British MPs sponsored by mining unions

Several British members of Parliament have been sponsored by mining trade unions. Many were sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers, its predecessor the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and the local trade unions which preceded it.

A small number of MPs were sponsored by other trade unions related to the mining industry, such as the Cumberland Iron Ore Miners' and Kindred Trades' Association, the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, and the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, and are covered in the articles on those unions. Other miners and people related to the mining industry were elected without being sponsored by a trade union, and are not listed here.

History

John Normansell, leader of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, presented a paper at the 1869 Trades Union Congress, on "the best means to secure the direct representation of labour in the Commons". This led to the formation of the Labour Representation League, but miners did not initially join the organisation.[1]

At the 1874 United Kingdom general election, four miners stood for Parliament, with two winning seats, the first working class members of Parliament in the UK. Alexander Macdonald in Stafford stood as "Secretary of the Miners' Association of Scotland and President of the Miners' National Association", and Thomas Burt in Morpeth stood as a "Radical Labour" candidate. However, both worked with the Liberal Party in Parliament, and they were the first members of what became known as the Liberal-Labour group. Their seats were held at the 1880 United Kingdom general election, and from 1884 the Miners' National Union founded local political associations in areas where there were many miners. The Reform Act 1885 enfranchised many miners in rural areas for the first time, and this allowed six miners to win election. In 1886, the local political association formed the Labour Electoral Association, and when the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was founded in 1889, its affiliated unions continued to support liberal candidates through the association.[1]

Keir Hardie, of the Ayrshire Miners' Union, first won a seat as an independent at the 1892 United Kingdom general election, and this spurred him to form the Independent Labour Party and, in 1900, the Labour Representation Committee (LRC).[1] The MFGB initially believed that the committee would not be successful and remained apart, but from 1902 it raised a centralised Labour Political Fund of one shilling per member, to stand working coal miners or officials as Parliamentary candidates, and then to support successful members of Parliament, as they were otherwise unpaid. Candidates were free to stand under the label of any political party, or as independents, although in practice affiliations were agreed with the local union. At the 1906 United Kingdom general election, this led to the election of eleven out of sixteen MFGB candidates.[2]

In 1906, the MFGB narrowly voted against affiliating to the LRC. By 1908, the LRC had become the Labour Party, and a second vote was held, this time resulting in a clear majority for affiliation. Some existing MPs were reluctant to transfer, so it was agreed that they would not have to join the Labour Party group in Parliament until the next general election. This was held in January 1910, and resulted in fifteen mining trade union MPs, approximately a third of the total size of the party.[2] However, a few mining MPs refused to take the Labour whip, and remained part of the Liberal-Labour group until 1918.[3]

Miners were uniquely well placed to win seats in Parliament; by 1918, they constituted more than 30% of the total electorate of forty constituencies,[3] and unlike many other unions, the MFGB focused on standing members in these seats, where it had the strongest membership.[4] After 1918, Labour won the majority of seats in the coalfields. In Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Durham, the county unions increased political levies, to employ political organisers and election agents, and also support more union members in local elections. While the miners' union MPs suffered in the 1931 United Kingdom general election, alongside the party as a whole, things soon rebounded.[3] The MFGB remained the largest union in the country until 1937, and also had sponsored the most Labour Party candidates, had the largest number of members affiliated to the Labour Party, and typically had the largest political fund of any union. This ensured that it remained influential and able to get its members selected in many promising constituencies.[4]

The choice of candidates remained in the hands of the county unions affiliated to the MFGB. Half of the MFGB's political fund was retained by its affiliates, enabling them to conduct additional political activity, such as campaigning for other Labour candidates. The South Wales Miners' Federation instead used the funds to sponsor additional candidates, so that by 1931 it stood 10 candidates, despite the MFGB only directly providing enough funding for five. This election saw the peak of MFGB influence, with half of all the Labour MPs elected being sponsored by the union.[4]

The mining MPs were not compelled to vote in the interests of the union, and were sometimes in conflict with it, but there was generally a close relationship. The MFGB got the MPs to propose legislation which it favoured, organise access to the government, and to ask questions and obtain information from government ministers.[4]

The MFGB reformed as the more centralised National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1945, the affiliated unions becoming areas of the NUM. The number of coal miners, and with it the membership of the NUM, steadily declined, and with it the number of safe mining constituencies, and the number of sponsored candidates, which reached a low of 13 in 1987. While the selection of candidates remained a matter for the areas, they were required to be members of the NUM, and have worked in the mines or for the union for at least five years. By the 1970s, the union was tending to select younger candidates. However, unlike many other unions, it did not sponsor existing MPs from outside the industry, and as a result, by the late 1980s, none of its MPs held leading roles in the Labour Party.[5][6]

Lib-Lab candidates

1874 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Merthyr Tydfil Thomas Halliday 4,912 25.3 3 Amalgamated Association
Morpeth Thomas Burt 3,332 85.1 1 Northumberland
Stafford Alexander Macdonald 1,183 27.7 2 National Union
Wigan William Pickard 1,134 12.7 4 Amalgamated Association

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

1880 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Morpeth Thomas Burt unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland
Stafford Alexander Macdonald 1,345 25.8 1 National Union

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

1885 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Chesterfield James Haslam 1,907 25.6 3 Derbyshire
Houghton-le-Spring John Wilson 6,511 57.7 1 Durham
Mid Durham William Crawford 5,799 64.1 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland
Normanton Ben Pickard 5,615 60.2 1 Yorkshire
Rhondda William Abraham 3,859 56.3 1 Cambrian
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 5,858 68.4 1 Northumberland

Abraham stood as an independent Liberal-Labour candidate.

