
Leicester West MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 6,347 24.0 2
Linlithgowshire Shinwell, MannyManny Shinwell 8,723 40.3 2
Montrose Burghs Brailsford, Henry NoelHenry Noel Brailsford 2,940 24.0 2
Motherwell Newbold, WaltonWalton Newbold 4,135 23.2 2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Smith, JamesJames Smith 4,976 34.6 2
Rochdale Tawney, R. H.R. H. Tawney 4,956 16.5 3
Rutherglen Regan, WilliamWilliam Regan 8,759 40.9 2
Sheffield Attercliffe Anderson, William CrawfordWilliam Crawford Anderson 6,539 34.7 2
Spen Valley Myers, TomTom Myers 8,508 44.4 2
Stalybridge and Hyde Fowden, WalterWalter Fowden 6,508 24.8 2
West Renfrewshire Murray, RobertRobert Murray 7,126 38.2 2
West Stirlingshire Johnston, TomTom Johnston 3,809 28.7 2

All candidate stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1918-1922

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Swansea East by-election, 1919 Williams, DavidDavid Williams 8,158 46.9 2
Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1919 Dunstan, RobertRobert Dunstan 6,412 31.2 2
Spen Valley by-election, 1919 Myers, TomTom Myers 11,962 39.4 1
Woolwich East by-election, 1921 MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 13,081 48.7 2
Caerphilly by-election, 1921 Jones, MorganMorgan Jones 13,699 54.2 1
Leicester East by-election, 1922 Banton, GeorgeGeorge Banton 14,062 52.9 1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1922 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Aberavon Macdonald, RamsayRamsay Macdonald 14,138 46.6 1
Accrington Buxton, Charles RodenCharles Roden Buxton 16,462 1
Bermondsey West Salter, AlfredAlfred Salter 7,550 1
Birmingham Ladywood Dunstan, RobertRobert Dunstan 10,589 2
Bishop Auckland Spoor, BenBen Spoor 13,946 1
Blackburn Davies, PercyPercy Davies 24,049 3
Bradford Central Leach, WilliamWilliam Leach 14,296 1
Bradford East Jowett, FredFred Jowett 13,573 1
Brigg Quibell, DavidDavid Quibell 9,185 2
Bristol North Ayles, WalterWalter Ayles 9,567 2
Bute and North Ayrshire Paton, JohnJohn Paton 9,323 39.4 2
Caerphilly Jones, MorganMorgan Jones 13,759 57.2 1
Cardiff Central Edmunds, James EwartJames Ewart Edmunds 8,169 29.4 2
Chelsea Russell, BertrandBertrand Russell 4,513 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Weir, Lauchlin MacNeillLauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,312 42.0 1
Colne Valley Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 12,614 1
Consett Dunnico, HerbertHerbert Dunnico 14,469 1
Dewsbury Riley, BenjaminBenjamin Riley 8,856 1
Dunbartonshire Martin, W. H.W. H. Martin 13,216 2
East Renfrewshire Nichol, RobertRobert Nichol 9,708 42.4 1
Edinburgh Central Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham 12,876 57.9 1
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 17,890 63.7 1
Glasgow Camlachie Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 15,181 53.2 1
Glasgow Cathcart Hay, John PrimroseJohn Primrose Hay 9,137 34.0 1
Glasgow Central Mitchell, Edward RosslynEdward Rosslyn Mitchell 12,923 41.9 2
Glasgow Govan Maclean, NeilNeil Maclean 15,441 62.3 1
Glasgow Maryhill Muir, John WilliamJohn William Muir 13,058 47.3 1
Glasgow Pollok Mackay, Alexander BurnsAlexander Burns Mackay 5,759 24.7 2
Glasgow St Rollox Stewart, JamesJames Stewart 16,114 56.6 1
Glasgow Shettleston Wheatley, JohnJohn Wheatley 14,695 59.1 1
Glasgow Springburn Hardie, GeorgeGeorge Hardie 15,771 60.5 1
Huddersfield Hudson, James HindleJames Hindle Hudson 15,673 2
Hull South West Arnott, JohnJohn Arnott 4,859 3
Ipswich Jackson, RobertRobert Jackson 14,924 2
Keighley Lees-Smith, HastingsHastings Lees-Smith 13,978 1
Kilmarnock Climie, RobertRobert Climie 10,752 45.3 2
Lanark Dickson, Thomas ScottThomas Scott Dickson 9,812 45.0 2
Lancaster Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 9,043 2
Leeds North East Badlay, JohnJohn Badlay 6,525
Leicester East Banton, GeorgeGeorge Banton 13,850 2
Limehouse Attlee, ClementClement Attlee 9,688 1
