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Trade union candidates and MPs by general election

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lab22">Labour Party, Report of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-272. Note that this list is of the sanctioned candidates as of June 1922, and there were some changes between this date and the general election.</ref>

lab28">"Labour Members, September, 1928". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 275–281. 1928.. Note that this is a list of affiliations of Labour MPs as of September 1928, and it is possible that some MPs held different sponsorship as of the 1924 election.</ref>

lab29">"List of Labour Candidates and Election Results, May 30th, 1929". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 24–44. 1929.</ref>

lab31">"List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 11–27. 1931.</ref>

lab35">"List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 8–23. 1935.</ref>

lab45">Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248</ref>

lab50">"List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198. 1950.</ref>

lab51">"List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951". Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 184–203. 1951.</ref>

lab55">Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275</ref>

lab59">Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201</ref>

lab64">Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180</ref>

lab66">Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330</ref>

lab70">Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312</ref>

labfeb74">Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.371-390</ref>

laboct74">Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.391-411</ref>

lab79">"Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 3 May 1979". Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party: 406–431. 1979.</ref>

bbc83">General Election Guide. BBC Data Publications. 1983.

ISBN 094635815X

.</ref>

Candidates

Union	1910[1]	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974F	1974O	1979	1983	1987	1992
NUM	27	51	52	47	47	42	43	38	34	37	37	35	31	29	28	21	21	20	18	14	13	14
TGWU	N/A	N/A				17	16	11	18	19	17	16	19	23	27	23	23	23	29	30	44	44
ASRS/NUR/RMT	3	6	12[2]	5[2]	7[3]	11	10	12	13	12	10	11	9	7	8	6	7	6	13	12	9	13
NUGMW/GMB	2	7			7[4]	8	11	11	10	10	7	4	6	9	10	12	13	13	14	14	12	22
RCA/TSSA	0	6	8[5]	5[5]	7[5]	8	7	10	9	11	11	10	8	7	5	4	5	4	3	1	2	2
AUCE/NUDAW/USDAW	0			4[6]		6	5	9	8	9	10	10	10	10	8	7	6	5	6	2	9	3
UTFWA	3	10[7]	10[7]	7[7]	7[8]	6	8	6	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASC&J/ASW	3	5[9]	6[10]	6[9]	6[11]	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UPW	N/A	N/A	6[12]	6[12]	6[12]	6	5	3	1	3	4	2	2	3	4	3	5	4	2	1	1	1
NUBSO/NUFLAT	4		4[13]	3[13]		5	5	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	N/A
USB	2	5[14]	5[14]	5[14]	6[14]	4[14]	5[14]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	N/A	N/A
BISAKTA	4	4	4[15]	4[15]	3[15]	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	3	1
NUAW	0					3	4	0	3	2	2	3	4	3	1	2	0	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
AEU	5	17	15[16]			3	3	3	4	10	13	12	15	19	17	21	21	18	18	27	15	15
ASLEF	1	3[17]	1[17]	1[17]	1[17]	1	0	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2
ETU/EETPU	0					0	0	0	1	2	3	2	4	5	2	3	3	3	4	7	3	10
NUPE	0					0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	5	6	7	7	8	10	16	15
DATA/TASS	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	5	[18]	7	N/A
NUFTO/FTAT	1					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	1		0	0
NUB	1					1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	N/A
AUBTW/UCATT	N/A	N/A				0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	3	4	2	1	0
CAWU/APEX	0					0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	3	4	3	6	6	6	3	3	N/A
CEU	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1		N/A	N/A
FBU	N/A					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0
LSC/NGA/GPMU	1					2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	7
MU	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0		0	0
SCMU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NUS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	N/A
NUVB	0					1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
POEU/NCU	N/A					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	4	3	2	4
UPA	1	0				1	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		N/A	N/A
ASSET/ASTMS/MSF	N/A					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	14	13	12	11	9	13
COHSE						0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	8	6
NACODS	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
NATSOPA/SOGAT	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	N/A
NAULAW	N/A	N/A				0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BFAWU	0					0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
ABFSWS	0					1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
OBDFA	1					0	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
CMSA	0					1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASDFKT/NUDBTW	0					1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
FSIF/NUFW/AUFW	1					1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
ASPD	1					1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
NSPW	0					1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
NAOP	0					1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PSU						1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
GUTW/NUTW			1			1	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TA	1					1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
WU	0[19]	2[19]	6[19]	6[19]	6[19]	6[19]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SLADE	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	N/A
NUSMWCHDE	N/A	N/A				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		N/A	N/A
NUTGW	N/A	N/A				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	N/A
TWU	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		N/A	N/A
SUBAW	0					0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Other unions	13	59				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	74	163	157	129	144	139	138	129	126	140	137	129	129	138	138	137	155	141	159	153	146	199

Others in 1910: GUCJ: 1, Coopers: 1, DWR: 1, NUDL: 1, Stonemasons: 1, MEA: 1, Postmen: 1, Scottish Ironfounders: 1, Shipwrights: 3, Shop Assistants: 1, Tin and Sheet Millmen: 1

Others in 1918: Dockers: 4, Postmen: 4[12], Fawcett Assoc: 1^[12], P&TCA: 4^[12]

Others in 1983: Was elected

Still to do: NACODS, ASTMS, MSF, NCU, NUPE, AEU, BSSA, AUCE, USDAW, GMB, RMT, TGWU, early unions

1914/15

ASE: 2, ASLEF: 1, Boilermakers: 4, NUBSO: 3, BSSA: 3, ASC&J: 1, DWR: 2, NUDL: 1, Gasworkers: 2, Ironfounders: 1, LSC: 1, MFGB: 23, NAFTA: 1, NAUL: 1, NUR: 5, Postmen: 1, RCA: 1, Shipwrights: 3, Shop Assistants: 1, TA: 1, UTFWA: 6, Watermen & Lightermen: 1^[1]

