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Labour Party (UK) election results (1922–1929)

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UK political party election results

This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1922 United Kingdom general election to 1929, including by-elections.

All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency"). During this period, full details of the sponsorship of candidates were not reported; where known, they are listed.

Summary of general election performance

Year Number of candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Lost deposits Number of MPs
1922 414 4,237,349 10,235 29.1 +8.3 7 142
1923 427 4,267,831 9,994 30.7 +1.6 17 191
1924 514 5,281,626 10,275 24.6 -6.1 28 151

Sponsorship of candidates

Sponsor Candidates 22 MPs 22 Candidates 23 MPs 23 Candidates 24 MPs 24
CLP unknown 19 unknown 38 unknown 24
Co-op 11 4 10 6 10 5
Fabian unknown 1 unknown 2 unknown 1
ILP 55 32 89 45 87 37
SDF 2 1 5 4 4 3
Trade union 157 86 129 102 144 88

Details of the sponsorship of candidates by the Co-operative Party and ILP nominees in 1922, 1923 and 1924 were published by those organisations. Other figures were not collected and are therefore not known with certainty, but estimates of the number of trade union-sponsored candidates come from James Parker's Trade unions and the political culture of the British Labour Party, 1931-1940.

Election results

1922 general election

Clement Attlee, future party leader, elected for the first time in Limehouse
Ethel Bentham, candidate in Islington East
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
Aberavon Ramsay Macdonald 14,138 46.6 1 ILP
Aberdare George Hall 20,704 57.2 1 Miners
Aberdeen North Frank Herbert Rose 10,958 55.7 1 Engineering
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,462 44.2 1 ILP
Acton Mary Richardson 5,342 26.2 2 Constituency
Altrincham George Benson 4,930 13.7 3
Ashford Basil Noble 6,977 30.9 2 Constituency
Ashton-under-Lyne Tom Gillinder 8,834 42.4 2 Engineering
Ayr Burghs John McDiarmid Airlie 6,533 26.0 3 Boilermakers
Banbury Ernest Bennett 6,463 24.1 2 Constituency
Barnard Castle John Swan 8,052 49.3 2 Miners
Barnsley John Potts 14,728 55.1 1 Constituency
Barrow-in-Furness John Bromley 14,551 46.9 2 Locomotive Engineers
Basingstoke Samuel Ledbury 3,035 13.6 3 Engineering
Bassetlaw Henry Joseph Odell 10,502 44.8 2
Bath Herbert Elvin 4,849 17.8 3 Clerks
Batley and Morley Ben Turner 15,005 46.2 1 Textile Workers
Battersea South Albert Winfield 11,050 38.5 2 Municipal Employees
Bedford Arthur Sells 5,477 20.5 3 Constituency
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 17,270 63.0 1 Miners
Belper Oliver Wright 7,942 38.9 2 Miners
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 7,550 44.6 1 ILP
Berwick and Haddington Robert Spence 5,842 29.3 2 Constituency
Birkenhead West William Henry Egan 10,371 46.0 2 Boilermakers
Birmingham Aston Joe Cotter 10,279 39.2 2 Marine Workers
Birmingham Deritend Fred Longden 6,892 28.8 2 Constituency
Birmingham Duddeston Michael Brothers 8,331 38.9 2 Textile Factory Workers
Birmingham King's Norton Eleanor Barton 7,017 32.8 2 Co-op
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 10,589 44.8 2 ILP
Birmingham Sparkbrook Ernest Walter Hampton 6,310 23.4 3 Co-op
Birmingham West Frank Smith 9,599 38.4 2 Constituency
Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 11,234 41.9 2 Woodworkers
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,946 53.7 1 ILP
Blackburn John Davies 24,049 21.7 3 ILP
Blackburn Edward Porter 23,402 21.1 4
Blaydon William Whiteley 14,722 53.9 1 Miners
Bolton Samuel Lomax 20,559 16.1 3 Railway Clerks
Bolton William James Abraham 20,156 15.8 4 Railwaymen
Bosworth Clement Bundock 8,740 31.8 2 Constituency
Bothwell John Robertson 13,872 57.0 1 Miners
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 15,402 64.1 1 Constituency
Bradford Central William Leach 14,296 42.4 1 ILP
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,573 45.4 1 ILP
Bradford North John Palin 8,869 31.5 3 Vehicle Workers
Bradford South William Hirst 12,353 35.3 2 Co-op
Brecon and Radnor Edward Thomas John 9,850 32.6 2 Constituency
Bridgwater Thomas Williams 1,598 06.7 3
Brigg David Quibell 9,185 37.3 2 ILP
Bristol Central Christopher Thomson 12,303 44.1 2 Constituency
Bristol East Luke Bateman 13,759 49.7 2 Railwaymen
Bristol North Walter Ayles 9,567 35.4 2 ILP
Bristol South David Vaughan 12,650 43.8 2 Constituency
Bromley F. P. Hodes 4,735 15.4 3 Constituency
Broxtowe George Spencer 11,699 50.8 1 Miners
Buckingham Owen Connellan 7,343 26.3 2 Typographical
Burnley Dan Irving 17,385 39.1 1 Social Democratic
Burslem Andrew MacLaren 11,872 50.4 1 Constituency
Bury Harry Wallace 9,643 36.7 2 Post Office Workers
Bute and North Ayrshire John Paton 9,323 39.4 2 ILP
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 13,759 57.2 1 ILP
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 8,320 50.8 1 Post Office Workers
Camberwell North West Hyacinth Morgan 5,182 30.9 2
Camborne Tom Proctor 4,502 21.9 3 Engineering
Cambridge Alec Firth 4,810 20.9 3
Cambridgeshire Albert Ernest Stubbs 9,167 35.3 2 Constituency
Cannock William Adamson 9,889 36.8 1 Workers
Canterbury John Henry Lang Sims 5,639 28.8 2
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,169 29.4 2 ILP
Cardiff East Arthur James Williams 7,506 31.4 3 Railwaymen
Cardiff South David Pole 6,831 31.9 3
Carlisle George Middleton 7,870 37.6 1 Post Office Workers
Carnarvonshire Robert Thomas Jones 14,016 53.0 1 North Wales Quarrymen
Chelmsford Clara Rackham 3,767 17.6 3
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 4,513 25.1 2 ILP
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 20,296 68.5 1 Miners
Chichester Richard Hope 6,752 25.7 2 Constituency
Chippenham William Robert Roberts 1,098 05.1 3 Woodworkers
Cirencester and Tewkesbury William Robert Robins 9,195 35.8 2 Railway Clerks
City of Chester George Muff 5,414 24.6 2
City of Durham Joshua Ritson 14,068 55.2 1 Miners
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,312 42.0 1 ILP
Clapham Leopold Spero 4,919 21.7 2
Clay Cross Charles Duncan 13,206 57.9 1 Workers
Cleveland Harry Dack 10,843 29.5 3 Miners
Clitheroe Alfred Davies 12,911 45.3 2 Textile Factory Workers
Coatbridge James C. Welsh 12,038 49.0 1
Colchester Richard Leopold Reiss 10,045 43.3 2 Constituency
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 12,614 39.5 1 ILP
Combined English Universities Leonard Woolf 361 12.2 4
Consett Herbert Dunnico 14,469 46.5 1 ILP
Coventry Robert Williams 16,289 33.1 2 Transport & General
Crewe Edward George Hemmerde 15,311 50.9 1 Constituency
Croydon South H. T. Muggeridge 8,942 27.5 2
Darlington Will Sherwood 9,048 33.8 2 General Workers
Dartford John Edmund Mills 14,744 43.9 2 Constituency
Darwen John McGurk 4,528 15.8 3 Miners
Daventry Will Rogers 8,850 40.4 2 Constituency
Deptford Charles William Bowerman 18,512 52.6 1 Compositors
Derby J. H. Thomas 25,215 27.0 1 Railwaymen
Derby William Robert Raynes 21,677 23.3 4 Constituency
Dewsbury Ben Riley 8,821 37.3 1 ILP
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 13,437 46.5 1 Miners
Don Valley Tom Williams 9,903 47.0 1 Miners
Dudley James Wilson 8,522 39.8 2 Railwaymen
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 16,397 64.5 1 Engineering
Dunbartonshire William Martin 13,216 49.6 2 ILP
Dundee E. D. Morel 30,292 25.6 2 Constituency
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 11,652 50.4 1 Miners
Ealing Alfred Chilton 6,128 28.7 2 Constituency
East Dorset Frederick Jesse Hopkins 6,914 27.1 2 Constituency
East Grinstead Thomas Crawford 6,527 29.0 2 Constituency
East Ham South Alfred Barnes 10,566 48.1 1 Co-op
East Norfolk George Edward Hewitt 4,361 19.3 3
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,708 42.4 1 ILP
East Surrey Marjorie Pease 3,667 22.7 2 Constituency
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies 16,947 65.4 1 Miners
Eccles John Buckle 14,354 51.4 1 Boot & Shoe
Edinburgh Central William Graham 12,876 57.9 1 ILP
Edmonton Frank Broad 8,407 45.1 1 Engineering
Elland William C. Robinson 10,590 36.8 1 Textile Factory Workers
Enfield George Lathan 9,820 45.6 2 Railway Clerks
Epsom Somerville Hastings 6,571 28.8 2 Constituency
Evesham Robert Aldington 7,715 40.1 2 Constituency
Fareham C. H. Hoare 6,245 26.9 2 Constituency
Farnham Thomas Humphrey Marshall 5,312 26.7 2 Constituency
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 13,391 45.6 1 Miners
Faversham Stanley Morgan 11,096 44.8 2 Constituency
Finsbury George Gillett 4,903 23.3 3 Constituency
Flintshire David Gwynfryn Jones 6,163 16.2 3
Forest of Dean James Wignall 10,820 52.4 1 Transport & General Workers
Frome Edward Gill 14,311 48.8 2 Miners
Fulham East John Palmer 5,393 35.0 2 Transport & General Workers

