This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1929 United Kingdom general election until 1945, including by-elections.

All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency").[1]

Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of candidatesTotal votesAverage votes per candidate % UK voteChange (percentage points)Lost deposits[2]Number of MPs[3]
19295698,048,96814,14637.1+12.535287
19314906,081,82612,41229.4-7.72146
19355527,984,98814,46638.0+8.616154

Sponsorship of candidates

SponsorCandidates 29MPs 29Candidates 31MPs 31Candidates 35MPs 35[4][5]
CLP3641283151339866
Co-op129151219
ILP5436230N/AN/A
SSPN/AN/AN/AN/A40
Trade union1391151383212979

Election results

1929 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor[6]
AberavonWilliam Cove22,19455.91Constituency
AberdareGeorge Hall29,55064.61Miners[7]
Aberdeen NorthWilliam Wedgwood Benn17,82660.81ILP
Aberdeen SouthWilliam Martin13,86839.22ILP
AbertilleryGeorge Daggar20,17564.51Miners[7]
AbingdonArthur Reade3,71212.53Constituency
AccringtonTom Snowden25,33652.31Constituency
ActonJames Shillaker13,20641.41Constituency
AldershotJ. R. McPhie4,38917.23Constituency
AltrinchamAlfred Dobbs9,24216.43Boot & Shoe
AngleseyWilliam Edwards7,56328.42Constituency
ArgyllshireJohn L. Kinloch6,00123.83ILP
AshfordMont Follick3,88511.43Constituency
Ashton-under-LyneAlbert Bellamy13,17044.41Railwaymen[1]
AylesburyF. G. Temple4,50910.63Constituency
Ayr BurghsClarice Shaw13,42936.52ILP
Balham and TootingCharles Wortham Brook13,49933.62Constituency
BanburyLawrence A. Wingfield5,89416.33Constituency
BanffshireAlasdair Alpin MacGregor4,98223.73Constituency
Barkston AshGeorge Woods18,32147.72Co-op
Barnard CastleWill Lawther9,28142.01Miners[7]
BarnsleyJohn Potts21,85553.81Miners[7]
BarnstapleDonald Evan Mullins3,86410.23Constituency
Barrow-in-FurnessJohn Bromley19,79856.01Locomotive Engineers[8]
BasingstokeW. J. Beck4,65014.23Constituency
BassetlawMalcolm MacDonald23,68158.71Constituency
BathGeorge Gilbert Desmond8,76923.03Constituency
Batley and MorleyBen Turner24,62158.31Textile Workers
Battersea NorthWilliam Sanders13,26537.81Constituency
Battersea SouthWilliam Bennett18,11343.91Constituency
BedfordGeorge Dixon9,14725.13Constituency
BedwelltyCharles Edwards26,02179.01Miners[7]
BelperJack Lees15,95843.01ILP
Bermondsey WestAlfred Salter13,23160.21Constituency
Berwick and HaddingtonGeorge Sinkinson11,76137.51Constituency
Berwick-upon-TweedHenry Kegie5,40218.42Railwaymen[1]
Bethnal Green North EastWalter Windsor11,10144.92General & Municipal Workers[9]
Bethnal Green South WestChristopher John Kelly6,84938.72Railwaymen
BewdleySardius Hancock2,57509.83Constituency
BilstonJohn Baker18,67950.81Iron & Steel[10]
Birkenhead EastJames Coulthard11,65431.83ILP
Birkenhead WestWilliam Henry Egan16,63447.51Boilermakers[11]
Birmingham AstonJohn Strachey18,67252.21Constituency
Birmingham DeritendFred Longden16,93250.71Co-op
Birmingham DuddestonGeorge Francis Sawyer18,20461.01Constituency
Birmingham EdgbastonWilliam Henry Dashwood Caple8,59023.42Constituency
Birmingham ErdingtonCharles Simmons20,66543.41ILP
Birmingham HandsworthLouis Anderson Fenn11,96929.32Constituency
Birmingham King's NortonRobert Dennison13,97340.62Iron & Steel[10]
Birmingham LadywoodWilfrid Whiteley16,44750.01ILP
Birmingham MoseleyFrank George Bushnell15,73326.42Constituency
Birmingham SparkbrookA. Young12,87537.42Constituency
Birmingham WestGeorge Willey16,81949.92Constituency
Birmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling23,95648.81Woodworkers[12]
Bishop AucklandHugh Dalton17,83855.81Constituency
BlackburnMary Hamilton37,25626.11ILP
BlackburnThomas Gill35,72325.02Railway Clerks[13]
BlackpoolErnest Alfred Machin12,04917.13Constituency
BlaydonWilliam Whiteley21,22159.11Miners[7]
BodminPaul Reed3,43710.03Constituency
BoltonAlbert Law43,52024.01Textile Factory Workers[14]
BoltonMichael Brothers37,88820.92Textile Factory Workers[14]
BootleJohn Kinley15,29443.61Constituency
BosworthJohn Minto15,24437.02Constituency
BothwellJoseph Sullivan17,00655.31Miners[7]
BournemouthMaurice Spencer7,90015.93Constituency
Bow and BromleyGeorge Lansbury20,11969.41Constituency
Bradford CentralWilliam Leach24,87659.01ILP
Bradford EastFred Jowett21,39854.71ILP
Bradford NorthNorman Angell17,87341.01Constituency
Bradford SouthWilliam Hirst23,25148.91Co-op
Brecon and RadnorPeter Freeman14,51133.71Constituency
Brentford and ChiswickStella Churchill10,91837.82Constituency
BridgwaterJames Musgrave Boltz6,42319.43Constituency
BriggDavid Quibell16,11745.21Constituency
BrightonL. S. Cheshire19,49412.23Constituency
BrightonWilliam McLaine18,77011.84Constituency
Bristol CentralJoseph Alpass20,74955.71Constituency
Bristol EastWalter Baker24,19765.81Post Office Workers[15]
Bristol NorthWalter Ayles18,61948.71Constituency
Bristol SouthAlexander Walkden23,59156.51Railway Clerks[13]
Bristol WestClare Annesley11,96125.32Constituency
BrixtonA. B. Bishop10,08931.72Constituency
BromleyAlbert Edwin Ashworth10,10518.73Constituency
BroxtoweSeymour Cocks24,60359.21Constituency
BuckinghamJames Lievsley George11,71832.72Constituency
BuckroseHarold H. Vickers1,76605.63Constituency
BurnleyArthur Henderson28,09146.21Foundry Workers[1]
BurslemAndrew MacLaren20,28858.71Constituency
BurtonWilliam Paling10,51130.32Constituency
BuryJames Bell13,17537.42Textile Factory Workers[14]
Bury St EdmundsPercy Austins2,49008.23Constituency
Bute and Northern AyrshireAlexander Sloan14,29443.82ILP
Caernarvon BoroughsThomas Ap Rhys4,53615.83Constituency
CaernarvonshireRobert Jones14,86738.52Transport & General
CaerphillyMorgan Jones21,24857.91Constituency
Camberwell NorthCharles Ammon13,05157.91Post Office Workers[16]
Camberwell North WestHyacinth Morgan12,21344.21Constituency
CamborneH. J. Sharman7,87025.33Constituency
Cambridge UniversityAlexander Wood1,46309.24University Party
CambridgeDavid Hardman10,11631.52Constituency
CambridgeshireGeoffrey Garratt11,25631.72Constituency
CannockWilliam Anderson26,38854.21Workers
CanterburyPhilip Sidney Eastman4,70613.93Constituency
Cardiff CentralErnest Bennett14,46939.11Constituency
Cardiff EastJames Ewart Edmunds12,81339.01Transport & General[1]