1886 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Houghton-le-Spring John Wilson 5,059 46.3 2 Durham
Mid Durham William Crawford unopposed N/A 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland
Normanton Ben Pickard 4,771 56.2 1 Yorkshire
Rhondda William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 Cambrian
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 5,235 75.4 1 Northumberland

By-elections, 1886–1892

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1890 Mid Durham by-election John Wilson 5,468 61.8 1 Durham

1892 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Ince Sam Woods 4,579 51.3 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mid Durham John Wilson 5,661 60.7 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland
Normanton Ben Pickard 6,134 61.7 1 Yorkshire
Rhondda William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 Cambrian
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 5,696 66.1 1 Northumberland
Wigan Thomas Aspinwall 3,312 49.2 2 Lancashire and Cheshire

1895 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Ince Sam Woods 4,790 47.8 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mid Durham John Wilson 5,937 58.0 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt 3,404 73.4 1 Northumberland
Normanton Ben Pickard 5,499 58.3 1 Yorkshire
Rhondda William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 Cambrian
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 5,629 69.9 1 Northumberland
Wigan Thomas Aspinwall 3,075 43.8 2 Lancashire and Cheshire

1900 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Hanley Enoch Edwards 5,944 47.4 1 Midland
Mid Durham John Wilson 5,565 57.5 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt 3,117 53.5 1 Northumberland
Normanton Ben Pickard 5,025 58.2 1 Yorkshire
Nuneaton William Johnson 4,432 43.6 2 Midland
Rhondda William Abraham 8,383 81.7 1 South Wales
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 5,474 56.1 1 Northumberland

By-elections, 1900–1906

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1904 Gateshead by-election John Johnson 8,220 54.0 1 Durham
1904 Normanton by-election William Parrott 6,855 70.2 1 Yorkshire
1904 West Monmouthshire by-election Thomas Richards 7,995 70.4 1 South Wales
1905 Normanton by-election Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire

1906 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[2]
Chesterfield James Haslam 7,254 56.5 1 Derbyshire
Gateshead John Johnson 9,651 65.3 1 Durham
Gower John Williams 4,841 42.8 1 South Wales
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 8,375 55.2 1 Yorkshire
Hanley Enoch Edwards 9,183 68.2 1 Midland
Mid Durham John Wilson unopposed N/A 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt 5,518 74.2 1 Northumberland
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
Nuneaton William Johnson 7,677 56.8 1 Midland
Rhondda William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
South Glamorganshire William Brace 10,514 63.3 1 South Wales
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 10,386 76.4 1 Northumberland
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards unopposed N/A 1 South Wales

By-elections, 1906–1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1907 North East Derbyshire by-election W. E. Harvey 6,644 52.9 1 Derbyshire
1907 North West Staffordshire by-election Albert Stanley 7,396 59.4 1 Midland

January 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Mid Durham John Wilson unopposed N/A 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt 5,874 66.1 1 Northumberland
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick 10,872 70.0 1 Northumberland

December 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[7]
Mid Durham John Wilson unopposed N/A 1 Durham
Morpeth Thomas Burt unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick unopposed N/A 1 Northumberland

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1913 Chesterfield by-election Barnet Kenyon 7,725 55.8 1 Derbyshire
1915 Mid Durham by-election Samuel Galbraith unopposed N/A 1 Durham

Other parties

Party Election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party 1892 United Kingdom general election Edinburgh Central John Wilson 434 7.3 3 Scottish[8]
Scottish United Trades Councils Labour Party 1892 United Kingdom general election Stirlingshire Robert Chisholm Robertson 663 6.3 3 Scottish[8]
Scottish Labour Party 1894 Mid Lanarkshire by-election Mid Lanarkshire 1,221 13.8 3 Scottish[8]
Independent Labour Party 1895 United Kingdom general election Glasgow Camlachie Robert Smillie 696 10.9 3 Scottish[8]
Independent Labour 1906 United Kingdom general election Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor 8,805 45.6 1 Durham Colliery Mechanics
Independent Labour 1918 by-election Wansbeck Ebby Edwards 5,267 47.5 2 Northumberland

Scottish Workers' Representation Committee

By-elections, 1900–1906

Election Candidate Votes Percentage Position Sponsor[9]
1901 North East Lanarkshire by-election Robert Smillie 2,900 21.7 3 Scottish
1904 North East Lanarkshire by-election John Robertson 3,984 27.9 3 Scottish

1906 UK general election

Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position Sponsor[9]
Falkirk Burghs David Gilmour 1,763 17.5 3 Scottish
North Ayrshire James Brown 2,684 20.8 3 Scottish
North East Lanarkshire John Robertson 4,658 29.2 3 Scottish
North West Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 3,291 23.9 3 Scottish
Paisley Robert Smillie 2,482 23.1 3 Scottish

Labour candidates

1906 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[10][11]
Ince Stephen Walsh 8,046 70.2 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,088 56.6 1 Lancashire and Cheshire

By-elections, 1906–1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[12]
1906 Cockermouth by-election Robert Smillie 1,436 14.5 3
1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election John George Hancock 6,735 60.5 1

January 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[12]
Bishop Auckland William House 3,993 33.2 2
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor 12,684 64.8 1
Chesterfield James Haslam 8,234 59.1 1
Gateshead John Johnson 3,572 21.4 3
Gower John Williams 9,312 78.6 1
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 10,193 62.2 1
Hanley Enoch Edwards 9,199 63.9 1
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,723 60.6 1
Leigh Thomas Greenall 3,268 24.7 3
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 6,110 54.5 1
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 7,575 63.9 1
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,864 25.7 3
Morley Herbert Smith 2,191 16.1 3
Normanton Frederick Hall 9,172 72.2 1
North Ayrshire James Brown 1,801 12.9 3
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 8,715 57.6 1
North East Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 2,160 11.8 3
North West Lanarkshire Robert Small 1,718 9.7 3
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,566 59.8 1
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,154 50.8 1
Rhondda William Abraham 12,436 78.2 1
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,512 53.3 1
South Glamorganshire William Brace 11,612 61.1 1
West Fife William Adamson 4,736 37.7 2
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards 13,295 81.4 1
Whitehaven Andrew Sharp 825 28.8 3
Wigan Henry Twist 4,803 52.8 1

By-elections, Jan–Dec 1910

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[12]
1910 Mid Glamorgan by-election Vernon Hartshorn 6,210 41.0 2

December 1910 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[12]
Bishop Auckland William House 3,993 33.2 2
Chester-le-Street John Wilkinson Taylor unopposed N/A 1
Chesterfield James Haslam 7,283 59.0 1
East Glamorgan Charles Stanton 4,675 24.1 3
Gower John Williams 5,480 54.8 1
Hallamshire John Wadsworth 8,708 59.9 1
Hanley Enoch Edwards 8,343 64.2 1
Ince Stephen Walsh 7,117 57.2 1
Manchester East John Edward Sutton 5,524 54.3 1
Mid Derbyshire John Hancock 6,557 60.5 1
Mid Glamorganshire Vernon Hartshorn 6,102 44.5 2
Mid Lanarkshire Robert Smillie 3,847 24.7 3
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1
North East Derbyshire William Edwin Harvey 7,838 56.3 1
North West Staffordshire Albert Stanley 8,125 62.2 1
Nuneaton William Johnson 8,199 52.2 1
Rhondda William Abraham 9,073 71.0 1
St Helens Thomas Glover 5,752 48.9 2
South Glamorganshire William Brace 10,910 58.4 1
West Fife William Adamson 6,128 53.0 1
West Monmouthshire Thomas Richards unopposed N/A 1
Whitehaven Thomas Richardson 1,414 53.7 1
Wigan Henry Twist 4,110 46.8 2