Fulham West Robert Mark Gentry 8,210 35.6 2 Bakers
Gainsborough James Read 4,884 23.1 3 Constituency
Gateshead John Brotherton 18,795 43.8 1 Engineering
Gillingham Maurice Spencer 8,944 41.9 2
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 17,890 63.7 1 ILP
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 15,181 53.2 1 ILP
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,137 34.0 1 ILP
Glasgow Central Edward Rosslyn Mitchell 12,923 41.9 2 ILP
Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 16,478 54.5 1 Patternmakers
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,441 62.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,058 47.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Pollok Alexander Burns Mackay 5,759 24.7 2 ILP
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,114 56.6 1 ILP
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 14,695 59.1 1 ILP
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,771 60.5 1 ILP
Glasgow Tradeston Thomas Henderson 14,190 55.7 1 Co-op
Gloucester Morgan Philips Price 7,871 36.0 2
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 13,388 54.2 1 Miners
Grantham John Henry Jones 5,332 18.8 3 Constituency
Gravesend George Isaacs 7,180 35.6 2 Printers Assistants
Great Yarmouth Arthur Whiting 2,574 12.1 3
Greenwich Edward Timothy Palmer 10,860 39.1 2 Prudential Staff
Grimsby Charles Franklin 14,227 37.5 2 Constituency
Guildford William Bennett 7,514 29.4 2 Constituency
Hackney Central Arthur Lynch 4,507 21.3 3 Constituency
Hackney South Holford Knight 9,276 39.8 2 Constituency
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 12,365 57.8 1 Miners
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 5,350 29.8 2 Constituency
Hammersmith South Wyndham Albery 6,397 37.0 2 Constituency
Hanley Myles Harper Parker 10,742 48.8 1 Enginemen
Harborough Walter Baker 6,205 28.2 3 Post Office Workers
Hastings Richard Davies 6,492 31.7 2
Hemel Hempstead John Harper Clynes 5,726 32.6 2
Hemsworth John Guest 14,295 63.2 1 Miners
Hendon Charles Latham 4,669 16.8 3 Constituency
Hereford James Jonas Dodd 4,094 23.8 2 Constituency
Hexham George Shield 5,050 24.2 3 Miners
Heywood and Radcliffe Walter Halls 15,334 44.6 2 Railwaymen
High Peak Frank Anderson 7,698 27.1 2 Railway Clerks
Hitchin Skene Mackay 8,049 38.0 2 Constituency
Holland with Boston William Stapleton Royce 12,489 39.1 1 Constituency
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 14,611 51.9 1 Miners
Huddersfield James Hudson 15,673 33.5 2 ILP
Huntingdonshire Dermot Freyer 4,697 23.6 3
Ilford Augustus West 5,414 17.1 3
Ilkeston George Oliver 9,432 40.0 1 Constituency
Ince Stephen Walsh 17,332 67.7 1 Miners
Ipswich Robert Jackson 14,924 46.6 2 ILP
Isle of Ely William George Hall 5,688 21.4 3 Constituency
Isle of Wight Harold Shearman 3,756 11.2 4
Islington East Ethel Bentham 5,900 22.7 3 Constituency
Islington North Edith Picton-Turbervill 7,993 27.8 2 Constituency
Islington South Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 6,634 30.3 3 Constituency
Islington West William J. Lewington 4,856 25.8 3
Jarrow Robert John Wilson 17,208 53.9 1 Constituency
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 13,978 46.3 1 ILP
Kennington Harry Gosling 7,670 36.1 2 Constituency
Kensington North William Joseph Jarrett 6,225 26.8 2 Constituency
Kettering Alfred Waterson 14,024 49.5 2 Co-op
Kidderminster John Hutchinson Bruce 9,203 31.8 2 Constituency
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,752 45.3 2 ILP
King's Lynn Robert Barrie Walker 8,683 32.7 2 Agricultural
Kingston upon Hull East Archibald Stark 7,468 26.9 3 Constituency
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 4,859 19.1 3 ILP
Kingswinford Charles Henry Sitch 15,232 51.6 1 Chainmakers
Kirkcaldy Burghs Tom Kennedy 12,089 48.6 2 Social Democratic
Lambeth North Barbara Ayrton-Gould 3,353 17.8 3 Constituency
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 9,812 45.0 2 ILP
Lancaster Fenner Brockway 9,043 31.6 2 ILP
Leeds Central Henry Herman Slesser 7,844 27.8 2
Leeds North David Stewart 5,836 21.7 3 Constituency
Leeds North East John Badlay 6,525 24.4 3 ILP
Leeds South Henry Charleton 13,210 53.7 1 Railwaymen
Leeds South East James O'Grady 13,676 58.9 1 Transport & General Workers
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 12,487 48.3 2 ILP
Leek William Bromfield 12,857 50.8 1 Midland Textile
Leicester East George Banton 13,850 47.7 2 ILP
Leicester West Alfred Hill 12,929 45.0 1 Boot & Shoe
Leigh Henry Twist 15,006 45.0 1 Miners
Leith Robert Freeman Wilson 6,567 23.5 3
Lewes Hugh Millier Black 5,328 32.0 2 Constituency
Leyton East William Carter 6,300 30.9 2 Railwaymen
Leyton West Alfred Smith 5,673 23.8 3 Constituency
Lichfield Walter John French 9,316 46.8 2 Miners
Limehouse Clement Attlee 9,688 55.4 1 ILP
Lincoln Robert Arthur Taylor 10,951 41.0 2 Constituency
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 12,625 46.4 1 ILP
Liverpool Edge Hill Jack Hayes 9,520 40.2 2 Police
Liverpool Everton Joseph Toole 7,600 39.4 2 Constituency
Liverpool Fairfield George Porter 5,478 27.7 2
Liverpool Wavertree James Vint Laughland 8,941 38.4 2 Constituency
Liverpool West Derby David Rowland Williams 6,785 29.5 2
Liverpool West Toxteth Joseph Gibbins 10,209 40.4 2
Llandaff and Barry James Lovat-Fraser 9,031 30.4 2 Constituency
Llanelly John Henry Williams 23,213 59.3 1 Constituency
London University H. G. Wells 1,427 19.2 3
Lonsdale Thomas Marshall Scott 4,024 18.4 3
Lowestoft Robert Arthur Mellanby 4,511 18.1 3 Constituency
Luton Percy Alden 7,107 23.3 3 Constituency
Macclesfield Andrew John Penston 6,584 20.0 3 Constituency
Maidstone Hugh Dalton 8,004 31.0 3 Constituency
Maldon George Dallas 6,085 27.8 2 Workers
Manchester Ardwick Thomas Lowth 14,031 52.3 1 Railwaymen
Manchester Blackley Arnold Townend 5,580 26.8 3 Railway Clerks
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 14,789 50.0 2 Miners
Manchester Gorton John Hodge 15,058 53.6 1 Iron & Steel
Manchester Moss Side Thomas William Mercer 4,641 19.9 3 Co-op
Manchester Platting J. R. Clynes 15,683 48.5 1 General Workers
Manchester Rusholme Albert E. Wood 6,497 26.0 3 Constituency
Mansfield William Carter 14,917 48.0 2 Miners
Merioneth John Jones Roberts 7,070 41.7 2
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 17,516 53.0 1 ILP
Middlesbrough East Martin Henry Connolly 7,607 33.4 2 Boilermakers
Middleton and Prestwich Matthew Burrow Farr 10,505 41.5 2 Textile Factory Workers
Midlothian and Peebles Northern Andrew Clarke 6,942 38.3 2
Mile End John Scurr 5,219 35.5 2
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,044 45.6 2 ILP
Morpeth John Cairns 15,026 48.3 1 Miners
Neath William Jenkins 19,566 59.5 1 Miners
Nelson and Colne Arthur Greenwood 17,714 48.5 1 Constituency
Newark Henry Nixon 8,378 35.2 2 Blastfurnacemen
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 13,709 54.2 1 ILP
Newcastle upon Tyne East Joseph Nicholas Bell 10,084 43.1 1 NAUL
Newcastle upon Tyne West David Adams 11,654 43.9 1 Engineering
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 14,503 60.2 1 ILP
Newport (Monmouthshire) John William Bowen 16,000 45.7 2 Post Office Workers
Newton Robert Young 12,312 55.6 1 Engineering
Normanton Frederick Hall 16,040 73.3 1 Miners
Northampton Margaret Bondfield 14,498 37.9 2 General Workers
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 9,359 33.9 1 Miners
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 10,349 47.3 1 Miners
North Norfolk Noel Buxton 12,004 52.2 1 Constituency
Northwich John Williams 13,006 45.8 2 General Workers
Norwich Herbert Witard 15,609 16.9 3 ILP
Norwich George Johnson 14,490 15.7 4 Constituency
Norwood William Archer Hodgson 4,180 15.7 3 Constituency
Nottingham West Arthur Hayday 10,787 49.0 1 General Workers
Nuneaton James Stevenson 10,842 32.5 2 Miners
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn 17,321 55.8 1 Miners
Oldham William John Tout 24,434 27.7 2 Textile Factory Workers
Ormskirk James Bell 8,374 41.3 2 Textile Factory Workers
Oswestry Thomas Morris 6,105 23.8 3 Miners
Paisley John McLaren Biggar 14,689 49.5 2 Co-op
Peckham Walter Ashbridge Chambers 5,964 23.6 3 Constituency
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 6,394 36.0 1 Miners
Pembrokeshire William James Jenkins 9,703 31.0 2 Constituency
Penistone William Gillis 8,382 33.7 2 Miners
Penryn and Falmouth Joseph Harris 4,482 16.6 3 Workers
Perth William Westwood 4,651 18.9 3 Shipwrights
Peterborough John Mansfield 8,668 30.4 2 Constituency
Petersfield Dudley Aman 7,036 35.8 2 Constituency
Plaistow Will Thorne 12,321 63.3 1 General Workers
Plymouth Devonport Barrington Bates 5,742 23.2 3
Plymouth Drake James Gorman 8,359 31.4 2 Engineering
Plymouth Sutton Frederick Woulfe-Brenan 10,831 36.8 2
Pontefract Tom Smith 9,111 38.9 1 Miners
Pontypool Thomas Griffiths 11,198 40.6 1 Iron & Steel
Pontypridd Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 14,884 47.2 1 Miners
Poplar South Samuel March 14,484 58.8 1 Transport & General Workers
Portsmouth Central Arthur Gourd 6,126 21.4 4 Workers
Portsmouth North Arthur Henderson 6,808 26.9 2
Preston Tom Shaw 26,259 27.9 1 Textile Factory Workers
Pudsey and Otley Percy Myers 5,818 21.8 3 Constituency
Reading Derwent Hall Caine 14,322 38.1 2
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan 17,146 55.0 1 Miners
Rhondda West William John 18,001 62.1 1 Miners
Rochdale Stanley Burgess 15,774 38.8 1 Engineering
Romford Albert Emil Davies 9,967 41.5 2 Constituency
Rossendale Gilbert Wright Jones 11,029 36.5 2 Textile Factory Workers
Rother Valley Thomas Grundy unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Rotherham James Walker 16,449 49.0 2 Iron & Steel
Rotherhithe Charles Diamond 6,703 36.3 2 Constituency
Rothwell William Lunn 17,831 62.8 1 Miners
Royton John B. Battle 5,776 19.6 2 Textile Factory Workers
Rugby T. H. Holt-Hughes 4,940 19.7 3 Constituency
Rushcliffe Norman Angell 11,261 43.2 2 Constituency
Rutherglen William Wright 14,029 55.1 1 ILP
Rutland and Stamford Fleming Eccles 7,236 32.9 2 General Workers
Saffron Walden William Cash 6,797 30.1 2 Constituency
St Albans John W. Brown 10,662 42.2 2 Constituency
St Helens James Sexton 20,731 58.7 1 Dock Labourers
St Pancras North John Gilbert Dale 8,165 33.6 2 Constituency
St Pancras South East Herbert Romeril 5,609 30.5 2 Railway Clerks
St Pancras South West George Horne 2,947 17.6 3 Constituency
Salford North Ben Tillett 11,368 41.5 1 Transport & General Workers
Salford West Arthur Law 8,724 32.3 2 Railwaymen
Seaham Sidney Webb 20,203 59.9 1 Fabian
Sedgefield John Herriotts 9,756 43.6 1 Miners
Sevenoaks Lewis Alexander Goldie 6,849 36.2 2 Constituency
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 16,206 68.2 1 Constituency
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 16,692 60.4 1 ILP
Sheffield Hillsborough A. V. Alexander 15,130 56.2 1 Co-op
Sheffield Park Robert Morley 10,578 47.8 2 Workers
Shipley William Mackinder 11,160 37.2 2
Shoreditch Ernest Thurtle 8,834 36.5 2 Constituency
Silvertown Jack Jones 11,874 73.1 1 General Workers
Skipton Tom Snowden 8,229 26.0 3 Constituency
Smethwick John Davison 13,141 50.7 1 Ironfounders
Southampton Tommy Lewis 14,868 16.1 3 Marine Workers
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,511 55.6 1 Miners
South Derbyshire S. Truman 10,201 29.6 2 Constituency
South Dorset Henry Pavely 4,394 20.8 3 Constituency
South East Essex Philip Hoffman 11,459 45.9 2 Shop Assistants
South Norfolk George Edwards 10,159 44.4 2 Agricultural
South Shields Will Lawther 15,735 39.7 2 Miners
Southwark Central George Dobson Bell 5,522 34.4 2 Constituency
Southwark North Leslie Haden-Guest 6,323 46.0 2 Constituency
Southwark South East Thomas Naylor 7,734 43.6 2 Compositors
South West Norfolk William Benjamin Taylor 8,655 45.3 2
Sowerby John William Ogden 7,496 25.5 3 Textile Factory Workers
Spelthorne Archibald Church 7,015 35.2 2 Constituency
Spen Valley Tom Myers 12,519 36.9 2 ILP
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 13,766 50.3 1 Miners
Stafford Bill Holmes 7,672 41.1 2 Agricultural
Stalybridge and Hyde Percy Horace Wood 7,578 21.6 3 Engineering
Stirling and Clackmannan West Tom Johnston 9,919 55.0 1 ILP
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 11,073 53.3 1 Scottish Miners
Stockport Samuel Perry 17,059 16.7 3 Co-op
Stockport James C. H. Robinson 16,126 15.8 4 Woodworkers
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 11,183 34.3 2 Post Office Workers
Stoke John Watts 10,522 38.7 2
Stratford Thomas Edward Groves 10,017 46.8 1 Constituency
Stretford Alfred Harley Turner 8,733 31.1 2
Stroud Samuel Edward Walters 5,081 17.6 3 Boilermakers
Sunderland David Baxter Lawley 13,683 12.2 4 Blind
Sunderland Vickerman Rutherford 13,490 12.1 5 Constituency
Swansea East David Williams 11,333 50.9 1 ILP
Swansea West Howel Walter Samuel 8,401 32.1 3 Fabian
Swindon Joseph Compton 11,502 43.6 2 Vehicle Builders
The Wrekin Richard Edward Jones 10,603 47.6 2 Engineers
Thornbury Joseph Herbert Alpass 5,749 21.3 3 Constituency
Tiverton Frederick Brown 1,457 06.6 3
Tonbridge Joseph Thomas Davies 7,665 27.4 2 Constituency
Tottenham North Robert Morrison 10,250 44.2 1 Co-op
Tottenham South R. H. Tawney 8,241 37.1 2 Constituency
Tynemouth George Harold Humphrey 5,362 22.9 3
University of Wales Olive Wheeler 309 24.8 3
Upton Benjamin Gardner 7,268 32.8 2 ILP
Uxbridge William Brown 7,292 31.0 2 Civil Service Clerks
Wakefield Albert Bellamy 9,798 48.5 2 Railwaymen
Wallsend Patrick Hastings 14,248 46.8 1 Constituency
Walsall Robert Dennison 8,946 23.6 3 Iron & Steel
Walthamstow East William Bridgland Steer 6,382 32.6 2 Constituency
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 8,758 43.3 1 Woodworkers
Wandsworth Central Lewis Silkin 5,420 30.3 2
Wansbeck George Warne 16,032 45.2 1
Warrington James Gregory 13,570 46.9 2 Constituency
Watford James Joseph Mallon 8,561 34.9 2 Constituency
Wednesbury Alfred Short 16,087 50.2 1 Boilermakers
Wellingborough Walter Smith 11,057 42.4 2 Boot & Shoe
Wells Len Smith 4,048 18.9 3 Boot & Shoe
Wentworth George Henry Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Miners
West Bromwich Frederick Owen Roberts 14,210 50.6 1 Typographical
Westbury George Ward 4,572 19.3 3 Constituency
West Dorset T. C. Duke 7,101 37.9 3 Constituency
West Fife William Adamson unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Westhoughton Rhys Davies 14,846 55.4 1 Distributive Workers
Westminster Abbey Joseph George Butler 2,454 13.6 2 Constituency
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,787 54.0 1 ILP
Whitechapel and St George's Charles James Mathew 6,267 40.2 1 Constituency
Whitehaven Thomas Gavan-Duffy 10,935 45.3 1 Cumberland Iron Ore Miners
Widnes Arthur Henderson 12,897 46.8 2 Ironfounders
Wigan John Parkinson 20,079 56.5 1 Miners
Willesden West Samuel Viant 12,529 48.5 2 Woodworkers
Winchester Alexander Haycock 7,535 34.7 2 Constituency
Wirral John Edward Cameron Grant 4,363 17.3 3
Wolverhampton Bilston John Baker 10,392 45.8 2 Iron & Steel
Wolverhampton East William Thomas Augustus Foot 3,076 12.2 3 Railwaymen
Wolverhampton West Alexander Walkden 15,190 46.1 2 Railway Clerks
Woodbridge E. J. C. Neep 9,476 43.3 2 Constituency
Wood Green Harri Tudor Rhys 9,411 30.0 2 Constituency
Woolwich East Harry Snell 15,620 57.1 1 Constituency
Woolwich West John Thomas Sheppard 9,550 39.8 2 Engineering
Workington Thomas Cape 14,546 54.7 1 Miners
Wrexham Robert Richards 11,940 35.8 1 Constituency
Wycombe Samuel Stennett 4,403 14.1 3 Woodworkers
Yeovil William Kelly 9,581 38.3 2 Engineering
York Thomas Gill 10,106 29.6 2 Railway Clerks

