Labour Party (UK) election results (1906–1922)

This article lists the Labour Party's election results in elections from it adopting the "Labour Party" name in 1906 until the end of the 1918 to 1922 Parliament.

Summary of general election performance Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Saved deposits Number of MPs 1910 Jan 78 505,657 6,483 7.0 +2.7 N/A 40 1910 Dec 56 371,802 6,639 6.4 -0.6 N/A 42 1918 361 2,245,777 6,221 20.8 +14.4 355 57

Sponsorship of candidates Sponsor Candidates Jan 10 MPs Jan 10 Candidates Dec 10 MPs Dec 10 Candidates 18 MPs 18 BSP N/A N/A N/A N/A 4 0 CLP 0 0 0 0 144 5 Fabian 2 0 2 1 unknown 0 ILP 14 6 12 8 50 3 SDF N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 1 Trade union 62 34 42 33 163 49

Election results By-elections, 1906–1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position SponsorRoy Gregory, The Miners and British Politics, pp.43, 98-102, 139-143, 175-1771906 Cockermouth by-election 1,436 14.5 3 Miners1906 Huddersfield by-election 5,422 33.8 2 ILP1907 Belfast North by-election 4,194 41.1 2 Carpenters & Joiners1907 Jarrow by-election 4,698 33.0 1 Gasworkers1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 3,330 45.4 2 Boilermakers1907 Kingston upon Hull West by-election 4,512 29.1 3 ASRS1908 Leeds South by-election 2,451 19.4 3 ASLEF1908 Dewsbury by-election 2,446 20.2 3 Textile Workers1908 Dundee by-election 4,014 24.9 3 Postmen1908 Montrose Burghs by-election 1,937 29.4 2 ILP1909 Taunton by-election 1,085 35.4 2 Fabian1909 Croydon by-election 886 4.2 3 ILP1909 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election 3,631 27.5 1 Patternmakers1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election 6,735 60.5 1 Miners

January 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position SponsorBarnard Castle 6,096 56.7 1 Iron FoundersBarrow-in-Furness 5,304 55.2 1 EngineersBelfast North 3,951 38.7 2 FlaxdressersBirmingham Bordesley 3,453 27.7 2 Birmingham East 3,958 31.9 2 EngineersBishop Auckland 3,993 33.2 2 MinersBlackburn 10,762 28.1 2 ILPBolton 11,864 30.5 2 Textile Factory WorkersBow and Bromley 2,955 33.5 2 ILPBradford West 8,880 66.6 1 ILPBristol East 1,874 31.2 2 Boot and ShoeChatham 6,130 45.3 2 ShipwrightsChester-le-Street 12,684 64.8 1 MinersChesterfield 8,234 59.1 1 MinersClitheroe 13,873 67.3 1 Textile Factory WorkersCockermouth 1,909 18.9 3 Steel SmeltersCrewe 1,380 9.5 3 EngineersDeptford 6,880 52.0 1 CompositorsDerby 10,189 27.9 2 Railway ServantsDavid Howell, Respectable Radicals: Studies in the Politics of Railway Trade Unionism, p.195Dundee 10,365 32.9 2 ShipwrightsEccles 3,511 20.3 3 PostmenGateshead 3,572 21.4 3 MinersGlasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown 4,496 61.7 1 EngineersGlasgow Camlachie 2,443 28.9 3 ILPGorton 7,807 51.6 1 Steel SmeltersGovan 3,545 23.3 3 EngineersGower 9,312 78.6 1 MinersHalifax 9,093 38.9 2 ILPHallamshire 10,193 62.2 1 MinersHanley 9,199 63.9 1 MinersHolmfirth 1,643 14.9 3 PaintersHuddersfield 5,686 31.6 2 FabiansEdward R. Pease, The History of the Fabian SocietyHyde 2,401 21.2 3 ILPInce 7,723 60.6 1 MinersJarrow 4,818 33.5 2 GasworkersLeeds East 5,873 71.8 1 FurnishingLeicester 14,337 31.4 2 ILPLeigh 3,268 24.7 3 MinersLeith Burghs 2,724 18.9 3 Carpenters & JoinersLiverpool Kirkdale 3,921 48.6 2 Carpenters & JoinersLiverpool West Toxteth 2,909 42.5 2 Dock LabourersManchester East 6,110 54.5 1 MinersManchester North East 5,157 58.4 1 ILPManchester South West 1,218 16.6 3 ILPMerthyr Tydfil 13,841 36.7 2 ILPMid Derbyshire 7,575 63.9 1 MinersMiddlesbrough 2,710 14.2 3 BlastfurnacemenMid Lanarkshire 3,864 25.7 3 MinersMorley 2,191 16.1 3 MinersNewcastle-upon-Tyne 18,241 28.1 2 Railway ServantsNewton 7,256 52.7 1 Shop AssistantsNormanton 9,172 72.2 1 MinersNorth Ayrshire 1,801 12.9 3 MinersNorth East Derbyshire 8,715 57.6 1 MinersNorth East Lanarkshire 2,160 11.8 3 MinersNorth West Lanarkshire 1,718 9.7 3 MinersNorth West Staffordshire 8,566 59.8 1 MinersNorwich 11,119 28.7 2 TypographicalNuneaton 8,154 50.8 1 MinersPortsmouth 3,529 6.1 5 FabiansPreston 7,539 21.4 3 Steel SmeltersRhondda 12,436 78.2 1 MinersSt Helens 6,512 53.3 1 MinersSheffield Attercliffe 7,755 56.1 1 PatternmakersSouth Glamorganshire 11,612 61.1 1 MinersSpen Valley 2,514 23.3 3 ILPStockport 6,682 28.0 1 Railway ServantsSunderland 11,058 23.4 4 ILPTewkesbury 238 2.1 3 ILPWakefield 2,602 45.5 2 ILPWest Fife 4,736 37.7 2 MinersWest Ham South 11,791 63.1 1 GasworkersWesthoughton 9,064 53.2 1 Carpenters & JoinersWest Monmouthshire 13,295 81.4 1 MinersWhitehaven 825 28.8 3 MinersWigan 4,803 52.8 1 MinersWolverhampton West 5,790 47.6 2 Boot and ShoeWoolwich 8,420 49.1 2 Coopers

Gill in Bolton, Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, Hudson in Newcastle, Macdonald in Leicester, Parker in Halifax, Roberts in Norwich, Snowden in Blackburn, Thomas in Derby and Wilkie in Dundee were elected by taking second place in a multi-seat constituency.