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-election Candidate Votes % Position[12]
1911 North East Lanarkshire by-election John Robertson 2,879 16.3 3
1912 Holmfirth by-election William Lunn 3,195 28.2 3
1912 Hanley by-election Samuel Finney 1,694 11.8 3
1912 Midlothian by-election Robert Brown 2,415 16.7 3
1913 Houghton-le-Spring by-election William House 4,165 26.2 3
1913 South Lanarkshire by-election Thomas Gibb 1,674 16.8 3
1914 North East Derbyshire by-election James Martin 3,669 22.5 3
1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election James Winstone 6,080 37.2 2
1916 North West Staffordshire by-election Samuel Finney unopposed N/A 1

1918 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[13]
Abertillery William Brace unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnard Castle John Edmund Swan 5,468 42.9 1 Durham
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 11,370 53.6 1 South Wales
Blaydon William Whiteley 7,844 41.6 2 Durham
Bothwell John Robertson 9,027 49.1 2 Scottish
Broxtowe George Alfred Spencer 11,150 55.2 1 Nottinghamshire
Burslem Samuel Finney 7,474 44.3 1 Midland
Caerphilly Alfred Onions 11,496 54.8 1 South Wales
Clay Cross Frank Hall 6,766 45.9 2 Derbyshire
Cleveland Harry Dack 8,610 35.3 2 Cleveland
Darwen John McGurk 5,211 23.4 3 Lancashire and Cheshire
Don Valley Edward Hough 3,226 24.5 3 Yorkshire
Durham Joshua Ritson 8,809 49.4 2 Durham
Ebbw Vale Thomas Richards unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 9,740 40.8 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Frome Edward Gill 10,454 43.9 2 Somerset
Gower John Williams 10,109 54.8 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 6,988 42.1 1 Scottish
Hemsworth John Guest 8,102 55.5 1 Yorkshire
Hexham William Weir 4,168 26.2 2 Northumberland
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 7,315 36.4 1 Durham
Ince Stephen Walsh 14,882 87.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield Thomas Riley 5,548 36.4 2 Midland
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 7,654 38.4 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield William Carter 8,957 43.6 1 Nottinghamshire
Merthyr James Winstone 12,682 47.3 2 South Wales
Morpeth John Cairns 7,677 34.3 1 Northumberland
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 5,560 28.6 2 Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 5,673 34.1 2 Scottish
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Oswestry Thomas Morris 8,467 40.8 2 North Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian James Gold 4,830 39.4 2 Scottish
Pontefract Isaac Burns 5,047 37.1 2 Yorkshire
Pontypridd David Lewis Davies 10,152 42.8 2 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William Abraham unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 9,917 55.1 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 9,098 44.1 1 Yorkshire
Seaham Jack Lawson 8,988 41.3 2 Durham
Sedgefield John Herriotts 5,801 36.8 2 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 6,358 37.3 1 Scottish
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 8,196 46.5 2 Durham
Wallsend John Chapman 6,835 34.0 2 Northumberland[14]
Wansbeck Ebenezer Edwards 5,267 47.5 2 Northumberland
Wentworth George Henry Hirst 13,029 59.8 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 10,664 72.6 1 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 12,914 48.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 10,441 51.4 1 Cumberland*

By-elections, 1918–1922

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1919 Bothwell by-election John Robertson 13,135 68.8 1
1919 Pontefract by-election Isaac Burns 8,445 46.0 2
1919 Chester-le-Street by-election Jack Lawson 17,838 77.1 1
1920 Abertillery by-election George Barker 15,942 66.4 1
1921 Penistone by-election William Gillis 8,560 36.2 1
1922 Tamworth by-election George Henry Jones 6,671 31.2 2
1922 Manchester Clayton by-election John Edward Sutton 14,662 57.1 1
1922 Gower by-election David Rhys Grenfell 13,296 57.5 1
1922 Pontypridd by-election Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 16,630 57.0 1

1922 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[13]
Aberdare George Hall 20,704 57.2 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnard Castle John Swan 8,052 49.3 2 Durham
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 17,270 63.0 1 South Wales
Belper Oliver Wright 7,942 38.9 2 Derbyshire
Blaydon William Whiteley 14,722 53.9 1 Durham
Bothwell John Robertson 13,872 57.0 1 Scottish
Broxtowe George Spencer 11,699 50.8 1 Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 20,296 68.5 1 Durham
Durham Joshua Ritson 14,068 55.2 1 Durham
Cleveland Harry Dack 10,843 29.5 3 Cleveland
Darwen John McGurk 4,528 15.8 3 Lancashire and Cheshire
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 13,437 46.5 1 Yorkshire
Don Valley Tom Williams 9,903 47.0 1 Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 11,652 50.4 1 Scottish
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies 16,947 65.4 1 South Wales
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 13,391 45.6 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Frome Edward Gill 14,311 48.8 2 Somerset
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 13,388 54.2 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 12,365 57.8 1 Scottish
Hemsworth John Guest 14,295 63.2 1 Yorkshire
Hexham George Shield 5,050 24.2 3 Northumberland*
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 14,611 51.9 1 Durham
Ince Stephen Walsh 17,332 67.7 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Henry Twist 15,006 45.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield Walter John French 9,316 46.8 2 Midland
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 14,789 50.0 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield William Carter 14,917 48.0 2 Nottinghamshire
Morpeth John Cairns 15,026 48.3 1 Northumberland
Neath William Jenkins 19,566 59.5 1 South Wales
Normanton Frederick Hall 16,040 73.3 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 9,359 33.9 1 Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 10,349 47.3 1 Scottish
Nuneaton James Stevenson 10,842 32.5 2 Midland
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn 17,321 55.8 1 South Wales
Oswestry Thomas Morris 6,105 23.8 3 North Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 6,394 36.0 1 Scottish
Penistone William Gillis 8,382 33.7 2 Yorkshire
Pontefract Tom Smith 9,111 38.9 1 Yorkshire
Pontypridd Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 14,884 47.2 1 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan 17,146 55.0 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John 18,001 62.1 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Grundy unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 17,831 62.8 1 Yorkshire
Sedgefield John Herriotts 9,756 43.6 1 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,511 55.6 1 Scottish
South Shields Will Lawther 15,735 39.7 2 Durham
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 13,766 50.3 1 Durham
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 11,073 53.3 1 Scottish*
Wansbeck George Warne 16,032 45.2 1 Northumberland[14]
Wentworth George Henry Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson unopposed N/A 1 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 20,079 56.5 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 14,546 54.7 1 Cumberland

