Independent Labour Party election results

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

Summary of general election performance

Year	Number of candidates^[1]	Total votes	Average voters per candidate	Percentage of vote	Saved deposits	Change (%)	Number of MPs ^[1]
1895	28	44,325	1,583	1.0	N/A	N/A	0
1900	9	32,135	3,571	0.9	N/A	-0.1	1
1906	11	81,415	7,401	1.6	N/A	+0.7	7
1910 Jan	14	87,499	6,250	1.4	N/A	-0.2	6
1910 Dec	12	69,884	5,824	1.4	N/A	0.0	8
1918	50						3
1922	55						31
1923	89						39
1924	87						30
1929	54						36
1931	19	239,280	12,594	1.2			3
1935	17	136,208	8,012	0.7	9	-0.5	4
1945	5	46,769	9,354	0.2	4	-0.5	3
1950	4	4,112	1,028	0.0	0	-0.2	0
1951	3	4,057	1,352	0.0	0	0.0	0
1955	2	3,334	1,667	0.0	0	0.0	0
1959	2	923	462	0.0	0	0.0	0
1964	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1966	1	441	441	0.0	0	N/A	0
1970	1	847	847	0.0	0	0.0	0
February 1974	1	991	991	0.0	0	0.0	0

Election results

By-elections, 1893–1895

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

1895 general election

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

By-elections, 1895–1900

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

1900 general election

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

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

By-elections, 1900–1906

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

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

1906 general election

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

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

By-elections, 1906–1910

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

All candidates other than Bramley stood for the Labour Party.^[3] Only candidates sponsored by the ILP are listed.

January 1910 general election

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

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

December 1910 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[5]
Blackburn	Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden	10,762		1
Bow and Bromley	Lansbury, GeorgeGeorge Lansbury	4,315	55.6	1
Bradford West	Jowett, FredFred Jowett	8,880	66.6	1
Chatham	Smith, FrankFrank Smith	1,103	8.9	3
Glasgow Camlachie	Kessack, James O'ConnorJames O'Connor Kessack	1,539	18.1	3
Halifax	Parker, JamesJames Parker	8,511		2
Leeds South	Badlay, JohnJohn Badlay	2,706	21.5	3
Leicester	Macdonald, RamsayRamsay Macdonald	12,998	38.5	2
Liverpool Kirkdale	McKerrell, ThomasThomas McKerrell	2,992	41.6	2
Manchester North East	Clynes, J. R.J. R. Clynes	4,313		1
Merthyr Tydfil	Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie	11,507	39.6	2
Whitehaven	Richardson, ThomasThomas Richardson	1,414	53.7	1

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1910–1918

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

All candidates except Williams stood for the Labour Party.^[3]

1918 general election

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

All candidate stood for the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1918–1922

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

All candidates except Bland stood for the Labour Party.^[3]

