Election results of women in United Kingdom general elections (1918–1945)

This is a list of women who stood in general elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom up to and including the 1945 general election.

Summary of general election candidates Year Number of Candidates Number of MPs 1918 17 1 1922 33 2 1923 34 8 1924 41 4 1929 69 14 1931 62 15 1935 67 9 1945 87 24

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Independent Other parties Candidates MPs Candidates MPs Candidates MPs Candidates MPs Candidates MPs 1918 1 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 3 1 1922 5 1 10 0 16 1 2 0 0 0 1923 7 3 14 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 1924 12 3 22 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 1929 10 3 30 9 25 1 1 1 3 0 1931 16 13 36 0 5 1 1 1 4 0 1935 19 6 33 1 11 1 2 1 2 0 1945 13 1 41 21 20 1 4 1 9 0 Unionist candidates or MPs in Scottish constituencies were counted as Conservatives.

Election results 1918 UK general election Party Constituency Name Votes % Position Kennington 3,573 32.2 2 Brentford and Chiswick 1,263 9.7 3 Chelsea 2,419 20.9 2 Glasgow Bridgeton 991 5.0 3 Hendon 2,067 10.5 3 Richmond (Surrey) 3,615 20.4 2 Battersea North 5,634 33.4 2 Manchester Rusholme 2,985 15.6 3 Stourbridge 7,587 32.7 3 University of Wales 176 19.2 2 Enfield 1,987 12.1 3 Birmingham Ladywood 1,552 11.5 3 Mansfield 4,000 19.5 3 Portsmouth South 4,283 18.5 2 Belfast Victoria 539 4.1 3 Dublin St Patrick's 7,835 65.9 1 Smethwick 8,614 47.8 2

By-elections, 1918-1922 Party Election Name Votes % Position 1919 Plymouth Sutton by-election 14,495 51.9 1 1920 Camberwell North West by-election 4,733 32.1 2 1920 Northampton by-election 13,279 44.4 2 1921 Louth by-election 8,386 42.2 1

1922 UK general election Party Constituency Name"The defeated thirty", Manchester Guardian, 5 December 1922 Votes % Position Camberwell North 8,066 49.2 2 Denbigh 9,138 37.9 2 Ogmore 6,577 20.1 3 Plymouth Sutton 13,924 47.4 1 Walsall 14,349 37.8 2 Brentford and Chiswick 7,804 43.5 2 Liverpool East Toxteth 9,984 39.7 2 Acton 5,342 26.2 2 Chelmsford 3,767 17.6 3 East Ham North 6,747 27.8 2 East Surrey 3,667 22.7 2 Islington North 7,993 27.8 2 Islington East 5,900 22.7 3 Lambeth North 3,353 17.8 3 Northampton 14,498 37.9 2 University of Wales 309 24.8 3 Birmingham King's Norton 7,017 32.8 2 Bedford 2,075 7.8 4 Dartford 2,175 6.5 3 Devizes 6,576 40.7 2 Glasgow Maryhill 3,617 13.1 3 High Peak 5,802 20.4 3 Huntingdonshire 5,123 25.7 2 Louth, Lincolnshire 11,609 52.0 1 Oldham 6,186 7.0 5 Richmond (Surrey) 5,765 24.1 3 Waterloo 6,300 32.7 2 Westminster St George's 1,303 6.5 3 Wycombe 11,154 35.8 2 Edinburgh South 7,408 33.3 2 Forest of Dean 3,861 18.7 3 Glasgow Govan 9,336 37.7 2 Leeds South East 9,554 41.1 2

By-elections, 1922-1923 Party Election Name Votes % Position 1923 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election 12,000 55.0 1

1923 UK general election Party Constituency Name"Eight woman MPs", The Times, 8 December 1923 Votes % Position Berwick-upon-Tweed 10,636 48.0 1 Camberwell North 5,934 35.8 2 Ince 6,262 26.5 2 Plymouth Sutton 16,114 54.5 1 St Helens 16,109 44.5 2 Brentford and Chiswick 4,828 27.3 2 Ashton-under-Lyne 6,208 28.7 3 Berwick-upon-Tweed 2,784 12.5 3 Bournemouth 5,986 19.5 3 Chatham 5,794 24.1 3 East Ham North 8,727 35.7 1 Farnham 3,520 16.7 3 Isle of Wight 2,475 7.1 3 Islington East 6,941 26.0 3 Northampton 15,556 40.5 1 Norwich 19,304 20.0 2 Portsmouth South 7,388 24.9 2 Warwick and Leamington 4,015 12.8 3 West Dorset 7,087 41.2 2 Birmingham King's Norton 6,743 30.7 2 Birmingham King's Norton 5,686 25.9 3 Birmingham Moseley 7,904 28.7 2 Cambridgeshire 6,619 24.6 3 Consett 14,619 48.0 2 Gower 10,219 40.9 2 Hamilton 8,436 41.6 2 Hanley 4,268 19.8 3 Hastings 5,876 25.9 2 Louth, Lincolnshire 12,104 52.4 1 Pontefract 4,567 18.6 3 Richmond (Surrey) 7,702 37.0 2 Wycombe 14,910 46.9 1 Glasgow St Rollox 9,204 37.7 2 Kinross and Western Perthshire 9,235 50.4 1