By-elections, 1922–1923

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[14]
1923 Morpeth by-election Robert Smillie 20,053 60.5 1 Northumberland

1923 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[13]
Aberdare George Hall 22,379 58.2 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnsley John Potts 12,674 48.0 1 Yorkshire
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 17,564 67.6 1 South Wales
Belper Oliver Wright 7,284 31.5 2 Derbyshire
Blaydon William Whiteley 15,073 67.9 1 Durham
Bothwell John Robertson 14,211 60.2 1 Scottish
Broxtowe George Spencer 13,219 54.5 1 Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 20,712 74.7 1 Durham
Don Valley Tom Williams 12,898 60.4 1 Yorkshire
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 16,198 60.6 1 Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 12,606 53.6 1 Scottish
Durham Joshua Ritson 13,819 56.8 1 Durham
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies 16,492 65.6 1 South Wales
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 14,858 57.2 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 14,771 59.1 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 11,858 58.4 1 Scottish
Hemsworth John Guest 13,159 70.1 1 Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 15,225 59.3 1 Durham
Ince Stephen Walsh 17,365 73.5 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Joe Tinker 13,989 43.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 17,255 56.7 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield Frank Varley 18,813 57.8 1 Nottinghamshire
Morpeth Robert Smillie 16,902 64.2 1 Northumberland
Neath William Jenkins 20,764 62.3 1 South Wales
Normanton Frederick Hall 15,453 78.0 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 10,971 39.5 1 Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 10,526 50.5 1 Scottish
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 7,882 43.0 1 Scottish
Pontefract Tom Smith 11,134 45.3 1 Yorkshire
Pontypridd Thomas Mardy Jones 16,837 54.9 1 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan 21,338 71.9 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John 18,206 65.4 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 15,967 68.6 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 15,115 66.0 1 Yorkshire
Sedgefield John Herriotts 11,087 50.0 2 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,169 55.9 1 Scottish
South Shields Will Lawther 15,717 40.7 2 Durham
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 15,567 65.7 1 Durham
Stoke John Watts 12,502 48.8 2 Midland
Wansbeck George Warne 18,583 56.8 1 Northumberland
Wentworth George Henry Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 12,204 65.4 1 Scottish
Wigan John Allen Parkinson 19,637 57.6 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 15,296 56.5 1 Cumberland

1924 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor[13]
Aberdare George Hall 20,704 57.2 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Barker unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnsley John Potts 14,738 51.7 1 Yorkshire
Bedwellty Charles Edwards unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Blaydon William Whiteley 17,670 62.6 1 Durham
Bothwell John Robertson 14,591 56.3 1 Scottish
Broxtowe George Spencer 15,276 55.4 1 Nottinghamshire
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 22,700 71.0 1 Durham
Cleveland William Mansfield 11,153 29.4 2 Cleveland
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 16,496 52.7 1 Yorkshire
Don Valley Tom Williams 14,958 53.9 1 Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 13,887 57.9 1 Scottish
Durham Joshua Ritson 15,032 54.9 1 Durham
Ebbw Vale Evan Davies unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Farnworth Thomas Greenall 15,327 47.5 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 15,374 57.2 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 13,003 60.8 1 Scottish
Hemsworth John Guest 15,593 69.3 1 Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 17,857 57.8 1 Durham
Ince Stephen Walsh 18,272 70.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Joe Tinker 17,262 51.5 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield Frank Hodges 12,512 46.2 2 Midland
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 17,338 54.2 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Mansfield Frank Varley 19,441 59.0 1 Nottinghamshire
Morpeth Robert Smillie 19,248 56.8 1 Northumberland
Neath William Jenkins unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Normanton Frederick Hall unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 13,420 44.9 1 Derbyshire
North Lanarkshire Joseph Sullivan 11,852 46.1 2 Scottish
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 7,797 40.8 1 Scottish
Pontefract Tom Smith 13,044 48.7 2 Yorkshire
Pontypridd Thomas Mardy-Jones 18,301 55.9 1 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 18,750 65.3 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 16,540 61.8 1 Yorkshire
Sedgefield John Herriotts 12,552 47.3 2 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 11,313 50.4 1 Scottish
South Shields Will Lawther 16,852 42.1 2 Durham
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 17,211 63.0 1 Durham
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 13,436 53.9 1 Scottish*
Stoke John Watts 13,318 42.7 2 Midland
Wansbeck George Warne 21,159 52.9 1 Northumberland
Wentworth George Hirst unopposed N/A 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 14,685 70.9 1 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 20,350 57.6 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 15,353 55.6 1 Cumberland

By-elections, 1924–1929

By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsor
1926 Bothwell by-election Joseph Sullivan 14,830 59.7 1
1929 Wansbeck by-election George Shield 20,398 58.0 1[15] Northumberland[14]

1929 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[16] Sponsor[13]
Aberdare George Hall 29,550 64.6 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Daggar 20,175 64.5 1 South Wales
Barnard Castle Will Lawther 9,281 42.0 1 Durham
Barnsley John Potts 21,855 53.8 1 Yorkshire
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 26,021 79.0 1 South Wales
Blaydon William Whiteley 21,221 59.1 1 Durham
Bothwell Joseph Sullivan 17,006 55.3 1 Scottish
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 26,975 69.8 1 Durham
Cleveland William Mansfield 16,938 36.3 1 Cleveland
Don Valley Tom Williams 31,466 73.3 1 Yorkshire
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 25,295 56.0 1 Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 15,288 58.5 1 Scottish
Durham Joshua Ritson 18,514 56.8 1 Durham
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 20,088 60.3 1 South Wales
Farnworth Guy Rowson 21,857 52.2 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 20,664 54.0 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Graham 16,595 67.1 1 Scottish
Hemsworth John Guest 26,075 79.9 1 Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 25,056 57.1 1 Durham
Ince Gordon Macdonald 26,091 73.8 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Joe Tinker 25,635 57.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 21,103 55.0 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Midlothian and Peebles Northern Andrew Clarke 10,779 37.5 2
Morpeth Ebby Edwards 25,508 61.3 1 Northumberland
Neath William Jenkins 29,455 60.2 1 South Wales
Normanton Frederick Hall 26,008 83.1 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 21,633 54.6 1 Derbyshire
Ogmore Vernon Hartshorn 22,900 56.7 1 South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 11,161 45.5 1 Scottish
Penistone Rennie Smith 17,286 45.2 1 Yorkshire
Pontefract Tom Smith 17,335 47.8 1 Yorkshire
Pontypridd Thomas Mardy Jones 20,835 53.1 1 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts Morgan 19,010 50.2 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John 23,238 65.1 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 30,405 76.3 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 27,320 61.7 1 Yorkshire
Sedgefield John Herriotts 15,749 47.7 1 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 16,981 58.1 1 Scottish
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 20,858 71.8 1 Durham
Stirling and Falkirk Hugh Murnin 15,408 47.4 1 Scottish
Wansbeck George Shield 27,930 54.4 1 Northumberland
Wentworth George Henry Hirst 35,276 75.1 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 17,668 60.0 1 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 27,462 58.5 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 20,591 65.2 1 Cumberland