1922 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position
Aberavon	Macdonald, RamsayRamsay Macdonald	14,138	46.6	1
Accrington	Buxton, Charles RodenCharles Roden Buxton	16,462		1
Bermondsey West	Salter, AlfredAlfred Salter	7,550		1
Birmingham Ladywood	Dunstan, RobertRobert Dunstan	10,589		2
Bishop Auckland	Spoor, BenBen Spoor	13,946		1
Blackburn	Davies, PercyPercy Davies	24,049		3
Bradford Central	Leach, WilliamWilliam Leach	14,296		1
Bradford East	Jowett, FredFred Jowett	13,573		1
Brigg	Quibell, DavidDavid Quibell	9,185		2
Bristol North	Ayles, WalterWalter Ayles	9,567		2
Bute and North Ayrshire	Paton, JohnJohn Paton	9,323	39.4	2
Caerphilly	Jones, MorganMorgan Jones	13,759	57.2	1
Cardiff Central	Edmunds, James EwartJames Ewart Edmunds	8,169	29.4	2
Chelsea	Russell, BertrandBertrand Russell	4,513		2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire	Weir, Lauchlin MacNeillLauchlin MacNeill Weir	10,312	42.0	1
Colne Valley	Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden	12,614		1
Consett	Dunnico, HerbertHerbert Dunnico	14,469		1
Dewsbury	Riley, BenjaminBenjamin Riley	8,856		1
Dunbartonshire	Martin, W. H.W. H. Martin	13,216		2
East Renfrewshire	Nichol, RobertRobert Nichol	9,708	42.4	1
Edinburgh Central	Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham	12,876	57.9	1
Glasgow Bridgeton	Maxton, JamesJames Maxton	17,890	63.7	1
Glasgow Camlachie	Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen	15,181	53.2	1
Glasgow Cathcart	Hay, John PrimroseJohn Primrose Hay	9,137	34.0	1
Glasgow Central	Mitchell, Edward RosslynEdward Rosslyn Mitchell	12,923	41.9	2
Glasgow Govan	Maclean, NeilNeil Maclean	15,441	62.3	1
Glasgow Maryhill	Muir, John WilliamJohn William Muir	13,058	47.3	1
Glasgow Pollok	Mackay, Alexander BurnsAlexander Burns Mackay	5,759	24.7	2
Glasgow St Rollox	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	16,114	56.6	1
Glasgow Shettleston	Wheatley, JohnJohn Wheatley	14,695	59.1	1
Glasgow Springburn	Hardie, GeorgeGeorge Hardie	15,771	60.5	1
Huddersfield	Hudson, James HindleJames Hindle Hudson	15,673		2
Hull South West	Arnott, JohnJohn Arnott	4,859		3
Ipswich	Jackson, RobertRobert Jackson	14,924		2
Keighley	Lees-Smith, HastingsHastings Lees-Smith	13,978		1
Kilmarnock	Climie, RobertRobert Climie	10,752	45.3	2
Lanark	Dickson, Thomas ScottThomas Scott Dickson	9,812	45.0	2
Lancaster	Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway	9,043		2
Leeds North East	Badlay, JohnJohn Badlay	6,525	24.4	3
Leicester East	Banton, GeorgeGeorge Banton	13,850		2
Limehouse	Attlee, ClementClement Attlee	9,688		1
Linlithgowshire	Shinwell, MannyManny Shinwell	12,625	46.4	1
Merthyr	Wallhead, R. C.R. C. Wallhead	17,516	53.0	1
Montrose Burghs	Carnegie, JohnJohn Carnegie	7,044		2
Newcastle-under-Lyme	Wedgwood, JosiahJosiah Wedgwood	14,503		1
Newcastle Central	Trevelyan, CharlesCharles Trevelyan	13,709		1
Norwich	Witard, HerbertHerbert Witard	15,609		3
Rutherglen	Wright, WilliamWilliam Wright	14,029	55.1	1
Sheffield Brightside	Ponsonby, ArthurArthur Ponsonby	16,692		1
Spen Valley	Myers, TomTom Myers	12,519	36.9	2
Stirling and Clackmannan West	Johnston, TomTom Johnston	9,919	55.0	1
Swansea East	Williams, DavidDavid Williams	11,333	50.9	1
Upton	Gardner, Benjamin WalterBenjamin Walter Gardner	7,268	32.8	1
West Renfrewshire	Murray, RobertRobert Murray	11,787	54.0	1

All candidates stood for the Labour Party.

