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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.
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
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
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
Shipping Clerks
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
Election results by political party in the United Kingdom
Great Britain Northern Ireland