Cardiff SouthArthur Henderson Jr.13,68645.31Constituency
CarlisleGeorge Middleton12,77940.41Post Office Workers[16]
CarmarthenDaniel Hopkin15,13038.21Constituency
Central AberdeenshireArthur Fraser Macintosh4,35717.73Constituency
ChathamFrank Markham13,00742.61Constituency
ChelmsfordNils Henry Moller8,91022.83Constituency
ChelseaAlfred George Prichard6,64525.12Constituency
CheltenhamWilliam Ramsey Piggott4,92017.13Constituency
ChesterW. Herron5,84617.93Constituency
ChesterfieldGeorge Benson20,29654.11Constituency
Chester-le-StreetJack Lawson26,97569.81Miners[7]
ChippenhamWilliam Robert Robins3,71712.83Constituency
ChislehurstJames Lamb Thomson5,44517.43Constituency
ChorleyWilliam Taylor18,36942.42Blacksmiths[1]
Cirencester and TewkesburyE. W. Fredman6,98719.83Constituency
Clackmannan and Eastern StirlingshireLauchlin MacNeill Weir17,66753.21ILP
ClaphamJ. Allen Skinner9,87130.52ILP
Clay CrossCharles Duncan24,48080.21Workers
ClevelandWilliam Mansfield16,93836.31Miners[7]
ClitheroeWilliam Dobbie15,59239.52Railwaymen[1]
CoatbridgeJames C. Welsh16,87955.01Constituency
ColchesterRichard Leopold Reiss12,80938.52Constituency
Colne ValleyPhilip Snowden21,66748.31Constituency
Combined Scottish UniversitiesJames Kerr2,69110.74University Party
ConsettHerbert Dunnico22,25656.51Constituency
CoventryPhilip Noel-Baker34,25549.41Constituency
CreweJohn William Bowen20,94850.21Post Office Workers[16]
Croydon NorthGilbert Foan13,85226.52Constituency
Croydon SouthErnest Wesley Wilton13,79329.22Constituency
DarlingtonArthur Lewis Shepherd17,06144.01Constituency
DartfordJohn Edmund Mills26,87150.61Engineering[1]
DarwenThomas Ramsden7,50419.53Constituency
DeptfordC. W. Bowerman26,84855.21Compositors
DerbyJ. H. Thomas39,68830.01Railwaymen[1]
DerbyWilliam Robert Raynes36,23727.42Constituency
DevizesR. P. Sheppard2,39109.53Constituency
DewsburyBenjamin Riley14,42046.21Constituency
Don ValleyTom Williams31,46673.31Miners[7]
DoncasterWilfred Paling25,29556.01Miners[7]
DoverErnest Lionel McKeag7,64623.62Constituency
DudleyOliver Baldwin13,55147.61Constituency
DulwichC. A. Smith9,30930.32Constituency
Dumbarton BurghsDavid Kirkwood19,19363.11Engineering[1]
DumfriesshireWilliam Hutton Marwick6,68718.73ILP
DunbartonshireWillie Brooke18,15345.71Dyers[1]
DundeeMichael Marcus47,60227.72Constituency
Dunfermline BurghsWilliam McLean Watson15,28858.51Miners[7]
DurhamJoshua Ritson18,51456.81Miners[7]
EalingJames William Maycock9,09324.22Constituency
East AberdeenshireJ. E. Hamilton10,11043.12Constituency
EastbourneRichard Spencer Chatfield8,20422.52Constituency
East DorsetEdward Joseph Stocker6,81916.23Constituency
East FifeWilliam Ross Garson5,35016.03Constituency
East GrinsteadThomas Crawford6,26516.53Constituency
East Ham NorthSusan Lawrence13,96942.11Constituency
East Ham SouthAlfred Barnes18,95654.31Co-op
East NorfolkBill Holmes7,85623.43Constituency
East RenfrewshireJohn Martin Munro16,92447.82ILP
East SurreyRobert Oscar Mennell5,15216.03Constituency
Ebbw ValeAneurin Bevan20,08860.31Miners[7]
EcclesDavid Mort20,48949.81Iron & Steel[10]
Edinburgh CentralWilliam Graham16,76259.01ILP
Edinburgh EastDrummond Shiels13,93347.21Constituency
Edinburgh NorthEleanor Stewart11,34032.22Constituency
Edinburgh SouthArthur Woodburn5,05014.72Constituency
Edinburgh WestGeorge Mathers15,79538.61Railway Clerks[13]
EdmontonFrancis Alfred Broad17,55559.31Engineering
EllandCharles Roden Buxton17,01243.71Constituency
EnfieldWilliam Henderson14,42743.31Constituency
EppingWalton Newbold6,47213.13Constituency
EpsomStanley Morgan7,66217.93Constituency
EveshamRobert Aldington4,13813.63Constituency
ExeterJ. Lloyd Jones9,36127.82Constituency
EyeOwen Aves4,70914.93Constituency
FarehamArthur James Pearson8,03422.13Constituency
FarnhamFrancis Noel Palmer4,86613.83Constituency
FarnworthGuy Rowson21,85752.21Miners[7]
FavershamDudley Aman15,27538.92Constituency
FinchleyJ. George Stone5,82415.03Constituency
FinsburyGeorge Gillett17,97056.51Constituency
FlintshireCyril Oswald Jones12,31022.03Constituency
Forest of DeanDavid Vaughan13,97652.11Constituency
ForfarshireCharles Gallie5,25725.03Railway Clerks[13]
FromeFrederick Gould18,52445.51Boot & Shoe
Fulham EastJohn Palmer13,42539.42Constituency
Fulham WestErnest Spero16,19044.91Constituency
FyldeJoseph Williamson16,31835.32ILP
GainsboroughGeorge Deer7,03226.03Constituency
GallowayHector McNeill4,90315.53ILP
GatesheadJames Melville28,39352.61Constituency
GillinghamGeorge Pearce Blizard11,20739.12Constituency
Glasgow BridgetonJames Maxton21,03367.71ILP
Glasgow CamlachieCampbell Stephen17,94653.21ILP
Glasgow CathcartJohn Primrose Hay12,98336.32ILP
Glasgow CentralCraigie Aitchison17,66349.12Constituency
Glasgow GorbalsGeorge Buchanan25,13474.81Patternmakers[1]
Glasgow HillheadWilliam Sloan Cormack10,06536.72ILP
Glasgow KelvingroveJohn Winning15,17343.62ILP
Glasgow MaryhillJohn Clarke18,31150.61ILP
Glasgow PartickAdam McKinlay13,11045.51Woodworkers[12]
Glasgow PollokWalter Muter9,93630.82Constituency
Glasgow ShettlestonJohn Wheatley19,59460.41ILP
Glasgow SpringburnGeorge Hardie21,07965.51ILP
Glasgow St RolloxJames Stewart19,44561.81ILP
Glasgow TradestonTom Henderson17,86458.71Co-op
GloucesterHenry Nixon10,54837.42Blastfurnacemen
GowerDavid Rhys Grenfell20,66454.01Miners[7]
GranthamMontague William Moore11,34028.73Constituency
GravesendWilliam James Humphreys12,87140.62Transport & General
Great YarmouthGeorge Johnson5,34717.83Constituency
GreenockWilliam Leonard9,69728.22Co-op
GreenwichEdward Timothy Palmer20,32846.31Prudential Staff[17]
GrimsbyErnest Marklew22,25445.22Constituency
GuildfordLaurence Miles Worsnop5,96614.13Constituency
Hackney CentralFrederick Charles Watkins12,46237.31Railway Clerks[13]
Hackney NorthFrank Bowles10,33332.92Constituency
Hackney SouthHerbert Morrison15,59051.21Constituency
HalifaxArthur Longbottom23,77642.21Constituency
HamiltonDuncan Graham16,59567.11Miners
Hammersmith NorthJames Patrick Gardner17,60156.21Furnishing Trades
Hammersmith SouthDaniel Chater12,63043.81Co-op
HampsteadF. E. Dawkins8,47321.12Constituency
HanleyArthur Hollins20,78562.01Pottery Workers[1]
HarboroughFrederick Wise12,62032.72Constituency