MPs

Union	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	1931	1935	1945	1950	1951	1955	1959	1964	1966	1970	1974F	1974O	1979	1983	1987	1992
NUM	25	41	43	40	42	26	32	34	37	36	34	31	28	27	20	18	18	16	14	13	14
TGWU	N/A	7	10	10	13	1	7	17	16	14	14	14	21	27	19	23	21	20	26	33	38
NUR/RMT	1	3	3[2]	3	8	0	5	12	10	9	8	5	6	7	5	6	6	12	10	8	12
NUGMW/GMB	4[4]	4[4]	5[4]	4[4]	6	2	6	10	6	6	4	4	9	10	12	13	13	14	11	11	17
RCA/TSSA	0	0	1[5]	0	7	0	6	9	7	7	5	5	7	5	4	3	3	3	0	2	2
NUDAW/USDAW	0	1	1[6]	4	4	1	5	8	8	9	9	9	10	8	9	6	5	5	2	8	3
UTFWA	4	3	3	2	4	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASC&J/ASW	1	1	3	2	6	1	2	3	3	3	2	1	0	1	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
UPW	0	2	3	2	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	1	2	2	2	1	1	0
NUBSO/NUFLAT	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	N/A
USB	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	N/A	N/A
BISAKTA	2	2	1	3	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0
NUAW	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A
AEU	1	7[16]	7[16]	4[16]	3	2	3	4	8	8	6	8	17	17	16	17	16	16	13	12	13
ASLEF	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ETU/EETPU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
NUPE					0	0	0	0	1		2	1	2	5	6	6	6	7	10	8	12
DATA/TASS					0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	0
NUFTO/FTAT					0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
NUB	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	N/A
AUBTW/UCATT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	0
CAWU/APEX					0	0	0	1	1		1	1	1	4	3	6	6	5	3	3	0
CEU	N/A	N/A	N/A		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1		N/A	N/A
FBU					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0
LSC/NGA/GPMU	1[20]	2[20]	2[20]	2[20]	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
MU					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0
NUS					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	N/A
NUVB					1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
POEU/NCU					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	3	2	3
UPA		1			1	0	1	2	0		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		N/A	N/A
ASSET/ASTMS/MSF					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	9	12	8	10	8	13
COHSE					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	6
NACODS					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
NATSOPA/SOGAT	0	0	1	0	1			1	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	N/A
NAULAW					0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BFAWU					0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CMSA	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASDFKT/NUDBTW					1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A
FSIF/NUFW/AUFW	1				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NSPW					1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PSU	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
GUTW/NUTW		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TA		1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WU	0[19]	2[19]			6[19]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Other unions	6	8	16	8	4	0	3	2	1	6	2	1	4	0?	2	2	2	0	1	1?	0
Total	49	86	102	88	114	35	78	121	110	105	96	93	120	132	114	127	129	132	114	130	157

Others in 1918: Include Dockers (2). Note BISAKTA candidates listed as Steel Smelters.

Others in 1922: Include Cumberland Iron Ore Miners (1), Dockers (2), Enginemen (1), Foundry Workers (1+), GUTW (1), Ironfounders (1), LSC (1), Midland Textile (1), NAUL (1), NUBSO (2), NWQU (1), TA (1), Workers (2). Figures from Cole are MFGB 42, UTFWA 3, NUGW 4, TGWU 5, AEU 6, NUR 3, others 22

Others in 1923: Include Foundry Workers (1+). Figures from Cole are MFGB 44, TGWU 7, NUGW 5, NUR 3, AEU 3, UTFWA 3, others 32, NUT 1

Others in 1924: Include Foundry Workers (1+). Figures from Cole are MFGB 40, TGWU 6, NUGW 4, NUR 3, AEU 3, UTFWA 2, others 27, NUT 1

Others in 1929: Shop Assistants (1)

Others in 1935: LSC (2), NUVB (1 - Gorton), Shop Assistants (1 - Sedgefield)

Others in 1945: Shop Assistants (1)

Others in 1966: NUB (1)

Others in 1983: SLADE (1 - Clackmannan)

Source: Ivor Jennings, Party politics, vol.1, p.279; David Butler and Jennie Freeman, British Political Facts: 1900-1968, p.110 (1918-1966); G. D. H. Cole, History of the Labour Party from 1914, pp.87, 130, 155, 171 (1918-1924); Neil Riddell, Labour in Crisis: The Second Labour Government 1929-1931, pp.236-237 (1929); Martin Harrison, Trade unions and the Labour Party since 1945, pp.265-267 (1929-1964); Lewis Minkin, The Contentious Alliance, p.250 (1945, 1959, 1966-1987); David Butler, The British General Election of 1955, p.219 (1951); Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201 (1959); David Butler and Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, The British General Election of 1970, p.299 (1966-1970); Labour Party, Report of the 65th Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.5 (1966); Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.12-25 (1974 Feb & Oct); Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.10-11 (1979); David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh, The British General Election of 1983, p.240 (1983); David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh, The British General Election of 1987, p.206 (1987); David Butler and Dennis Kavanagh, The British General Election of 1992, p.227 (1992); Michael Jackson, Industrial relations: a textbook, p.63 (1970-1983); The Times Guide to the House of Commons: May 1979, p.275 (1979)

1931 candidates and MPs

From Annual Report, pp.11-27

Candidates with * were elected.

AEU: Barrow

ASW: Birmingham Yardley, Glasgow Partick, Rotherham, Walthamstow W*, Willesden W

BISAKTA: Bilston, Eccles, Newport, Pontypool*

Bleachers: Chorley

Boilermakers: Birkenhead W, Greenock, Swansea E*, Wednesbury

Builders: Woolwich E*

CMSA: Kingswinford

Dyers: Dumbartonshire

LSC: Deptford, Southwark SE

MFGB: Aberdare*, Abertillery*, Barnard Castle, Barnsley, Bedwellty*, Blaydon, Bothwell, Chester-le-Street*, Cleveland, Doncaster, Don Valley*, Durham, Ebbw Vale*, Farnworth, Gower*, Hamilton*, Hemsworth*, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince*, Leigh*, Manchester Clayton, Morpeth, Neath*, Normanton*, NE Derbys, Ogmore*, Peebles and S Midlothian, Pontefract, Pontypridd*, Rhondda E*, Rhondda W*, Rother Valley*, Rothwell*, Sedgefield, S Ayrshire, Spennymoor*, Stirling & Falkirk, Wansbeck, Wentworth*, W Fife, Wigan*, Workington*

NATSOPA: Southwark N

NSPW: Hanley

NUBSO: Frome, Hull NW, Leeds NE, Norwich, Stafford

NUDAW: Jarrow, Middlesbrough E, Shipley, Westhoughton*

NUFW: Burnley

NUGMW: Manchester Platting, Nottingham E, Nottingham W, Plaistow*, Preston (Porter), Sheffield Brightside, Silvertown*, Wallsend, Warrington

NULAW: Liverpool Everton

NUR: Ashton-under-Lyne, Leeds SE*, Manchester Ardwick, Middlesbrough W, Oldham (Wilson), Plymouth Sutton, Rossendale, Stalybridge & Hyde, Wakefield, York

NUTW: Batley & Morley

NUVB: Manchester Gorton

Painters: Pudsey & Otley

RCA: Blackburn (Gill), Bristol S, Edinburgh W, Hackney C, St Pancras SE, Sheffield Park, Stockport

Shop Assistants: Sheffield C

TA: West Bromwich

TGWU: Bethnal Green SW, Birmingham Aston, Cannock, Clay Cross*, Clitheroe, Gateshead, Ilkeston, Liverpool Exchange, Newcastle W, Nottingham S, Poplar S*, Rochdale, Rotherhithe, St Helens, Salford N, Twickenham, Wellingborough, Whitechapel

UTFWA: Bolton (x2), Bury, Heywood & Radcliffe, Middleton & Prestwich, Preston (Shaw), Royton, Sowerby

UPA: Stoke

Co-op: Barkston Ash, Birmingham Deritend, Bradford S, East Ham S, Edmonton, Finsbury, Glasgow St Rollox, Glasgow Tradeston, Hammersmith S, Kettering, Mossley, Nottingham C, Sheffield Hillsborough, Tottenham N

1935 candidates and MPs

From "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935", Annual Report, pp.8-23.

Candidates with * were elected.

