Co-operative Party election results
This article lists the Co-operative Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
Year | Number of Candidates[1][2] | Total votes | Average votes per candidate | % UK vote | Change (percentage points) | Saved deposits | Number of MPs[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1918 |
10 | 57,785 | 5,779 | 0.6 | N/A | 10 | 1 |
1922 |
11 | 126,406 | 11,491 | 0.9 | +0.3 | 11 | 4 |
1923 |
10 | 107,792 | 10,779 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 10 | 6 |
1924 |
10 | 128,827 | 12,883 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 |
1929 |
12 | 208,762 | 17,397 | 1.0 | +0.2 | 12 | 9 |
1931 |
18 | 246,198 | 13,678 | 1.2 | +0.2 | 18 | 1 |
1935 |
20 | 347,728 | 17,386 | 1.7 | +0.5 | 19 | 9 |
1945 |
34 | 635,335 | 18,686 | 2.6 | +0.9 | 34 | 23 |
1950 |
33 | 719,756 | 21,811 | 2.5 | -0.1 | 33 | 18 |
1951 |
38 | 845,509 | 22,250 | 2.9 | +0.4 | 38 | 16 |
1955 |
38 | 19 | |||||
1959 |
30 | 675,199 | 22,507 | 2.4 | 30 | 16 | |
1964 |
27 | 566,220 | 20,971 | 2.0 | -0.4 | 27 | 19 |
1966 |
24 | 507,372 | 21,140 | 1.9 | -0.1 | 24 | 18 |
1970 |
27 | 17 | |||||
1974 Feb |
25 | 518,981 | 20,759 | 1.7 | 25 | 16 | |
1974 Oct |
22 | 16 | |||||
1979 | 25 | 485,115 | 19,405 | 1.6 | 16 | 17 | |
1983 | 17 | 299,080 | 17,593 | 1.0 | -0.6 | 16 | 8 |
1987 | 20 | 334,132 | 16,707 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 10 |
1992 | 27 | 495,702 | 18,359 | 1.5 | +0.5 | 27 | 14 |
1997 | 26 | 654,203 | 25,162 | 2.1 | +0.6 | 26 | 26 |
2001 | 30 | 601,197 | 20,040 | 2.3 | +0.2 | 30 | 30 |
2005 | 32 | 584,700 | 18,272 | 2.1 | -0.2 | 29 | 29 |
2010 | 43 | 776,358 | 18,505 | 2.9 | +0.8 | 43 | 28 |
2015 | 42 | 873,399 | 20,795 | 2.8 | -0.1 | 42 | 24 |
2017 | 52 | 1,350,007 | 25,962 | 4.2 | -1.4 | 52 | 38 |
2019 | 50 | 1,025,882 | 19,729 | 3.2 | -1.0 | 50 | 26 |
Election results
By-elections, 1910-1918
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[3] |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 1918 Prestwich by-election | Henry May | 2,832 | 24.9 | 2 |
1918 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham King's Norton | Tom Hackett |
4,917 | 35.8 | 2 |
Birmingham Sparkbrook | Frank Spires | 3,014 | 15.5 | 2 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 8,291 | 30.9 | 2 |
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | Henry May | 5,753 | 32.8 | 2 |
Kettering | A. E. Waterson |
10,299 | 45.7 | 1 |
Kilmarnock | Peter Malcolm | 6,652 | 32.9 | 2 |
Leeds Central | Joseph Smith | 2,146 | 13.2 | 3 |
Mossley | William Henry Brown | 5,227 | 24.4 | 2 |
Paisley | John McLaren Biggar |
7,436 | 33.5 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | Arthur Lockwood | 4,050 | 26.6 | 2 |
By-elections, 1918-1922
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1920 Paisley by-election | John McLaren Biggar |
11,902 | 39.1 | 2 |
1920 Stockport by-election | Samuel Perry | 14,434 | 16.2 | 4 |
1922 Nottingham East by-election | A. H. Jones | 5,431 | 27.3 | 2 |
Jones stood as a joint Co-operative - Labour Party candidate.