HarrowHubert Beaumont15,68429.82Constituency
HastingsBasil Noble6,51621.43Constituency
Hemel HempsteadAlbert E. R. Millar3,62411.93Constituency
HemsworthJohn Guest26,07579.91Miners[7]
HendonRobert Lyons15,43425.52Constituency
HenleyBernard Benjamin Gillis5,96218.23Constituency
HerefordHenry Cooper1,90106.53Constituency
HertfordRoger S. Edwards4,19312.24Constituency
HexhamErnest Owen Dunnico8,13528.73Constituency
Heywood and RadcliffeArthur Creech Jones20,74547.82Transport & General
High PeakGeorge Bagnall10,56727.83Constituency
HitchinRichard W. Gifford8,88026.93Constituency
HolbornFitzroy William Hickinbottom4,53025.52Constituency
HoldernessJoseph William Hewitt2,48108.13Constituency
Holland with BostonCharles Edward Snook9,55621.13Constituency
HonitonRose Davies91502.63Constituency
HorncastleJ. R. Sanderson3,68313.83Constituency
HornseyFrancis Henry Wiltshire8,52917.03Constituency
Horsham and WorthingHelen Keynes7,61116.43Constituency
Houghton-le-SpringRobert Richardson25,05657.11Miners[7]
HuddersfieldJames Hudson25,96638.31ILP
HuntingdonshireCharles Giddins3,49312.33Constituency
HytheGrace Colman2,59711.53Constituency
IlfordCharles Robin de Gruchy8,92221.93Constituency
IlkestonGeorge Oliver20,20259.01Workers
InceGordon Macdonald26,09173.81Miners[7]
InvernessDavid Norman Mackay11,36944.72Constituency
IpswichRobert Jackson17,59237.72Constituency
Isle of ElyDermot Freyer6,96719.03Constituency
Isle of ThanetEdgar J. Plaisted4,49010.53Constituency
Isle of WightHenry Edward Weaver6,25613.73Constituency
Islington EastEthel Bentham15,19938.01Constituency
Islington NorthRobert Young18,27241.81Constituency
Islington SouthWilliam Cluse13,73746.61Constituency
Islington WestFrederick Montague13,76855.21Constituency
JarrowRobert John Wilson22,75162.51Distributive Workers
KeighleyHastings Lees-Smith18,41244.71ILP
KenningtonLeonard Matters15,47755.71Constituency
Kensington NorthFielding West19,70148.41Constituency
KetteringSamuel Perry18,25343.81Co-op
KidderminsterFrank G. Lloyd12,24627.32Constituency
KilmarnockRobert Climie17,36848.21ILP
King's LynnJohn Maynard10,35629.03Constituency
Kingston upon Hull CentralJoseph Kenworthy18,81554.11Constituency
Kingston upon Hull EastGeorge Muff20,02348.81Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North WestWilliam Pickles10,70030.12Painters and Decorators[1]
Kingston upon Hull South WestJohn Arnott14,90341.21ILP
Kingston-upon-ThamesJohn William Fawcett8,90323.12Constituency
KingswinfordCharles Henry Sitch22,47953.21Chain Makers[1]
Kinross and Western PerthshireW. D. Stewart3,83415.23Constituency
Kirkcaldy BurghsTom Kennedy17,41059.61Constituency
Lambeth NorthGeorge Strauss11,26443.81Constituency
LanarkThomas Scott Dickson15,05448.71Constituency
LancasterReginald Penrith Burnett9,90322.43Constituency
Leeds CentralRichard Denman17,32244.61Constituency
Leeds NorthThomas McCall11,18027.42Constituency
Leeds North EastDavid Freeman13,05032.52Constituency
Leeds SouthHenry Charleton18,04352.51Railwaymen[1]
Leeds South EastHenry Slesser22,40375.21Constituency
Leeds WestThomas Stamford18,76547.21ILP
LeekWilliam Bromfield22,45858.51Constituency
Leicester EastEdward Frank Wise22,53350.81ILP
Leicester SouthHerbert Brough Usher16,19837.42Constituency
Leicester WestFrederick Pethick-Lawrence22,63555.31Constituency
LeighJoe Tinker25,63557.01Miners[7]
LeithAlan H. Paton15,71543.32Constituency
LewesAlban Gordon7,69827.12Constituency
Lewisham EastJohn Wilmot22,80641.72Constituency
Lewisham WestCatherine Mary Wadham10,95825.92Constituency
Leyton EastFenner Brockway11,11142.91ILP
Leyton WestReginald Sorensen14,33942.11Constituency
LichfieldJames Lovat-Fraser14,96542.61Constituency
LimehouseClement Attlee13,87255.91Constituency
LincolnRobert Arthur Taylor15,17643.51Constituency
LinlithgowshireManny Shinwell18,06351.61ILP
Liverpool East ToxtethJoseph Cleary9,90426.92Constituency
Liverpool Edge HillJack Hayes17,65055.41Constituency
Liverpool EvertonDerwent Hall Caine14,23452.91Constituency
Liverpool ExchangeWilliam Albert Robinson16,97049.72Distributive Workers[1]
Liverpool FairfieldJohn Hamer Sutcliffe14,61447.12Constituency
Liverpool KirkdaleElijah Sandham15,22251.31ILP
Liverpool WaltonF. A. P. Rowe16,39542.22Constituency
Liverpool WavertreeSamuel Lewis Treleaven13,58532.22Constituency
Liverpool West DerbyWilliam Harvey Moore14,12436.02Constituency
Liverpool West ToxtethJoseph Gibbins19,98855.11Boilermakers[11]
Llandaff and BarryCharles Lloyd21,46840.81Constituency
LlanellyJohn Henry Williams28,59555.41Constituency
LonsdaleJoseph Henderson7,30325.43Railwaymen[1]
LoughboroughGeorge Ernest Winterton14,85440.01Constituency
LouthT. Holmes4,02712.73Constituency
LowestoftBasil Hall9,90328.93Constituency
LudlowThomas Hardwick5,32321.62Constituency
LutonFlorence Harrison Bell7,35116.53Constituency
MacclesfieldJohn Williams13,91130.22General & Municipal Workers
MaidstoneJohn Morgan10,41929.92Constituency
MaldonHerbert Evans11,22435.12Constituency
Manchester ArdwickThomas Lowth20,04160.31Railwaymen
Manchester BlackleyWilfrid Burke9,09130.13Distributive Workers
Manchester ClaytonJohn Edward Sutton21,10355.01Miners[7]
Manchester ExchangeAbraham Moss9,30027.33Constituency
Manchester GortonJoseph Compton22,05661.11Vehicle Builders[1]
Manchester HulmeAndrew McElwee15,05343.81Woodworkers[12]
Manchester Moss SideA. A. Purcell9,52232.52Constituency
Manchester PlattingJ. R. Clynes22,96957.91General & Municipal Workers[1]
Manchester RusholmeJerrold Adshead8,08024.33Constituency
Manchester WithingtonJoseph Robinson7,85316.43Constituency
MansfieldCharles Brown28,41658.51Constituency
MeltonA. E. Stubbs6,56916.73Constituency
MerionethJohn Jones Roberts7,98032.52Constituency
MerthyrR. C. Wallhead22,70159.61ILP
Mid BedfordshireHenry William Fenner3,85312.43Constituency
Middlesbrough EastEllen Wilkinson12,21541.31Distributive Workers[1]
Middlesbrough WestAlonzo Ralph Ellis13,32836.92Transport & General
Middleton and PrestwichMatthew Burrow Farr14,36834.62Textile Factory Workers[14]
Midlothian and Peebles NorthernAndrew Clarke10,77937.52Miners
Mile EndJohn Scurr11,48947.11Constituency
MitchamSkene Mackay13,05730.82Constituency
MonmouthLuke Bateman8,26824.93Constituency