AEU: Consett*, Dumbarton & Clydebank*, Newton*

ASLEF: Newcastle C

ASW: Leeds C, Liverpool Fairfield, Walthamstow W*, Willesden W*

AUBTW: Woolwich E*

Bakers: Wednesbury*

BISAKTA: Bilston, Motherwell*

Bleachers: Royton

Dyers: Batley & Morley*

LSC: Islington S*, Southwark SE*

MFGB: Aberdare*, Abertillery*, Barnsley*, Bedwellty*, Berwick & Haddington, Blaydon*, Bothwell*, Chester-le-Street*, Don Valley*, Dunfermline Burghs*, Durham*, Ebbw Vale*, Farnworth*, Gower*, Hamilton*, Hemsworth*, Houghton-le-Spring*, Ince*, Leigh*, Lichfield, Merthyr*, Morpeth*, Neath*, Normanton*, NE Derbys*, Ogmore*, Peebles & S Midlothian, Pontypridd*, Rhondda E*, Rhondda W*, Rother Valley*, Rothwell*, S Ayrshire*, Spennymoor*, Wansbeck, Wentworth*, W Fife, Wigan*, Workington*

NATSOPA: Southwark N

NAUSAWC: Sedgefield*, Sheffield C

NSPW: Hanley*

NUBSO: Kilmarnock, Leeds NE, Leicester E

NUDAW: Burnley*, Jarrow*, Manchester Clayton*, Rossendale, St Helens*, Thornbury

NUGMW: Birmingham W, Chorley, Cleveland, Hull C, Manchester Platting*, Nottingham W*, Plaistow*, Sheffield Brightside*, Silvertown*, Wallsend, Warrington, Westhoughton

NUR: Accrington, Barrow, Bootle, East Ham N, Gateshead, Leeds S*, Manchester Ardwick*, Middlesbrough W, Norwich (Kelly), Plymouth Sutton, Pontefract*, Rotherham*, Salford N

NUS: Birmingham Yardley

NUTW: Bradford E

NUVB: Manchester Gorton*

Painters: Huddersfield

RCA: Ashton-under-Lyne*, Battersea S, Bristol S*, Carlisle, Hackney C*, Halifax, Linlithgow*, Sheffield Park*, Whitehaven*

TA: Blackburn (Walker), West Bromwich*

TGWU: Cannock*, Clitheroe, Heywood & Radcliffe, Ilkeston*, Nottingham S, Poplar S*, Rochdale*, Rotherhithe*, Shipley*, Wellingborough*, Whitechapel*

UPA: Stoke*

USB: Greenock, Swansea E*

UTFWA: Blackburn (Bell), Bolton x2, Middleton & Prestwich, Oldham (Farr), Sowerby

Co-op: Barkston Ash, Bethnal Green NE*, Birmingham Deritend, Bradford S, Deptford*, Dumfries, East Ham S*, E Renfrewshire, Edmonton*, Finsbury*, Glasgow St Rollox*, Glasgow Tradeston*, Greenwich, Kettering, Lewes, Mossley, Nottingham C, Paddington N, Sheffield Hillsborough*, Tottenham N*, Twickenham

SSP: Edinburgh C, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Glasgow Partick, W Renfrewshire

1945 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248

All CLP funded unless stated. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

AEU: Aberdeen S*, Dumbarton & Clydebank, Manchester Hulme, Newton

ASLEF: Birkenhead West

ASW: Leeds Central, Liverpool Exchange, Walthamstow W, Willesden W

AUBTW: Woolwich E

BISAKTA: Bolton [Jones], Swansea E

DPRS: Clitheroe

ETU: Dundee [Cook]

LSC: Islington S, Southwark SE

NATSOPA: Southwark N

NAULAW: Newcastle-under-Lyme

NAUSAWC: Sedgefield

NUAW: Barkston Ash*, Holland with Boston*, N Norfolk

NUBSO: Bosworth, Burton, Harborough, Smethwick

NUCAW: Liverpool Everton

NUDAW: Doncaster, Jarrow, Leigh, Wansbeck, Westhoughton, W Renfrewshire

NUGMW: Barnard Castle, Birmingham Yardley, Brigg, Burnley, Cleveland, Hull Central, Liverpool West Toxteth, Sheffield Brightside, Sunderland [Ewart], Warrington

NUM: Barnsley, Bedwellty, Blaydon, Bothwell, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Clay Cross, Consett, Dewsbury, Don Valley, Dunfermline Burghs, Durham, Ebbw Vale, Gower, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Llanelly, Mansfield, Morpeth, Neath, Normanton, NE Derbys, Ogmore, Peebles & S Midlothian, Pontypool, Rhondda E, Rother Valley, Rothwell, S Ayrshire, Spennymoor, Wentworth, Wigan

NUR: Acton, Eccles, Exeter*, Hartlepool, Manchester Ardwick, Newcastle W, Pontefract, Rotherham, Salford N, Sheffield Attercliffe, S Derbys, The Wrekin, W Stirling

RCA: Hackney C, Kensington N, Linlithgow, Liverpool Walton, SE Essex, Sowerby, Swansea W, Wellingborough, Whitehaven

TA: Bristol S, Rossendale

TGWU: Belper, Bermondsey W, Bradford E, Bristol C, Bury*, Dunbartonshire, Faversham, Frome, Ilkeston, Kennington, Lincoln, Liverpool Kirkdale, Manchester Gorton, Poplar S, Rotherhithe, Shipley, Wandsworth C, Whitechapel

UPA: Glasgow Gorbals, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke

UTFWA: Farnworth, Oldham [Fairhurst], Preston [Sunderland]

Co-op: Battersea S, Bethnal Green NE, Bethnal Green SW, Bilston, Birmingham Deritend, Birmingham Duddeston, Bradford S, Bristol N, Dartford, Dumfries*, Ealing W, E Fife, East Ham N, East Ham S, E Renfrewshire, Glasgow Partick*, Glasgow St Rollox, Glasgow Springburn, Glasgow Tradeston, Hammersmith S, Howdenshire*, Ilford N, Lewes*, Liverpool West Derby*, Mossley, Newcastle N*, Nottingham S, Peterborough, Sheffield Hillsborough, Tottenham N, Uxbridge, Wallasey*, Worcester*

ULP: Oxford University, Combined Scottish Universities

UPW: Clitheroe, Heston & Isleworth, Walthamstow E (Clinton, pp.672-676)

1950 candidates and MPs

AESD: Bristol W, S Buckinghamshire

AEU: Bury & Radcliffe, E Dunbartonshire, Edmonton, Hayes & Harlington, Keighley, Leeds W, Newcastle N, Newton, Rochdale, Southall

ASLEF: Barrow, Birkenhead

ASW: Gateshead E, Leeds C, Willesden W

AUBTW: Portsmouth S

AUFW: Manchester Moss Side

BISAKTA: Rotherham, Swansea E

CAWU: Liverpool W Derby, Sheffield Park

ETU: Dundee E, Heywood & Radcliffe

NATSOPA: Southwark

NAULAW: Newcastle-under-Lyme

NUAW: Barkston Ash, N Norfolk

NUBSO: Bosworth, Harborough

NUGMW: Brierley Hill, Cardiff N, Cleveland, Deptford, Gateshead W, Hull C, Liverpool Toxteth, Sheffield Hallam, Sunderland S, W Derbyshire