Jewson was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

1924 UK general election Party Constituency Name"The 41 women candidates", Manchester Guardian, 20 October 1924 Votes % Position Berwick-upon-Tweed 12,130 50.9 1 Camberwell North 7,564 36.7 2 Denbigh 11,250 47.0 2 Derby 21,700 20.3 4 Manchester Ardwick 13,115 45.1 2 Morpeth 10,828 32.0 2 Plymouth Sutton 18,174 58.1 1 St Helens 16,908 44.2 2 Wansbeck 18,875 47.1 2 Acton 1,775 7.6 4 Blackburn 24,330 21.8 3 Bournemouth 7,735 27.3 2 Chelsea 5,661 26.0 2 Dumfriesshire 6,342 23.0 3 East Ham North 10,137 35.8 2 Edinburgh North 8,192 27.9 2 Farnham 4,613 20.2 2 Hackney North 6,097 24.1 3 Hastings 6,082 28.6 2 Hemel Hempstead 1,553 6.9 3 Islington East 10,280 32.3 2 Lewisham West 6,781 20.4 2 Liverpool Fairfield 8,412 37.1 2 Middlesbrough East 9,574 38.5 1 Northampton 15,046 37.2 2 Northwich 11,630 34.6 2 Norwich 22,931 22.0 4 Portsmouth South 8,310 27.0 2 Stroud 7,418 25.2 2 Totnes 2,240 6.1 3 West Dorset 5,764 31.7 2 Leeds North East 8,894 31.6 2 Ilkeston 4,320 17.6 3 Lanark Elizabeth Buchanan Mitchell 2,126 8.1 3 Louth, Lincolnshire 11,330 47.2 2 Southwark South East Elsie Cameron Elias 2,388 11.2 3 Watford 5,205 18.7 3 Wycombe 12,526 33.0 2 Aberdeen North 8,545 39.2 2 Bothwell 11,314 43.7 2 Kinross and Western Perthshire 13,565 72.0 1

By-elections, 1924-1929 Party Election Name Votes % Position 1926 Wallsend by-election 18,866 57.7 1 1926 East Ham North by-election 10,798 40.6 1 1927 Southend by-election 21,221 54.6 1 1928 Bristol West by-election 7,702 26.0 2 1928 St Ives by-election 10,241 42.6 1 1928 Linlithgowshire by-election 9,268 31.5 2 1928 Epsom by-election 3,719 16.8 3 1928 Aberdeen North by-election 4,696 23.1 2 1928 Cheltenham by-election 3,962 18.8 3 1929 Bishop Auckland by-election 14,797 57.1 1 1929 North Lanarkshire by-election 15,711 57.5 1 1929 North Lanarkshire by-election Elizabeth Buchanan Mitchell 2,488 9.1 3

1929 UK general election Party Constituency Name"Women candidates: a total of 64 for all parties", Manchester Guardian, 4 May 1929 Votes % Position Bothwell 1,677 5.5 3 Mansfield 533 1.1 4 Motherwell Isabel Brown 984 3.4 4 Farnworth 10,643 25.4 2 Liverpool Everton 12,667 47.1 2 Manchester Ardwick 13,177 39.7 2 Morpeth 9,206 22.1 2 Plymouth Sutton 16,625 43.2 1 Pontypridd 3,967 10.1 3 Southend-on-Sea 27,605 55.8 1 Combined English Universities 3,331 33.3 2 Ayr Burghs 13,429 36.5 2 Blackburn 37,256 26.1 1 Brentford and Chiswick 10,918 37.8 2 Bristol West 11,961 25.3 2 East Ham North 13,969 42.1 1 Edinburgh North 11,340 32.2 2 Honiton 915 2.6 3 Horsham and Worthing 7,611 16.4 3 Hythe 2,597 11.5 3 Islington East 15,199 38.0 1 Lewisham West 10,598 25.9 2 Luton 7,351 16.5 3 Middlesbrough East 12,215 41.3 1 North Lanarkshire 19,884 55.9 1 Northwich 15,473 34.3 2 Norwich 31,040 24.0 3 Nottingham Central 11,573 33.2 2 Perth 8,291 23.5 3 Petersfield 3,418 12.1 3 Portsmouth South 10,127 24.8 2 Rushcliffe 16,069 35.0 2 St Albans 11,699 27.6 2 Stoke-on-Trent 26,548 58.7 1 Sunderland 31,794 19.5 1 The Wrekin 14,569 44.4 1 Totnes 5,828 12.9 3 Wallsend 20,057 49.5 1 Wells 4,472 15.0 3 Weston-super-Mare 4,766 11.1 3 Wycombe 8,899 18.1 3 Anglesey 13,181 49.4 1 Birmingham Deritend 2,268 6.8 3 Caerphilly 8,190 22.4 2 East Grinstead 9,718 25.6 2 Hackney South 6,302 20.7 3 Hendon 13,449 22.2 3 Hitchin 9,325 28.3 2 Hythe 6,912 30.7 2 Islington North 10,210 23.4 3 Kensington North 5,516 13.5 3 Kingston upon Hull North West 10,059 28.3 3 Louth, Lincolnshire 13,560 42.9 2 Manchester Gorton 3,385 9.4 3 North Norfolk 3,403 11.1 3 Northampton 11,054 20.6 3 Rotherhithe 4,556 19.1 3 St Pancras South East 3,798 13.8 3 Salford West 5,614 15.4 3 Salisbury 13,022 39.3 2 Smethwick 3,909 11.0 3 Sunderland 21,300 13.0 5 Surrey East 7,435 23.1 2 Tavistock 14,040 44.1 2 Warrington 3,070 7.2 3 Winchester 7,278 18.6 3 Bothwell 12,077 39.3 2 Kinross and Western Perthshire 12,245 48.6 1 Paisley 7,094 17.7 3