MontgomeryshireJohn Evans4,06914.83Constituency
Montrose BurghsThomas Irwin9,38144.52Boilermakers
Moray and NairnJoseph Forbes Duncan6,56632.32Constituency
MorpethEbby Edwards25,50861.31Miners[7]
MossleyHerbert Gibson19,29646.01Co-op
MotherwellJames Barr16,65058.01ILP
NeathWilliam Jenkins29,45560.21Miners[7]
Nelson and ColneArthur Greenwood28,53361.01Constituency
New Forest and ChristchurchG. W. Austin6,20615.63Constituency
NewarkWilliam Richard Grosvenor Haywood8,06023.33Constituency
NewburyFrank Jacques3,47110.03Constituency
Newcastle-under-LymeJosiah Wedgwood20,93169.91Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne CentralCharles Trevelyan17,58057.21Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne EastMartin Henry Connolly16,92148.72Boilermakers[11]
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NorthEdward Scott7,57323.42Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne WestJohn Palin16,85646.61Transport & General[1]
NewportJames Walker18,65339.51Iron & Steel[10]
NewtonRobert Young18,17660.51Engineering
NormantonFrederick Hall26,00883.11Miners[7]
NorthamptonCecil L'Estrange Malone22,35641.71Constituency
North CornwallF. E. Church2,65408.03Constituency
North CumberlandC. A. O'Donnell3,09213.43Constituency
North DorsetColin Clark2,29808.93Constituency
North East DerbyshireFrank Lee21,63354.61Miners[7]
North LanarkshireJennie Lee19,88455.91ILP
North NorfolkNoel Noel-Buxton14,54447.51Constituency
NorthwichBarbara Ayrton-Gould15,47334.32Constituency
NorwichDorothy Jewson31,04024.03ILP
NorwichWalter Smith33,69026.02Boot & Shoe[18]
NorwoodWilliam O'Brien Reeves11,04228.92Constituency
Nottingham CentralEleanor Barton11,57333.22Co-op
Nottingham EastJames Baum9,78728.03Boot & Shoe
Nottingham SouthHolford Knight14,80042.91Constituency
Nottingham WestArthur Hayday18,59355.11General & Municipal Workers[1]
NuneatonFrank Smith27,10244.41Constituency
OgmoreVernon Hartshorn22,90056.71Miners[7]
OldhamGordon Lang34,22326.21ILP
OldhamJames Wilson32,72725.02Railwaymen[1]
OrmskirkSamuel Rosbotham20,35053.41Constituency
OswestryH. S. Evans6,94421.03Constituency
OxfordJohn Lyttelton Etty4,69416.83Constituency
Paddington NorthJohn William Gordon13,34839.32Railwaymen[1]
PaisleyJames C. Welsh22,42555.81ILP
PeckhamJohn Beckett15,75148.91Constituency
Peebles and Southern MidlothianJoseph Westwood11,16145.51Miners[7]
PembrokeshireWilliam James Jenkins12,23526.93Constituency
PenistoneRennie Smith17,28645.21Miners[7]
Penrith and CockermouthArchibald Dodd4,07317.43Constituency
Penryn and FalmouthFrederick Jesse Hopkins11,16628.93Constituency
PerthHelen Gault8,29123.53ILP
PeterboroughFrank Horrabin14,74339.11Constituency
PetersfieldGertrude Massingham3,41812.13Constituency
PlaistowWill Thorne23,63577.51General & Municipal Workers
Plymouth DevonportDonald B. Fraser7,42822.33Constituency
Plymouth DrakeJames John Hamlyn Moses16,68444.31Constituency
Plymouth SuttonWilliam Westwood16,41442.72Constituency
PontefractTom Smith17,33547.81Miners[7]
PontypoolThomas Griffiths17,80551.51Iron & Steel[10]
PontypriddThomas Isaac Mardy Jones20,83553.11Miners[7]
Poplar SouthSamuel March19,69664.81Transport & General
Portsmouth CentralGlenvil Hall15,15342.41Constituency
Portsmouth NorthEdward Archbold12,47536.22Constituency
Portsmouth SouthJessie Stephen10,12724.82Constituency
PrestonTom Shaw37,70529.51Textile Factory Workers[14]
Pudsey and OtleyA. W. Brown12,33630.32Constituency
PutneyJohn C. Lawder11,13636.22Constituency
ReadingSomerville Hastings23,28143.51Constituency
ReigatePercy Collick8,01220.93Constituency
Rhondda EastDavid Watts Morgan19,01050.21Miners[7]
Rhondda WestWilliam John23,23865.11Miners[7]
Richmond (Surrey)Philip Butler9,52024.12Constituency
RiponArthur Godfrey4,33910.33Constituency
RochdaleWilliam Kelly22,06040.21Workers
RomfordH. T. Muggeridge31,04544.91Constituency
Ross and CromartyHugh Donald MacIntosh6,71041.22Constituency
RossendaleArthur Law14,62436.01Railwaymen[1]
Rother ValleyThomas Walter Grundy30,40576.31Miners[7]
RotherhamFred Lindley26,93760.41Woodworkers[1]
RotherhitheBen Smith14,66461.61Transport & General
RothwellWilliam Lunn27,32061.71Miners[7]
Roxburgh and SelkirkRobert Gibson9,80327.63Constituency
RoytonAlbert E. Wood10,76327.53Constituency
RugbyJohn Morgan11,58831.42Constituency
RushcliffeFlorence Widdowson16,06935.02Constituency
RutherglenWilliam Wright17,53852.21ILP
Rutland and StamfordHenry James Jones7,40327.92Constituency
RyeGeorge A. Greenwood3,50511.03Constituency
Saffron WaldenWilliam Cash8,64228.32Constituency
St AlbansMonica Whately11,69927.62Constituency
St HelensJames Sexton27,66558.61Transport & General[1]
St IvesWilliam Edward Arnold-Forster4,92017.13Constituency
St Pancras NorthJames Marley17,45848.51Constituency
St Pancras South EastHerbert Romeril13,17347.91Railway Clerks[13]
St Pancras South WestWilliam Carter12,01045.61Constituency
St MaryleboneDavid Amyas Ross10,96025.72Constituency
Salford NorthBen Tillett17,33346.21Transport & General[1]
Salford SouthJoseph Toole20,10054.41Constituency
Salford WestAlexander Haycock15,64742.81ILP
SalisburyF. R. Hancock4,43513.43Constituency
Scarborough and WhitbyHoward Doncaster Rowntree4,64510.83Constituency
SeahamRamsay MacDonald35,61572.51Constituency
SedgefieldJohn Herriotts15,74947.71Miners[7]
SevenoaksHamilton Fyfe6,63421.23Constituency
Sheffield AttercliffeCecil Wilson19,15260.31Constituency
Sheffield BrightsideArthur Ponsonby20,27755.21ILP
Sheffield CentralPhilip Hoffman19,18359.11Shop Assistants
Sheffield EcclesallHarry Samuels7,98325.72Constituency
Sheffield HallamBasil Rawson12,13339.12ILP
Sheffield HillsboroughA. V. Alexander20,94157.31Co-op
Sheffield ParkGeorge Lathan20,30451.41Railway Clerks[13]
ShipleyWilliam Mackinder18,65442.31Distributive Workers[1]
ShoreditchErnest Thurtle20,55251.51Constituency
ShrewsburyA. A. Beach3,66212.23Constituency
SilvertownJack Jones23,45185.71General & Municipal Workers
SkiptonJohn Davies13,08831.22Constituency
SmethwickOswald Mosley19,55054.81Constituency
SouthamptonRalph Morley31,25221.72Constituency
SouthamptonTommy Lewis32,24922.41Constituency
South AyrshireJames Brown16,98158.11Miners[7]