Morel in Dundee and Tout in Oldham were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1922–1923

Arthur Henderson, winner of the 1923 Newcastle East by-election
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1923 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East by-election Arthur Henderson 11,066 45.7 1
1923 Whitechapel and St George's by-election Harry Gosling 8,398 57.0 1
1923 Darlington by-election Will Sherwood 11,271 43.4 2
1923 Mitcham by-election James Chuter Ede 8,029 38.0 1
1923 Liverpool Edge Hill by-election Jack Hayes 10,300 52.7 1
1923 Anglesey by-election Edward Thomas John 6,368 30.5 2
1923 Ludlow by-election Percy F. Pollard 1,420 7.8 3 ILP
1923 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election Gilbert Oliver 3,966 18.2 3
1923 Morpeth by-election Robert Smillie 20,053 60.5 1
1923 Leeds Central by-election Henry Slesser 11,359 41.4 2
1923 Rutland and Stamford by-election Arthur Sells 8,406 42.9 2
1923 Yeovil by-election William Thomas Kelly 8,140 28.7 2

1923 general election

Ramsay MacDonald, party leader, elected in Aberavon, became Prime Minister shortly after
Philip Snowden, victor in Colne Valley
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,439 55.6 1 ILP
Aberdare George Hall 22,379 58.2 1 Miners
Aberdeen North Frank Herbert Rose 9,138 50.6 1 Engineering
Aberdeen South John Paton 6,911 29.0 2 ILP
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 16,793 45.7 2 ILP
Acton Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin 6,069 28.9 2 ILP
Ashford Basil Noble 7,709 37.9 2
Ashton-under-Lyne Ellen Wilkinson 6,208 28.7 3 Distributive Workers
Aylesbury Fred Watkins 1,275 04.5 3
Ayr Burghs John McDiarmid Airlie 7,732 31.7 2 Boilermakers
Balham and Tooting Edward Archbold 5,536 21.5 3
Banbury Ernest Bennett 2,500 09.2 3
Barkston Ash George Lewis Ward 7,964 30.3 2
Barnard Castle Moss Turner-Samuels 9,171 55.1 1
Barnsley John Potts 12,674 48.0 1 Miners
Barnstaple Richard W. Gifford 1,225 04.1 3
Barrow-in-Furness John Bromley 13,576 46.0 2 Locomotive Engineers
Bassetlaw Malcolm MacDonald 6,973 28.3 3
Batley and Morley Ben Turner 14,964 52.6 1 Textile Workers
Battersea South Albert Winfield 13,440 48.0 2
Bedfordshire Mid Robert Leonard Wigzell 1,567 07.1 3
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 17,564 67.6 1 Miners
Belper Oliver Wright 7,284 31.5 2 Miners
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 8,298 47.5 2 ILP
Berwick and Haddington Robert Spence 8,576 37.0 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed Edna Martha Penny 2,784 12.5 3
Bethnal Green North East Walter Windsor 7,415 45.7 1 ILP
Bethnal Green South West Joe Vaughan 5,251 39.6 2
Bilston John Baker 9,085 37.1 2 Iron & Steel
Birkenhead West William Henry Egan 12,473 55.8 1 Boilermakers
Birmingham Aston Percival Bower 7,541 31.8 2
Birmingham Deritend Fred Longden 9,396 43.9 2
Birmingham Duddeston George Francis Sawyer 7,309 37.2 2
Birmingham Erdington Albert Edward Eyton 7,574 34.0 2
Birmingham King's Norton Eleanor Barton 6,743 30.7 2 Co-op
Birmingham Ladywood Robert Dunstan 11,330 46.8 2 ILP
Birmingham Sparkbrook Ernest Walter Hampton 5,948 24.6 2
Birmingham West Frank Smith 9,983 41.7 2
Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 11,562 46.5 2 Woodworkers
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 13,328 51.2 1 ILP
Blackburn Edward Porter 21,903 20.5 4
Blackburn John Davies 25,428 23.8 3 ILP
Blaydon William Whiteley 15,073 67.9 1 Miners
Bolton Albert Law 25,133 18.6 1 Textile Factory Workers
Bolton Fleming Eccles 21,045 15.6 5
Bootle John Kinley 3,272 13.8 3 ILP
Bosworth Emrys Hughes 8,152 28.9 3 ILP
Bothwell John Robertson 14,211 60.2 1 Miners
Bournemouth Minnie Pallister 5,986 19.5 3 ILP
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 15,336 68.8 1
Bradford Central William Leach 14,241 44.6 1 ILP
Bradford East Fred Jowett 13,579 48.1 1 ILP
Bradford North Thomas Blythe 9,036 32.7 3
Bradford South William Hirst 11,543 34.9 2 Co-op
Brentford and Chiswick William Haywood 3,216 18.2 3
Brigg David Quibell 10,753 46.4 2 ILP
Brighton Alban Gordon 9,545 08.5 5
Brighton Herbert Carden 9,040 08.0 6
Bristol Central Samuel Edward Walters 11,932 45.3 2 Boilermakers
Bristol East Walter Baker 14,824 53.7 1 Post Office Workers
Bristol North Walter Ayles 10,433 37.5 1 ILP
Bristol South David Vaughan 13,701 47.3 2
Bromley Glenvil Hall 3,992 13.3 3
Broxtowe George Spencer 13,219 54.5 1 Miners
Buckingham E. J. Pay 11,824 47.0 2 Social Democratic
Burnley Dan Irving 16,848 37.8 1 Social Democratic
Burslem Andrew MacLaren 12,480 49.9 2
Bury Harry Wallace 9,568 36.1 2 Post Office Workers
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen 9,855 44.4 2 ILP
Caernarvonshire Robert Jones 13,521 47.3 2
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 16,535 58.7 1 ILP
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 10,620 64.2 1 Post Office Workers
Camberwell North West Hyacinth Morgan 6,763 34.4 2
Cambridge Alec Firth 5,741 24.5 3
Cambridgeshire A. E. Stubbs 8,554 31.8 2
Cannock William Adamson 11,956 41.4 1 Workers
Cardiff Central James Ewart Edmunds 8,563 32.0 2 ILP
Cardiff East Hugh Dalton 7,812 32.7 2
Cardiff South Arthur Henderson Jr 7,899 37.9 1
Carlisle George Middleton 9,120 40.5 1 Post Office Workers
Carmarthen Rowland Williams 7,132 24.8 3
Chatham Mary Hamilton 5,794 24.1 3 ILP
Chelsea Bertrand Russell 5,047 27.5 2 ILP
Chester George Muff 5,773 26.3 3
Chesterfield George Benson 6,198 25.9 2 ILP
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 20,712 74.7 1 Miners
Chorley Zeph Hutchinson 12,179 45.3 2 Textile Factory Workers
Cirencester and Tewkesbury William Robert Robins 7,849 33.8 2 Railway Clerks
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 10,492 51.1 1 ILP
Clapham Leopold Spero 6,404 28.9 2
Clay Cross Charles Duncan 11,939 56.0 1 Workers
Cleveland Robert Dennison 9,683 27.8 3 Iron & Steel
Clitheroe Alfred Davies 11,469 37.9 2 Textile Factory Workers
Coatbridge James C. Welsh 12,292 55.5 1
Colchester Richard Leopold Reiss 8,316 34.2 2
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 13,136 40.4 1 ILP
Combined English Universities Joseph John Findlay 850 21.9 3
Consett Herbert Dunnico 15,862 52.0 1 ILP
Coventry A. A. Purcell 16,346 34.2 1 Furnishing Trades
Crewe Edward Hemmerde 14,628 46.5 1
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,054 37.0 2 ILP
Croydon South H. T. Muggeridge 9,926 31.6 2
Darlington Will Sherwood 9,284 33.6 2
Dartford John Edmund Mills 18,329 54.2 1
Darwen George Thompson 3,527 12.1 3
Daventry Len Smith 4,127 17.5 3 Boot & Shoe
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 21,576 63.0 1 Compositors
Derby J. H. Thomas 24,887 29.0 1 Railwaymen
Derby William Robert Raynes 20,318 23.7 2
Dewsbury Ben Riley 8,923 44.4 2 ILP
Don Valley Tom Williams 12,898 60.4 1 Miners
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 16,198 60.6 1 Miners
Dudley R. F. Smith 1,958 09.5 3
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 13,472 61.3 1
Dunbartonshire William Martin 11,705 43.0 1 ILP
Dundee E. D. Morel 23,345 22.7 2
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 12,606 53.6 1 Miners
Durham Joshua Ritson 13,819 56.8 1 Miners
Ealing Alfred Chilton 4,495 19.3 3
East Dorset Frederick Jesse Hopkins 5,760 22.3 3
East Grinstead Thomas Crawford 6,451 31.2 2
East Ham North Susan Lawrence 8,727 35.7 1
East Ham South Alfred Barnes 11,402 49.2 1 Co-op
East Norfolk George Edward Hewitt 3,530 14.8 3
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 9,857 44.6 1 ILP
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies 16,492 65.6 1 Miners
Eccles John Buckle 12,267 42.7 1 Boot & Shoe
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,186 67.9 1 ILP
Edinburgh West George Mathers 6,836 25.7 3
Edmonton Frank Broad 10,735 64.4 1 Engineering
Elland William C. Robinson 12,031 49.1 2 Textile Factory Workers
Enfield William Henderson 11,050 52.8 1
Epsom John Langdon-Davies 5,807 29.0 2
Evesham Robert Aldington 3,705 18.4 3
Exeter Lothian Small 7,123 32.3 2
Eye Charles Wye Kendall 2,984 12.8 3
Fareham Joseph Bowron Baker 6,526 30.6 2
Farnham Anne Corner 3,520 16.7 3
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 14,858 57.2 1 Miners
Faversham Stanley Morgan 12,361 47.9 2
Finsbury George Gillett 8,907 42.4 1
Forest of Dean James Wignall 11,486 60.9 1 Transport & General Workers
Frome Frederick Gould 15,902 54.4 1
Fulham East John Palmer 7,683 34.5 2 Transport & General Workers
Fulham West Robert Mark Gentry 8,687 34.4 2
Gainsborough James Read 3,039 14.8 3
Gateshead John Brotherton 16,689 41.1 2 Engineering
Gillingham Maurice Spencer 7,674 34.7 2
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 15,735 64.8 1 ILP
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,143 56.2 1 ILP
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 8,884 34.7 2 ILP
Glasgow Central Edward Mitchell 12,976 44.4 2 ILP
Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 17,211 67.2 1
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 13,987 66.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 5,059 26.4 2 ILP
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 12,508 48.1 1 ILP
Glasgow Partick Andrew Young 8,397 44.0 1 Co-op
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,836 32.8 2 ILP
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,624 59.8 1 ILP
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 14,535 62.3 1 ILP
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 15,240 62.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Tradeston Thomas Henderson 12,787 60.1 1 Co-op
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,127 35.7 2 ILP
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 14,771 59.1 1 Miners
Grantham Montague William Moore 5,440 18.9 3
Gravesend George Isaacs 9,776 43.4 1
Great Yarmouth Albert Wrigley 2,138 09.7 3
Greenwich Edward Timothy Palmer 12,314 42.7 1 Prudential Staff
Grimsby Charles Edwin Franklin 15,959 47.6 2
Guildford William Bennett 5,260 19.5 3
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 6,354 28.7 3 ILP
Hackney South Herbert Morrison 9,578 42.8 1
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 11,858 58.4 1 Miners
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 8,101 41.0 1 ILP
Hammersmith South Wyndham Albery 6,974 36.9 2 ILP
Hanley Myles Harper Parker 11,508 53.3 1
The Hartlepools George Belt 2,755 07.5 3
Hastings Richard Davies 4,859 21.5 3
Hemsworth John Guest 13,159 70.1 1 Miners
Hendon Charles Latham 5,005 19.5 3
Hereford Sidney Box 981 04.7 3
Heywood and Radcliffe Walter Halls 15,273 47.1 2 Railwaymen
High Peak Frank Anderson 5,684 20.8 3 Railway Clerks
Hitchin Skene Mackay 5,913 26.3 2 ILP
Holborn Augustus West 2,044 15.4 3
Holland with Boston William Royce 15,697 54.1 1
Hornsey Christopher Francis Healy 3,487 09.8 3
Horsham and Worthing Ernest Stanford 8,892 33.2 2
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 15,225 59.3 1 Miners
Huddersfield James Hudson 17,430 36.7 1 ILP
Ilford Dan Chater 5,775 18.1 3 ILP
Ilkeston George Oliver 9,191 42.1 1
Ince Stephen Walsh 17,365 73.5 1 Miners
Inverness Andrew D. Kinloch 5,385 34.6 2 ILP
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,824 50.7 1 ILP
Isle of Ely Richard Henry Kennard Hope 3,172 12.4 3
Isle of Wight Emily Palmer 2,475 07.1 3
Islington East Ethel Bentham 6,941 26.0 3 ILP
Islington North George Bennett 8,556 28.9 3