1922 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham King's Norton | Eleanor Barton | 7,017 | 32.8 | 2 |
Birmingham Sparkbrook | Ernest Walter Hampton | 6,310 | 23.4 | 3 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 12,353 | 35.3 | 2 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 10,566 | 48.1 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
14,190 | 55.7 | 1 |
Kettering | A. E. Waterson |
14,204 | 48.8 | 2 |
Manchester Moss Side | Thomas William Mercer | 4,641 | 19.9 | 3 |
Paisley | John McLaren Biggar |
14,689 | 49.5 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
15,130 | 56.2 | 1 |
Stockport | Samuel Perry | 17,059 | 16.7 | 3 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 10,250 | 44.2 | 1 |
1923 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham King's Norton | Eleanor Barton | 6,743 | 30.7 | 2 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 11,543 | 34.9 | 2 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 11,402 | 49.2 | 1 |
Glasgow Partick | Andrew Young |
8,397 | 44.0 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
12,787 | 60.1 | 1 |
Kettering | Samuel Perry | 12,718 | 43.6 | 1 |
Leeds North East | Frank Fountain | 8,574 | 31.3 | 2 |
Paisley | John McLaren Biggar |
7,977 | 27.4 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
15,087 | 55.7 | 1 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 12,696 | 49.7 | 1 |
1924 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Birmingham Deritend | Fred Longden | 12,760 | 48.5 | 2 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 13,919 | 39.0 | 1 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 13,644 | 51.9 | 1 |
Glasgow Partick | Andrew Young |
9,612 | 42.2 | 2 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
14,067 | 56.0 | 1 |
Kettering | Samuel Perry | 14,801 | 49.6 | 2 |
Leeds North East | Edna Penny | 8,894 | 31.6 | 2 |
Mossley | Thomas William Mercer | 10,767 | 34.3 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
16,573 | 56.9 | 1 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 13,800 | 51.0 | 1 |
1929 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barkston Ash | George Saville Woods |
18,321 | 47.7 | 2 |
Birmingham Deritend | Fred Longden | 16,932 | 50.7 | 1 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 23,251 | 48.9 | 1 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 18,956 | 54.3 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
17,864 | 58.7 | 1 |
Greenock | William Leonard | 9,697 | 28.2 | 2 |
Hammersmith South | Daniel Chater |
12,630 | 43.8 | 1 |
Kettering | Samuel Perry | 18,253 | 43.8 | 1 |
Mossley | Herbert Gibson | 19,296 | 46.0 | 1 |
Nottingham Central | Eleanor Barton | 11,573 | 33.2 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
20,941 | 57.3 | 1 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 20,884 | 54.0 | 1 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
By-election, 1929-1931
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nottingham Central by-election, 1930 |
Alfred Waterson | 7,923 | 28.8 | 2 |
Glasgow St Rollox by-election, 1931 |
William Leonard | 10,044 | 45.2 | 1 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
1931 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[6] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barkston Ash | George Saville Woods |
14,585 | 34.3 | 2 |
Birmingham Deritend | Fred Longden | 11,163 | 34.0 | 2 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 15,994 | 33.6 | 2 |
Brighton | Rosalind Moore | 12,878 | 07.3 | 4 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 15,737 | 46.2 | 2 |
East Renfrewshire | James Strain | 12,477 | 26.7 | 2 |
