Co-operative Party election results

This article lists the Co-operative Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance Year Number of CandidatesF. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.54David Butler and Gareth Butler, British Electoral Facts, 1900–2010, p.197 Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Saved deposits Number of MPs1918 10 57,785 5,779 0.6 N/A 10 11922 11 126,406 11,491 0.9 +0.3 11 41923 10 107,792 10,779 0.8 −0.1 10 61924 10 128,827 12,883 0.8 0.0 10 51929 12 208,762 17,397 1.0 +0.2 12 91931 18 246,198 13,678 1.2 +0.2 18 11935 20 347,728 17,386 1.7 +0.5 19 91945 34 635,335 18,686 2.6 +0.9 34 231950 33 719,756 21,811 2.5 −0.1 33 181951 38 845,509 22,250 2.9 +0.4 38 161955 39 829,175 21,261 3.1 +0.2 191959 30 675,199 22,507 2.4 -0.5 30 161964 27 566,220 20,971 2.0 −0.4 27 191966 24 507,372 21,140 1.9 −0.1 24 181970 28 537,253 19,188 1.9 0.0 171974 Feb 25 518,981 20,759 1.7 -0.2 25 161974 Oct 22 465,592 21,163 1.6 -0.1 161979 25 485,115 19,405 1.6 0.0 16 171983 17 299,080 17,593 1.0 −0.6 16 81987 20 334,132 16,707 1.0 0.0 20 101992 27 495,702 18,359 1.5 +0.5 27 141997 26 654,203 25,162 2.1 +0.6 26 262001 30 601,197 20,040 2.3 +0.2 30 302005 32 584,700 18,272 2.1 −0.2 29 292010 43 776,358 18,505 2.9 +0.8 43 282015 42 873,399 20,795 2.8 −0.1 42 242017 52 1,350,007 25,962 4.2 +1.4 52 382019 50 1,025,882 19,729 3.2 −1.0 50 262024 44 805,340 18,303 2.8 −0.4 44 43

Election results By-elections, 1910–1918 Election Candidate Votes % PositionJanuary 1918 Prestwich by-election 2,832 24.9 2

1918 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBirmingham King's Norton 4,917 35.8 2Birmingham Sparkbrook 3,014 15.5 2Bradford South 8,291 30.9 2Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire 5,753 32.8 2Kettering 10,299 45.7 1Kilmarnock 6,652 32.9 2Leeds Central 2,146 13.2 3Mossley 5,227 24.4 2Paisley 7,436 33.5 2Sheffield Hillsborough 4,050 26.6 2

By-elections, 1918–1922 Election Candidate Votes % Position1920 Paisley by-election 11,902 39.1 21920 Stockport by-election 14,434 16.2 41922 Nottingham East by-election 5,431 27.3 2

Jones stood as a joint Co-operative – Labour Party candidate.

1922 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBirmingham King's Norton 7,017 32.8 2Birmingham Sparkbrook 6,310 23.4 3Bradford South 12,353 35.3 2East Ham South 10,566 48.1 1Glasgow Tradeston 14,190 55.7 1Kettering 14,204 48.8 2Manchester Moss Side 4,641 19.9 3Paisley 14,689 49.5 2Sheffield Hillsborough 15,130 56.2 1Stockport 17,059 16.7 3Tottenham North 10,250 44.2 1

1923 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBirmingham King's Norton 6,743 30.7 2Bradford South 11,543 34.9 2East Ham South 11,402 49.2 1Glasgow Partick 8,397 44.0 1Glasgow Tradeston 12,787 60.1 1Kettering 12,718 43.6 1Leeds North East 8,574 31.3 2Paisley 7,977 27.4 2Sheffield Hillsborough 15,087 55.7 1Tottenham North 12,696 49.7 1

1924 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBirmingham Deritend 12,760 48.5 2Bradford South 13,919 39.0 1East Ham South 13,644 51.9 1Glasgow Partick 9,612 42.2 2Glasgow Tradeston 14,067 56.0 1Kettering 14,801 49.6 2Leeds North East 8,894 31.6 2Mossley 10,767 34.3 2Sheffield Hillsborough 16,573 56.9 1Tottenham North 13,800 51.0 1

1929 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Barkston Ash 18,321 47.7 2 Birmingham Deritend 16,932 50.7 1 Bradford South 23,251 48.9 1 East Ham South 18,956 54.3 1 Glasgow Tradeston 17,864 58.7 1 Greenock 9,697 28.2 2 Hammersmith South 12,630 43.8 1 Kettering 18,253 43.8 1 Mossley 19,296 46.0 1 Nottingham Central 11,573 33.2 2 Sheffield Hillsborough 20,941 57.3 1 Tottenham North 20,884 54.0 1

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

By-election, 1929–1931 Election Candidate Votes % Position Nottingham Central by-election, 1930 7,923 28.8 2 Glasgow St Rollox by-election, 1931 10,044 45.2 1