Islington South William Cluse 7,764 37.0 1 Social Democratic
Islington West Frederick Montague 7,955 41.4 1 Social Democratic
Jarrow Robert John Wilson 16,570 63.9 1
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,083 49.1 2 ILP
Kennington Thomas Williams 8,292 39.2 1
Kensington North William Joseph Jarrett 8,888 37.0 2
Kettering Samuel Perry 12,718 43.6 1 Co-op
Kidderminster Louis Tolley 3,990 13.7 3
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 10,992 43.2 1 ILP
King's Lynn John Stevenson 6,488 25.2 3
Kingston upon Hull East Archibald Stark 7,468 26.9 3
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 5,973 23.7 3 ILP
Kingswinford Charles Henry Sitch 15,174 49.5 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs Tom Kennedy 14,221 54.4 1 Social Democratic
Lambeth North Fred Hughes 4,089 21.9 3 ILP
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,384 50.5 1 ILP
Leeds Central Henry Slesser 11,574 43.8 2
Leeds North David Stewart 5,384 20.6 3
Leeds North East Frank Fountain 8,574 31.3 2
Leeds South Henry Charleton 11,705 44.2 1 Railwaymen
Leeds South East James O'Grady 12,210 63.2 1 Transport & General Workers
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 11,434 40.7 1 ILP
Leek William Bromfield 13,913 53.6 1
Leicester East George Banton 13,162 44.8 1 ILP
Leicester West Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 13,634 44.6 1
Leigh Joe Tinker 13,989 43.0 1 Miners
Leith Robert Freeman Wilson 8,267 35.5 2
Lewes Basil Hall 6,422 40.4 2
Lewisham East Ernest Wesley Wilton 9,604 31.4 2
Leyton East Archibald Church 7,944 39.5 1 ILP
Leyton West Alfred Smith 7,536 31.2 3 Transport & General Workers
Lichfield Frank Hodges 11,029 48.5 1
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,473 68.5 1 ILP
Lincoln Robert Arthur Taylor 9,251 34.2 2
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 13,304 50.9 1 ILP
Liverpool Edge Hill Jack Hayes 13,538 56.9 1
Liverpool Everton Henry Walker 7,673 45.5 2
Liverpool Wavertree James Vint Laughland 7,025 28.0 3
Liverpool West Toxteth Joseph Gibbins 12,318 49.7 2
Llandaff and Barry Thomas F. Worrall 7,871 27.0 3 ILP
Llanelly John Henry Williams 21,063 55.1 1
London University H. G. Wells 1,420 17.6 3
Loughborough George Ernest Winterton 8,064 32.5 2
Lowestoft Robert Arthur Mellanby 4,788 19.7 3 ILP
Luton Willet Ball 2,998 09.9 3
Macclesfield Andrew Joseph Penston 6,713 20.5 3
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 6,558 24.4 3 ILP
Maldon Valentine Crittall 10,329 50.1 1
Manchester Ardwick Thomas Lowth 15,673 60.4 1 Railwaymen
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 17,255 56.7 1 Miners
Manchester Gorton Joseph Compton 16,080 60.0 1 Vehicle Workers
Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee 8,433 30.0 3 Woodworkers
Manchester Platting J. R. Clynes 17,078 54.8 1 General Workers
Manchester Rusholme William Paul 5,366 21.3 3 Constituency
Mansfield Frank Varley 18,813 57.8 1 Miners
Merioneth John Jones Roberts 7,181 39.5 2
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,511 60.1 1 ILP
Middlesbrough East Martin Henry Connolly 7,712 33.9 2 Boilermakers
Middlesbrough West J. D. White 7,413 30.6 2
Middleton and Prestwich Matthew Burrow Farr 7,849 28.7 3 Textile Factory Workers
Midlothian and Peebles Northern Andrew Clarke 8,570 45.3 1
Mile End John Scurr 6,219 41.0 1 ILP
Mitcham James Chuter Ede 9,877 47.7 2
Montrose Burghs John Carnegie 7,032 44.7 2 ILP
Morpeth Robert Smillie 16,902 64.2 1 Miners
Neath William Jenkins 20,764 62.3 1 Miners
Nelson and Colne Arthur Greenwood 17,083 46.1 1
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 12,881 65.6 1 ILP
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 12,447 52.5 1 ILP
Newcastle upon Tyne East Arthur Henderson 11,532 47.7 2
Newcastle upon Tyne North John Beckett 5,374 22.0 3 ILP
Newcastle upon Tyne West David Adams 11,527 43.2 2 Engineering
Newport John William Bowen 14,100 38.6 2 Post Office Workers
Newton Robert Young 12,492 59.9 1 Engineering
Normanton Frederick Hall 15,453 78.0 1 Miners
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 10,971 39.5 1 Miners
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 10,526 50.5 1 Miners
North Norfolk Noel Noel-Buxton 12,278 57.6 1
Northampton Margaret Bondfield 15,556 40.5 1 General Workers
Northwich John Williams 9,183 29.8 3
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 19,304 20.0 2 ILP
Norwich Walter Smith 20,077 20.9 1 Boot & Shoe
Norwood William Archer Hodgson 5,002 19.3 3
Nottingham West Arthur Hayday 12,366 62.7 1 General Workers
Nuneaton Thomas Barron 10,437 29.1 3 Woodworkers
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Oldham William John Tout 20,939 23.4 1 Textile Factory Workers
Ormskirk Robert Barrie Walker 9,388 47.0 2
Oswestry Sidney Ronald Campion 3,477 14.1 3
Paddington North John William Gordon 6,954 30.8 2
Paisley John McLaren Biggar 7,977 27.4 2 Co-op
Peckham Walter Ashbridge Chambers 8,370 35.3 2
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 7,882 43.0 1 Miners
Pembrokeshire William James Jenkins 9,511 27.7 3
Penistone Rennie Smith 8,329 33.5 2 ILP
Peterborough John Mansfield 8,177 30.5 2
Petersfield Dudley Aman 6,403 34.4 2
Plaistow Will Thorne 13,638 74.6 1 General Workers
Plymouth Devonport Joseph Harris 4,158 15.5 3 Workers
Plymouth Drake James John Hamlyn Moses 11,849 41.9 2
Plymouth Sutton Frederick Woulfe-Brenan 13,438 45.5 2
Pontefract Tom Smith 11,134 45.3 1 Miners
Pontypool Thomas Griffiths 13,770 50.6 1 Iron & Steel
Pontypridd Thomas Mardy Jones 16,837 54.9 1 Miners
Poplar South Samuel March 14,537 64.8 1 Transport & General Workers
Portsmouth Central Frank Percy Crozier 7,991 26.9 3
Portsmouth North Olaf Gleeson 9,523 36.2 2
Portsmouth South Jessie Stephen 7,388 24.9 2
Preston Tom Shaw 25,816 34.4 1 Textile Factory Workers
Pudsey and Otley Percy Myers 5,499 20.9 3
Reading Somerville Hastings 16,657 44.8 1 ILP
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan 21,338 71.9 1 Miners
Rhondda West William John 18,206 65.4 1 Miners
Rochdale Stanley Burgess 13,525 32.6 2 Engineering
Romford Albert Emil Davies 9,109 33.9 2
Rossendale Norman Angell 9,230 30.6 3
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 15,967 68.6 1 Miners
Rotherham Fred Lindley 16,983 53.9 1 Woodworkers
Rotherhithe Ben Smith 9,019 48.0 1 Transport & General Workers
Rothwell William Lunn 15,115 66.0 1 Miners
Roxburgh and Selkirk George Dallas 6,811 26.1 3 Workers
Royton James Barton Turner 2,740 09.2 3
Rushcliffe James Wilson 6,882 24.7 3 Railwaymen
Rutherglen William Wright 13,021 54.5 1 ILP
Rutland and Stamford Arthur Sells 5,005 23.8 3
Saffron Walden William Cash 6,398 29.3 2
St Albans Christopher Thomson 6,640 26.5 2
St Helens James Sexton 20,086 55.5 1
St Ives Albert Dunn 2,749 12.9 3
St Marylebone James Jonas Dodd 8,424 33.4 2
St Pancras North James Marley 10,931 43.0 1 ILP
St Pancras South East Herbert Romeril 7,866 41.6 1 Railway Clerks
St Pancras South West George Horne 5,321 31.4 2
Salford North Ben Tillett 13,377 51.1 1 Transport & General Workers
Salford South Joseph Toole 12,097 46.0 1 Constituency
Salford West Alexander Haycock 9,868 38.4 1 ILP
Seaham Sidney Webb 21,281 71.3 1
Sedgefield John Herriotts 11,087 50.0 2 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 13,581 58.7 1 ILP
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 14,741 53.0 1 ILP
Sheffield Central Tom Snowden 8,762 41.1 2
Sheffield Hallam Arnold Freeman 5,506 23.9 2
Sheffield Hillsborough A. V. Alexander 15,087 55.7 1 Co-op
Sheffield Park George Lathan 9,050 39.4 2 Railway Clerks
Shipley William Mackinder 11,918 38.4 1 Distributive Workers
Shoreditch Ernest Thurtle 13,874 56.6 1
Silvertown Jack Jones 12,777 81.3 1 General Workers
Skipton George Willey 7,767 24.5 3
Smethwick John Davison 13,550 54.7 1
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,169 55.9 1 Miners
South Derbyshire Alfred Goodere 10,919 32.7 2
South Dorset David Wyndham Thomas 3,602 17.5 3
South East Essex Philip Hoffman 13,979 53.0 1
South Norfolk George Edwards 11,682 51.9 1
South Shields Will Lawther 15,717 40.7 2 Miners
South West Norfolk William Benjamin Taylor 9,779 46.5 2
Southampton Reginald Sorensen 16,679 16.4 4 ILP
Southampton Tommy Lewis 17,208 16.9 3
Southwark Central Harry Day 6,690 34.9 2
Southwark North Leslie Haden-Guest 7,665 51.2 1
Southwark South East Thomas Naylor 9,374 54.3 1 Compositors
Sowerby Arthur Dawson 7,389 25.8 3
Spelthorne G. S. Cockrill 5,868 33.6 2
Spen Valley Tom Myers 12,597 37.4 2 Distributive Workers
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 15,567 65.7 1 Miners
Stafford William Thomas Scott 8,412 46.1 2 Distributive Workers
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 10,565 49.6 2
Stockport Arnold Townend 16,340 18.0 5 Railway Clerks
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 10,619 31.2 3 Post Office Workers
Stoke John Watts 12,502 48.8 2 Miners
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 9,050 24.4 3 ILP
Stratford West Ham Thomas Groves 11466 55.1 1
Stretford John Corlett 11,451 41.8 2
Sunderland David Baxter Lawley 13,707 11.6 5 ILP
Sunderland Thomas William Gillinder 13,184 11.1 6
Swansea East David Williams 12,735 57.4 1 ILP
Swansea West Howel Samuel 9,260 34.8 1
Swindon Holford Knight 9,121 32.6 2
The Wrekin Henry Nixon 11657 53.2 1
Tonbridge Joseph Thomas Davis 6,610 23.6 3
Tottenham North Robert Morrison 12,696 49.7 1 Co-op
Tottenham South Percy Alden 10,312 46.9 1
Twickenham Stanley Simon Sherman 5,509 23.7 2
Tynemouth W. Pitt 4,875 20.7 3
Upton Benjamin Walter Gardner 8,656 39.3 1 ILP
Uxbridge Robert Small 6,146 26.9 3
Wakefield George Henry Sherwood 7,966 39.9 1
Wallsend Patrick Hastings 16,126 55.5 1
Walsall Arthur Carr Osburn 7,007 18.7 3
Walthamstow East John Gilbert Dale 6,837 34.6 2 ILP
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 10,026 47.6 1 Woodworkers
Wandsworth Central George Pearce Blizard 5,294 28.7 2
Wansbeck George Warne 18,583 56.8 1 Miners
Warrington Charles Dukes 12,984 43.6 1
Warwick and Leamington Daisy Greville 4,015 12.8 3
Watford James Joseph Mallon 7,532 30.8 2
Wednesbury Alfred Short 17,810 51.5 1 Boilermakers
Wellingborough William Cove 11,175 42.1 1
Wells Charles Henry Whitlow 1,713 07.6 3 ILP
Wentworth George Henry Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Miners
West Bromwich Frederick Roberts 12,910 44.8 1
Westbury George Ward 4,372 17.4 3 ILP
West Dorset Louie Simpson 7,087 41.2 2 ILP
West Fife William Adamson 12,204 65.4 1 Miners
Westhoughton Rhys Davies 15,347 60.3 1
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 10,904 48.1 1 ILP
West Stirlingshire Tom Johnston 9,242 51.9 1 ILP
Whitechapel and St George's Harry Gosling 7,812 54.0 1
Whitehaven Thomas Gavan-Duffy 12,419 53.0 1
Widnes Joe Cotter 12,020 44.2 2
Wigan John Allen Parkinson 19,637 57.6 1 Miners
Willesden East Joseph George Butler 5,392 19.4 3
Willesden West Samuel Viant 14,004 51.3 1 Woodworkers
Wimbledon Mark Starr 6,717 30.2 2
Winchester Reginald Stamp 6,495 27.1 2
Wolverhampton West William Brown 15,749 49.6 2
Wood Green James Bacon 5,665 17.2 3
Woodbridge E. J. C. Neep 4,810 21.1 3
Woolwich East Harry Snell 15,766 61.6 1
Woolwich West William Barefoot 11,357 47.8 2
Worcester Percy Williams 815 03.8 3
Workington Thomas Cape 15,296 56.5 1 Miners
Wrexham Robert Richards 12,918 39.0 1
Wycombe George Young 3,611 11.4 3
Yeovil William Kelly 5,080 17.8 3
York Joseph King 11,626 34.2 2