South DerbyshireDavid Pole25,10147.41Constituency
South DorsetArthur William Wiltshire 6,95023.43Constituency
South East EssexJohn Richard Anthony Oldfield18,75637.61Constituency
South MoltonRudolph Putnam Messel2,73108.73Constituency
South NorfolkGeorge Young10,68634.52Constituency
SouthportArthur Leonard Williams5,38012.33Constituency
South ShieldsJames Chuter Ede18,93842.21Constituency
Southwark CentralHarry Day13,31852.31Constituency
Southwark NorthGeorge Isaacs9,66045.81Printers[1]
Southwark South EastThomas Naylor13,52760.41Compositors
South West NorfolkWilliam Benjamin Taylor12,15241.81Constituency
SowerbyWilliam John Tout14,22337.21Textile Factory Workers[14]
SpelthorneF. Wilson Temple11,94630.752Constituency
Spen ValleyHerbert Elvin20,30047.72Constituency
SpennymoorJoseph Batey20,85871.81Miners[7]
StaffordLen Smith10,01136.62Boot & Shoe[1]
Stalybridge and HydeHugh Hartley Lawrie20,34341.11Workers
Stirling and Clackmannan WesternTom Johnston15,17956.71ILP
Stirling and FalkirkHugh Murnin15,40847.41Miners[7]
StockportArnold Townend30,95527.41Railway Clerks[13]
Stockton-on-TeesFrederick Fox Riley18,96141.21Post Office Workers[16]
Stoke NewingtonF. L. Kerran6,72328.43Constituency
Stoke-on-TrentCynthia Mosley26,54858.71Constituency
StoneGeorge Belt8,79227.73Constituency
StourbridgeWilfred Wellock21,34338.41Constituency
Stratford West HamThomas Groves16,66558.61Constituency
StreathamFred Hughes6,13418.43Constituency
StretfordFrank Anderson18,19941.42Constituency
StroudF. E. White10,38426.13Plasterers
SudburyW. Jack Shingfield6,14725.43Constituency
SunderlandAlfred Smith31,08519.02Transport & General[1]
SunderlandMarion Phillips31,79419.51Constituency
Swansea EastDavid Williams16,66556.51Boilermakers[1]
Swansea WestHowel Samuel13,26840.61Constituency
SwindonChristopher Addison16,88543.71Constituency
TamworthGeorge Horwill14,40232.62Constituency
TavistockRichard Davies2,44910.33Constituency
TauntonJoseph Sparks6,61520.23Constituency
The HartlepoolsGilbert Oliver11,05224.33Constituency
The WrekinEdith Picton-Turbervill14,56944.41Constituency
ThornburyGodfrey Elton13,44532.83Constituency
TivertonHeyman Wreford-Glanville2,19907.23Constituency
TonbridgeWilliam Frederick Toynbee9,14924.03Constituency
TorquayHubert Medland5,57612.83Constituency
TotnesKate Spurrell5,82812.93Constituency
Tottenham NorthRobert Morrison2088454.01Co-op
Tottenham SouthFrederick Messer14,42346.51Constituency
TwickenhamThomas Jackson Mason15,12134.82Constituency
TynemouthJohn Stuart Barr9,50329.93Constituency
University of WalesDavid W. Richards67124.92University Party
UptonBenjamin Walter Gardner14,70349.01Constituency
UxbridgeReginald Bridgeman16,42238.22Constituency
WakefieldGeorge Henry Sherwood13,39348.81Railwaymen[1]
WallaseyJohn Mack11,54424.83Constituency
WallsendMargaret Bondfield20,05749.51General & Municipal Workers[1]
WalsallJohn James McShane20,52439.61Constituency
Walthamstow EastHarry Wallace11,03939.61Post Office Workers[16]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee16,05054.01Woodworkers
Wandsworth CentralArchibald Church11,40441.81Constituency
WansbeckGeorge Shield27,93054.41Miners[7]
WarringtonCharles Dukes21,61050.61General & Municipal Workers[1]
Warwick and LeamingtonJim Garton7,74116.03Constituency
WaterlooJohn Clifford Leigh8,14224.52Constituency
WatfordHerman Macdonald9,66523.83Constituency
WednesburyAlfred Short22,42050.11Boilermakers[1]
WellingboroughGeorge Dallas15,30042.21Workers
WellsRuby Docie Quarrell Davies4,47215.03Constituency
WentworthGeorge Henry Hirst35,27675.11Miners[7]
West BromwichFrederick Roberts19,62152.01Typographical[1]
WestburyGeorge Ward7,45822.53Railwaymen[1]
West DerbyshireWilliam Wilkinson3,66010.93Constituency
West DorsetThomas Robins4,77019.13Constituency
Western IslesJohn MacDiarmid3,58932.52ILP
West FifeWilliam Adamson17,66860.01Miners[7]
WesthoughtonRhys Davies22,30561.51Distributive Workers[1]
Westminster AbbeyJames MacDonnell6,40626.02Constituency
Westminster St George'sJoseph George Butler6,29421.92Constituency
WestmorlandWalter Bone4,18412.13Constituency
Weston-super-MareConstance Borrett4,76611.13Constituency
West RenfrewshireRobert Forgan14,41946.51ILP
Whitechapel and St George'sHarry Gosling13,70163.21Transport & General[1]
WhitehavenM. Philips Price14,03446.81ILP
WidnesAlexander Gordon Cameron19,12551.01ILP
WiganJohn Parkinson27,46258.51Miners[7]
Willesden EastWilliam Davies Lloyd13,97733.12ILP
Willesden WestSamuel Viant20,58352.31Woodworkers[12]
WimbledonTom Braddock9,92424.22Constituency
WinchesterRobert Arthur Lyster14,32636.62Constituency
WindsorAlfred Chilton4,04911.33Constituency
WirralGeorge Beardsworth10,87621.93Constituency
Wolverhampton EastD. Rowland Williams8,84025.73Constituency
Wolverhampton WestWilliam Brown21,10349.11Constituency
Wood GreenE. P. Bell12,36023.73Constituency
WoodbridgeLeonard Spero5,50717.43Constituency
Woolwich EastHarry Snell20,44763.21Constituency
Woolwich WestWilliam Barefoot16,96444.22Constituency
WorcesterKenneth Lindsay8,20829.32Constituency
WorkingtonThomas Cape20,59165.21Miners[7]
WrexhamRobert Richards20,58446.41Constituency
WycombeRochelle Townsend8,89918.13Constituency
YeovilFrancis Douglas7,60920.13Constituency
YorkFrederick George Burgess20,66345.01Railwaymen[1]

Gill in Blackburn, Brothers in Bolton, Raynes in Derby, Marcus in Dundee, Smith in Norwich, Wilson in Oldham, Morley in Southampton and Smith in Sunderland were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1929–1931

By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor
1929 Preston by-electionWilliam Jowitt35,60854.61Constituency[19]
1929 Leeds South East by-electionJames Milner11,80495.81Constituency[19]
1929 Twickenham by-electionThomas Jackson Mason14,20246.12Constituency[19]
1929 Kilmarnock by-electionCraigie Aitchison18,46555.61Constituency[20]
1929 Tamworth by-electionGeorge Horwill12,75935.22Constituency[20]
1929 Liverpool Scotland by-electionDavid LoganunopposedN/A1Constituency[20]
1930 Sheffield Brightside by-electionFred Marshall11,54346.41Constituency[20]
1930 Fulham West by-electionJohn Banfield15,98349.62Constituency[20]
1930 Nottingham Central by-electionAlfred Waterson7,92328.82Co-op[20]