Edmonton | Frank Broad | 14,250 | 43.2 | 2 |
Finsbury | Thomas Williams | 10,133 | 36.9 | 2 |
Glasgow St Rollox | William Leonard | 13,545 | 44.7 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
13,579 | 47.4 | 2 |
Hammersmith South | Daniel Chater |
8,390 | 28.5 | 2 |
Kettering | Samuel Perry | 17,095 | 39.8 | 2 |
Mossley | Herbert Gibson | 15,587 | 33.5 | 2 |
Nottingham Central | Alfred Waterson | 7,532 | 22.6 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
17,319 | 42.1 | 2 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 17,651 | 44.3 | 2 |
Twickenham | Percy Holman | 13,763 | 26.0 | 2 |
Woolwich West | Joseph Reeves | 14,520 | 35.4 | 2 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1931-1935
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Twickenham by-election, 1932 |
Percy Holman | 16,881 | 43.8 | 2 |
Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1933 |
George Woods | 11,005 | 40.1 | 2 |
Twickenham by-election, 1934 |
Percy Holman | 19,890 | 43.9 | 2 |
Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935 |
John Downie | 10,697 | 39.7 | 2 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
1935 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[7] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barkston Ash | F. Smithson | 16,525 | 39.1 | 2 |
Bethnal Green North East | Daniel Chater |
11,581 | 63.5 | 1 |
Birmingham Deritend | Fred Longden | 10,144 | 40.5 | 2 |
Bradford South | William Hirst | 17,121 | 41.5 | 2 |
Deptford | Walter Henry Green |
27,021 | 57.3 | 1 |
Dumfriesshire | John Downie | 11,685 | 34.6 | 2 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 18,949 | 59.3 | 1 |
East Renfrewshire | J. Barr | 21,475 | 34.0 | 2 |
Edmonton | Frank Broad | 21,940 | 55.2 | 1 |
Finsbury | George Saville Woods |
13,408 | 55.8 | 1 |
Glasgow St Rollox | William Leonard | 16,708 | 61.6 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | Thomas Henderson |
12,253 | 47.1 | 1 |
Greenwich | Joseph Reeves | 20,436 | 47.6 | 2 |
Kettering | J. R. Sadler | 21,042 | 47.9 | 2 |
Mossley | Herbert Gibson | 22,399 | 47.7 | 2 |
Nottingham Central | William Allitt | 10,193 | 35.3 | 2 |
Paddington North | Caroline Ganley | 9,925 | 34.4 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
21,025 | 54.3 | 1 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 21,075 | 57.2 | 1 |
Twickenham | Percy Holman | 22,823 | 37.8 | 2 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
1945 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[8] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Battersea South | Caroline Ganley | 19,275 | 61.5 | 1 |
Bethnal Green North East | Daniel Chater |
7,696 | 59.9 | 1 |
Bethnal Green South West | Percy Holman | 6,669 | 57.4 | 1 |
Birmingham Deritend | Fred Longden | 9,749 | 65.3 | 1 |
Birmingham Duddeston | Edith Agnes Wills |
10,745 | 65.0 | 1 |
Bradford South | Meredith Titterington | 24,394 | 52.5 | 1 |
Bristol North | Will Coldrick |
22,819 | 57.8 | 1 |
Dartford | Norman Dodds | 36,665 | 68.4 | 1 |
Dumfriesshire | David Dunwoodie | 12,388 | 35.7 | 2 |
Ealing West | James Hindle Hudson |
29,115 | 60.3 | 1 |
East Fife | Samuel McLaren | 10,920 | 30.6 | 2 |
East Ham North | Percy Daines | 18,373 | 70.2 | 1 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 19,168 | 74.0 | 1 |
East Renfrewshire | Daniel McArthur | 36,634 | 46.4 | 2 |
Glasgow Partick | George Younger | 12,998 | 48.4 | 2 |
Glasgow St Rollox | William Leonard | 14,520 | 62.9 | 1 |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | 21,698 | 65.0 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | John Rankin | 13,153 | 59.7 | 1 |
Hammersmith South | William Thomas Adams | 12,502 | 58.0 | 1 |