Linlithgowshire Shinwell, MannyManny Shinwell 12,625 46.4 1
Merthyr Wallhead, R. C.R. C. Wallhead 17,516 53.0 1
Montrose Burghs Carnegie, JohnJohn Carnegie 7,044 2
Newcastle-under-Lyme Wedgwood, JosiahJosiah Wedgwood 14,503 1
Newcastle Central Trevelyan, CharlesCharles Trevelyan 13,709 1
Norwich Witard, HerbertHerbert Witard 15,609 3
Rutherglen Wright, WilliamWilliam Wright 14,029 55.1 1
Sheffield Brightside Ponsonby, ArthurArthur Ponsonby 16,692 1
Spen Valley Myers, TomTom Myers 12,519 2
Stirling and Clackmannan West Johnston, TomTom Johnston 9,919 55.0 1
Swansea East Williams, DavidDavid Williams 11,333 50.9 1
Upton Gardner, Benjamin WalterBenjamin Walter Gardner 7,268 1
West Renfrewshire Murray, RobertRobert Murray 11,787 54.0 1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1929 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[5]
Aberdeen North Benn, William WedgwoodWilliam Wedgwood Benn 17,826 60.8 1
Aberdeen South Martin, William Henry PorteousWilliam Henry Porteous Martin 13,856 39.1 2
Argyll Kinloch, John LairdJohn Laird Kinloch 6,001 23.8 3
Ayr Burghs Shaw, ClariceClarice Shaw 13,429 36.5 2
Belper Lees, JackJack Lees 15,958 43.0 1
Birkenhead East Coulthard, JamesJames Coulthard 11,654 31.8 3
Birmingham Erdington Simmons, CharlesCharles Simmons 20,665 43.4 1
Birmingham Ladywood Whiteley, WilfridWilfrid Whiteley 16,447 50.0 1
Blackburn Hamilton, Mary AgnesMary Agnes Hamilton 37,256 26.1 1
Bradford Central Leach, WilliamWilliam Leach 24,876 59.0 1
Bradford East Jowett, Frederick WilliamFrederick William Jowett 21,398 54.7 1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Sloan, AlexanderAlexander Sloan 14,294 43.8 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Weir, Lauchlin MacNeillLauchlin MacNeill Weir 17,667 53.2 1
Clapham Skinner, J. AllenJ. Allen Skinner 9,871 30.5 2
Dumfriesshire Marwick, W. H.W. H. Marwick 6,687 18.7 3
East Renfrewshire Munro, John MartinJohn Martin Munro 16,924 47.8 2
Edinburgh Central Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham 16,762 59.0 1
Fylde Williamson, J.J. Williamson 16,318 35.3 2
Galloway McNeill, HectorHector McNeill 4,903 15.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 21,033 67.7 1
Glasgow Camlachie Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 17,946 53.2 1
Glasgow Cathcart Hay, John PrimroseJohn Primrose Hay 12,983 36.3 2
Glasgow Kelvingrove Winning, JohnJohn Winning 15,173 43.6 2
Glasgow Maryhill Clarke, John SmithJohn Smith Clarke 18,311 50.6 1
Glasgow Shettleston Wheatley, JohnJohn Wheatley 19,594 60.4 1
Glasgow Springburn Hardie, GeorgeGeorge Hardie 21,079 65.5 1
Glasgow St Rollox Stewart, JamesJames Stewart 19,445 61.8 1
Huddersfield Hudson, James HindleJames Hindle Hudson 25,966 38.3 1
Kingston-upon-Hull South West Arnott, JohnJohn Arnott 14,903 41.2 1
Keighley Lees-Smith, HastingsHastings Lees-Smith 18,412 44.7 1
Kilmarnock Climie, RobertRobert Climie 17,386 48.2 1
Liverpool Kirkdale Sandham, ElijahElijah Sandham 15,222 51.3 1
Leeds West Stamford, Thomas WilliamThomas William Stamford 18,765 41.9 1
Leicester East Wise, Edward FrankEdward Frank Wise 22,533 50.8 1
Leyton East Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 11,111 42.9 1
Merthyr Wallhead, R. C.R. C. Wallhead 22,701 59.6 1
Motherwell Barr, JamesJames Barr 16,650 58.0 1
Norwich Jewson, DorothyDorothy Jewson 31,040 24.0 3
Oldham Lang, GordonGordon Lang 34,223 26.2 1
Paisley Welsh, JamesJames Welsh 22,425 55.8 1
Perth Gault, HelenHelen Gault 8,291 23.5 3
St Pancras North Marley, JamesJames Marley 17,458 48.5 1
Salford West Haycock, AlexanderAlexander Haycock 15,647 42.8 1
Western Isles MacDiarmid, John M.John M. MacDiarmid 3,589 32.5 2
West Renfrewshire Forgan, RobertRobert Forgan 14,419 46.5 1
West Stirlingshire Johnston, TomTom Johnston 15,179 56.7 1
Whitehaven Phillips Price, MorganMorgan Phillips Price 14,034 46.8 1
Widnes Cameron, Alexander GordonAlexander Gordon Cameron 19,125 51.0 1
Willesden East Lloyd, William DaviesWilliam Davies Lloyd 13,977 33.1 2