By-elections, 1923–1924

Fenner Brockway, who contested the 1924 Westminster Abbey by-election
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1924 Burnley by-election Arthur Henderson 24,571 58.4 1
1924 Westminster Abbey by-election Fenner Brockway 6,156 27.0 3 ILP
1924 Liverpool West Toxteth by-election Joseph Gibbins 15,505 27.0 3 Boilermakers
1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election Aitken Ferguson 11,167 39.8 2 Boilermakers
1924 Oxford by-election Kenneth Lindsay 2,769 13.1 3
1924 Lewes by-election Basil Hall 6,112 33.2 2
1924 Holland with Boston by-election Hugh Dalton 12,101 37.1 2
1924 Carmarthen by-election Edward Teilo Owen 8,351 28.8 2

1924 general election

Ellen Wilkinson, newly elected in Middlesbrough East
Joseph Compton, winner in Manchester Gorton
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
Aberavon Ramsay MacDonald 17,724 53.1 1 ILP
Aberdare George Hall 20,704 57.2 1 Miners
Aberdeen and Kincardine East William Sloan Cormack 3,899 24.4 3 ILP
Aberdeen North Frank Herbert Rose 13,249 60.8 1 ILP
Aberdeen South George Archibald 10,699 39.9 2 ILP
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Abingdon D. F. Brundil 1,355 05.8 3
Accrington Charles Roden Buxton 18,148 47.1 2 ILP
Acton Herbert Alphonsus Baldwin 5,583 24.0 2
Aldershot Hubert Beaumont 4,313 23.4 2
Anglesey Cyril O. Jones 7,580 36.1 2
Argyllshire I. H. MacIver 4,532 22.7 3 ILP
Ashford Basil Noble 4,473 17.8 3
Ashton-under-Lyne Cecil L'Estrange Malone 7,451 32.8 2
Aylesbury Frederick Charles Watkins 2,655 08.2 3
Ayr Burghs John McDiarmid Airlie 9,787 37.7 2
Balham and Tooting Edward Archbold 5,536 21.5 3
Banbury Arthur Ernest Monks 4,733 16.5 3
Banffshire Alexander William Groundwater 3,722 23.3 3
Barkston Ash William Dobbie 11,894 41.4 2 Railwaymen
Barnard Castle Moss Turner-Samuels 9,152 49.2 2
Barnsley John Potts 14,738 51.7 1 Miners
Barrow-in-Furness John Bromley 15,512 51.2 1 Locomotive Engineers
Basingstoke Ben Greene 2,172 08.0 3
Bassetlaw Malcolm MacDonald 11,283 41.0 2
Bath Walter Barton Scobell 3,914 13.6 3
Batley and Morley Ben Turner 15,966 49.4 2
Battersea South Albert Winfield 14,371 42.3 2
Belper Jack Lees 10,618 41.8 2 ILP
Bedford George Dixon 5,330 18.5 3
Bedwellty Charles Edwards unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Bermondsey West Alfred Salter 11,578 57.2 1 ILP
Berwick and Haddington Robert Spence 8,882 34.7 2
Berwick-upon-Tweed James Adams 3,521 14.8 3
Bethnal Green North East Walter Windsor 9,560 50.2 1 General & Municipal Workers
Bilston John Baker 14,583 53.2 1 Iron & Steel
Birkenhead East James Coulthard 7,496 26.7 3 ILP
Birkenhead West William Henry Egan 12,723 49.4 2 Boilermakers
Birmingham Aston John Strachey 11,859 45.4 2
Birmingham Deritend Fred Longden 12,760 48.5 2 Co-op
Birmingham Duddeston George Francis Sawyer 10,892 48.9 2
Birmingham Edgbaston F. R. Sharkey 5,744 23.4 2
Birmingham Erdington Charles Simmons 11,412 40.5 2 ILP
Birmingham Handsworth Philip Noel-Baker 10,516 34.4 2
Birmingham King's Norton Robert Dennison 10,497 43.3 1 Iron & Steel
Birmingham Ladywood Oswald Mosley 13,297 48.9 2 ILP
Birmingham Moseley George Pearce Blizard 7,183 22.8 2
Birmingham Sparkbrook Sydney Potter 9,759 36.1 2 ILP
Birmingham Yardley Archibald Gossling 14,184 46.8 2 Woodworkers
Bishop Auckland Ben Spoor 15,786 55.1 1 ILP
Blackburn Thomas Gill 24,317 21.8 4 Railway Clerks
Blackburn Mary Hamilton 24,330 21.8 3 ILP
Blaydon William Whiteley 17,670 62.6 1 Miners
Bolton William Harold Hutchinson 28,918 19.8 4
Bolton Albert Law 30,632 20.9 3 Textile Factory Workers
Bootle John Kinley 9,427 34.7 2
Bosworth John Minto 9,143 31.5 3
Bothwell John Robertson 14,591 56.3 1 Miners
Bournemouth Minnie Pallister 7,735 27.3 2 Constituency
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 15,740 61.6 1 Constituency
Bradford Central William Leach 16,652 48.3 2 ILP
Bradford East Fred Jowett 15,174 49.9 2 ILP
Bradford North Frank Wise 9,442 32.7 2 ILP
Bradford South William Hirst 13,919 39.0 1 Co-op
Brecon and Radnor Edward John 10,167 30.5 3
Brentford and Chiswick William Haywood 6,114 29.5 2
Bridgwater James Musgrave Boltz 1,966 07.3 3
Brigg David Quibell 11,669 43.6 2 ILP
Brighton Alban Gordon 14,072 15.2 3
Bristol Central James Lovat-Fraser 14,018 44.9 2
Bristol East Walter Baker 16,920 58.2 1 Post Office Workers
Bristol North Walter Ayles 12,319 40.9 2 ILP
Bristol South David Vaughan 15,702 48.4 2
Bristol West Matt Giles 6,276 21.0 2
Brixton James Adams 7,210 25.9 2
Bromley Hubert Joseph Wallington 5,876 15.6 3
Broxtowe George Spencer 15,276 55.4 1 Miners
Buckingham Edward J. Pay 8,939 30.6 2 Social Democratic
Burnley Arthur Henderson 20,549 45.4 1 Foundry Workers
Burslem Andrew MacLaren 14,361 51.1 1 Constituency
Burton F. Thoresby 7,141 25.8 2
Bury Harry Wallace 10,286 36.1 2 Post Office Workers
Bute and Northern Ayrshire Peter Campbell Stephen 10,075 38.3 2 ILP
Caernarvon Boroughs Alfred Zimmern 3,401 17.5 2
Caernarvonshire Robert Jones 14,564 49.2 2
Caerphilly Morgan Jones 17,723 59.0 1 ILP
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 11,300 54.9 1 Post Office Workers
Camberwell North West Hyacinth Morgan 9,432 39.0 2
Camborne F. A. P. Rowe 5,477 24.6 3
Cambridge Alec Firth 6,744 28.1 2
Cambridgeshire Geoffrey Garratt 10,781 41.0 2
Cannock William Adamson 16,347 51.9 1 Workers
Cardiff Central David Pole 9,864 33.8 2
Cardiff East Harold Lloyd 8,156 32.8 2
Cardiff South Arthur Henderson Jr 9,324 40.3 2
Carlisle George Middleton 10,676 45.5 2 Post Office Workers
Carmarthen Edward Teilo Owen 7,953 31.5 2
Central Aberdeenshire J. Newman 3,791 18.4 2 ILP
Chatham William Harvey Moore 9,276 36.7 2
Chelmsford Nils Henry Moller 2,904 10.0 3
Chelsea Dora Russell 5,661 26.0 2 Constituency
Chester George Beardsworth 5,451 23.2 3
Chesterfield George Benson 9,206 39.7 2 ILP
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 22,700 71.0 1 Miners
Chichester Richard Henry Kennard Hope 1,765 05.1 3
Chislehurst John Lamb Thomson 3,757 17.2 2
Chorley Zeph Hutchinson 13,074 42.3 2 Textile Factory Workers
Cirencester and Tewkesbury Joseph Alpass 7,078 28.0 2
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Lauchlin MacNeill Weir 13,032 52.6 1 ILP
Clapham Charles Diamond 9,204 35.9 2
Clay Cross Charles Duncan 14,618 64.4 1 Workers
Cleveland William Mansfield 11,153 29.4 2 Miners
Clitheroe Derwent Hall Caine 14,041 45.8 2
Coatbridge James C. Welsh 12,782 50.1 1 Constituency
Colchester Richard Reiss 10,953 43.4 2 ILP
Colne Valley Philip Snowden 14,215 43.3 1 Constituency
Combined English Universities Joseph Findlay 861 19.5 2 University Party
Combined Scottish Universities John Martin Munro 1,639 09.3 4 University Party
Consett Herbert Dunnico 18,842 55.9 1 ILP
Coventry A. A. Purcell 17,888 33.4 2
Crewe Edward Hemmerde 14,705 44.5 2
Croydon North Gilbert Foan 10,954 29.7 2 ILP
Croydon South H. T. Muggeridge 12,979 35.4 2
Darlington Arthur Shepherd 13,008 46.2 2 Constituency
Dartford John Edmund Mills 19,352 49.0 2
Darwen Thomas Ramsden 5,188 17.1 3
Derby William Robert Raynes 25,172 23.6 3
Derby J. H. Thomas 27,423 25.7 1 Railwaymen
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 21,903 54.5 1 Compositors
Dewsbury Benjamin Riley 9,941 41.1 1 ILP
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 16,496 52.7 1 Miners
Don Valley Tom Williams 14,958 53.9 1 Miners
Dover A. F. George 7,627 26.5 2
Dudley Oliver Baldwin 10,314 47.9 2
Dulwich C. A. Smith 7,068 26.5 2
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood 14,562 59.2 1 Engineering
Dumfriesshire Agnes Dollan 6,342 23.0 3 ILP
Dunbartonshire William Martin 12,872 44.2 2 ILP
Dundee E. D. Morel 32,846 26.5 1
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 13,887 57.9 1 Miners
Durham Joshua Ritson 15,032 54.9 1 Miners
Ealing Alfred Chilton 6,765 26.7 2
Eastbourne D. J. Davis 4,138 16.0 3
East Dorset Edward Joseph Stocker 4,205 15.3 3
East Grinstead John Morgan 4,479 15.7 3
East Ham North Susan Lawrence 10,137 35.8 2 Constituency
East Ham South Alfred Barnes 13,644 51.9 1 Co-op
East Norfolk Reginald Barrington Bates 4,907 19.4 3
East Renfrewshire Robert Nichol 10,903 44.3 2 ILP
East Surrey Robert Oscar Mennell 5,152 16.0 3
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Eccles John Buckle 14,354 51.4 1 Boot & Shoe
Edinburgh Central William Graham 13,628 60.5 1 ILP
Edinburgh East Drummond Shiels 8,460 41.9 1 Constituency
Edinburgh North Eleanor Stewart 8,192 27.9 2 Workers
Edinburgh West George Mathers 9,603 33.1 2 Railway Clerks
Edmonton Frank Broad 11,614 53.1 1 Engineering
Elland William C. Robinson 11,690 39.5 1 Textile Factory Workers
Enfield William Henderson 11,807 46.0 2
Epping J. R. McPhie 3,768 11.2 3
Epsom Philip Butler 5,149 20.5 2