NUM: Aberdare, Abertillery, Barnsley, Bedwellty, Blaydon, Bolsover, Bothwell, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Dearne V, Dewsbury, Don V, Durham, Ebbw Vale, Gower, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Kirkcaldy Burghs, Llanelly, Mansfield, Merthyr Tydfil, Midlothian & Peebles, Morpeth, Neath, Normanton, NE Derbyshire, NW Durham, Pontefract, Rhondda E, Rhondda W, Rother Valley, Sedgefield, Wallsend, Wigan

NUPE: Oldbury & Halesowen

NUR: Acton, Birmingham Perry Barr, Eccles, Manchester Wythenshawe, Newcastle W, Nottingham E, Sheffield Attercliffe, SE Derbyshire, The Hartlepools, The Wrekin, Westbury, W Stirlingshire

NUS: Portsmouth Langstone

RCA: Accrington, Carlisle, Doncaster, Kensington N, Lanark, Liverpool Walton, Pudsey, Rutland & Stamford, Stoke N, Swansea W, Wellingborough

SUBAW: S Angus

TA: Bristol S, Woodford

TGWU: Arundel & Shoreham, Belper, Bermondsey, Berwick & E Lothian, Bradford E, Bristol C, Clapham, Faversham, Goole, Ilkeston, Liverpool Kirkdale, Maidstone, Newark, Norwich N, Poplar, Shipley, Stepney, W Dunbartonshire, Woolwich E

UPW: Clitheroe, Heston & Isleworth, Walthamstow E

USDAW: Blyth, Bradford S, Burnley, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, Sheffield Brightside, Westhoughton, W Renfrewshire

UTFWA: Farnworth, Manchester Withington, Oldham E

Co-op: Battersea S, Banbury, Bethnal Green, Billericay, Bilston, Birmingham Small Heath, Bridgwater, Bristol NE, Dartford, Dover, Droylsden, Ealing N, E Fife, E Ham N, E Ham S, Edinburgh W, Glasgow Scotstoun, Glasgow Springburn, Glasgow Tradeston, Glasgow Woodside, Hammersmith S, Ilford N, Nottingham S, Peterborough, Reigate, Sheffield Hillsborough, Southend W, Tottenham, Uxbridge, Wembley N, Winchester, Wood Green, Worcester

RACS: Greenwich, Lewisham W, Woolwich W

1951 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.184-203

All CLP funded unless stated. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

ACT: Oxford*

AESD: Exeter*, S Buckinghamshire*

AEU: Cirencester & Tewkesbury*, E Dunbartonshire, Edmonton, Esher*, Glasgow Scotstoun*, Hayes & Harlington, Keighley, Leeds W, Newton, Rochdale*, Southall, Southend W*, Stockport N*

ASLEF: Barrow, Birkenhead, Carmarthen*

ASW: Gateshead E, Leeds C, Willesden W

AUBTW: Southend E*

AUFW: Blackburn W*

BISAKTA: Rotherham, Swansea E

CAWU: Sheffield Park

ETU: Cheltenham*, Dundee E, Heywood and Royton*

NATSOPA: Southwark

NUAW: C Norfolk*, N Norfolk

NUB: Eccles

NUBSO: Bosworth

NUGMW: Banbury*, Brieley Hill, Cleveland, Gateshead W, Hull C

NUM: Aberdare, Barnsley, Bedwellty, Blaydon, Bolsover, Bothwell, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Dearne V, Dewsbury, Don V, Durham, Ebbw Vale, Gower, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Kirkcaldy Burghs, Llanelly, Mansfield, Merthyr Tydfil, Midlothian & Peebles, Morpeth, Neath, Normanton, NE Derbyshire, NW Durham, Pontefract, Rhondda E, Rhondda W, Rother V, Sedgefield, Wallsend, Wells*, Wigan

NUPE: Oldbury & Halesowen, Preston N*, Rochester & Chatham

NUR: Acton, Birmingham Perry Barr, Haltemprice*, Newcastle W, Nottingham E, Sheffield Attercliffe, SE Derbyshire, The Hartlepools, The Wrekin, Westbury*

TA: Bristol S

TGWU: Belper, Bermondsey, Berwick & E Lothian*, Bradford E, Bristol C, Clapham, Edinburgh C, Faversham, Goole, Ilkeston, Liverpool Kirkdale, Maidstone*, Newark, Norwich N, Poplar, Romford*, Stepney

TSSA: Accrington, Carlisle, Chelmsford*, Doncaster, Kensington N, Pudsey*, Rutland & Stamford*, Stoke on Trent N, Swansea W, Wellingborough, W Dunbartonshire

UPA: Stoke on Trent S

UPW: Droylsden, Dumfries*, Mitcham*, Walthamstow E

USDAW: Blyth, Bradford S, Burnley, Edinburgh Pentlands*, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, Sheffield Brightside, Spelthorne*, Westhoughton

UTFWA: Bury & Radcliffe*, Clitheroe*, Farnworth

Co-op: Barnet*, Battersea S*, Bebington*, Berwick*, Bethnal Green, Billericay*, Bilston, Birmingham Small Heath, Bridgwater*, Bristol NE, Cardiff N*, Dartford, Dover*, Ealing N, E Ham N, E Ham S, Glasgow Springburn, Glasgow Tradeston, Glasgow Woodside*, Hammersmith S, Hertford*, Ilford N*, Leicester SE, Liverpool Toxteth*, Merton and Morden*, Middlesbrough W*, Nottingham S, Putney*, Reigate*, Ruislip-Northwood, St Ives, Sheffield Hillsborough, Sudbury & Woodbridge*, Tottenham, Uxbridge, Wembley N, Wood Green

RACS: Greenwich

1955 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275

All CLP funded unless stated. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

AESD: Bromsgrove*, S Gloucestershire*

AEU: Barry*, Bridgwater*, E Dunbartonshire, Edmonton, Glasgow Woodside*, High Peak*, Keighley, Leeds W, Newton, Rochdale*, Southall, Stockport S*

ASLEF: Barrow-in-Furness, Birkenhead, Central Ayrshire*

ASW: Gateshead E, Willesden W

AUBTW: Exeter*

BISAKTA: Rotherham, Swansea E

CAWU: Birmingham All Saints, Sheffield Park

Dyers: Shipley*

ETU: Cheltenham*, Edinburgh N*

NATSOPA: Southwark

NUAW: N Norfolk, S Norfolk*, Worcester*

NUB: Tynemouth*

NUGMW: Brierley Hill, Gateshead W, Hammersmith N, Hull W

NUM: Barnsley, Bedwellty, Blaydon, Bolsover, Bothwell, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Dearne Valley, Dewsbury, Don Valley, Durham, Ebbw Vale, Gower, Hamilton, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Kirkcaldy Burghs, Llanelly, Mansfield, Merthyr Tydfil, Midlothian, Neath, N Somerset*, NE Derbyshire, NW Durham, Rhondda E, Rhondda W, Rother Valley, Sedgefield, Wallsend, Wigan