By-elections, 1929–1931

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1931 Pontypridd by-election David Lewis Davies 20,687 59.9 1[17]
1931 Ogmore by-election Edward Williams 19,356 78.8 1[17]

1931 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[18] Sponsor
Aberavon William Cove 23,029 58.4 1
Aberdare George Hall unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Daggar unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnard Castle Will Lawther 10,287 44.7 2 Durham
Barnsley John Potts 20,622 49.1 2 Yorkshire
Bedwellty Charles Edwards unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Blaydon William Whiteley 18,431 49.3 2 Durham
Bothwell Joseph Sullivan 14,423 43.5 2 Scottish
Cleveland William Mansfield 20,060 39.6 2 Cleveland
Doncaster Wilfred Paling 22,363 45.1 2 Yorkshire
Don Valley Tom Williams 27,599 58.6 1 Yorkshire
Durham Joshua Ritson 17,136 49.6 2 Durham
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Farnworth Guy Rowson 19,553 46.5 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower David Rhys Grenfell 21,963 53.4 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Macgregor Graham 14,233 53.9 1 Scottish
Hemsworth Gabriel Price 23,609 70.5 1 Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring Robert Richardson 22,700 47.1 2 Durham
Ince Gordon Macdonald 23,237 63.4 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Joe Tinker 23,965 52.3 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Manchester Clayton John Edward Sutton 17,169 43.8 2 Lancashire and Cheshire
Morpeth Ebby Edwards 18,174 48.7 2 Northumberland
Neath William Jenkins 30,873 64.0 1 South Wales
Normanton Frederick Hall 22,877 69.6 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 19,385 47.5 2 Derbyshire
Ogmore Edward Williams 23,064 61.0 1 South Wales
Peebles and Southern Midlothian Joseph Westwood 9,185 34.5 2 Scottish
Pontefract Tom Smith 16,870 44.6 2 Yorkshire
Pontypridd David Lewis Davies 21,751 58.4 1 South Wales
Rhondda East David Watts-Morgan 22,086 68.1 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John 23,024 84.3 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Thomas Walter Grundy 26,185 62.3 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 24,897 52.9 1 Yorkshire
Sedgefield John Herriotts 15,404 41.2 2 Durham
South Ayrshire James Brown 13,733 45.2 2 Scottish
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 18,072 56.2 1 Durham
Stirling and Falkirk Burghs Hugh Murnin 12,483 36.4 2 Scottish
Wansbeck George Shield 24,126 41.8 2 Northumberland
Wentworth George Henry Hirst 31,861 68.8 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 11,063 35.8 2 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 23,544 51.1 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape 18,469 54.9 1 Cumberland

By-elections, 1931–1935

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1933 Rhondda East by-election William Mainwaring 14,127 42.5 1[19]
1933 Normanton by-election Tom Smith unopposed N/A 1[19]
1933 Wentworth by-election Wilfred Paling unopposed N/A 1[20]
1934 Hemsworth by-election George Griffiths unopposed N/A 1[20]
1934 Merthyr by-election S. O. Davies 18,645 51.8 1[20]

1935 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[21] Sponsor
Aberdare George Hall unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Abertillery George Daggar unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Barnsley John Potts 25,318 58.9 1 Yorkshire
Bedwellty Charles Edwards unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Berwick and Haddington John Robertson 14,299 41.9 2 Scottish
Blaydon William Whiteley 24,148 62.3 1 Durham
Bothwell James C. Welsh 20,900 60.3 1 Scottish
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 29,111 71.0 1 Durham
Don Valley Tom Williams 33,220 68.9 1 Yorkshire
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 16,271 52.3 1 Scottish
Durham Joshua Ritson 21,517 59.1 1 Durham
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 25,007 77.8 1 South Wales
Farnworth Guy Rowson 22,040 51.7 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Gower David Grenfell 25,632 66.8 1 South Wales
Hamilton Duncan Graham 17,049 65.7 1 Scottish
Hemsworth George Griffiths 28,298 80.1 1 Yorkshire
Houghton-le-Spring William Stewart 30,665 57.2 1 Durham
Ince Gordon Macdonald 26,334 72.6 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Leigh Joe Tinker unopposed N/A 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Lichfield George Henry Jones 20,191 46.2 2 Midland
Merthyr S. O. Davies 20,530 68.0 1 South Wales
Morpeth Robert Taylor 28,900 59.2 1 Northumberland[14]
Neath William Jenkins unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Normanton Tom Smith 26,705 81.4 1 Yorkshire
North East Derbyshire Frank Lee 25,382 57.2 1 Derbyshire
Ogmore Ted Williams unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Peebles and South Midlothian David Pryde 12,209 47.2 2 Scottish
Pontypridd David Lewis Davies unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rhondda East William Mainwaring 22,088 61.8 1 South Wales
Rhondda West William John unopposed N/A 1 South Wales
Rother Valley Edward Dunn 33,271 72.0 1 Yorkshire
Rothwell William Lunn 31,472 64.5 1 Yorkshire
South Ayrshire James Brown 18,190 57.6 1 Scottish
Spennymoor Joseph Batey 21,473 71.2 1 Durham
Wansbeck Edward Dowling 29,904 49.2 2 Northumberland[14]
Wentworth Wilfred Paling 37,471 82.1 1 Yorkshire
West Fife William Adamson 12,869 35.7 2 Scottish
Wigan John Parkinson 27,950 61.3 1 Lancashire and Cheshire
Workington Thomas Cape unopposed N/A 1 Cumberland