1930 Glasgow Shettleston by-electionJohn McGovern10,69942.81ILP[20]
1930 North Norfolk by-electionLucy Noel-Buxton14,82150.31Constituency[20]
1930 Bromley by-electionAlbert Edwin Ashworth10,10518.73Constituency[21]
1930 Paddington South by-electionDorothy Evans7,94426.63Constituency[21]
1930 Shipley by-electionWilliam Mackinder18,65442.31Distributive Workers[21]
1930 Whitechapel and St Georges by-electionJ. H. Hall8,54439.21Transport & General[21]
1931 Bristol East by-electionStafford Cripps19,26161.71Constituency[21]
1931 Liverpool East Toxteth by-electionCharles Burden5,55024.62Constituency[21]
1931 Islington East by-electionLeah Manning10,59134.71Constituency[21]
1931 Fareham by-electionA. J. Pearson6,31222.12Constituency[21]
1931 Salisbury by-electionF. R. Hancock3,93913.43Constituency[21]
1931 Pontypridd by-electionDavid Lewis Davies20,68759.91Miners[21]
1931 Sunderland by-electionJ. T. Brownlie30,07439.82Engineers[21]
1931 Woolwich East by-electionGeorge Hicks16,20056.71Builders[21]
1931 Ashton-under-Lyne by-electionJohn William Gordon11,00539.42Railwaymen[21]
1931 Glasgow St Rollox by-electionWilliam Leonard10,04445.21Co-op[21]
1931 Ogmore by-electionEdward Williams19,35678.81Miners[21]
1931 Rutherglen by-electionDavid Hardie16,73651.41ILP[21]
1931 Stroud by-electionJohn Maynard10,68830.02Constituency[21]
1931 Gateshead by-electionHerbert Evans22,89351.61Constituency[21]
1931 Manchester Ardwick by-electionJoseph Henderson15,29450.51Railwaymen[21]
1931 Liverpool Wavertree by-electionSamuel Lewis Treleaven10,04235.02Constituency[21]

1931 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor[22]
AberavonWilliam Cove23,02958.41Constituency
AberdareGeorge HallunopposedN/A1Miners
Aberdeen and Kincardine EastFrederick Martin6,29927.82Constituency
Aberdeen NorthWilliam Wedgwood Benn8,75324.52ILP
Aberdeen SouthGeorge Catto6,62716.32Constituency
AbertilleryGeorge DaggarunopposedN/A1Miners
AccringtonTom Snowden18,17737.12Constituency
ActonJames Shillaker11,92433.02Constituency
AldershotMary Richardson4,09115.62Constituency
Ashton-under-LyneJohn William Gordon11,07437.12Railwaymen
AylesburyDorothy Woodman4,67710.93Constituency
Ayr BurghsClarice Shaw9,97426.12ILP
Balham and TootingPercy F. Pollard9,78025.52Constituency
Barkston AshGeorge Saville Woods14,58534.32Co-op
Barnard CastleWill Lawther10,28744.72Miners
BarnsleyJohn Potts20,62249.12Miners
BarrowDavid Adams15,83543.22Engineers
BasingstokeC. A. Goatcher4,12412.23Constituency
BassetlawHarold Mostyn Watkins13,58233.42Constituency
BathGeorge Gilbert Desmond5,68014.73Constituency
Batley and MorleyBen Turner16,70038.82Textile Workers
Battersea NorthWilliam Sanders18,68835.62Constituency
Battersea SouthWilliam Bennett12,82230.82Constituency
BedfordClare Annesley9,65427.82Constituency
BedwelltyCharles EdwardsunopposedN/A1Miners
BelperJack Lees15,45039.82ILP
Bermondsey WestAlfred Salter10,03948.11Constituency
Berwick and HaddingtonGeorge Sinkinson9,08926.52Constituency
Bethnal Green North EastWilliam Barratt10,36844.12Constituency
Bethnal Green South WestWilliam James Humphreys3,92323.02Transport & General Workers
BilstonJohn Baker16,84744.92Iron & Steel
Birkenhead EastCharles McVey9,86826.82Constituency
Birkenhead WestWilliam Henry Egan12,68236.22Boilermakers
Birmingham AstonT. J. May6,21219.22Transport & General Workers
Birmingham DeritendFred Longden11,16334.02Co-op
Birmingham DuddestonGeorge Francis Sawyer9,78936.62Constituency
Birmingham EdgbastonW. W. Blaylock5,15713.52Constituency
Birmingham ErdingtonCharles Simmons16,76731.92Constituency
Birmingham HandsworthLouis Anderson Fenn8,54821.62Constituency
Birmingham King's NortonGilbert Mitchison11,01628.72Constituency
Birmingham LadywoodWilfred Whiteley9,05728.22Constituency
Birmingham MoseleyFrank Lloyd13,39920.22Constituency
Birmingham SparkbrookGeorge Archibald8,53826.62Constituency
Birmingham WestGeorge Willey10,50731.92Constituency
Birmingham YardleyArchibald Gossling16,64033.82Woodworkers
Bishop AucklandHugh Dalton16,79648.62Constituency
BlackburnThomas Gill25,03016.64Railway Clerks
BlackburnMary Hamilton25,64317.03ILP
BlaydonWilliam Whiteley18,43149.32Miners
BoltonMichael Brothers32,04916.44Textile Factory Workers
BoltonAlbert Law33,73617.33Textile Factory Workers
BootleJohn Kinley14,16038.12Constituency
BosworthJohn Morgan12,67032.02Constituency
BothwellJoseph Sullivan14,42343.52Miners
BournemouthJ. H. Collingbourne9,94320.02Constituency
Bow and BromleyGeorge Lansbury16,30658.31Constituency
Bradford CentralWilliam Leach15,68738.62ILP
Bradford NorthPhilip Butler12,40128.22Constituency
Bradford SouthWilliam Hirst15,99433.62Co-op
Brecon and RadnorPeter Freeman17,22340.22Constituency
Brentford and ChiswickGeorge Catlin7,57225.02Constituency
BridgwaterJames Musgrave Boltz6,97422.52Constituency
BriggDavid Quibell15,61441.72Constituency
BrightonLewis Cohen12,95207.43Constituency
BrightonRosalind Moore12,87807.34Constituency
Bristol CentralJoseph Alpass15,14340.42Constituency
Bristol EastStafford Cripps19,43550.61Constituency
Bristol NorthWalter Ayles13,82633.82Constituency
Bristol SouthAlexander Walkden17,17439.12Railway Clerks
Bristol WestF. E. White8,87517.02Constituency
BrixtonEdward Albert Radice7,35823.02Constituency
BromleyB. B. Gillis9,26516.42Constituency
BroxtoweSeymour Cocks21,91751.91Constituency
BuckinghamJames Lievsley George11,73633.02Constituency
BurnleyArthur Henderson26,91743.02Foundry Workers
BurslemAndrew MacLaren16,24846.02Constituency
BurtonWilliam Paling8,83225.32Constituency
BuryJames Bell10,53229.72Textile Factory Workers
CaerphillyMorgan Jones23,06167.61Constituency
Camberwell NorthCharles Ammon9,86948.12Post Office Workers[16]
Camberwell North WestHector Hughes8,69333.12Constituency
CambridgeAlexander Wood8,55226.82Constituency
CambridgeshireGeoffrey Garratt11,01331.72Constituency
Cardiff CentralEdward Archbold10,75830.82Constituency
Cardiff EastJames Edmunds10,29231.82Constituency
Cardiff SouthArthur Henderson Jr.12,09240.22Constituency
CannockWilliam Adamson22,83345.42Transport & General Workers
CanterburyPaul Winterton5,92116.32Constituency
CardiganshireJ. Lloyd Jones6,36124.02Constituency