By-elections, Jan–Dec 1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor 1910 Mid Glamorgan by-election 6,210 41.0 2 Miners 1910 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election 3,427 44.5 2 Carpenters & Joiners

December 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position SponsorThe New Hazell Annual and Almanack, vol.26, p.361Barnard Castle 5,868 57.0 1 Iron FoundersBarrow-in-Furness 4,810 52.9 1 EngineersBishop Auckland 3,993 33.2 2 MinersBlackburn 10,762 26.4 1 ILPBolton 7,729 64.0 2 Textile Factory WorkersBow and Bromley 4,315 55.6 1 ILPBradford West 8,880 66.6 1 ILPChatham 1,103 8.9 3 ILPChester-le-Street unopposed N/A 1 MinersChesterfield 7,283 59.0 1 MinersClitheroe 12,107 67.7 1 Textile Factory WorkersDeptford 6,357 51.4 1 CompositorsDerby 9,144 34.1 2 Railway ServantsDundee 8,957 29.3 2 ShipwrightsEast Carmarthenshire 1,176 12.6 3 Steel SmeltersEast Glamorgan 4,675 24.1 3 MinersGlasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown 4,162 59.1 1 EngineersGlasgow Camlachie 1,539 18.1 3 ILPGorton 7,840 52.2 1 Steel SmeltersGower 5,480 54.8 1 MinersHalifax 8,511 32.3 2 ILPHallamshire 8,708 59.9 1 MinersHanley 8,343 64.2 1 MinersHuddersfield 4,988 29.0 3 FabiansInce 7,117 57.2 1 MinersJarrow 4,892 30.6 3 Carpenters & JoinersLeeds East 4,028 68.0 1 FurnishingLeeds South 2,706 21.5 3 ILPLeicester 12,998 38.5 2 ILPLiverpool Kirkdale 2,992 41.6 2 ILPManchester East 5,524 54.3 1 MinersManchester North East 4,313 58.4 1 ILPMerthyr Tydfil 11,507 39.6 2 ILPMid Derbyshire 6,557 60.5 1 MinersMid Glamorganshire 6,102 44.5 2 MinersMid Lanarkshire 3,847 24.7 3 MinersNewcastle-upon-Tyne 16,447 28.0 2 Railway ServantsNewton 6,562 49.5 2 Shop AssistantsNormanton unopposed N/A 1 MinersNorth East Derbyshire 7,838 56.3 1 MinersNorth West Staffordshire 8,125 62.2 1 MinersNorwich 10,003 35.8 2 TypographicalNuneaton 8,199 52.2 1 MinersPreston 7,853 23.0 4 Textile Factory WorkersRhondda 9,073 71.0 1 MinersSt Helens 5,752 48.9 2 MinersSheffield Attercliffe 6,532 55.0 1 PatternmakersSouth Glamorganshire 10,910 58.4 1 MinersStockport 6,094 26.9 2 Railway ServantsSunderland 11,291 25.8 2 TeachersWest Fife 6,128 53.0 1 MinersWest Monmouthshire unopposed N/A 1 MinersWest Ham South 9,508 66.4 1 GasworkersWesthoughton 9,064 53.2 1 Carpenters & JoinersWhitehaven 1,414 53.7 1 ILP and MinersWigan 4,110 46.8 2 MinersWoolwich 8,252 50.7 1 Fabians and Coopers

Gill in Bolton, Hardie in Merthyr Tydfil, Hudson in Newcastle, Macdonald in Leicester, Parker in Halifax, Roberts in Norwich, Goldstone in Sunderland, Thomas in Derby, Wardle in Stockport and Wilkie in Dundee were elected by taking second place in a multi-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election 2,879 16.3 3 Miners1911 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election 2,761 19.3 3 ILP1911 Keighley by-election 3,452 28.9 3 ILP1911 Oldham by-election 7,448 24.6 3 Textile Factory Workers1912 Holmfirth by-election 3,195 28.2 3 Miners1912 Hanley by-election 1,694 11.8 3 Miners1912 Crewe by-election 2,485 17.7 3 Railway Servants1912 Midlothian by-election 2,415 16.7 3 Miners1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election 4,165 26.2 3 Miners1913 Keighley by-election 3,646 29.8 3 ILP1913 South Lanarkshire by-election 1,674 16.8 3 Miners1914 North West Durham by-election 5,026 28.2 3 Postmen1914 Leith Burghs by-election 3,346 24.5 3 Labour Amalgamation1914 North East Derbyshire by-election 3,669 22.5 3 Miners1914 Bolton by-election unopposed N/A 1 Carters & Lurrymen1914 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election unopposed N/A 1 ILPLabour Year Book (1916), pp.320– 321, 3471915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election 6,080 37.2 2 Miners1916 North West Staffordshire by-election unopposed N/A 1 Miners1917 Norwich by-election unopposed N/A 1 Typographical1918 Manchester North East by-election unopposed N/A 1 ILP

1918 UK general election