By-elections, 1935–1945

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1936 Llanelly by-election Jim Griffiths 32,188 66.8 1[22]
1938 Barnsley by-election Frank Collindridge 23,566 64.4 1[23]
1939 South Ayrshire by-election Alexander Sloan 17,908 58.0 1[23]
1942 North East Derbyshire by-election Henry White unopposed N/A 1[24]
1942 Wigan by-election William Foster unopposed N/A 1[24]
1942 Spennymoor by-election James Murray unopposed N/A 1[24]
1942 Rothwell by-election Thomas Brooks unopposed N/A 1[24]
1942 Ince by-election Tom Brown unopposed N/A 1[24]
1943 Hamilton by-election Tom Fraser unopposed N/A 1[24]
1943 Consett by-election James Glanville unopposed N/A 1[24]
1944 Clay Cross by-election Harold Neal 13,693 76.3 1[24]
1945 Neath by-election D. J. Williams 30,847 79.3 1[24]

1945 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[25]
Barnsley Frank Collindridge 30,614 72.9 1
Bedwellty Charles Edwards 30,480 82.1 1
Blaydon William Whiteley 29,931 71.7 1
Bothwell John Timmons 25,369 65.8 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 29,158 80.2 1
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson 33,788 76.8 1
Clay Cross Harold Neal 27,538 82.1 1
Consett James Glanville 28,617 70.1 1
Dewsbury William Paling 16,330 56.3 1
Don Valley Thomas Williams 40,153 71.7 1
Dunfermline Burghs William McLean Watson 22,021 64.7 1
Durham Charles Grey 24,135 66.2 1
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 27,209 80.1 1
Gower David Grenfell 30,676 68.5 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 20,015 73.5 1
Hemsworth George Griffiths 33,984 81.4 1
Houghton-le-Spring Billy Blyton 43,730 66.7 1
Ince Tom Brown 28,702 74.4 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs Thomas Hubbard 15,401 45.0 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 44,514 81.1 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 43,113 75.1 1
Merthyr S. O. Davies 24,879 81.4 1
Morpeth Robert Taylor 38,521 73.2 1
Neath D. J. Williams 37,957 75.8 1
Normanton Tom Smith 28,238 84.3 1
North East Derbyshire Henry White 35,795 65.6 1
Ogmore Ted Williams 32,715 76.4 1
Peebles and Southern Midlothian David Pryde 15,546 55.7 1
Pontypool Arthur Jenkins 27,455 77.3 1
Rhondda East William Mainwaring 16,733 48.4 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas unopposed N/A 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 44,449 75.2 1
South Ayrshire Alexander Sloan 21,235 61.3 1
Spennymoor James Murray 22,587 69.9 1
Wallsend John McKay 32,065 60.1 1
Wentworth Wilfred Paling 44,080 83.6 1
Wigan William Foster 31,392 68.2 1

By-elections, 1945–1950

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1946 Hemsworth by-election Horace Holmes unopposed N/A 1
1946 Ogmore by-election John Evans 13,632 70.6 1
1946 Aberdare by-election David Thomas 24,215 68.3 1
1947 Normanton by-election George Sylvester 19,085 79.8 1
1948 Wigan by-election Ronald Williams 28,941 59.1 1

1950 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[26]
Aberdare David Thomas 33,390 75.6 1
Barnsley Frank Collindridge 42,008 68.6 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 31,329 83.4 1
Blaydon William Whiteley 28,343 68.9 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 34,017 80.6 1
Bothwell John Timmons 25,715 56.7 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 30,270 77.5 1
Chester-le-Street Patrick Bartley 35,348 77.3 1
Consett James Glanville 34,907 66.8 1
Dearne Valley Wilfred Paling 40,420 79.6 1
Dewsbury William Paling 29,341 53.6 1
Don Valley Thomas Williams 39,789 74.0 1
Durham Charles Grey 36,024 68.1 1
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 28,245 80.7 1
Gower David Grenfell 32,564 76.1 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 29,292 70.0 1
Hemsworth Horace Holmes 47,934 82.4 1
Houghton-le-Spring Billy Blyton 36,044 77.1 1
Ince Tom Brown 32,145 71.8 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs Thomas Hubbard 25,756 60.0 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 39,326 70.8 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 36,224 66.7 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 29,120 78.9 1
Midlothian and Peebles David Pryde 26,966 52.8 1
Morpeth Robert Taylor 27,548 71.5 1
Neath D. J. Williams 33,034 73.0 1
Normanton Thomas Brooks 31,986 74.5 1
North East Derbyshire Henry White 33,417 66.3 1
North West Durham James Murray 31,084 69.7 1
Pontefract George Sylvester 35,432 75.6 1
Rhondda East William Mainwaring 26,645 75.9 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 27,150 82.4 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 42,222 76.6 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 27,946 62.5 1
Wallsend John McKay 33,790 56.4 1
Wigan Ronald Williams 32,746 62.5 1

1951 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[27]
Aberdare David Thomas 34,783 78.6 1
Barnsley Sidney Schofield 37,523 69.7 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 31,582 83.3 1
Blaydon William Whiteley 28,337 68.2 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 33,661 79.9 1
Bothwell John Timmons 26,529 56.3 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 30,523 77.2 1
Chester-le-Street Patrick Bartley 35,511 77.0 1
Consett James Glanville 35,705 69.2 1
Dearne Valley Wilfred Paling 39,782 79.6 1
Dewsbury William Paling 28,650 53.3 1
Don Valley Thomas Williams 39,687 74.1 1
Durham Charles Grey 35,597 67.1 1
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 28,283 80.7 1
Gower David Grenfell 32,661 75.9 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 28,591 68.7 1
Hemsworth Horace Holmes 47,402 82.7 1
Houghton-le-Spring Billy Blyton 37,718 75.8 1
Ince Tom Brown 32,148 72.3 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs Thomas Hubbard 26,885 60.6 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 39,731 72.5 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 37,097 69.9 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 28,841 79.6 1
Midlothian and Peebles David Pryde 29,271 55.3 1
Morpeth Robert Taylor 27,718 71.9 1
Neath D. J. Williams 34,496 76.9 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 31,052 73.5 1
North East Derbyshire Henry White 33,376 66.7 1
North West Durham James Murray 30,417 68.7 1
Pontefract George Sylvester 35,280 76.2 1
Rhondda East William Mainwaring 27,958 81.2 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 26,123 81.1 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 41,990 75.7 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 28,219 62.3 1
Wallsend John McKay 35,678 58.7 1
Wells David Llewellyn 21,481 44.8 2
Wigan Ronald Williams 34,530 66.9 1