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

1931 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Barkston Ash 14,585 34.3 2 Birmingham Deritend 11,163 34.0 2 Bradford South 15,994 33.6 2 Brighton 12,878 07.3 4 East Ham South 15,737 46.2 2 East Renfrewshire 12,477 26.7 2 Edmonton 14,250 43.2 2 Finsbury 10,133 36.9 2 Glasgow St Rollox 13,545 44.7 1 Glasgow Tradeston 13,579 47.4 2 Hammersmith South 8,390 28.5 2 Kettering 17,095 39.8 2 Mossley 15,587 33.5 2 Nottingham Central 7,532 22.6 2 Sheffield Hillsborough 17,319 42.1 2 Tottenham North 17,651 44.3 2 Twickenham 13,763 26.0 2 Woolwich West 14,520 35.4 2

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1931–1935 Election Candidate Votes % Position Twickenham by-election, 1932 16,881 43.8 2 Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1933 11,005 40.1 2 Twickenham by-election, 1934 19,890 43.9 2 Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935 10,697 39.7 2

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

1935 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Barkston Ash 16,525 39.1 2 Bethnal Green North East 11,581 63.5 1 Birmingham Deritend 10,144 40.5 2 Bradford South 17,121 41.5 2 Deptford 27,021 57.3 1 Dumfriesshire 11,685 34.6 2 East Ham South 18,949 59.3 1 East Renfrewshire 21,475 34.0 2 Edmonton 21,940 55.2 1 Finsbury 13,408 55.8 1 Glasgow St Rollox 16,708 61.6 1 Glasgow Tradeston 12,253 47.1 1 Greenwich 20,436 47.6 2 Kettering 21,042 47.9 2 Mossley 22,399 47.7 2 Nottingham Central 10,193 35.3 2 Paddington North 9,925 34.4 2 Sheffield Hillsborough 21,025 54.3 1 Tottenham North 21,075 57.2 1 Twickenham 22,823 37.8 2

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

1945 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionLabour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232–248Battersea South 19,275 61.5 1Bethnal Green North East 7,696 59.9 1Bethnal Green South West 6,669 57.4 1Birmingham Deritend 9,749 65.3 1Birmingham Duddeston 10,745 65.0 1Bradford South 24,394 52.5 1Bristol North 22,819 57.8 1Dartford 36,665 68.4 1Dumfriesshire 12,388 35.7 2Ealing West 29,115 60.3 1East Fife 10,920 30.6 2East Ham North 18,373 70.2 1East Ham South 19,168 74.0 1East Renfrewshire 36,634 46.4 2Glasgow Partick 12,998 48.4 2Glasgow St Rollox 14,520 62.9 1Glasgow Springburn 21,698 65.0 1Glasgow Tradeston 13,153 59.7 1Hammersmith South 12,502 58.0 1Howdenshire 11,161 29.2 2Ilford North 18,833 42.8 1Lewes 18,511 36.3 2Liverpool West Derby 18,370 45.7 2Mossley 27,435 47.5 1Newcastle-upon-Tyne North 10,228 29.8 2Nottingham South 15,316 50.5 1Peterborough 22,056 50.7 1Sheffield Hillsborough 24,959 63.4 1Tottenham North 25,360 71.8 1Uxbridge 25,190 43.7 1Wallasey 9,879 23.0 3Wolverhampton Bilston 31,493 67.0 1Wood Green 23,544 34.7 2Worcester 13,519 42.9 2

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

By-election, 1945–1950 Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Howdenshire by-election, 1947 9,298 25.5 2 Hammersmith South by-election, 1949 15,223 52.8 1

1950 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBanbury 19,408 39.5 2Battersea South 16,142 46.3 1Bethnal Green 20,519 63.1 1Billericay 19,437 41.3 2Bilston 29,919 62.6 1Birmingham Small Heath 31,985 62.8 1Bridgwater 16,053 36.1 2Bristol North East 20,456 49.4 1Dartford 38,128 56.4 1Dover 24,995 46.7 2Droylsden 25,238 48.7 1Ealing North 24,157 47.6 1East Fife 10,694 26.5 2East Ham North 20,497 57.1 1East Ham South 23,002 62.1 1Edinburgh West 14,377 32.0 2Glasgow Scotstoun 19,055 46.0 2Glasgow Springburn 25,603 59.7 1Glasgow Tradeston 26,598 62.9 1Glasgow Woodside 15,966 45.6 2Hammersmith South 18,825 51.8 1Ilford North 21,385 37.3 2Nottingham South 18,806 48.0 1Peterborough 22,671 45.7 2Reigate 13,931 32.5 2Sheffield Hillsborough 28,295 58.7 1Southend West 15,345 25.9 2Tottenham 30,901 56.9 1Uxbridge 20,139 48.1 1Wembley North 14,987 34.7 2Winchester 23,955 43.2 2Wood Green 28,480 52.4 1Worcester 19,807 40.6 2

Candidates stood jointly with the Labour Party.