NUPE: Oldbury & Halesowen, Rochester & Chatham

NUR: Acton, Birmingham Perry Barr, Newcastle W, Nottingham N, Sheffield Attercliffe, SE Derbyshire, S Northamptonshire*, The Hartlepools, The Wrekin*, Westbury*

NUVB: Chertsey*

TA: Bristol S

TGWU: Belper, Bermondsey, Bradford E, Bristol C, Chislehurst*, Clapham, Edinburgh C, Faversham, Ilkeston, Isle of Ely*, Liverpool Kirkdale*, Newark, Norwich N, Poplar, Stepney, Wakefield

TSSA: Accrington, Bolton W*, Carlisle*, Doncaster*, Kensington N, Oldham E*, Rutland & Stamford*, Swansea W, Wellingborough, W Dunbartonshire

UPA: Stoke-on-Trent S

UPW: Manchester Openshaw, Walthamstow E*

USDAW: Bradford S, Burnley, Edinburgh Pentlands*, Feltham, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, Sheffield Brightside, Westhoughton

UTFWA: Clitheroe*, Farnworth

Co-op: Barons Court, Bath*, Bethnal Green, Billericay*, Bilston, Birmingham Small Heath, Bradford W*, Bristol NE, Burton*, Chigwell*, Cleveland, Colchester*, Dartford, Ealing N*, East Ham N, East Ham S, E Hertfordshire*, Erith & Crayford, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Scotstoun*, Glasgow Springburn, Leyton, Liverpool Toxteth*, Liverpool West Derby*, Middlesbrough W*, Nottingham S*, Putney*, Sheffield Hillsborough, SE Essex*, Stoke-on-Trent N, Sudbury & Woodbridge*, Tottenham, Uxbridge, Wembley S*, W Renfrewshire*, Wolverhampton SW*, Wood Green

RACS: Greenwich

1959 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201

All CLP funded unless stated. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

AESD: Glasgow Cathcart*, Wembley S*

AEU: Burnley, Doncaster*, E Dunbartonshire, Edmonton, Glasgow Scotstoun, Glasgow Woodside*, High Peak*, Keighley*, Leeds W, Newton, Oxford*, Rochdale, Southall, S Northamptonshire, Stockport S*

ASLEF: Barrow-in-Furness, Birkenhead, Central Ayrshire

ASW: Bradford N*, Canterbury*, Gateshead E

BISAKTA: Rotherham, Swansea E

CAWU: Birmingham All Saints*, Sheffield Park

ETU: Bridgwater*, Croydon NW*, E Aberdeenshire*, Liverpool Walton*

NUAW: N Norfolk, S Norfolk*, SW Norfolk, Taunton*

NUGMW: Brecon & Radnor, Hammersmith N, Hull W, Shipley*, Whitehaven

NUM: Barnsley, Bedwellty, Blaydon, Bolsover, Bothwell, Caerphilly, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Dearne Valley, Don Valley, Durham, Ebbw Vale, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Houghton-le-Spring, Ince, Llanelly, Mansfield, Merthyr Tydfil, Midlothian, Neath, Normanton, NE Derbyshire, NW Durham, Pontefract, Rhondda E, Rhondda W, Rother Valley, Sedgefield, Wallsend, Wigan

NUPE: Oldbury & Halesowen, Rochester & Chatham*

NUR: Acton*, Birmingham Perry Barr, Darlington*, Eccles, Newcastle W, St Helens, Sheffield Attercliffe, SE Derbyshire, The Hartlepools*

NUS: Liverpool West Derby*

NUTGW: Shoreditch & Finsbury

NUVB: Kirkcaldy Burghs

TA: Bristol S

TGWU: Belper, Bermondsey, Bradford E, Bristol C, Burton*, Clapham*, Dulwich*, East Ham N, Edinburgh C*, Faversham, Goole, Ilkeston, Newark, Norwich N, Norwich S*, Poplar, Stepney, Wakefield, Walthamstow E

Tobacco: Middleton & Prestwich*

TSSA: Accrington, Carlisle*, Kensington N, Oldham E, Preston S*, Southwark, Wellingborough*, W Dunbartonshire

UPA: Stoke-on-Trent S

UPW: Gateshead W, Manchester Openshaw

USDAW: Blyth, Bradford S, Feltham, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, Rutherglen, Sheffield Brightside, W Gloucestershire, Westhoughton

UTFWA: Clitheroe*, Farnworth

Co-op: Barons Court*, Battersea S*, Bethnal Green, Billericay*, Bilston, Birmingham Small Heath, Bristol NE*, Cleveland*, Dartford, Ealing N*, East Ham S, Epping*, Erith & Crayford, Glasgow Govan, Glasgow Springburn, Greenock, Hendon N, Henley*, Liverpool Kirkdale*, Luton*, Manchester Wythenshawe*, Mitcham*, Morpeth, Romford, Sheffield Hillsborough, Stoke-on-Trent N, Uxbridge*, Wednesbury, Willesden W, Wood Green

RACS: Greenwich

1964 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccesful.

AEU: Bristol North West*, Burnley, Doncaster, East Dunbartonshire, Edmonton, Gateshead East, Glasgow Scotstoun, Keighley, Leeds West, Newton, Paisley, Salford West, Southall, Swansea East, Tottenham, Truro*, Wallsend

ASLEF: Central Ayrshire

ASSET: Birkenhead

ASW: Ripon*

AUBTW: Houghton-le-Spring

BISAKTA: Neath

Blastfurnace: Cleveland

CAWU: Birmingham Ladywood, Birmingham Small Heath, Sheffield Park

CEU: Bothwell

DATA: Chislehurst*, Newark, Tynemouth*

ETU: Brentford and Chiswick*, Caithness and Sutherland*, Carlton*, Newbury*, Wakefield

FBU: Oldbury and Halesowen

MU: Rotherham

NGA: Bristol South

NUAW: North Norfolk, South Norfolk*, Taunton*

NUFTO: Newcastle North*, Nottingham South*

NUGMW: Battersea South, Brecon and Radnor, Hammersmith North, Hull West, Liverpool Scotland, Nottingham West, Stockton-on-Tees, Whitehaven, Workington

NUM: Ayr*, Barnsley, Bedwelty, Blaydon, Bolsover, Caerphilly, Chesterfield, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Dearne Valley, Don Valley, Dunfermline Burghs, Durham, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Ince, Liverpool West Derby, Llanelly, Mansfield, Merthyr Tydfil, Midlothian, Normanton, North East Derbyshire, Pontefract, Rhondda East, Rhondda West, Rother Valley, Sedgefield, Wigan

NUPE: Greenwich, Middlesbrough East

NUR: Birmingham Perry Barr*, Carlisle, Glasgow Springburn, Newcastle West, St Helens, Sheffield Attercliffe, Sunderland South

NUVB: Kirkcaldy Burghs

TGWU: Aberdare, Belper, Bermondsey, Bolton West, Bradford East, Deptford, Dundee West, East Ham North, Eccles, Edinburgh Central, Goole, Ilkeston, Middlesbrough West, Norwich North, Preston South, Reading*, Rossendale, South East Derbyshire, Stepney, Wandsworth Clapham, West Bromwich, Wokingham*, Wolverhampton North East