By-elections, 1951–1955

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1953 Barnsley by-election Roy Mason 29,283 72.9 1

1955 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[28]
Barnsley Roy Mason 39,485 72.8 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 30,104 82.4 1
Blaydon William Whiteley 25,273 66.5 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 30,074 78.9 1
Bothwell John Timmons 23,365 54.2 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 27,852 75.2 1
Chester-le-Street Patrick Bartley 32,323 76.3 1
Consett William Stones 30,979 67.1 1
Dearne Valley Wilfred Paling 36,718 77.9 1
Dewsbury William Paling 23,286 52.1 1
Don Valley Thomas Williams 38,433 73.7 1
Durham Charles Grey 32,412 66.1 1
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 26,058 79.3 1
Gower David Grenfell 26,304 68.3 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 26,187 67.4 1
Hemsworth Horace Holmes 42,603 83.3 1
Houghton-le-Spring Billy Blyton 33,375 76.1 1
Ince Tom Brown 29,830 72.7 1
Kirkcaldy Burghs Thomas Hubbard 23,861 59.3 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 34,021 66.6 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 29,543 68.5 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 25,630 77.3 1
Midlothian David Pryde 25,994 60.2 1
Neath D. J. Williams 30,581 76.4 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 27,846 73.5 1
North East Derbyshire Henry White 34,965 66.5 1
North Somerset David Llewellyn 22,802 45.8 2
North West Durham William Ainsley 27,116 67.4 1
Pontefract George Sylvester 32,646 76.2 1
Rhondda East William Mainwaring 21,859 72.6 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 21,288 73.8 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 39,968 75.6 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 37,221 59.7 1
Wallsend John McKay 34,625 57.8 1
Wigan Ronald Williams 29,755 64.4 1

By-elections, 1955–1959

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1956 Blaydon by-election Robert Woof 18,791 69.9 1
1956 Chester-le-Street by-election Norman Pentland 27,912 80.8 1
1958 Wigan by-election Alan Fitch 27,415 71.0 1

1959 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[29]
Barnsley Roy Mason 42,565 73.7 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 30,697 81.8 1
Blaydon Robert Woof 25,969 65.4 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 32,536 78.2 1
Bothwell John Timmons 25,119 54.7 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 28,154 72.7 1
Chester-le-Street Norman Pentland 33,901 75.8 1
Consett William Stones 32,307 66.8 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 39,088 77.7 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 40,935 70.9 1
Durham Charles Grey 33,795 66.4 1
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan 27,326 81.0 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 27,423 66.1 1
Hemsworth Alan Beaney 45,153 82.2 1
Houghton-le-Spring Billy Blyton 35,960 75.9 1
Ince Tom Brown 30,752 72.3 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 34,625 66.7 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 31,066 67.9 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 26,608 77.1 1
Midlothian James Hill 28,457 60.2 1
Neath D. J. Williams 30,469 71.4 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 29,672 72.7 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 37,444 62.9 1
North West Durham William Ainsley 28,064 68.1 1
Pontefract George Sylvester 35,194 76.4 1
Rhondda East Elfed Davies 20,565 65.2 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 21,130 72.0 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 43,962 74.1 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 30,642 58.5 1
Wallsend John McKay 37,862 56.6 1
Wigan Alan Fitch 30,664 66.3 1

By-elections, 1959–1964

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1962 Pontefract by-election Joseph Harper 26,461 77.3 1

1964 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[30]
Ayr Alex Eadie 18,346 47.8 2
Barnsley Roy Mason 37,250 66.8 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 29,425 83.5 1
Blaydon Robert Woof 25,926 66.7 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 31,234 79.3 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 26,001 72.1 1
Chesterfield Eric Varley 29,452 56.5 1
Chester-le-Street Norman Pentland 32,895 75.2 1
Consett William Stones 29,676 68.1 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 38,101 80.7 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 42,452 71.9 1
Dunfermline Burghs Adam Hunter 22,468 61.6 1
Durham Charles Grey 32,818 68.3 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 28,964 71.0 1
Hemsworth Alan Beaney 42,528 83.1 1
Ince Michael McGuire 31,042 72.0 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 21,134 54.7 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 32,546 65.9 1
Mansfield Bernard Taylor 29,055 63.6 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 23,275 75.3 1
Midlothian James Hill 29,820 61.3 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 28,477 72.5 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 38,657 64.2 1
Pontefract Joseph Harper 32,357 76.2 1
Rhondda East Elfed Davies 20,510 71.2 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 20,713 79.3 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 43,101 74.4 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 32,273 60.7 1
Wigan Alan Fitch 28,640 69.4 1

By-elections, 1964–1966

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1965 Abertillery by-election Clifford Williams 18,256 79.0 1

1966 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[31]
Abertillery Clifford Williams 23,353 88.1 1
Barnsley Roy Mason 38,744 75.7 1
Bedwellty Harold Finch 29,723 86.3 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed James W. Conway 9,908 33.0 2
Blaydon Robert Woof 26,629 69.2 1
Bolsover Harold Neal 30,114 81.6 1
Caerphilly Ness Edwards 26,330 74.3 1
Chesterfield Eric Varley 31,542 61.6 1
Chester-le-Street Norman Pentland 32,467 77.0 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 36,735 81.6 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 43,973 74.9 1
Dunfermline Burghs Adam Hunter 20,709 58.4 1
Durham Charles Grey 32,200 70.6 1
Hamilton Tom Fraser 27,865 71.2 1
Hemsworth Alan Beaney 41,887 85.4 1
Ince Michael McGuire 30,915 73.6 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 19,988 56.9 1
Llanelly Jim Griffiths 33,674 71.4 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 28,849 64.2 1
Merthyr Tydfil S. O. Davies 21,737 74.5 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 27,608 56.6 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 29,416 76.4 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 38,723 66.9 1
Pontefract Joseph Harper 32,328 78.4 1
Rhondda East Elfed Davies 21,567 77.4 1
Rhondda West Iorwerth Thomas 19,060 76.1 1
Rother Valley David Griffiths 43,634 76.8 1
Sedgefield Joseph Slater 34,058 64.7 1
Wigan Alan Fitch 28,754 72.9 1