CarlisleGeorge Middleton13,44542.72Post Office Workers[16]
CarmarthenDaniel Hopkin14,31836.52Constituency
CarnarvonshireElwyn Jones14,29937.22Constituency
ChathamOliver Baldwin10,83733.92Constituency
ChelmsfordJoseph Sparks7,75519.52Constituency
ChelseaGilbert Foan4,72617.02Constituency
CheltenhamJohn Ramage5,26318.92Constituency
ChesterfieldGeorge Benson17,04642.52Constituency
Chester-le-StreetJack Lawson24,37360.62Constituency
ChichesterClaude William Higgins6,08512.22Constituency
ChippenhamWilliam Robert Robins2,19407.23Constituency
ChislehurstTom Colyer5,73115.02Constituency
ChorleyJohn Barrow12,73430.72Bleachers
Cirencester and TewkesburyJohn Griffin5,86817.22Constituency
City of ChesterJoseph Lewis5,18614.83Constituency
Clackmannan and Eastern StirlingshireLauchlin MacNeill Weir13,66940.12ILP
Clay CrossCharles Duncan21,16364.61Transport & General Workers
ClevelandWilliam Mansfield20,06039.62Miners
ClitheroeStan Awbery14,92038.02Transport & General Workers
CoatbridgeJames C. Welsh14,72246.62Constituency
ColchesterEdward Aylmer Digby10,72532.52Constituency
Colne ValleyErnest Marklew13,73431.52Constituency
ConsettHerbert Dunnico19,92747.02Constituency
CoventryPhilip Noel-Baker28,31139.02Constituency
CreweJohn William Bowen18,35142.22Post Office Workers[16]
Croydon NorthH. W. Ray10,79519.12Constituency
Croydon SouthT. Crawford9,95019.72Constituency
DarlingtonArthur Shepherd15,79839.32Constituency
DartfordJohn Edmund Mills27,34944.52Constituency
DarwenCharles Rothwell5,18413.43Constituency
DeptfordC. W. Bowerman22,24445.62Compositors
DerbyWalter Halls20,24114.64Constituency
DerbyWilliam Robert Raynes21,84115.73Constituency
DewsburyBenjamin Riley11,10136.32Constituency
DoncasterWilfred Paling22,36345.12Miners
Don ValleyTom Williams27,59958.61Miners
DoverW. Moore9,78124.82Constituency
DudleyW. Hodgkiss12,10543.12Constituency
DulwichFred Hughes4,74715.62Constituency
DumfriesJ. S. Paterson7,69322.32Constituency
DunbartonshireWillie Brooke16,47436.42Dyers
DundeeMichael Marcus32,57318.63Constituency
Dunfermline BurghsWilliam McLean Watson12,24742.12Constituency
DurhamJoshua Ritson17,13649.62Miners
EalingJames William Maycock6,85717.32Constituency
EastbourneA. J. Marshall5,37914.72Constituency
East DorsetEdward Joseph Stocker7,00915.13Constituency
East GrinsteadEvan Durbin5,12112.82Constituency
East Ham NorthSusan Lawrence11,76934.12Constituency
East Ham SouthAlfred Barnes15,73746.22Co-op
East NorfolkBill Holmes6,56220.22Constituency
East RenfrewshireJames Strain12,47726.72Constituency
East SurreyMont Follick4,23611.22Constituency
Ebbw ValeAneurin BevanunopposedN/A1Miners
EcclesDavid Mort16,10138.22Iron & Steel
Edinburgh CentralWilliam Graham10,56636.22ILP
Edinburgh EastDrummond Shiels10,24433.62Constituency
Edinburgh NorthRobert Gibson8,77125.02Constituency
Edinburgh WestGeorge Mathers12,70428.82Railway Clerks
EdmontonFrank Broad14,25043.22Co-op
EllandCharles Roden Buxton13,56334.82Constituency
EnfieldWilliam Mellor13,64635.72Constituency
EppingJames Ranger4,71308.43Constituency
EpsomStanley Morgan7,57114.72Constituency
ExeterJames Viner Delahaye7,95821.63Constituency
FarnworthGuy Rowson19,55346.52Miners
FavershamNorman Smith13,22634.12Constituency
FinchleyJ. George Stone6,44015.82Constituency
FinsburyThomas Williams10,13336.92Co-op
FlintshireFrances Edwards16,15828.62Constituency
Forest of DeanDavid Vaughan13,29147.32Constituency
FromeFrederick Gould17,74841.72Boot & Shoe
Fulham EastJohn Maynard8,91726.12Constituency
Fulham WestJohn Banfield12,16433.42Constituency
GainsboroughGeorge Deer5,85620.43Constituency
GallowayHector McNeil3,41810.53Constituency
GatesheadErnest Bevin21,82637.72Transport & General Workers
GillinghamCatherine Mary Wadham9,10331.02Constituency
Glasgow CathcartA. L. Ritchie8,91924.72Constituency
Glasgow CentralWilliam Martin11,45634.72Constituency
Glasgow GovanNeil Maclean15,04751.01Constituency
Glasgow MaryhillJohn Clarke16,6132ILP
Glasgow PartickAdam McKinlay11,25237.32Woodworkers
Glasgow PollokJohn Rankin6,32318.62Constituency
Glasgow St RolloxWilliam Leonard13,54544.71Co-op
Glasgow ShettlestonJ. Y. Marshall1,85605.43Constituency
Glasgow SpringburnGeorge Hardie16,05847.02ILP
Glasgow TradestonThomas Henderson13,57947.42Co-op
GloucesterCharles Fox9,22332.42Constituency
GowerDavid Rhys Grenfell21,96353.41Miners
GranthamMontague William Moore12,11530.82Constituency
GravesendBen Greene15,99443.92Constituency
Great YarmouthJohn Hanbury Martin5,73521.42Constituency
GreenockThomas Irwin10,85030.72Boilermakers
GreenwichEdward Timothy Palmer13,72230.52Constituency
GrimsbyGeorge Edward Farmery16,12432.42Constituency
GuildfordSidney Peck6,24213.82Constituency
Hackney CentralFred Watkins9,29528.52Railway Clerks
Hackney NorthFrank Bowles9,02230.52Constituency
Hackney SouthHerbert Morrison12,82744.62Constituency
HalifaxArthur Longbottom16,60129.72Constituency
HamiltonDuncan Macgregor Graham14,23353.91Miners
Hammersmith NorthJames Patrick Gardner11,83837.22Constituency
Hammersmith SouthDaniel Chater8,39028.52Co-op
HampsteadHarry Smith5,47512.92Constituency
HanleyArthur Hollins15,24544.32Pottery Workers
HarboroughFrederick Wise10,21225.52Constituency
HarrowGeorge Sandilands14,24121.02Constituency
HarwichE. L. McKeag4,22913.62Constituency
HastingsIrene Goddard4,98315.52Constituency
Hemel HempsteadAlbert Millar2,67708.23Constituency
HemsworthGabriel Price23,60970.51Miners
HendonAmber Blanco White15,30518.82Constituency
HenleyFrederick Hembury3,80911.53Constituency
HertfordRoger Edwards7,09221.62Constituency
HexhamErnest Owen Dunnico7,55726.92Constituency
Heywood and RadcliffeJames Stott12,91528.52Textile Factory Workers
High PeakGeorge Bagnall9,64025.92Constituency
HitchinDermot Freyer8,31224.32Constituency
HolbornFitzroy Hickinbottom2,91615.32Constituency
Holland-with-BostonJohn Parker8,84022.52Constituency
HornseyHugh Franklin7,58515.52Constituency
Horsham and WorthingHelen Keynes5,93211.72Constituency
Houghton-le-SpringRobert Richardson22,70047.12Miners
HuddersfieldJames Hudson20,03429.92ILP
HuntingdonshireMaurice Orbach4,62416.72Constituency
HytheGrace Colman3,60815.12Constituency
IlfordPercy Astins12,17318.72Constituency