TSSA: Accrington, Kensington North, Leicester North East, Oldham East, Southwark, Wellingborough, West Dunbartonshire

UPA: Stoke-on-Trent South

UPW: Bristol North East*, Gateshead West, Manchester Openshaw

USDAW: Blyth, Bradford South, Feltham, Hull North, Leigh, Jarrow, Ogmore, Sheffield Brightside, West Gloucestershire, Westhoughton

UTFWA: Farnworth

Co-op: Bethnal Green, Billericay*, Bilston, Birmingham Yardley, Bradford West*, Bristol Central, Croydon North East*, Dartford, Eastbourne*, East Ham South, Erith and Crayford, Glasgow Govan, Greenock, Henley*, Manchester Wythenshawe, Morpeth, Newcastle East, Romford, Rutland and Stamford*, Sheffield Hillsborough, South Angus*, Stoke-on-Trent North, Warrington, Wednesbury, Weston-super-Mare*, Willesden West, Wood Green

1966 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330

Changes from 1964:

AEU: Add Bradford N, drop Bristol NW, Southall, Truro

ASSET: Add Feltham

ASW: Add Liverpool Walton, drop Ripon

CAWU: Add Darlington

DATA: Add Barrow, drop Chislehurst, Tynemouth

ETU: Add Stroud*, drop Brentford & Chiswick, Caithness & Sutherland, Carlton, Newbury

NGA: Add Billericay

NUAW: Drop South Norfolk, Taunton

NUBSO: Add Bridgwater*

NUFTO: Drop Newcastle N, Nottingham S

NUGMW: Add Newcastle W, Stoke-on-Trent S, Drop Whitehaven

NUM: Add Abertillery, Berwick*, drop Ayr, Bolsover, Consett

NUPE: Add Huddersfield W, Lewisham N, The Hartlepools

NUR: Add Carlton*, Glasgow Central, Nottingham S, drop Birmingham Perry Barr, Newcastle W

NUS: Add Southport*

POEU: Add Isle of Ely*

TGWU: Add Bristol NW, Glasgow Bridgeton, Liverpool Kirkdale, Newport, Nuneaton, Preston S, Stirling & Falkirk Burghs, drop Bradford E, Preston S, Wokingham

TSSA: Drop Accrington, Oldham E

UPA: Drop Stoke-on-Trent S

UPW: Add Brighton Kemptown

USDAW: Drop Feltham, Hull N

Co-op: Add Bridlington*, Edinburgh W*, Enfield W*, Hexham, drop Billericay, Croydon North East, Eastbourne, Erith and Crayford, Henley, South Angus, Stoke-on-Trent North

1970 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

AEF: Aberdeen North, Bradford North, Burnley, Consett, Doncaster, Edmonton, Gateshead East, Glasgow Scotstoun, Keighley*, Leeds West, Louth*, Merthyr Tydfil*, Newton, Paisley, Rochdale, Salford West, South Northamptonshire*, South West Norfolk*, Swansea East, Tottenham, Wallsend

ASTMS: Birkenhead, Feltham, Nelson and Colne, Sunderland North

ASW: Liverpool Walton

AUBTW: Houghton-le-Spring

BISAKTA: Neath, Sheffield Brightside

CAWU: Birmingham Small Heath, Darlington, Sheffield Park

CEU: Bothwell

DATA: Barrow-in-Furness, Bassetlaw, Newark, Oldham East

EET&PTU: Swindon, Wakefield, Wandsworth Central

FBU: Oldbury and Halesowen

GMWU: Battersea South, Bristol South, Hammersmith North, Hull West, Liverpool Scotland, Newcastle West, Nottingham West, Sheffield Attercliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent South, Whitehaven, Workington

MU: Barry*, Rotherham

NGA: Billericay*

NUAAW: Ludlow*, North Norfolk*

NUFTO: Shoreditch and Finsbury

NUM: Barnsley, Bishop Auckland, Bolsover, Carlton*, Chesterfield, Chester-le-Street, Dearne Valley, Don Valley, Dunfermline Burghs, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Ince, Liverpool West Derby, Mansfield, Midlothian, Morpeth, Normanton, North East Derbyshire, Pontefract, Wigan

NUPE: Greenwich, The Hartlepools, Huddersfield West, Lewisham North, Stalybridge and Hyde

NUR: Carlisle, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Springburn, Nottingham South*, St Helens, Sunderland South

NUS: Hull East

NUVB: Kirkcaldy Burghs

POEU: Colchester*, Mitcham*, Newcastle-under-Lyme

SCMU: Moray and Nairn

TGWU: Aberdare, Bedwellty, Bermondsey, Bolton West*, Bristol North West*, Deptford, Dundee West, East Dunbartonshire, East Ham North, Eccles, Gateshead West, Glasgow Bridgeton, Goole, Hull North, Ilkeston, Liverpool Kirkdale, Newport, Norwich North, Preston South*, Stepney, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton North East

TSSA: Derby South, Leeds South East, Leicester North East, Southwark

UPW: Brighton Kemptown*, Bristol North East*, Manchester Openshaw

USDAW: Blyth, Bradford South, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, West Gloucestershire, Westhoughton

UTFWA: North Fylde*

Co-op: Ayr*, Barnet*, Berwick-on-Tweed*, Bethnal Green, Bexley*, Bilston, Birmingham Yardley*, Bradford West*, Bristol Central, Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, Dartford*, East Ham South, East Hertfordshire*, Enfield West*, Farnworth, Glasgow Govan, Greenock, Ilford North*, Manchester Wythenshawe, Newcastle East, Portsmouth Langstone*, Sheffield Hillsborough, Southgate*, Warrington, Wednesbury, Weston-super-Mare*, Willesden West, Wood Green

1974 February candidates and MPs

From Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.371-390

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

APAC: Stretford*

APEX: Birmingham Small Heath, Darlington, Glasgow Craigton, Gower, Hertford & Stevenage, Sheffield Park

ASLEF: SE Derbyshire*

ASTMS: Bethnal Green & Bow, Birkenhead, Birmingham Perry Barr, Bristol NW, East Kilbride, Edinburgh E, Feltham & Heston, Lichfield & Tamworth*, Macclesfield*, Nelson & Colne*, Portsmouth N, Preston S, Sunderland N, Wokingham*

AUEW: Aberdeen N, Bassetlaw, Bothwell, Bradford N, Bridgwater*, Burnley, Carlton*, Chorley, Consett, Coventry NE, Doncaster, Dundee E*, Gateshead E, Glasgow Garscadden, Gloucester*, Leeds W, Newark, Newton, Paisley, St Pancras N, Salford W, Swansea E, Tottenham, Wallsend

EETPU: Swindon, Tooting, Wakefield

GMWU: Battersea S, Bristol S, Chester-le-Street, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Hammersmith N, Hull W, Newcastle W, Nottingham W, Sheffield Attercliffe, Stockton, Stoke-on-Trent S, Whitehaven, Workington