Rathbone was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1929-1931 Party Election Name Votes % Position 1929 Kilmarnock by-election 1,448 4.4 3 1930 North Norfolk by-election 14,821 50.3 1 1930 Paddington South by-election 7,944 26.6 3 United Empire 1930 Paddington South by-election 494 1.7 4 1931 Islington East by-election 10,591 34.7 1 1931 Islington East by-election 7,182 23.5 3 1931 Salisbury by-election 9,588 32.7 2 1931 Sunderland by-election 15,020 19.9 3 1931 Glasgow St Rollox by-election 3,521 15.8 3

1931 UK general election Party Constituency Name"Women candidates: 61 Nominated : Two Straight Fights", Manchester Guardian, 17 October 1931 Votes % Position Aberdeen North 3,980 11.1 3 Greenwich 2,024 4.4 4 Caerphilly 11,044 32.4 2 Cannock 27,498 54.6 1 Hackney South 15,920 55.4 1 Hammersmith North 18,815 59.2 1 Islington East 27,221 67.5 1 Plymouth Sutton 24,277 63.3 1 Rotherhithe 11,666 50.3 1 Silvertown 5,654 22.2 2 Southend-on-Sea 46,564 85.7 1 Stoke 19,918 45.6 1 Wallsend 25,999 58.6 1 Willesden West 23,910 60.6 1 Combined English Universities 5,096 37.2 1 Camborne 8,280 24.5 3 Clapham 7,317 23.0 2 North Lanarkshire 19,691 44.7 2 Norwich 26,537 19.7 4 Perth 3,705 9.7 3 West Renfrewshire 10,203 31.5 2 Anglesey 14,839 58.3 1 Aldershot 4,091 15.6 2 Aylesbury 4,677 10.9 3 Ayr Burghs 9,974 26.1 2 Bedford 9,654 27.8 2 Blackburn 25,643 17.0 3 East Ham North 11,769 34.1 2 Flintshire 16,158 28.6 2 Gillingham 9,103 31.0 2 Hastings 4,983 15.5 2 Hendon 15,305 18.8 2 Horsham and Worthing 5,932 11.7 2 Hythe 3,608 15.1 2 Islington East 13,111 32.5 2 Kidderminster 9,814 22.7 2 Maidstone 6,770 19.8 2 Middlesbrough East 12,080 39.6 2 North Norfolk 13,035 39.5 2 Northwich 15,746 34.4 2 Norwood 7,217 19.0 2 Paddington North 9,597 28.6 2 Paddington South 4,532 14.3 2 Rushcliffe 14,176 27.9 2 St Albans 10,289 21.9 2 Streatham 5,343 15.0 2 Sunderland 29,707 18.0 3 The Wrekin 14,162 38.9 2 Tonbridge 8,208 21.2 2 Wallsend 18,393 41.4 2 Woodbridge 5,885 18.7 2 Brighton 12,878 7.3 4 Basingstoke 6,106 18.1 2 Exeter 8,571 23.2 2 Holderness 10,471 30.0 2 Shrewsbury 9,358 30.8 2 Wentworth 14,462 31.2 2 Glasgow St Rollox 3,521 13.3 3 Bothwell 16,571 50.0 1 Dundee 48,556 27.7 2 Glasgow Bridgeton 11,941 41.8 2 Kinross and Western Perthshire 16,228 60.6 1

Horsbrugh was elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1931-1935 Party Election Name Votes % Position 1932 Dulwich by-election 3,905 19.3 3 1934 Lambeth North by-election 305 1.6 4 1934 Putney by-election 12,936 45.3 2 1935 Norwood by-election 12,799 40.4 2 1935 Perth by-election 3,705 9.7 3 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election 4,293 17.3 2

1935 UK general election