Howdenshire | Tom Neville | 11,161 | 29.2 | 2 |
Ilford North | Mabel Ridealgh | 18,833 | 42.8 | 1 |
Lewes | Albert Oram | 18,511 | 36.3 | 2 |
Liverpool West Derby | Dick Lewis | 18,370 | 45.7 | 2 |
Mossley | George Woods |
27,435 | 47.5 | 1 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North |
W. Henry Shackleton | 10,228 | 29.8 | 2 |
Nottingham South | Norman Smith | 15,316 | 50.5 | 1 |
Peterborough | Stanley Tiffany | 22,056 | 50.7 | 1 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | A. V. Alexander |
24,959 | 63.4 | 1 |
Tottenham North | Robert Morrison | 25,360 | 71.8 | 1 |
Uxbridge | Frank Beswick | 25,190 | 43.7 | 1 |
Wallasey | Thomas Findley | 9,879 | 23.0 | 3 |
Wolverhampton Bilston |
Will Nally | 31,493 | 67.0 | 1 |
Wood Green | Walter Armstrong Vant | 23,544 | 34.7 | 2 |
Worcester | John Evans | 13,519 | 42.9 | 2 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
By-election, 1945-1950
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Howdenshire by-election, 1947 |
Tom Neville | 9,298 | 25.5 | 2 |
Hammersmith South by-election, 1949 |
Thomas Williams | 15,223 | 52.8 | 1 |
1950 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[9] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Banbury | Cyril Rawlett Fenton | 19,408 | 39.5 | 2 |
Battersea South | Caroline Ganley | 16,142 | 46.3 | 1 |
Bethnal Green | Percy Holman | 20,519 | 63.1 | 1 |
Billericay | Albert Oram | 19,437 | 41.3 | 2 |
Bilston | Will Nally | 29,919 | 62.6 | 1 |
Birmingham Small Heath | Fred Longden | 31,985 | 62.8 | 1 |
Bridgwater | Norman Carr | 16,053 | 36.1 | 2 |
Bristol North East | Will Coldrick |
20,456 | 49.4 | 1 |
Dartford | Norman Dodds | 38,128 | 56.4 | 1 |
Dover | Will Owen | 24,995 | 46.7 | 2 |
Droylsden | George Woods |
25,238 | 48.7 | 1 |
Ealing North | James Hindle Hudson |
24,157 | 47.6 | 1 |
East Fife | Samuel McLaren | 10,694 | 26.5 | 2 |
East Ham North | Percy Daines | 20,497 | 57.1 | 1 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 23,002 | 62.1 | 1 |
Edinburgh West | C. Morgan | 14,377 | 32.0 | 2 |
Glasgow Scotstoun | William Bargh | 19,055 | 46.0 | 2 |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | 25,603 | 59.7 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | John Rankin | 26,598 | 62.9 | 1 |
Glasgow Woodside | William Leonard | 15,966 | 45.6 | 2 |
Hammersmith South | Thomas Williams | 18,825 | 51.8 | 1 |
Ilford North | Mabel Ridealgh | 21,385 | 37.3 | 2 |
Nottingham South | Norman Smith | 18,806 | 48.0 | 1 |
Peterborough | Stanley Tiffany | 22,671 | 45.7 | 2 |
Reigate | Charles Garnsworthy | 13,931 | 32.5 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | 28,295 | 58.7 | 1 |
Southend West | Eric Hutchison | 15,345 | 25.9 | 2 |
Tottenham | Frederick Messer |
30,901 | 56.9 | 1 |
Uxbridge | Frank Beswick | 20,139 | 48.1 | 1 |
Wembley North | Bernard Lewis | 14,987 | 34.7 | 2 |
Winchester | Louis Frederick Cornillie | 23,955 | 43.2 | 2 |
Wood Green | William Irving |
28,480 | 52.4 | 1 |
Worcester | John Evans | 19,807 | 40.6 | 2 |
Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.
By-elections, 1950-1951
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[10] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election | William Bargh | 17,175 | 47.3 | 2 |
1951 general election
Constituency[11] | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[12] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barnet | Cyril Fenton | 22,375 | 35.9 | 2 |
Battersea South | Caroline Ganley | 17,237 | 49.3 | 2 |
Bebington | Edward W. Harby | 22,190 | 38.7 | 2 |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Thomas Jones | 11,069 | 33.1 | 2 |
Bethnal Green | Percy Holman | 22,162 | 69.7 | 1 |