FTAT: Hackney S & Shoreditch, Wycombe*

ISTC: Halesowen & Stourbridge*, Neath, Sheffield Brightside

MU: Rotherham

NUB: Redcar

NUFLAT: Melton*

NUM: Barnsley, Blaydon, Bolsover, Cardiff NW, Chesterfield, Dearne Valley, Don Valley, Dunfermline*, Hamilton, Hemsworth, Ince, Liverpool W Derby, Mansfield, Midlothian, Morpeth, NE Derbyshire, Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford, Rochdale*, Rushcliffe*, Wigan

NUPE: Hartlepool, Huddersfield W, Lewisham E, Middlesbrough, Plymouth Drake, Rother Valley, Stalybridge & Hyde

NUR: Carlisle, Exeter, Glasgow C, Glasgow Springburn, St Helens, Sunderland S, West Bromwich E

NUS: Hull E, New Forest*

POEU: Edinburgh Pentlands*, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Westhoughton

TASS: Barrow-in-Furness, Oldham E

TGWU: Bedwellty, Bermondsey, Birmingham Handsworth, Birmingham Northfield, Brigg & Scunthorpe, Central Dunbartonshire, Deptford, E Dunbartonshire*, Eccles, Gateshead W, Hull C, Ilkeston, Kirkcaldy, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Kirkdale, Newham NE, Newport, Nuneaton, Southall, S Ayrshire, Stepney & Poplar, Widnes, Wolverhampton NE

TSSA: Croydon C*, Derby S, Hendon S*, Leeds SE, Leicester E

UCATT: Houghton-le-Spring, Liverpool Walton, Rochester & Chatham*

UPW: Brighton Kemptown*, Hampstead*, Manchester Openshaw, Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth, Western Isles*

USDAW: Birmingham Yardley, Bradford S, Jarrow, Leigh, Ogmore, W Gloucestershire

Co-op: Aberdare, Beeston*, Bexleyheath*, Brent S, Bristol NE, Clackmannan & E Stirlingshire, Dartford, Edmonton, Farnworth, Gillingham*, Glasgow Maryhill, Greenock & Port Glasgow, Harlow, Lewes*, Manchester Wythenshawe, Newcastle E, Northwich*, Stroud*, Thornaby, Walsall N, Warrington, Weston-super-Mare, Wolverhampton SE, Wood Green

1974 October candidates and MPs

From Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.391-411

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

Changes: APAC drop Stretford ASLEF drop SE Derbys ASTMS drop Macclesfield AUEW add Rochdale*, drop Bassetlaw, Bridgwater, Carlton, Gloucester, Newark, Swansea E ISTC drop Sheffield Brightside NGA add Basildon NUAAW add Sheffield Brightside NUFLAT drop Melton NUM add Berwick*, drop Rochdale, Rushcliffe NUPE add Exeter*, drop Plymouth Drake NUR drop Exeter NUS drop New Forest POEU drop Edinburgh Pentlands TASS add Bassetlaw, Newark TGWU add Newcastle N* TSSA drop Croydon C UPW drop Western Isles USDAW drop W Gloucestershire Co-op drop Bexleyheath, Gillingham, Northwich, Stroud, add Ayr*, Chippenham*, Edinburgh Pentlands*, Liverpool Wavertree*

1979 candidates and MPs

From Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.406-431

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

APEX: Glasgow Craigton, Gower, Hertford & Stevenage*, Sheffield Park

ASLEF: Runcorn*

ASTMS: Bethnal Green & Bow, Birmingham Perry Barr, Bristol NW*, East Kilbride, Edinburgh E, Feltham & Heston, Lichfield & Tamworth, Nelson & Colne, Portsmouth N*, Preston S, Sunderland N

AUEW: Aberdeen N, Bradford N, Burnley, Chorley*, Consett, Coventry NE, Doncaster, Gateshead E, Hackney N & Stoke Newington, Kilmarnock, Leeds W, Manchester Blackley, Newton, Rochdale*, St Pancras N, Salford W, Tottenham, Wallsend

AUEW-Construction: Bothwell

COHSE: C Fife, Dudley W*, Ealing N*, Loughborough*, Oldham W, Rhondda

EETPU: Islington C, Swindon, Tooting, Wakefield

FTAT: Hackney S & Shoreditch

GMWU: Bristol S, Bury & Radcliffe, Chester-le-Street, Glasgow Kelvingrove, Hamilton, Hull W, Jarrow, Newcastle W, Nottingham W, Sheffield Attercliffe, Stockton, Stoke-on-Trent S, West Bromwich W, Whitehaven

ISTC: Kettering, Neath

NGA: Basildon*

NUAAW: Sheffield Brightside

NUB: Redcar

NUFLAT: Northampton S*

NUM: Ashfield, Barnsley, Bolsover, Carlton*, Chesterfield, Dearne Valley, Don Valley, Hemsworth, Ince, Leigh, Liverpool W Derby, Mansfield, Midlothian, Morpeth, NE Derbyshire, Normanton, Rushcliffe*, Wigan

NUPE: Hartlepool, lewisham E, Middlesbrough, Rother Valley, South Shields, Stalybridge & Hyde, Wallasey*, Wood Green

NUR: Carlisle, Derby N, Edinburgh C, Glasgow C, Holborn & St Pancras, Huddersfield W*, Islington N, Newcastle C, St Helens, Sunderland S, Swansea E, West Bromwich E, W Lothian

NUS: Hull E

POEU: Bexleyheath*, Blaydon, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Westhoughton

Sheet Metal: Hendon North*

TASS: Barrow-in-Furness, Bassetlaw, Dundee W, Newark*, Oldham E

TGWU: Bedwellty, Bermondsey, Birmingham Northfield*, Brigg & Scunthorpe*, C Dunbartonshire, Deptford, Eccles, Gateshead W, Glasgow Shettleston, Hull C, Ilkeston, Kingswood*, Kirkcaldy, Lincoln*, Liverpool Garston*, Liverpool Scotland Exchange, Lowestoft*, Newport, Nuneaton, Rotherham, Rutherglen, Southall, Sowerby*, Stepney & Poplar, Watford*, W Gloucestershire*, W Renfrewshire, Widnes, Wolverhampton NE

TSSA: Derby S, Leeds SE, Leicester E

UCATT: Houghton-le-Spring, Leeds NW*, Liverpool Walton, Rochester & Chatham*

UPW: Manchester Openshaw, Stirling, Falkirk & Grangemouth

Boilermakers: Manchester Ardwick, N Lanarkshire

USDAW: Birmingham Yardley*, Bradford S, Glasgow Queens Park, Ogmore, Peckham, Woolwich E

Co-op: Aberdare, Altrincham & Sale*, Brent S, Bristol NE, Cardiff NW*, Dartford*, Dunfermline, E Hertfordshire*, Edmonton, Farnworth, Glasgow Maryhill, Greenock & Port Glasgow, Harlow, Huddersfield E, Lambeth C, Liverpool Wavertree*, Manchester Wythenshawe, Newcastle E, St Albans*, S Ayrshire, Thornaby, Totnes*, Warrington, Weston-super-Mare*, Wolverhampton SE

RACS: Thanet W*

1992 candidates and MPs

From The Times Guide to the House of Commons April 1992, pp.32-249

All CLP funded unless listed. Starred candidates were unsuccessful.