Evesham Robert Aldington 3,473 17.3 2
Exeter A. J. Penny 6,359 25.2 2
Eye Charles Wye Kendall 4,329 17.2 3
Fareham Joseph Bowron Baker 6,304 24.8 2
Farnham Anne Corner 4,613 20.2 2 Constituency
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 15,327 47.5 1 Miners
Faversham Stanley Morgan 9,180 29.9 2
Finsbury George Gillett 12,363 47.0 1 Constituency
Flintshire David Gwynfryn Jones 7,821 19.1 3
Forest of Dean James Wignall 11,048 53.1 1
Forfarshire Charles Gallie 3,736 22.9 3 Railway Clerks
Frome Frederick Gould 14,652 47.2 2
Fulham East John Palmer 10,403 38.4 2
Fulham West Robert Mark Gentry 11,706 40.6 2
Gainsborough F. J. Knowles 5,958 27.3 2
Gateshead John Beckett 23,514 50.2 1 ILP
Gillingham Maurice Spencer 8,309 35.3 2
Glasgow Bridgeton James Maxton 16,850 61.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Camlachie Campbell Stephen 14,588 50.4 1 ILP
Glasgow Cathcart John Primrose Hay 9,915 35.0 2 ILP
Glasgow Central J. D. White 12,617 40.9 2 ILP
Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 19,480 65.9 1 Patternmakers
Glasgow Govan Neil Maclean 15,132 63.2 1 ILP
Glasgow Hillhead John L. Kinloch 6,957 32.3 2 ILP
Glasgow Maryhill John William Muir 13,947 47.4 2 ILP
Glasgow Kelvingrove Thomas Archibald Kerr 12,844 41.6 2 ILP
Glasgow Partick Andrew Young 9,612 42.2 2 Co-op
Glasgow Pollok John Rankin 6,749 24.7 2 ILP
Glasgow St Rollox James Stewart 16,299 59.2 1 ILP
Glasgow Shettleston John Wheatley 12,714 51.3 1 ILP
Glasgow Springburn George Hardie 15,635 56.5 1 ILP
Glasgow Tradeston Thomas Henderson 14,067 56.0 1 Co-op
Gloucester M. Philips Price 8,005 36.2 2 ILP
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 15,374 57.2 1 Miners
Grantham Montangue William Moore 7,279 24.5 3
Gravesend George Isaacs 10,969 41.6 2 Printers
Great Yarmouth T. G. Tyler 3,264 14.4 3
Greenock Stephen Kelly 5,874 22.4 3 ILP
Greenwich Edward Timothy Palmer 17,409 48.5 2 Prudential Staff
Grimsby Charles Edwin Franklin 14,874 35.6 2
Guildford Frank Markham 6,227 21.2 2
Hackney Central Ernest E. Hunter 9,684 36.3 2 ILP
Hackney North Stella Churchill 6,097 24.1 3 Constituency
Hackney South Herbert Morrison 11,651 46.5 2
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 13,003 60.8 1 Miners
Hammersmith North James Patrick Gardner 10,970 45.9 2 ILP
Hammersmith South Christopher Addison 8,804 38.5 2
Hampstead Charles Terry Hendin 5,662 20.9 2
Hanley Samuel Clowes 13,527 53.0 1 Pottery Workers
Harborough J. S. Hyder 6,032 24.3 2
Harrow Kenneth Lindsay 9,507 31.3 2
Harwich Alf Barton 1,604 06.8 3 ILP
Hastings Muriel Matters Porter 6,082 28.6 2 Constituency
Hemel Hempstead Amy Sayle 1,553 06.9 3 Constituency
Hemsworth John Guest 15,593 69.3 1 Miners
Hendon J. Allen Skinner 5,267 17.5 3
Hertford Ernest Selley 3,885 16.0 3
Hexham Charles Flynn 5,089 22.7 3
Heywood and Radcliffe Alexander Walkden 15,307 44.4 2 Railway Clerks
Hitchin Julian Athelstan Tayler 5,773 24.4 2
Holborn W. W. Messer 3,718 24.5 2
Holland with Boston G. R. Blanco White 10,689 32.8 2
Hornsey Christopher Francis Healy 4,277 11.1 3
Horsham and Worthing Ernest Stanford 7,537 24.1 2
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 17,857 57.8 1 Miners
Huddersfield James Hudson 19,010 36.3 1 ILP
Hythe Constantine Gallop 3,936 23.5 2
Ilford Dan Chater 8,460 21.7 2
Ilkeston George Oliver 11,011 44.9 1 Workers
Ince Stephen Walsh 18,272 70.0 1 Miners
Inverness T. Henderson 6,863 37.4 2 ILP
Ipswich Robert Jackson 15,791 44.6 2 ILP
Isle of Ely Dermot Freyer 4,235 14.6 3
Isle of Thanet Dudley Aman 4,202 13.1 3
Isle of Wight Henry Edward Weaver 3,620 09.8 3
Islington East Ethel Bentham 10,280 32.3 2 Constituency
Islington North Ewart Culpin 12,376 35.3 2
Islington South William Sampson Cluse 10,347 42.8 1 Social Democratic
Islington West Frederick Montague 10,174 45.3 1 Social Democratic
Jarrow Robert John Wilson 18,203 57.4 1 Distributive Workers
Keighley Hastings Lees-Smith 14,105 45.0 1 ILP
Kennington Thomas Williams 11,572 43.7 2
Kensington North Fielding West 14,401 47.0 2
Kettering Samuel Perry 14,801 49.6 2 Co-op
Kidderminster J. Clifford Leigh 6,792 22.3 2
Kilmarnock Robert Climie 13,054 47.8 2 ILP
King's Lynn John Stevenson 7,280 25.8 3
Kingston upon Hull East George Muff 11,130 38.4 2
Kingston upon Hull North West F. L. Kerran 5,151 18.2 3
Kingston upon Hull South West John Arnott 7,965 29.2 3 ILP
Kingston-upon-Thames Arthur Balfour Bishop 5,640 19.8 2
Kingswinford Charles Henry Sitch 17,235 51.5 1 Chain Makers
Kinross and Western Perthshire John MacDiarmid 5,286 28.0 2 ILP
Kirkcaldy Burghs Tom Kennedy 14,038 52.7 1 Social Democratic
Lambeth North George Strauss 7,914 37.1 2
Lanark Thomas Scott Dickson 11,426 43.5 2 ILP
Lancaster Harold Mostyn Watkins 5,572 17.5 3 ILP
Leeds Central E. J. C. Neep 10,975 40.4 2
Leeds North East Edna Penny 8,894 31.6 2 Co-op
Leeds North Sam Crowther Moore 7,920 30.0 2
Leeds South East Henry Slesser 15,133 58.6 1 Constituency
Leeds South Henry Charleton 12,799 46.3 1 Railwaymen
Leeds West Thomas Stamford 13,057 42.5 1 ILP
Leek William Bromfield 14,256 51.7 1 Midland Textile
Leicester East George Banton 15,669 49.3 2 ILP
Leicester South Herbert Brough Usher 8,912 29.7 2
Leicester West Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 16,047 51.2 1 Constituency
Leigh Joe Tinker 17,262 51.5 1 Miners
Leith Robert Freeman Wilson 11,250 40.4 2
Lewes Basil Hall 5,043 27.3 2
Lewisham East John Wilmot 13,621 31.4 2
Lewisham West Barbara Drake 6,781 20.4 2 Constituency
Leyton East Archibald Church 9,087 39.7 2
Leyton West Alfred Smith 9,809 34.7 2
Lichfield Frank Hodges 12,512 46.2 2 Miners
Limehouse Clement Attlee 11,713 57.7 1 ILP
Lincoln Robert Arthur Taylor 11,596 41.3 1 Constituency
Linlithgowshire Manny Shinwell 14,123 48.9 2 ILP
Liverpool East Toxteth Charles Burden 6,620 24.6 2
Liverpool Edge Hill Jack Hayes 14,168 53.0 1 Constituency
Liverpool Everton Henry Walker 10,075 48.5 2
Liverpool Fairfield Mary Mercer 8,412 37.1 2 ILP
Liverpool Kirkdale Elijah Sandham 9,369 39.4 2 ILP
Liverpool Walton Tom Gillinder 8,924 36.8 2
Liverpool Wavertree William Albert Robinson 10,383 35.0 2 Distributive Workers
Liverpool West Derby Thomas Gallon Adams 8,807 29.6 2
Liverpool West Toxteth Joseph Gibbins 15,542 50.6 1 Constituency
Llandaff and Barry Charles Lloyd 11,609 34.3 2
Llanelly John Henry Williams 20,516 52.9 1 Constituency
London University Frank Bushnell 1,087 12.6 4 University Party
Loughborough Ernest Winterton 9,751 34.9 2
Lowestoft Robert Arthur Mellanby 6,570 24.8 2
Luton Philip L. Millwood 5,850 17.8 3
Macclesfield John Williams 10,187 30.1 2
Maidstone Seymour Cocks 8,192 33.7 2 ILP
Maldon Valentine Crittall 9,323 36.9 2
Manchester Ardwick Thomas Lowth 15,941 54.9 1 Railwaymen
Manchester Blackley Wilfrid Burke 6,195 27.5 3 Distributive Workers
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 17,338 54.2 1 Miners
Manchester Gorton Joseph Compton 16,383 56.0 1 Vehicle Workers
Manchester Hulme Andrew McElwee 13,070 41.2 2 Woodworkers
Manchester Platting J. R. Clynes 17,233 49.2 1 General & Municipal Workers
Manchester Withington Edgar Whiteley 2,467 09.2 3 Constituency
Mansfield Frank Varley 19,441 59.0 1 Miners
Merioneth John Jones Roberts 6,393 33.1 2
Merthyr R. C. Wallhead 19,882 59.8 1 ILP
Middlesbrough East Ellen Wilkinson 9,574 38.5 1 Distributive Workers
Middleton and Prestwich Matthew Burrow Farr 8,442 27.0 2 Textile Factory Workers
Midlothian and Peebles Northern Andrew Clarke 9,173 44.8 2
Mile End John Scurr 8,306 48.5 1 ILP
Mitcham James Chuter Ede 9,776 38.0 2
Monmouth Luke Bateman 6,469 28.2 2
Montgomeryshire Arthur Davies 4,384 22.7 2
Montrose Burghs Thomas Barron 6,914 42.8 2 Woodworkers
Moray and Nairn Skene Mackay 6,005 38.1 2
Morpeth Robert Smillie 19,248 56.8 1 Miners
Mossley Thomas William Mercer 10,767 34.3 2 Co-op
Motherwell James Barr 12,816 52.1 1 ILP
Neath William Jenkins unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Nelson and Colne Arthur Greenwood 19,922 51.9 1 Constituency
New Forest and Christchurch C. Lincoln Brighton 3,137 11.3 3
Newark H. Varley 5,076 21.8 2
Newbury Frank Jacques 1,219 04.6 3 Constituency
Newcastle-under-Lyme Josiah Wedgwood 14,226 57.7 1 Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Charles Trevelyan 14,542 51.6 1 ILP
Newcastle upon Tyne East Martin Henry Connolly 13,120 46.4 1 Boilermakers
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Herbert Maw 6,991 27.5 2
Newcastle upon Tyne West John Palin 13,089 45.5 1 Transport & General Workers
Newport John William Bowen 18,263 47.2 2 Post Office Workers
Newton Robert Young 12,875 56.1 1 Engineering
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Northampton Margaret Bondfield 15,046 37.2 2 General & Municipal Workers
North Cumberland B. Brooke 2,125 10.9 3