Billericay | Brian Ralph Clapham | 20,613 | 43.4 | 2 |
Bilston | Will Nally | 31,381 | 61.9 | 1 |
Birmingham Small Heath | Fred Longden | 31,079 | 63.4 | 1 |
Bridgwater | Norman Carr | 19,656 | 43.7 | 1 |
Bristol North East | Will Coldrick |
21,910 | 53.0 | 1 |
Cardiff North | John Evans | 22,600 | 43.5 | 2 |
Chertsey | Dennis Gordon | 14,849 | 38.7 | 1 |
Dartford | Norman Dodds | 40,094 | 59.1 | 1 |
Dover | Will Owen | 24,995 | 46.7 | 2 |
Ealing North | James Hindle Hudson |
25,698 | 50.1 | 1 |
East Ham North | Percy Daines | 21,444 | 60.4 | 1 |
East Ham South | Alfred Barnes | 23,704 | 64.9 | 1 |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | 27,749 | 62.4 | 1 |
Glasgow Tradeston | John Rankin | 29,966 | 63.1 | 1 |
Glasgow Woodside | Richard McCutcheon | 16,210 | 46.6 | 2 |
Hammersmith South | Thomas Williams | 19,273 | 54.6 | 1 |
Hertford | Richard Marsh | 23,708 | 43.7 | 2 |
Ilford North | Mabel Ridealgh | 21,865 | 38.0 | 2 |
Leicester South East | Ewart Taylor | 16,225 | 40.5 | 2 |
Liverpool Toxteth | William Lawn | 19,620 | 45.8 | 2 |
Merton and Morden | Arthur Palmer | 22,086 | 45.5 | 2 |
Middlesbrough West | David Dunwoodie | 22,525 | 47.8 | 2 |
Nottingham South | Norman Smith | 19,844 | 50.6 | 1 |
Putney | Eric Hutchison | 23,489 | 44.2 | 2 |
Reigate | Charles Garnsworthy | 14,287 | 33.1 | 2 |
Ruislip-Northwood | Thomas Parker | 14,491 | 36.4 | 2 |
St Ives | Arthur Maddison | 11,216 | 31.8 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | 28,274 | 59.0 | 1 |
Sudbury and Woodbridge | Dick Lewis | 21,310 | 43.9 | 2 |
Tottenham | Frederick Messer |
33,312 | 62.4 | 1 |
Uxbridge | Frank Beswick | 21,249 | 49.1 | 1 |
Wembley North | Bernard Lewis | 15,394 | 35.7 | 2 |
Wood Green | William Irving |
30,360 | 55.8 | 1 |
By-elections, 1951-1955
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[10] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1952 Birmingham Small Heath by-election | William Wheeldon | 19,491 | 67.0 | 1 |
1953 Stoke-on-Trent North by-election | Harriet Slater | 23,103 | 75.5 | 1 |
1954 Liverpool West Derby by-election | Cyril Fenton | 18,650 | 46.9 | 2 |
1954 Morpeth by-election | Will Owen | 23,491 | 71.3 | 1 |
1955 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[13] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barons Court | Thomas Williams | 20,748 | 50.2 | 1 |
Bath | Thomas W. Richardson | 17,646 | 37.4 | 2 |
Bethnal Green | Percy Holman | 27,205 | 69.3 | 1 |
Billericay | Brian Ralph Clapham | 20,121 | 45.3 | 2 |
Bilston | Robert Edwards |
26,490 | 57.6 | 1 |
Birmingham Small Heath | William Wheeldon | 22,444 | 60.8 | 1 |
Bradford West | M. Ferguson | 19,147 | 46.2 | 2 |
Bristol North East | Will Coldrick |
22,740 | 46.5 | 1 |
Burton | Ewart Taylor | 21,546 | 46.8 | 2 |
Chigwell | Douglas Clark | 17,628 | 47.5 | 2 |
Cleveland | Arthur Palmer | 27,649 | 50.2 | 1 |
Colchester | Norman Thomas | 19,898 | 44.5 | 2 |
Dartford | Sydney Irving | 25,928 | 54.4 | 1 |
Ealing North | James Hindle Hudson |
22,794 | 46.0 | 2 |
East Ham North | Percy Daines | 17,961 | 59.1 | 1 |
East Ham South | Albert Oram | 19,808 | 64.1 | 1 |
East Hertfordshire | William Hilton |
20,418 | 43.1 | 2 |
Erith and Crayford | Norman Dodds | 24,957 | 60.4 | 1 |
Glasgow Govan | John Rankin | 24,818 | 62.0 | 1 |
Glasgow Scotstoun | Howell James | 18,226 | 49.4 | 2 |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | 16,131 | 57.5 | 1 |
Liverpool Toxteth | William Lawn | 16,037 | 43.8 | 2 |
Liverpool West Derby | Cyril Fenton | 18,540 | 46.7 | 2 |
Middlesbrough West | Rita Smythe | 18,134 | 41.6 | 2 |
Morpeth | Will Owen | 25,452 | 70.6 | 1 |
Nottingham South | Norman Smith | 22,092 | 43.1 | 2 |