1929 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[7]
Aberdeen North	Benn, William WedgwoodWilliam Wedgwood Benn	17,826	60.8	1
Aberdeen South	Martin, William Henry PorteousWilliam Henry Porteous Martin	13,856	39.1	2
Argyll	Kinloch, John LairdJohn Laird Kinloch	6,001	23.8	3
Ayr Burghs	Shaw, ClariceClarice Shaw	13,429	36.5	2
Belper	Lees, JackJack Lees	15,958	43.0	1
Birkenhead East	Coulthard, JamesJames Coulthard	11,654	31.8	3
Birmingham Erdington	Simmons, CharlesCharles Simmons	20,665	43.4	1
Birmingham Ladywood	Whiteley, WilfridWilfrid Whiteley	16,447	50.0	1
Blackburn	Hamilton, Mary AgnesMary Agnes Hamilton	37,256	26.1	1
Bradford Central	Leach, WilliamWilliam Leach	24,876	59.0	1
Bradford East	Jowett, Frederick WilliamFrederick William Jowett	21,398	54.7	1
Bute and Northern Ayrshire	Sloan, AlexanderAlexander Sloan	14,294	43.8	2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire	Weir, Lauchlin MacNeillLauchlin MacNeill Weir	17,667	53.2	1
Clapham	Skinner, J. AllenJ. Allen Skinner	9,871	30.5	2
Dumfriesshire	Marwick, W. H.W. H. Marwick	6,687	18.7	3
East Renfrewshire	Munro, John MartinJohn Martin Munro	16,924	47.8	2
Edinburgh Central	Graham, WilliamWilliam Graham	16,762	59.0	1
Fylde	Williamson, J.J. Williamson	16,318	35.3	2
Galloway	McNeill, HectorHector McNeill	4,903	15.5	3
Glasgow Bridgeton	Maxton, JamesJames Maxton	21,033	67.7	1
Glasgow Camlachie	Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen	17,946	53.2	1
Glasgow Cathcart	Hay, John PrimroseJohn Primrose Hay	12,983	36.3	2
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Winning, JohnJohn Winning	15,173	43.6	2
Glasgow Maryhill	Clarke, John SmithJohn Smith Clarke	18,311	50.6	1
Glasgow Shettleston	Wheatley, JohnJohn Wheatley	19,594	60.4	1
Glasgow Springburn	Hardie, GeorgeGeorge Hardie	21,079	65.5	1
Glasgow St Rollox	Stewart, JamesJames Stewart	19,445	61.8	1
Huddersfield	Hudson, James HindleJames Hindle Hudson	25,966	38.3	1
Kingston-upon-Hull South West	Arnott, JohnJohn Arnott	14,903	41.2	1
Keighley	Lees-Smith, HastingsHastings Lees-Smith	18,412	44.7	1
Kilmarnock	Climie, RobertRobert Climie	17,386	48.2	1
Liverpool Kirkdale	Sandham, ElijahElijah Sandham	15,222	51.3	1
Leeds West	Stamford, Thomas WilliamThomas William Stamford	18,765	41.9	1
Leicester East	Wise, Edward FrankEdward Frank Wise	22,533	50.8	1
Leyton East	Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway	11,111	42.9	1
Merthyr	Wallhead, R. C.R. C. Wallhead	22,701	59.6	1
Motherwell	Barr, JamesJames Barr	16,650	58.0	1
Norwich	Jewson, DorothyDorothy Jewson	31,040	24.0	3
Oldham	Lang, GordonGordon Lang	34,223	26.2	1
Paisley	Welsh, JamesJames Welsh	22,425	55.8	1
Perth	Gault, HelenHelen Gault	8,291	23.5	3
St Pancras North	Marley, JamesJames Marley	17,458	48.5	1
Salford West	Haycock, AlexanderAlexander Haycock	15,647	42.8	1
Western Isles	MacDiarmid, John M.John M. MacDiarmid	3,589	32.5	2
West Renfrewshire	Forgan, RobertRobert Forgan	14,419	46.5	1
West Stirlingshire	Johnston, TomTom Johnston	15,179	56.7	1
Whitehaven	Phillips Price, MorganMorgan Phillips Price	14,034	46.8	1
Widnes	Cameron, Alexander GordonAlexander Gordon Cameron	19,125	51.0	1
Willesden East	Lloyd, William DaviesWilliam Davies Lloyd	13,977	33.1	2

All candidates stood as part of the Labour Party.