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections 1929-1931

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
Glasgow Shettleston by-election, 1930 McGovern, JohnJohn McGovern 10,699 42.8 1
East Renfrewshire by-election, 1930 Irwin, TomTom Irwin 12,293 33.3 2
Rutherglen by-election, 1931 Hardie, DavidDavid Hardie 6,736 51.4 1

All candidates except Irwin were endorsed by the Labour Party.

1931 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Bradford East Jowett, FredFred Jowett 15,779 41.2 2
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Sloan, AlexanderAlexander Sloan 12,758 34.3 2
Camborne Spurrell, KateKate Spurrell 8,280 24.5 3
Clapham Browning, HildaHilda Browning 7,317 23.0 2
Dumbarton Burghs Kirkwood, DavidDavid Kirkwood 16,335 51.6 1
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 16,630 58.2 1
Glasgow Camlachie Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 15,282 45.3 2
Glasgow Govan Buchanan, GeorgeGeorge Buchanan 19,278 58.1 1
Glasgow Kelvingrove Winning, JohnJohn Winning 12,415 36.6 2
Glasgow Shettleston McGovern, JohnJohn McGovern 16,301 47.8 1
Kilmarnock Pollock, JohnJohn Pollock 14,767 40.4 2
Lanark Gibson, JackJack Gibson 11,815 36.4 2
Leyton East Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 10,433 37.6 2
Liverpool Kirkdale Sandham, ElijahElijah Sandham 9,531 30.1 2
Merthyr Wallhead, R. C.R. C. Wallhead 24,623 69.4 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Trevelyan, CharlesCharles Trevelyan 12,136 37.3 2
North Lanarkshire Lee, JennieJennie Lee 19,691 44.7 2
Norwich Jewson, DorothyDorothy Jewson 26,537 19.7 4
Peckham Beckett, JohnJohn Beckett 11,217 33.5 2
Perth Gault, HelenHelen Gault 3,705 9.7 3
Stockport Abbott, John ThomasJohn Thomas Abbott 15,591 11.3 4
Warwick and Leamington Garton, Charles GeorgeCharles George Garton 9,261 19.4 2
West Renfrewshire Mann, JeanJean Mann 10,203 31.5 2

In addition, Josiah Wedgwood was elected unopposed for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Only those ILP members not accredited by the Labour Party are listed.[7]

By-elections, 1931-1935

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
New Forest and Christchurch by-election, 1932 Smith, C. A.C. A. Smith 5,135 18.0
Kilmarnock by-election, 1933 Pollock, JohnJohn Pollock 7,575 20.9 3
Upton by-election, 1934 Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 748 3.5
Merthyr by-election, 1934 Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 3,508 9.8 3

1935 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Aberdeen North Macintosh, FraserFraser Macintosh 3,871 11.1 3
Bradford East Jowett, FredFred Jowett 8,983 26.7 2
Camborne Spurrell, KateKate Spurrell 592 1.9 4
Chorley Edwards, RobertRobert Edwards 1,365 3.3 3
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Gibson, DavidDavid Gibson 1,513 4.3 4
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 17,691 65.0 1
Glasgow Camlachie Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 15,070 47.1 1
Glasgow Gorbals Buchanan, GeorgeGeorge Buchanan 22,860 75.0 1
Glasgow Govan Taylor, TomTom Taylor 4,959 16.0 3
Glasgow Shettleston McGovern, JohnJohn McGovern 18,377 52.8 1
Glasgow Tradeston Carmichael, JamesJames Carmichael 3,423 13.2 3
Kilmarnock Pollock, JohnJohn Pollock 3,582 10.2 3
Lanark Carlin, WilliamWilliam Carlin 2,583 8.3 3
Merthyr Stanfield, ClaudeClaude Stanfield 9,640 32.0 2
North Lanarkshire Lee, JennieJennie Lee 17,267 37.3 2
Norwich Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 6,737 5.4 5
Whitehaven Stephenson, TomTom Stephenson 1,004 3.3 3