Putney | Bernard Bagnari | 21,774 | 42.9 | 2 |
Reigate | Charles Garnsworthy | 16,903 | 38.3 | 2 |
Romford | Ron Ledger | 27,326 | 52.5 | 1 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | 23,438 | 58.8 | 1 |
South East Essex | Edward Harby | 13,841 | 40.3 | 2 |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Harriet Slater | 29,473 | 66.9 | 1 |
Sudbury and Woodbridge | Dick Lewis | 17,995 | 38.3 | 2 |
Tottenham | Frederick Messer |
26,363 | 60.0 | 1 |
Uxbridge | Frank Beswick | 22,244 | 51.0 | 1 |
Wembley South | Eric Hutchison | 15,596 | 41.4 | 2 |
West Renfrewshire | Dickson Mabon | 17,243 | 44.8 | 2 |
Wolverhampton South West | Lewis Burgess | 16,898 | 40.0 | 2 |
Wood Green | Joyce Butler | 25,523 | 53.9 | 1 |
By-elections 1955-1959
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[10] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1955 Greenock by-election | Dickson Mabon | 19,698 | 53.7 | 1 |
1957 Wednesbury by-election | John Stonehouse | 22,235 | 62.2 | 1 |
1959 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[14] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barons Court | Thomas Williams | 17,745 | 46.5 | 2 |
Battersea South | Geoffrey William Rhodes |
12,451 | 42.3 | 2 |
Bethnal Green | Percy Holman | 24,228 | 63.6 | 1 |
Billericay | Rita Smythe | 24,402 | 38.8 | 2 |
Bilston | Robert Edwards |
27,068 | 53.5 | 1 |
Birmingham Small Heath | William Wheeldon | 19,213 | 57.4 | 1 |
Bristol North East | Will Coldrick |
21,574 | 42.4 | 2 |
Cleveland | Arthur Palmer | 28,790 | 48.6 | 2 |
Dartford | Sydney Irving | 25,323 | 45.8 | 1 |
Ealing North | William Hilton | 23,036 | 45.8 | 2 |
East Ham South | Albert Oram | 18,230 | 61.5 | 1 |
Epping | Donald Ford | 27,114 | 38.4 | 2 |
Erith and Crayford | Norman Dodds | 24,523 | 56.7 | 1 |
Glasgow Govan | John Rankin | 23,139 | 60.4 | 1 |
Glasgow Springburn | John Forman | 16,297 | 58.8 | 1 |
Greenock | Dickson Mabon | 19,320 | 50.6 | 1 |
Hendon North | Cecil Genese | 16,566 | 38.5 | 2 |
Henley | Arthur Ledger | 15,014 | 32.9 | 2 |
Liverpool Kirkdale | Thomas Hockton | 19,669 | 46.7 | 2 |
Luton | Cyril Fenton | 22,134 | 44.9 | 2 |
Manchester Wythenshawe | Alf Morris | 27,625 | 48.9 | 2 |
Mitcham | Eric Smythe | 23,845 | 41.5 | 2 |
Morpeth | Will Owen | 27,435 | 71.9 | 1 |
Romford | Ron Ledger | 25,558 | 43.5 | 1 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | 21,888 | 56.5 | 1 |
Stoke-on-Trent North | Harriet Slater | 29,336 | 64.0 | 1 |
Uxbridge | Frank Beswick | 20,970 | 43.6 | 2 |
Wednesbury | John Stonehouse | 24,157 | 52.1 | 1 |
Willesden West | Laurence Pavitt |
25,680 | 57.2 | 1 |
Wood Green | Joyce Butler | 22,869 | 51.3 | 1 |
By-elections, 1959-1964
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[10] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1961 Warrington by-election | Thomas Williams | 16,149 | 55.8 | 1 |
1964 general election
1966 general election
1970 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[17] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ayr | James Craigen | 17,770 | 42.1 | 2 |
Barnet | Joan Baker | 18,166 | 35.4 | 2 |
Berwick-on-Tweed |
Bob Wareing | 8,413 | 27.4 | 2 |
Bethnal Green | William Hilton |
15,483 | 64.2 | 1 |
Bexley | John Cartwright | 19,017 | 37.2 | 2 |
Bilston | Robert Edwards |
27,240 | 50.9 | 1 |
Birmingham Yardley | Ioan Evans | 21,707 | 49.9 | 2 |
Bradford West | Norman Haseldine | 18,936 | 48.0 | 2 |
Bristol Central | Arthur Palmer | 12,375 | 51.4 | 1 |
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire |
Dick Douglas | 23,729 | 50.7 | 1 |
Dartford | Sydney Irving | 19,803 | 42.0 | 1 |
East Ham South | Albert Oram |
13,638 | 61.9 | 1 |
East Hertfordshire | Mike Thomas | 23,601 | 34.3 | 2 |