By-elections 1929–1931

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

All candidates except Irwin were endorsed by the Labour Party.

1931 general election

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

In addition, Josiah Wedgwood was elected unopposed for Newcastle-under-Lyme. Only those ILP members not accredited by the Labour Party are listed.^[9]

By-elections, 1931–1935

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
New Forest and Christchurch by-election, 1932	Smith, C. A.C. A. Smith	5,135	18.0
Kilmarnock by-election, 1933	Pollock, JohnJohn Pollock	7,575	20.9	3
Upton by-election, 1934	Brockway, FennerFenner Brockway	748	3.5
Merthyr by-election, 1934	Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen	3,508	9.8	3

1935 general election

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

By-elections, 1935–1945

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

1945 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Bilston	Eaton, ArthurArthur Eaton	849	1.8	3
Bradford East	Ballantine, WillWill Ballantine	5,105	14.6	3
Glasgow Bridgeton	Maxton, JamesJames Maxton	13,220	66.4	1
Glasgow Camlachie	Stephen, CampbellCampbell Stephen	15,558	57.7	1
Glasgow Shettleston	McGovern, JohnJohn McGovern	11,947	35.5	1

By-elections, 1945–1950

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Battersea North by-election, 1946	Dewar, HugoHugo Dewar	240	1.5	3
Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1946	Carmichael, JamesJames Carmichael	6,351	34.3	1
Liverpool Edge Hill by-election, 1947	Gibson, DavidDavid Gibson	154	0.7	4
Glasgow Camlachie by-election, 1948	Maxton, AnnieAnnie Maxton	1,622	6.4	3

1950 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Burnley	Carradice, DanDan Carradice	295	0.5	4
Glasgow Bridgeton	Duncan, RobertRobert Duncan	1,974	5.8	3
Glasgow Shettleston	Graham, JimJim Graham	1,031	2.5	4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Barton, FredFred Barton	812	2.1	3

By-elections, 1950–1951

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Glasgow Scotstoun by-election, 1950	Gibson, DavidDavid Gibson	680	1.9	3
Ormskirk by-election, 1951	Barton, FredFred Barton	689	2.0	3

1951 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central	Barton, FredFred Barton	1,006	2.5	3
Glasgow Bridgeton	Duncan, RobertRobert Duncan	1,796	5.4	3
Glasgow Shettleston	Graham, JimJim Graham	1,195	2.8	3

1955 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Bermondsey	Birkett, StanStan Birkett	715	2.5	3
Glasgow Bridgeton	Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone	2,619	7.4	3

By-elections, 1955–1959

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
East Ham North by-election, 1957	Christopher, BillBill Christopher	458	2.1	4
Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election, 1958	Park, WilliamWilliam Park	587	2.8	4
Islington North by-election, 1958	McKie, JimJim McKie	576	2.9	3

1959 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Park, WilliamWilliam Park	740	3.0	3
Walthamstow East	Christopher, BillBill Christopher	183	0.5	4

By-elections, 1959–1964

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Glasgow Bridgeton by-election, 1961	Stone, GeorgeGeorge Stone	586	3.1	4

1966 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Leyton	Hanley, BillBill Hanley	441	0.9	4

1970 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
Halifax	Graham, AlistairAlistair Graham	847	1.7	3

February 1974 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[8]
St Helens	Pike, M.M. Pike	991	1.8	4

References

1 2 F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.54
↑ The Labour Annual (1896), pp.40-41
1 2 3 F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918, p.xvi
↑ "I.L.P. Candidates: the official list", Manchester Guardian, 10 December 1909
↑ The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p.361
↑ Independent Labour Party, Report of the Annual Conference (1919), pp.28-29
↑ Independent Labour Party, The Report of the Annual Conference (1929), p.40
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 F. W. S. Craig, Minor parties at British Parliamentary elections 1885–1974
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party (1931), p.295; Josiah Wedgwood omitted as he was not affiliated with the ILP.

F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987

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