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 13,420 44.9 1 Miners
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 11,852 46.1 2 Miners
North Norfolk Noel Buxton 11,978 48.7 1 Constituency
Northwich Barbara Ayrton-Gould 11,630 34.6 2 Constituency
Norwich Dorothy Jewson 22,931 22.0 4 ILP
Norwich Walter Smith 23,808 22.9 3 Boot & Shoe
Norwood George James Anstey 8,927 28.7 2
Nottingham Central William Henderson Coultate 6,852 26.0 2
Nottingham South Henry Mills 8,897 39.3 2
Nottingham West Arthur Hayday 12,782 56.6 1 General & Municipal Workers
Nuneaton Frank Smith 12,679 31.3 2
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Oldham William Tout 23,623 19.7 3 Textile Factory Workers
Oldham James Wilson 22,081 18.4 4 Railwaymen
Ormskirk Robert Barrie Walker 10,402 43.7 2
Oswestry Thomas Morris 5,503 21.2 3
Oxford Frederic Ludlow 2,260 10.6 3
Paddington North John William Gordon 10,481 38.1 2 Railwaymen
Paisley Edward Mitchell 17,057 53.5 1 ILP
Peckham Hugh Dalton 13,361 46.1 1 Constituency
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 7,797 40.8 1 Miners
Pembrokeshire William James Jenkins 8,455 23.4 3
Penistone Rennie Smith 10,997 38.5 1 Constituency
Penrith and Cockermouth Fred Tait 5,404 32.1 2 ILP
Penryn and Falmouth Frederick Jesse Hopkins 6,462 22.4 3
Perth Cameron Roberts 5,316 20.2 3 ILP
Peterborough John Mansfield 9,180 32.6 2
Petersfield George Gilbert Desmond 2,582 12.3 3
Plaistow Will Thorne 15,609 67.1 1 General & Municipal Workers
Plymouth Devonport Holford Knight 6,350 22.7 3
Plymouth Drake James John Hamlyn Moses 12,161 39.9 2
Plymouth Sutton Frederick Woulfe-Brenan 13,095 41.9 2
Pontefract Tom Smith 13,044 48.7 2 Miners
Pontypool Thomas Griffiths 15,378 52.6 1 Iron & Steel
Pontypridd Thomas Mardy-Jones 18,301 55.9 1 Miners
Poplar South Samuel March 16,224 62.6 1 Transport & General Workers
Portsmouth Central Glenvil Hall 10,525 34.5 2
Portsmouth North Olaf Gleeson 10,279 36.9 2
Portsmouth South Jessie Stephen 8,310 27.0 2 Constituency
Preston Tom Shaw 27,009 26.3 1 Textile Factory Workers
Pudsey and Otley Percy Myers 7,001 25.3 2
Putney John Allen 6,609 27.6 2
Reading Somerville Hastings 18,337 46.2 2
Reigate William Graham 6,061 23.4 2
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Rhondda West William John unopposed N/A 1 Miners
Richmond (Surrey) Herbert Parker 6,034 23.2 2
Rochdale William Kelly 14,609 33.8 1 Workers
Romford Emil Davies 13,312 38.3 2
Rossendale James Bell 9,951 32.4 2 Textile Factory Workers
Rotherham Fred Lindley 18,860 54.6 1 Woodworkers
Rotherhithe Ben Smith 12,703 60.3 1 Transport & General Workers
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 18,750 65.3 1 Miners
Rothwell William Lunn 16,540 61.8 1 Miners
Roxburgh and Selkirk George Dallas 7,266 26.2 3
Royton Albert E. Wood 6,156 19.6 3
Rugby H. Yates 3,768 13.1 3
Rushcliffe J. O. Whitwham 9,548 35.0 2
Rutherglen William Wright 13,796 52.1 1 ILP
Rutland and Stamford H. F. Wheeler 6,633 33.3 2
Saffron Walden William Cash 6,340 26.6 2
St Albans Frank Herbert 8,862 32.5 2
St Helens James Sexton 21,313 55.8 1 Transport & General Workers
St Marylebone George Edward Elmer 8,782 26.5 2
St Pancras North James Marley 13,171 44.1 2 ILP
St Pancras South East Herbert Romeril 10,463 45.5 2 Railway Clerks
St Pancras South West Ernest Bennett 8,630 42.1 2
Salford North Ben Tillett 13,114 42.1 2 Transport & General Workers
Salford South Joseph Toole 14,455 48.8 2 Constituency
Salford West Alexander Haycock 12,369 42.5 2 ILP
Salisbury David Freeman 2,071 08.1 3
Scarborough and Whitby Howard Doncaster Rowntree 2,713 08.3 3
Seaham Sidney Webb 22,399 65.5 1 Fabian
Sedgefield John Herriotts 12,552 47.3 2 Miners
Sheffield Attercliffe Cecil Wilson 16,802 63.6 1 ILP
Sheffield Brightside Arthur Ponsonby 17,053 55.4 1 ILP
Sheffield Central Tom Snowden 12,955 49.4 2
Sheffield Hallam Edward Snelgrove 8,807 36.3 2
Sheffield Hillsborough A. V. Alexander 16,573 56.9 1 Co-op
Sheffield Park George Lathan 11,576 45.2 2 Railway Clerks
Shipley William Mackinder 11,862 36.0 1 Distributive Workers
Shoreditch Ernest Thurtle 16,608 53.0 1 Constituency
Shrewsbury David Baxter Lawley 1,614 06.8 3
Silvertown Jack Jones 15,962 81.1 1 General & Municipal Workers
Skipton George Willey 8,626 26.5 3
Smethwick John Davison 14,491 52.3 1 Constituency
Southampton Tommy Lewis 22,183 21.1 3
Southampton Reginald Sorensen 21,768 20.8 4
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,313 50.4 1 Miners
South Derbyshire Alfred Goodere 15,033 40.5 2
South Dorset W. Ridson 5,821 29.5 2
South East Essex Philip Hoffman 13,820 41.2 2
Southend Sydney Alexander Moseley 3,144 08.4 3
South Norfolk George Edwards 11,376 44.5 2
South Shields William Lawther 16,852 42.1 2 Miners
Southwark Central Harry Day 9,199 40.0 1 Constituency
Southwark North Leslie Haden-Guest 8,115 43.8 1
Southwark South East Thomas Naylor 11,635 54.3 1 Compositors
South West Norfolk W. B. Taylor 10,004 42.0 2
Sowerby Arthur Dawson 8,881 30.1 3
Spelthorne Frederick Wilson Temple 7,792 30.6 2
Spen Valley Tom Myers 13,999 43.1 2
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 17,211 63.0 1 Miners
Stafford William Thomas Scott 7,571 37.9 2
Stalybridge and Hyde Walter Fowden 12,509 33.7 2 ILP
Stirling and Clackmannan Western Tom Johnston 9,749 49.3 2 ILP
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 13,436 53.9 1 Scottish Miners
Stockport Arnold Townend 21,986 24.8 3 Railway Clerks
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 11,948 33.1 2 Post Office Workers
Stoke Newington Lewis Silkin 3,420 18.1 3
Stoke John Watts 13,318 42.7 2 Miners
Stone C. A. Brook 4,245 18.9 3
Stourbridge Wilfred Wellock 14,113 34.8 2 ILP
Stratford Thomas Groves 13,264 56.0 1 Constituency
Stretford Joseph Robinson 11,520 35.6 2
Stroud Edith Picton-Turbervill 7,418 25.2 2 Constituency
Sunderland Jeremiah McVeagh 21,823 19.3 3
Swansea East David Williams 12,274 54.6 1 Constituency
Swansea West Howel Samuel 9,188 33.4 2
Swindon R. H. Tawney 12,698 44.9 2
Taunton George Woods 2,441 09.1 3
The Hartlepools Craigie Aitchison 3,717 09.7 3
The Wrekin Henry Nixon 11,132 44.4 2
Thornbury Godfrey Elton 6,376 21.9 3
Tonbridge W. F. Toynbee 6,564 22.0 2
Torquay Arthur Moyle 2,752 08.4 3
Totnes Kate Spurrell 2,240 06.1 3 Constituency
Tottenham North Robert Morrison 13,800 51.0 1 Co-op
Tottenham South Percy Alden 12,099 47.1 2
Twickenham Stanley Simon Sherman 7,945 29.6 2
Tynemouth John Stuart Barr 6,818 27.4 3
University of Wales George Davies 721 40.6 2 University Party
Upton Benjamin Gardner 11,443 46.0 2 ILP
Uxbridge Robert Small 8,459 32.6 2
Wakefield George Sherwood 10,192 47.9 2 Railwaymen
Wallasey John H. Warren 8,634 27.6 2
Wallsend Patrick Hastings 17,274 52.4 1
Walsall Lothian Small 11,474 28.7 3
Walthamstow East John Gilbert Dale 8,246 35.4 2
Walthamstow West Valentine McEntee 12,621 49.1 2 Woodworkers
Wandsworth Central Charles Latham 8,235 38.4 2
Wansbeck George Warne 21,159 52.9 1 Miners
Warrington Charles Dukes 15,251 47.6 2
Waterloo George Frank Titt 6,116 28.0 2
Watford Herbert Elvin 7,417 26.6 2
Wednesbury Alfred Short 18,170 50.5 1 Boilermakers
Wellingborough William Cove 11,381 40.0 1 Constituency
Wells Wilfred Thomas Young 2,726 11.3 3
Wentworth George Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Miners
West Bromwich Frederick Roberts 15,384 51.6 1 Typographical
Westbury George Ward 4,731 18.1 3 ILP
West Dorset Louie Simpson 5,764 31.7 2 Constituency
Western Isles A. G. Burns 1,454 17.2 3 ILP
West Fife William Adamson 14,685 70.9 1 Miners
Westhoughton Rhys Davies 16,033 55.8 1 Distributive Workers
Westminster Abbey Arthur Woolf 4,308 19.4 2
Westmorland Reginald Penrith Burnett 7,242 28.2 2
Weston-super-Mare Raphael Neft 1,343 04.2 3 ILP
West Renfrewshire Robert Murray 11,252 45.9 2 ILP
Whitechapel and St George's Harry Gosling 10,147 58.5 1 Transport & General Workers
Whitehaven Thomas Gavan-Duffy 11,741 47.2 2 Cumberland Iron Ore
Widnes Joe Cotter 13,326 46.3 2
Wigan John Parkinson 20,350 57.6 1 Miners
Willesden East William Davies Lloyd 7,860 24.7 3 ILP
Willesden West Samuel Viant 14,884 47.3 1 Woodworkers
Wimbledon Mark Starr 7,386 25.8 2
Winchester Reginald Stamp 8,216 31.3 2
Windsor C. N. B. Crisp 5,514 21.3 2
Wolverhampton East D. Rowland Williams 5,188 19.8 3
Wolverhampton West William Brown 17,046 48.8 2
Wood Green Harri Tudor Rhys 8,648 23.0 2
Woodbridge Sylvain Mayer 3,998 16.4 3
Woolwich East Harry Snell 16,660 58.4 1 Constituency
Woolwich West William Barefoot 12,304 42.7 2
Worcester Percy Williams 3,272 15.3 3
Workington Thomas Cape 15,353 55.6 1 Miners
Wrexham Robert Richards 15,291 44.4 2
Wycombe George Young 4,626 12.2 3
Yeovil James Lievsley George 6,179 20.6 3
York David Adams 15,500 43.8 2