By-elections, 1966–1970

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1967 Hamilton by-election Alexander Wilson 16,598 41.5 2

1970 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[32]
Barnsley Roy Mason 34,956 64.8 1
Blaydon Robert Woof 25,724 64.9 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 28,830 77.5 1
Carlton Carl Bennett 27,043 40.4 2
Chesterfield Eric Varley 30,386 59.0 1
Chester-le-Street Norman Pentland 33,694 71.6 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 33,966 75.1 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 42,496 69.5 1
Dunfermline Burghs Adam Hunter 21,532 57.1 1
Hamilton Alexander Wilson 25,431 53.0 1
Hemsworth Alan Beaney 40,013 80.8 1
Ince Michael McGuire 32,295 68.5 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 22,324 57.3 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 30,554 66.1 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 30,802 52.9 1
Morpeth George Grant 21,826 60.4 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 28,421 68.4 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 38,181 60.9 1
Pontefract Joseph Harper 31,774 74.8 1
Rhondda East Elfed Davies 19,602 68.7 1
Wigan Alan Fitch 28,102 67.5 1

By-elections, 1970–1974

By-election Candidate Votes % Position
1972 Rochdale by-election Lawrence Cunliffe 14,203 31.1 2

February 1974 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[33]
Barnsley Roy Mason 40,595 71.8 1
Blaydon Robert Woof 22,279 58.7 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 30,787 76.5 1
Cardiff North West Charlie Blewett 10,641 29.9 2
Chesterfield Eric Varley 31,040 54.8 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 34,727 68.8 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 48,737 70.1 1
Dunfermline Adam Hunter 19,201 39.3 1
Hamilton Alexander Wilson 19,070 48.0 1
Hemsworth Alec Woodall 44,093 82.8 1
Ince Michael McGuire 39,822 70.0 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 22,689 54.7 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 34,378 64.5 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 32,220 44.7 1
Morpeth George Grant 22,026 56.4 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 29,621 67.2 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 29,602 57.0 1
Pontefract and Castleford Joseph Harper 34,409 74.8 1
Rochdale Lawrence Cunliffe 16,367 31.8 2
Rushcliffe Michael Gallagher 12,119 22.6 2
Wigan Alan Fitch 30,485 71.3 1

October 1974 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[34]
Barnsley Roy Mason 34,212 65.3 1
Berwick-upon-Tweed G. Spain 4,768 14.0 3
Blaydon Robert Woof 23,743 52.3 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 27,275 70.6 1
Cardiff North West Charlie Blewett 11,319 32.7 2
Chesterfield Eric Varley 30,953 59.9 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 33,315 74.1 1
Don Valley Richard Kelley 41,187 63.3 1
Dunfermline Adam Hunter 18,470 40.1 1
Hamilton Alexander Wilson 18,487 47.6 1
Hemsworth Alec Woodall 37,467 76.5 1
Ince Michael McGuire 35,453 63.5 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 23,964 60.5 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 28,964 57.4 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 28,652 41.5 1
Morpeth George Grant 22,696 63.8 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 24,372 58.7 1
North East Derbyshire Thomas Swain 25,234 49.9 1
Pontefract and Castleford Joseph Harper 30,208 70.4 1
Wigan Alan Fitch 27,692 65.8 1

1979 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[35]
Ashfield Frank Haynes 33,116 52.8 1
Barnsley Roy Mason 36,276 64.0 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 27,495 66.6 1
Carlton Arthur Palmer 18,989 31.4 2
Chesterfield Eric Varley 31,049 57.4 1
Dearne Valley Edwin Wainwright 31,783 68.8 1
Don Valley Michael Welsh 39,603 55.6 1
Hemsworth Alec Woodall 36,509 69.6 1
Ince Michael McGuire 34,599 56.2 1
Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe 27,736 54.1 1
Liverpool West Derby Eric Ogden 22,576 55.5 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 29,051 52.3 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 37,773 47.8 1
Morpeth George Grant 21,744 56.3 1
North East Derbyshire Raymond Ellis 27,218 48.1 1
Normanton Albert Roberts 26,591 56.4 1
Rushcliffe Clive Atkins 11,712 21.3 2
Wigan Alan Fitch 26,144 59.8 1

1983 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[36]
Ashfield Frank Haynes 21,859 41.7 1
Barnsley Central Roy Mason 21,847 59.8 1
Barnsley East Terry Patchett 23,905 66.3 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 26,514 56.3 1
Chesterfield Eric Varley 23,881 48.1 1
Doncaster North Michael Welsh 26,626 52.8 1
Don Valley Martin Redmond 23,036 45.1 1
Hemsworth Alec Woodall 22,081 59.3 1
Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe 25,477 51.2 1
Mansfield Don Concannon 18,670 40.5 1
Makerfield Michael McGuire 25,114 49.3 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 19,401 42.7 1
North East Derbyshire Raymond Ellis 21,094 40.8 1
Rother Valley Kevin Barron 21,781 46.5 1
Wansbeck Jack Thompson 21,732 47.0 1

1987 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Barnsley Central Eric Illsley 26,139 66.8 1
Barnsley East Terry Patchett 29,948 74.5 1
Blyth Valley Ronnie Campbell 19,604 42.5 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 28,453 56.2 1
Clydesdale Jimmy Hood 21,826 45.3 1
Doncaster North Michael Welsh 32,950 61.8 1
Don Valley Martin Redmond 29,200 53.1 1
Easington John Cummings 32,396 68.1 1
Hemsworth George Buckley 27,859 67.0 1
Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe 30,064 58.6 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 22,553 48.3 1
Rother Valley Kevin Barron 28,292 56.4 1
Wansbeck Jack Thompson 28,080 57.5 1

1992 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[37][38]
Barnsley Central Eric Illsley 27,048 69.3 1
Barnsley East Terry Patchett 30,346 77.2 1
Barnsley West and Penistone Michael Clapham 27,965 58.3 1
Blyth Valley Ronnie Campbell 24,542 49.9 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 33,978 64.5 1
Clydesdale Jimmy Hood 21,418 44.6 1
Doncaster North Kevin Hughes 34,135 61.8 1
Don Valley Martin Redmond 32,008 55.0 1
Easington John Cummings 34,269 72.7 1
Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe 32,225 61.3 1
Midlothian Eric Clarke 20,588 43.9 1
Rother Valley Kevin Barron 30,977 60.5 1
Sunderland North Bill Etherington 30,481 60.7 1
Wansbeck Jack Thompson 30,046 59.7 1

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