Enfield West | Herbert King | 9,896 | 26.2 | 2 |
Farnworth | John Roper | 29,392 | 58.5 | 1 |
Glasgow Govan | John Rankin | 13,443 | 60.1 | 1 |
Greenock | Dickson Mabon | 19,334 | 53.7 | 1 |
Ilford North | Christopher William Sewell | 16,563 | 32.3 | 2 |
Manchester Wythenshawe | Alf Morris | 30,260 | 55.3 | 1 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East |
Geoffrey Rhodes | 20,780 | 58.4 | 1 |
Portsmouth Langstone | Roger Kenward | 26,492 | 32.9 | 2 |
Sheffield Hillsborough | George Darling | 18,775 | 62.1 | 1 |
Southgate |
Robert Brian Bastin | 9,389 | 24.8 | 2 |
Warrington | Thomas Williams | 20,970 | 64.3 | 1 |
Wednesbury | John Stonehouse | 23,998 | 53.8 | 1 |
Weston-super-Mare | Sarah Palmer | 14,473 | 24.8 | 2 |
Willesden West | Laurence Pavitt |
24,944 | 68.5 | 1 |
Wood Green | Joyce Butler | 18,666 | 57.1 | 1 |
February 1974 general election
October 1974 general election
By-elections, 1974-1979
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[20] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1978 Lambeth Central by-election | John Tilley |
10,311 | 49.4 | 1 |
1979 general election
By-elections, 1979-1983
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[20] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 Darlington by-election | Ossie O'Brien | 20,544 | 39.5 | 1 |
1983 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[22] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brent South | Laurence Pavitt |
21,259 | 53.3 | 1 |
Bristol North West | Sarah Palmer | 18,290 | 32.6 | 2 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | George Foulkes | 21,394 | 51.5 | 1 |
Cynon Valley | Ioan Evans | 20,668 | 56.0 | 1 |
Darlington | Ossie O'Brien | 18,996 | 37.8 | 2 |
Dunfermline West | Dick Douglas | 12,998 | 36.0 | 1 |
Edmonton | Ted Graham | 17,775 | 39.8 | 2 |
Glasgow Maryhill | James Craigen | 18,724 | 55.2 | 1 |
Harlow | Stan Newens | 18,250 | 34.2 | 2 |
Huddersfield | Barry Sheerman | 20,051 | 41.4 | 1 |
Loughborough | Mike Jones | 12,876 | 23.4 | 2 |
Manchester Wythenshawe | Alf Morris | 23,172 | 54.6 | 1 |
North Warwickshire | John Tomlinson | 19,867 | 37.1 | 2 |
Nottingham East | Martyn Sloman | 16,177 | 37.1 | 2 |
Richmond (Yorks) | Barbara Hawkins | 4,997 | 09.7 | 3 |
Wallasey | James Robertson | 16,146 | 32.5 | 2 |
Wolverhampton South East | Bob Edwards | 17,440 | 44.7 | 1 |
1987 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[22] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bolton West | Guy Harkin | 20,186 | 36.1 | 2 |
Cardiff South and Penarth | Alun Michael | 20,956 | 46.7 | 1 |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | George Foulkes | 25,669 | 60.1 | 1 |
Darlington | Ossie O'Brien | 22,170 | 41.6 | 2 |
Dumbarton | John McFall | 19,778 | 43.0 | 1 |
Dunfermline West | Dick Douglas | 18,493 | 47.1 | 1 |
Ellesmere Port and Neston | Helen Jones | 23,811 | 41.2 | 2 |
Glasgow Rutherglen |
Tommy McAvoy | 24,790 | 56.0 | 1 |
Harlow | Stan Newens | 20,140 | 36.6 | 2 |
Hertford and Stortford | Patricia Sumner | 7,494 | 12.8 | 3 |
Huddersfield | Barry Sheerman | 23,019 | 45.9 | 1 |
Kirkcaldy | Lewis Moonie | 20,281 | 49.6 | 1 |
Loughborough | Christopher Wrigley | 14,283 | 24.5 | 2 |
Manchester Wythenshawe | Alf Morris | 23,881 | 56.8 | 1 |
Portsmouth North | David Miles | 12,016 | 20.0 | 3 |
St Albans | Tony McWalter | 6,922 | 11.5 | 3 |
Southend West | Angela Smith | 3,899 | 07.6 | 3 |
Weston-super-Mare | Paul Loach | 6,584 | 11.4 | 3 |
Wolverhampton South East | Dennis Turner |
19,760 | 48.9 | 1 |
By-elections, 1987-1992
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[22] |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paisley South | Gordon McMaster | 12,485 | 46.1 | 1 |