By-elections, 1924–1929

Oswald Mosley, victor in the 1926 Smethwick by-election
William Wedgwood Benn, victor in the 1928 Aberdeen North by-election
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1924 Dundee by-election Tom Johnston 22,973 69.2 1 ILP
1925 Walsall by-election Lothian Small 11,610 30.0 3 Constituency
1925 Ayr Burghs by-election Patrick Dollan 9,787 35.2 2 ILP
1925 Eastbourne by-election Thomas Williams 3,696 16.9 3
1925 Oldham by-election William John Tout 21,702 45.2 2 Textile Factory Workers
1925 Forest of Dean by-election A. A. Purcell 11,629 48.5 1 Furnishing Trades
1925 Stockport by-election Arnold Townend 20,219 36.5 1 Railway Clerks
1925 Galloway by-election John Mitchell 4,207 16.8 3
1926 Dunbartonshire by-election William Henry Porteous Martin 11,610 43.9 2
1926 East Renfrewshire by-election John Martin Munro 10,889 48.0 2
1926 Darlington by-election Arthur Shepherd 12,965 44.5 1
1926 Bothwell by-election Joseph Sullivan 14,830 59.7 1
1926 East Ham North by-election Susan Lawrence 10,798 40.7 1
1926 Buckrose by-election Herbert Cecil Laycock 2,191 8.8 3
1926 Hammersmith North by-election James Patrick Gardner 13,095 53.4 1
1926 Wallsend by-election Margaret Bondfield 18,866 57.7 1 General & Municipal Workers
1926 North Cumberland by-election H. W. McIntyre 2,793 15.1 3 Constituency
1926 Howdenshire by-election John Kneeshaw 2,318 11.8 2 Constituency
1926 Kingston upon Hull Central by-election Joseph Kenworthy 16,145 52.9 1
1926 Chelmsford by-election Nils H. Moller 6,140 22.0 3 Constituency
1926 Smethwick by-election Oswald Mosley 16,077 57.1 1 Constituency
1927 Stourbridge by-election Wilfred Wellock 16,561 41.9 1 Constituency
1927 Leith by-election Robert Freeman Wilson 12,350 42.0 2 Constituency
1927 Southwark North by-election George Isaacs 6,167 36.9 2 Printers' Assistants
1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election Hugh Guthrie 2,378 12.3 2 University Party
1927 Bosworth by-election John Minto 11,710 37.3 2
1927 Westbury by-election George Ward 5,396 20.4 3 Constituency
1927 Brixton by-election James Adams 6,032 28.0 2
1927 Southend by-election Erskine Harper 4,777 12.3 3 Constituency
1928 Northampton by-election Cecil L'Estrange Malone 15,173 37.5 1 Constituency
1928 Faversham by-election Dudley Aman 11,313 36.2 2 Constituency
1928 Bristol West by-election Clare Annesley 7,702 26.0 2 Constituency
1928 Lancaster by-election David R. Davies 6,101 18.1 3 Constituency
1928 Ilford by-election Charles Robin de Gruchy 8,922 21.9 3 Constituency
1928 St Ives by-election Frederick Jesse Hopkins 4,343 18.0 3 Constituency
1928 Middlesbrough West by-election Alonzo Ralph Ellis 10,628 36.0 2 Transport & General Workers
1928 Linlithgowshire by-election Manny Shinwell 14,446 49.1 1 ILP
1928 Hanley by-election Arthur Hollins 15,136 60.2 1 Pottery Workers
1928 St Marylebone by-election David Amyas Ross 6,721 29.4 2 Constituency
1928 Holborn by-election Percy Allott 2,238 21.0 2 Constituency
1928 Carmarthen by-election Daniel Hopkin 10,154 35.4 2 Constituency
1928 Epsom by-election Helen Keynes 3,719 16.8 3 Constituency
1928 Halifax by-election Arthur Longbottom 17,536 42.8 1 Constituency
1928 Sheffield Hallam by-election Charles Flynn 5,393 30.8 2 Constituency
1928 Aberdeen North by-election William Wedgwood Benn 10,646 52.5 1 ILP
1928 Cheltenham by-election Florence Widdowson 3,962 18.8 3 Constituency
1928 Tavistock by-election Richard Davies 2,449 10.3 3 Constituency
1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election Albert Bellamy 9,567 40.6 1 Railwaymen
1929 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election Andrew Clarke 7,917 42.0 1 Constituency
1929 Battersea South by-election William Bennett 11,789 45.5 1 Constituency
1929 Bishop Auckland by-election Ruth Dalton 14,797 57.1 1 Constituency
1929 Wansbeck by-election George Shield 20,398 58.0 1 Miners
1929 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election Joseph Jackson Cleary 6,563 29.2 2 Constituency
1929 Bath by-election George Gilbert Desmond 6,359 25.7 3 Constituency
1929 Holland with Boston by-election G. R. Blanco White 9,294 27.3 2 Constituency
1929 North Lanarkshire by-election Jennie Lee 15,711 57.5 1 ILP

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