By-elections, 1950–1951 Election Candidate Votes % Position1950 Glasgow Scotstoun by-election 17,175 47.3 2

1951 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionBarnet 22,375 35.9 2Battersea South 17,237 49.3 2Bebington 22,190 38.7 2Berwick-upon-Tweed 11,069 33.1 2Bethnal Green 22,162 69.7 1Billericay 20,613 43.4 2Bilston 31,381 61.9 1Birmingham Small Heath 31,079 63.4 1Bridgwater 19,656 43.7 1Bristol North East 21,910 53.0 1Cardiff North 22,600 43.5 2Chertsey 14,849 38.7 1Dartford 40,094 59.1 1Dover 24,995 46.7 2Ealing North 25,698 50.1 1East Ham North 21,444 60.4 1East Ham South 23,704 64.9 1Glasgow Springburn 27,749 62.4 1Glasgow Tradeston 29,966 63.1 1Glasgow Woodside 16,210 46.6 2Hammersmith South 19,273 54.6 1Hertford 23,708 43.7 2Ilford North 21,865 38.0 2Leicester South East 16,225 40.5 2Liverpool Toxteth 19,620 45.8 2Merton and Morden 22,086 45.5 2Middlesbrough West 22,525 47.8 2Nottingham South 19,844 50.6 1Putney 23,489 44.2 2Reigate 14,287 33.1 2Ruislip-Northwood 14,491 36.4 2St Ives 11,216 31.8 2Sheffield Hillsborough 28,274 59.0 1Sudbury and Woodbridge 21,310 43.9 2Tottenham 33,312 62.4 1Uxbridge 21,249 49.1 1Wembley North 15,394 35.7 2Wood Green 30,360 55.8 1

By-elections, 1951–1955 Election Candidate Votes % Position1952 Birmingham Small Heath by-election 19,491 67.0 11953 Stoke-on-Trent North by-election 23,103 75.5 11954 Liverpool West Derby by-election 18,650 46.9 21954 Morpeth by-election 23,491 71.3 1

1955 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionLabour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255–275Barons Court 20,748 50.2 1Bath 17,646 37.4 2Bethnal Green 27,205 69.3 1Billericay 20,121 45.3 2Bilston 26,490 57.6 1Birmingham Small Heath 22,444 60.8 1Bradford West 19,147 46.2 2Bristol North East 22,740 46.5 1Burton 21,546 46.8 2Chigwell 17,628 47.5 2Cleveland 27,649 50.2 1Colchester 19,898 44.5 2Dartford 25,928 54.4 1Ealing North 22,794 46.0 2East Ham North 17,961 59.1 1East Ham South 19,808 64.1 1East Hertfordshire 20,418 43.1 2Erith and Crayford 24,957 60.4 1Glasgow Govan 24,818 62.0 1Glasgow Scotstoun 18,226 49.4 2Glasgow Springburn 16,131 57.5 1Liverpool Toxteth 16,037 43.8 2Liverpool West Derby 18,540 46.7 2Middlesbrough West 18,134 41.6 2Morpeth 25,452 70.6 1Nottingham South 22,092 43.1 2Putney 21,774 42.9 2Reigate 16,903 38.3 2Romford 27,326 52.5 1Sheffield Hillsborough 23,438 58.8 1South East Essex 13,841 40.3 2Stoke-on-Trent North 29,473 66.9 1Sudbury and Woodbridge 17,995 38.3 2Tottenham 26,363 60.0 1Uxbridge 22,244 51.0 1Wembley South 15,596 41.4 2West Renfrewshire 17,243 44.8 2Wolverhampton South West 16,898 40.0 2Wood Green 25,523 53.9 1

By-elections 1955–1959 Election Candidate Votes % Position1955 Greenock by-election 19,698 53.7 11957 Wednesbury by-election 22,235 62.2 1

1959 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % PositionLabour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179–201Barons Court 17,745 46.5 2Battersea South 12,451 42.3 2Bethnal Green 24,228 63.6 1Billericay 24,402 38.8 2Bilston 27,068 53.5 1Birmingham Small Heath 19,213 57.4 1Bristol North East 21,574 42.4 2Cleveland 28,790 48.6 2Dartford 25,323 45.8 1Ealing North 23,036 45.8 2East Ham South 18,230 61.5 1Epping 27,114 38.4 2Erith and Crayford 24,523 56.7 1Glasgow Govan 23,139 60.4 1Glasgow Springburn 16,297 58.8 1Greenock 19,320 50.6 1Hendon North 16,566 38.5 2Henley 15,014 32.9 2Liverpool Kirkdale 19,669 46.7 2Luton 22,134 44.9 2Manchester Wythenshawe 27,625 48.9 2Mitcham 23,845 41.5 2Morpeth 27,435 71.9 1Romford 25,558 43.5 1Sheffield Hillsborough 21,888 56.5 1Stoke-on-Trent North 29,336 64.0 1Uxbridge 20,970 43.6 2Wednesbury 24,157 52.1 1Willesden West 25,680 57.2 1Wood Green 22,869 51.3 1

By-elections, 1959–1964 Election Candidate Votes % Position1961 Warrington by-election 16,149 55.8 1

1964 general election