1992 general election
By-elections, 1992-1997
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position[22] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 Islwyn by-election | Don Touhig | 16,030 | 69.2 | 1 |
1997 general election
By-elections, 1997-2001
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 Preston by-election | Mark Hendrick | 9,765 | 45.7 | 1 |
2000 West Bromwich West by-election | Adrian Bailey | 9,460 | 50.6 | 1 |
2001 general election
2005 general election
2010 general election
2015 general election
By-elections, 2015-2017
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election | Jim McMahon | 17,209 | 62.1 | 1 |
2016 Batley and Spen by-election | Tracy Brabin | 17,506 | 85.8 | 1 |
2017 general election
2019 general election
Constituency | Candidate[29] | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
Batley and Spen | Tracy Brabin | 22,594 | 42.7 | 1 |
Birmingham Edgbaston | Preet Gill | 21,217 | 50.1 | 1 |
Blyth Valley | Susan Dungworth | 16,728 | 40.9 | 2 |
Brighton Kemptown | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | 25,033 | 51.6 | 1 |
Cardiff South and Penarth | Stephen Doughty | 27,382 | 54.1 | 1 |
Croydon North | Steve Reed | 36,495 | 65.6 | 1 |
Dunfermline and West Fife | Cara Hilton | 13,028 | 24.4 | 2 |
Ealing North | James Murray | 28,036 | 56.5 | 1 |
Edinburgh North and Leith | Gordon Munro | 13,117 | 22.1 | 2 |
Edmonton | Kate Osamor | 26,217 | 65.0 | 1 |
Feltham and Heston | Seema Malhotra | 24,876 | 52.0 | 1 |
Forest of Dean | Di Martin | 14,811 | 28.6 | 2 |
Glasgow North East | Paul Sweeney | 13,363 | 39.2 | 2 |
Glasgow South | Johann Lamont | 13,824 | 29.1 | 2 |
Glasgow South West | Matt Kerr | 12,743 | 34.6 | 2 |
Gloucester | Fran Boait | 18,882 | 35.1 | 2 |
Great Yarmouth | Mike Smith-Clare | 10,930 | 25.1 | 2 |
Hackney South and Shoreditch | Meg Hillier | 39,884 | 73.3 | 1 |
Harrow West | Gareth Thomas |
25,132 | 52.4 | 1 |
Huddersfield | Barry Sheerman | 20,509 | 49.0 | 1 |
Islwyn | Chris Evans | 15,356 | 44.7 | 1 |
Leeds North West | Alex Sobel | 23,971 | 48.6 | 1 |
Leicester South | Jon Ashworth |
33,606 | 67.0 | 1 |
Leigh | Joanne Platt |
19,301 | 41.1 | 2 |
Manchester Central | Lucy Powell | 36,823 | 70.4 | 1 |
Neath | Christina Rees |
15,920 | 43.3 | 1 |
North Warwickshire | Claire Breeze | 12,293 | 26.8 | 2 |
Nottingham North | Alex Norris | 17,337 | 49.1 | 1 |
Oldham West and Royton | Jim McMahon | 24,579 | 55.3 | 1 |
Oxford East | Anneliese Dodds | 28,135 | 57.0 | 1 |
Penrith and the Border |
Sarah Williams | 10,356 | 21.7 | 2 |
Plymouth Moor View | Charlotte Holloway | 13,934 | 31.5 | 2 |
Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | Luke Pollard | 25,461 | 47.9 | 1 |
Poole | Sue Aitkenhead | 10,483 | 20.7 | 2 |
Preston | Mark Hendrick | 20,870 | 61.8 | 1 |
Reading West | Rachel Eden | 20,276 | 40.2 | 2 |
Redcar | Anna Turley | 15,284 | 37.4 | 2 |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West | Gerard Killen |
18,545 | 34.5 | 2 |
Solihull | Nick Stephens | 11,036 | 19.9 | 2 |
South Swindon | Sarah Church | 19,911 | 39.2 | 2 |
Stalybridge and Hyde | Jonathan Reynolds | 19,025 | 44.7 | 2 |
Stoke-on-Trent Central | Gareth Snell | 13,887 | 43.3 | 2 |
Stroud | David Drew | 27,742 | 42.1 | 2 |
Swansea West | Geraint Davies | 18,493 | 51.6 | 1 |
Tamworth | Chris Bain | 10,908 | 23.7 | 2 |
Vauxhall | Florence Eshalomi | 31,615 | 56.1 | 1 |
Walthamstow | Stella Creasy | 36,784 | 76.1 | 1 |
Witney | Rosa Bolger | 8,770 | 14.3 | 3 |
Wrexham | Mary Wimbury | 13,068 | 39.0 | 2 |
York Central | Rachael Maskell | 27,312 | 55.2 | 1 |
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