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
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
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
1918 UK general election
Adamson, leader of the party in 1918, re-elected in West Fife
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Pethick-Lawrence, one of four women to stand for the party in 1918, defeated in Manchester Rusholme
Tillett, newly elected in Salford North
Wilkie won in Dundee won by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.
By-elections, 1918–1922
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Edwards, elected in South Norfolk in 1920
Bondfield, narrowly defeated in Northampton in 1920
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MacDonald, former party leader, unsuccessful in Woolwich East in 1921
References
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0900178000.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 54. ISBN 0900178000.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Roy Gregory, The Miners and British Politics, pp.43, 98-102, 139-143, 175-177
- 1 2 Twenty-sixth annual report of the Fabian Society. London: Fabian Society. 1909. p. 4.
- 1 2 3 Howe, Ellic; Waite, Harold E. (1948). London Society of Compositors. London: Cassell. pp. 323–325.
- 1 2 3 4 David Howell, Respectable Radicals: Studies in the Politics of Railway Trade Unionism, p.195
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pugh, Arthur (1951). Men of Steel. London: Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. pp. 153–154, 283.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Edward R. Pease, The History of the Fabian Society
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 A. E. Musson, The Typographical Association, pp.314, 404
- ↑ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p.361
- 1 2 Labour Year Book (1916), pp.320– 321, 347
- ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Executive Committee (1918), pp.115
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Independent Labour Party, Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp.28-29
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Robin Page Arnot, The Miners, vol.2, pp.550-551
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Labour, Report of the 19th Annual Conference of the Labour Party
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Clinton, Alan (1984). Post Office Workers: A Trade Union and Social History. London: George Allen and Unwin. p. 643. ISBN 9780043310861.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Labour Party (1918), Report of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.192
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Labour Year Book (1919), pp.12-14
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Amalgamated Society of Engineers", Manchester Guardian, 12 September 1916
- 1 2 Chris Wrigley, "The Labour Party and the impact of the 1918 Reform Act", Parliamentary History, 2018
- 1 2 3 Ed. Keith Gildart and David Howell, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.13, p.55
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tanner, Duncan (1990). Political change and the Labour Party 1900-1918. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 330–331. ISBN 0521329817.
- 1 2 Hyman, Richard (1971). The Workers' Union. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 154–155.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wallace, Malcolm (1996). Single or return. Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. p. 130.
- 1 2 3 Howkins, Alun (1985). Poor Labouring Men. Routledge. ISBN 1315447827.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Higgenbottam, Samuel (1939). Our Society's History. Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. p. 283.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Declan McHugh, Labour in the City: The Development of the Labour Party in Manchester 1918-31, p.196
- ↑ The Railway Gazette, Vol.29, p.562
- 1 2 3 Howell, David (2017). Respectable Radicals: Studies in the Politics of Railway Trade Unionism. Routledge. ISBN 1351903764.
- ↑ Lloyd, John (1990). Light & liberty : a history of the EETPU. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-79662-3.
- ↑ Fox, Alan (1958). A History of the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 462.
- 1 2 3 4 Independent Labour Party, Annual Report (1920), pp.14–15
- ↑ Labour Party, Report of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.41
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "By-elections". Annual Report of the Labour Party: 55–62. 1922.
- ↑ Wallace, Malcolm (1996). Single or return. Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. pp. 194–195.
- "Polling Results: Full results for the kingdom", Manchester Guardian, 30 December 1918, pp. 9–11
- Report of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1919)
See also
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