AEU: Aberdeen N, Doncaster C, Glasgow Pollok, Kilmarnock & Loudoun, Knowsley N, Manchester Blackley, Rotherham, Salford E, Sheffield C, Sheffield Heeley, St Helens N, Tyne Bridge

ASLEF: Hampstead & Highgate

CATU: Newcastle-under-Lyme

COHSE: Falkirk W, Oldham W, Redcar, Rhondda, Stoke N, Wallasey, Workington

EETPU: Folkeston & Hythe*, Gosport*, Hull W, Langbaurgh*, Tooting

GMB: Brent S, Burnley, Copeland, Dewsbury, N Durham, Eccles, Glanford & Scunthorpe, Gower, Grimsby, Hamilton, Jarrow, Lewisham E, Manchester Gorton, Milton Keynes NE*, Monklands E, Newcastle E, Newcastle N, Rochdale, Rutland & Melton*, Spelthorne*, St Helens S, Sutton Coldfield*

GPMU: Clackmannan, Leeds NE*, Leicester S, Manchester C, Newham NE, Stretford

MSF: Barking, Bassetlaw, Birmingham Hodge Hill, NE Derbyshire, Dundee W, NW Durham, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Springburn, Islington S & Finsbury, Leeds C, Mansfield, Newcastle C, Stockton N, Vale of Glamorgan*, Warrington N

NACODS: Wentworth

NCU: Blaydon, Wigan

NUM: Barnsley C, Barnsley E, Blyth Valley, Bolsover, Clydesdale, Don Valley, Easington, Leigh, Rother Valley, Wansbeck

NUPE: Birmingham Ladywood, Bridgwater*, Caerphilly, Fife Central, Leicester E, Northavon*, Sheffield Brightside, South Shields, Stalybridge & Hyde

RMT: Crewe & Nantwich, Glasgow Garscadden, Holborn & St Pancras, Linlithgow, Livingston, Nottingham E, Swansea E, West Bromwich E, Wrexham [also possibly Hull E?]

TGWU: Alyn & Deeside, Bethnal Green, Bolton SE, Bradford W, Bury S*, Carlisle, Clwyd SW, Cynon Valley, Derby S, Dulwich, Dunfermline E, City of Durham, East Kilbride, Edinburgh E, Gateshead E, Glasgow Hillhead, Glasgow Maryhill, Glasgow Provan, Glasgow Shettleston, Halton, Hull N, Islwyn, Lewisham Deptford, Liverpool Garston, Liverpool Riverside, Makerfield, Motherwell N, Newham NW, Newport E, Nottingham N, Peckham, Sedgefield, Sheffield Attercliffe, Stoke S, Torfaen, Worsley

USDAW: Birmingham Erdington, Birmingham Sparkbrook, Bishop Auckland, Edinburgh South, Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, Ogmore, Oxford E, Preston, Renfrew W & Inverclyde

Co-op: Bristol NW, Cardiff S & Penarth, Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Dumbarton, Edinburgh Pentlands*, Edmonton*, Feltham & Heston, Glasgow Govan, Grantham*, Huddersfield, Ilford S, Kirkcaldy, Manchester Wythenshawe, Meriden*, Paisley S, Wantage*, Wolverhampton SE

As of 1996, MP sponsorship (from BBC-Vacher's Biographical Guide 1996, London: BBC Political Research Unit and Vacher's Publications. pp.2-18–2-19):

AEEU: Kevin Barron, Richard Caborn, David Clelland, Tom Cox, Lawrence Cunliffe, Jimmy Dunnachie, Ken Eastham, Jon Evans, George Howarth, Robert Hughs, Michael Martin, Willie McKelvey, Bill Michie, Bill Olner, Stanley Orme, Tom Pendry, Stuart Randall, John Spellar, Harold Walker

ASLEF: Glenda Jackson

CWU: Joe Benton, Judith Church, Michael Connarty, Peter Hain, Kate Hoey, John McWilliam, Estelle Morris, Chris Smith, Roger Stott

GMB: Stuart Bell, Paul Boateng, Roland Boyes, Nick Brown, Tom Clarke, Jack Cunningham, Don Dixon, Roger Godsiff, John Gunnell, Doug Henderson, Gerald Kaufman, Joan Lestor, Geoffrey Lofthouse, John Morris, Bridget Prentice, Giles Radice, George Robertson, Clive Soley, Ann Taylor, Gareth Wardell

GPMU: Bob Litherland, Tony Lloyd, Jim Marshall, Martin O'Neill, Terry Rooney, Gerry Sutcliffe

Co-op: Ian Davidson, George Foulkes, Michael Gapes, Jon Owen Jones, Alan Keen, Tommy McAvoy, John McFall, Gordon McMaster, Alun Michael, Lewis Moonie, Alf Morris, Ken Purchase, Barry Sheerman, Don Touhig, Dennis Turner

MSF: Bob Ainsworth, Hilary Armstrong, Joe Ashton, John Austin-Walker, Roger Berry, Anne Campbell, Frank Cook, Jim Cousins, Terry Davis, Derek Fatchett, Doug Hoyle, Alan Meale, Alan Milburn, Andrew Miller, Ernie Ross, Mike Watson

NACODS: Peter Hardy

NUM: Ronnie Campbell, Michael Clapham, Eric Clarke, John Cummings, Bill Etherington, Jimmy Hood, Kevin Hughes, Eric Illsley, Terry Patchett, Martin Redmond, Dennis Skinner, Jack Thompson

RMT: Donald Anderson, Hugh Bayley, Robin Cook, Tam Dalyell, Donald Dewar, Frank Dobson, Gwyneth Dunwoody, John Heppell, Keith Hill, John Marek, John Prescott, Peter Snape

TGWU: Graham Allan, Tony Banks, Margaret Beckett, Clive Betts, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Richard Burden, Ann Clwyd, Jean Corston, Maria Fyfe, George Galloway, Harriet Harman, Roy Hughes, Adam Ingram, Barry Jones, Martyn Jones, Tessa Jowell, Terry Lewis, Ken Livingstone, Eddie Loyden, Andrew MacKinlay, Max Madden, David Marshall, Eric Martlew, Ian McCartney, Kevin McNamara, Rhodri Morgan, Paul Murphy, Gordon Oakes, Robert Parry, Joyce Quin, John Reid, Joan Ruddock, Peter Shore, Gerry Steinberg, George Stevenson, Gavin Strang, Jimmy Wray

TSSA: John Home Robertson, Alan Williams

Unison: David Blunkett, Stephen Byers, Dale Campbell-Savours, Dennis Canavan, David Clark, Jeremy Corbyn, Ron Davies, Angela Eagle, David Hinchliffe, Jane Kennedy, Alice Mahon, Michael Meacher, Henry McLeish, Mo Mowlam, Dawn Primarolo, Allan Rogers, Clare Short, Rachel Squire, Keith Vaz, Joan Walley

USDAW: Ann Coffey, Robin Corbett, Derek Foster, Tommy Graham, Nigel Griffiths, Roy Hattersley, Ray Powell, Ted Rowlands, Andrew Smith, Audrey Wise