By-elections, 1935-1945

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Stretford by-election, 1939 Edwards, RobertRobert Edwards 4,424 15.1 2
Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1940 Nicolson, JohnJohn Nicolson 8,206 11.9 2
East Renfrewshire by-election, 1940 Maxton, AnnieAnnie Maxton 8,206 19.3 2
Lancaster by-election, 1941 Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 5,418 19.5 3
Edinburgh Central by-election, 1941 Taylor, TomTom Taylor 1,950 29.0 2
Cardiff East by-election, 1942 Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway 3,311 24.8 2
Glasgow Cathcart by-election, 1942 Carmichael, JamesJames Carmichael 2,493 13.8 3
Bristol Central by-election, 1943 McNair, JohnJohn McNair 830 7.4 3
Woolwich West by-election, 1943 Colyer, TomTom Colyer 3,419 27.2 2
Acton by-election, 1943 Padley, WalterWalter Padley 2,336 28.1 2
Bilston by-election, 1944 Eaton, ArthurArthur Eaton 9,344 49.1 2
Newport by-election, 1945 Edwards, RobertRobert Edwards 13,722 45.5 2

1945 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Bilston Eaton, ArthurArthur Eaton 849 1.8 3
Bradford East Ballantine, WillWill Ballantine 5,105 14.6 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Maxton, JamesJames Maxton 13,220 66.4 1
Glasgow Camlachie Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen 15,558 57.7 1
Glasgow Shettleston McGovern, JohnJohn McGovern 11,947 35.5 1

By-elections, 1945-1950

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Battersea North by-election, 1946 Dewar, HugoHugo Dewar 240 1.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1946 Carmichael, JamesJames Carmichael 6,351 34.3 1
Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1947 Gibson, DavidDavid Gibson 154 0.7 4
Glasgow Camlachie by-election, 1948 Maxton, AnnieAnnie Maxton 1,622 6.4 3

1950 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Burnley Carradice, DanDan Carradice 295 0.5 4
Glasgow Bridgeton Duncan, RobertRobert Duncan 1,974 5.8 3
Glasgow Shettleston Graham, JimJim Graham 1,031 2.5 4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Barton, FredFred Barton 812 2.1 3

By-elections, 1950-1951

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Glasgow Scotstoun by-election, 1950 Gibson, DavidDavid Gibson 680 1.9 3
Ormskirk by-election, 1951 Barton, FredFred Barton 689 2.0 3

1951 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Barton, FredFred Barton 1,006 2.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Duncan, RobertRobert Duncan 1,796 5.4 3
Glasgow Shettleston Graham, JimJim Graham 1,195 2.8 3

1955 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Bermondsey Birkett, StanStan Birkett 715 2.5 3
Glasgow Bridgeton Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone 2,619 7.4 3

By-elections, 1955-1959

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
East Ham North by-election, 1957 Christopher, BillBill Christopher 458 2.1 4
Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1958 Park, WilliamWilliam Park 587 2.8 4
Islington North by-election, 1958 McKie, JimJim McKie 576 2.9 3

1959 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Glasgow Kelvingrove Park, WilliamWilliam Park 740 3.0 3
Walthamstow East Christopher, BillBill Christopher 183 0.5 4

By-elections, 1959-1964

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1961 Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone 586 3.1 4

1966 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Leyton Hanley, BillBill Hanley 441 0.9 4

1970 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
Halifax Graham, AlistairAlistair Graham 847 1.7 3

February 1974 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[6]
St Helens Pike, M.M. Pike 991 1.8 4

References

  1. ↑ The Labour Annual (1896), pp.40-41
  2. ↑ "I.L.P. Candidates: the official list", Manchester Guardian, 10 December 1909
  3. ↑ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p.361
  4. ↑ Independent Labour Party, Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp.28-29
  5. ↑ Independent Labour Party, The Report of the Annual Conference (1929), p.40
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 F. W. S. Craig, Minor parties at British Parliamentary elections 1885–1974
  7. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1931), p.295; Josiah Wedgwood omitted as he was not affiliated with the ILP.
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