IlkestonGeorge Oliver17,58550.02Transport & General Workers
InceGordon Macdonald23,23763.41Miners
InvernessDavid Norman Mackay5,94120.72Constituency
IpswichRobert Jackson17,49037.02Constituency
Isle of ElyFrancis Joseph Knowles4,30213.43Constituency
Isle of WightJames Drummond9,63922.82Constituency
Islington EastLeah Manning13,11132.52Constituency
Islington NorthRobert Young14,78333.92Constituency
Islington SouthWilliam Cluse10,91037.62Constituency
Islington WestFrederick Montague9,97740.82Constituency
JarrowRobert John Wilson18,07145.92Distributive Workers
KeighleyHastings Lees-Smith13,19231.92ILP
KenningtonLeonard Matters10,18835.72Constituency
Kensington NorthFielding West15,84336.32Constituency
KetteringSamuel Perry17,09539.82Co-op
KidderminsterJessie Stephen9,81422.72Constituency
King's LynnDavid Freeman10,05429.82Constituency
Kingston upon Hull CentralJoseph Kenworthy16,11344.92Constituency
Kingston upon Hull EastGeorge Muff18,02642.92Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North WestJames Baum9,94627.32Boot & Shoe
Kingston upon Hull South WestJohn Arnott12,85733.22ILP
Kingston-upon-ThamesGeorge William Fawcett7,61317.52Constituency
KingswinfordCharles Sitch19,49547.12Chainmakers
Kirkcaldy BurghsTom Kennedy14,49243.12Constituency
Lambeth NorthGeorge Strauss8,76634.92Constituency
LancasterRobert Carrington-Willis10,30924.32Constituency
Leeds CentralMoss Turner-Samuels10,63328.62Constituency
Leeds NorthL. John Edwards9,42721.22Constituency
Leeds North EastAlfred Dobbs10,29424.52Boot & Shoe
Leeds SouthHenry Charleton14,15640.12Railwaymen
Leeds South EastJames Milner17,84552.61Constituency
Leeds WestThomas Stamford14,35436.82ILP
LeekWilliam Bromfield18,97948.62Constituency
Leicester EastEdward Frank Wise13,81131.32ILP
Leicester SouthJohn Dugdale9,89223.22Constituency
Leicester WestFrederick Pethick-Lawrence12,92332.52Constituency
LeighJoe Tinker23,96552.31Miners
LeithArthur Woodburn13,40035.02Constituency
LewesFrank Rivers Hancock5,79518.72Constituency
Lewisham EastJohn Wilmot20,48533.12Constituency
Lewisham WestMichael Stewart9,95622.52Constituency
Leyton WestReginald Sorensen13,03836.32Constituency
LichfieldGeorge Henry Jones15,79037.22Constituency
LimehouseClement Attlee11,35450.51Constituency
LinlithgowshireManny Shinwell16,95645.32ILP
LincolnRobert Arthur Taylor14,45541.12Constituency
Liverpool Edge HillJack Hayes11,77237.22Constituency
Liverpool EvertonSamuel Lewis Treleaven7,78631.22Life Assurance Workers
Liverpool ExchangeTom McLean10,89431.22Transport & General Workers
Liverpool FairfieldA. Dodd7,96024.42Constituency
Liverpool ScotlandDavid Logan15,52156.51Constituency
Liverpool WaltonF. A. P. Rowe11,18326.42Constituency
Liverpool WavertreeColin Clark9,50422.12Constituency
Liverpool West DerbyJoseph Cleary9,07722.02Constituency
Liverpool West ToxtethJoseph Gibbins14,97842.12Constituency
Llandaff and BarryCharles Lloyd21,76739.32Constituency
LlanellyJohn Henry Williams34,19665.31Constituency
LoughboroughErnest Winterton14,45839.32Constituency
LowestoftE. J. C. Neep10,89432.32Constituency
LudlowTom Hardwick4,68319.22Constituency
LutonJames MacDonnell7,89719.82Constituency
MacclesfieldDavid Scott Morton13,85431.02Constituency
MaidstoneGertrude Speedwell Massingham6,77019.82Constituency
MaldonWilliam Frederick Toynbee9,07829.22Constituency
Manchester ArdwickJoseph Henderson15,66442.02Railwaymen
Manchester BlackleyWilfrid Burke6,75220.03Constituency
Manchester ClaytonJohn Edward Sutton17,16943.82Miners
Manchester ExchangeEric Gower8,72726.52Constituency
Manchester GortonJoseph Compton16,31642.32Vehicle Builders
Manchester HulmeAndrew McElwee9,21925.62Constituency
Manchester Moss SideAlbert Emil Davies8,01225.62Constituency
Manchester PlattingJ. R. Clynes17,79843.02General & Municipal Workers
Manchester RusholmeJerrold Adshead6,31917.62Constituency
MansfieldCharles Brown26,86555.81Constituency
MeltonA. E. Stubbs8,10021.12Constituency
MerionethJames Henry Howard7,80732.62Constituency
Mid BedfordshireHenry William Fenner3,15609.83Constituency
Middleton and PrestwichThomas McCall10,79625.42Textile Factory Workers
Middlesbrough EastEllen Wilkinson12,08039.62Distributive Workers
Middlesbrough WestHenry Kegie13,04033.42Railwaymen
Midlothian and Peebles NorthernAndrew Clarke8,50127.72Constituency
Mile EndJohn Scurr9,73844.02Constituency
MitchamWilliam Graham12,12423.72Constituency
MonmouthDaniel Hughes10,21729.22Constituency
Montrose BurghsArthur Fraser Macintosh5,13723.02Constituency
MorpethEbby Edwards18,17448.72Miners
MossleyHerbert Gibson15,58733.52Co-op
MotherwellJames Barr14,71448.72ILP
NeathWilliam Jenkins30,87364.01Miners
Nelson and ColneArthur Greenwood21,06342.32Constituency
NewarkJohn Bellerby10,84029.92Constituency
Newcastle EastMaurice Alexander14,17636.62Constituency
Newcastle NorthR. J. Thomson5,79116.12Constituency
Newcastle WestJohn Palin13,51432.12Transport & General Workers
New Forest and ChristchurchFrank Stainer7,13016.72Constituency
NewportJames Walker19,23840.92Iron & Steel
NewtonRobert Young15,68349.42Constituency
NormantonFrederick Hall22,87769.61Miners
NorthamptonCecil L'Estrange Malone10,80836.42Constituency
North CornwallArthur Bennett1,90705.63Constituency
North East DerbyshireFrank Lee19,38547.52Miners
North NorfolkLucy Noel-Buxton13,03539.52Constituency
NorthwichBarbara Gould15,74634.42Constituency
NorwichWalter Smith28,29521.03Boot & Shoe
NorwoodAnn Jane Anstey7,21719.02Constituency
Nottingham CentralAlfred Waterson7,53222.62Co-op
Nottingham EastWalter Windsor5,33915.43General & Municipal Workers
Nottingham SouthAlonzo Ralph Ellis10,58331.72Transport & General Workers
Nottingham WestArthur Hayday14,96342.12General & Municipal Workers
NuneatonFrank Smith23,37537.72Constituency
OgmoreEdward Williams23,06461.01Miners
OldhamGordon Lang28,6293ILP
OldhamJames Wilson26,6314Railwaymen
OrmskirkF. V. King10,11525.02Constituency
OswestryWilliam Elim Warder8,34326.02Constituency
Paddington NorthEsther Rickards9,59728.62Constituency
Paddington SouthLucy Cox4,53214.32Constituency
PaisleyJames C. Welsh16,18338.22ILP
PeckhamHubert Beaumont1,35004.04Constituency
Peebles and Southern MidlothianJoseph Westwood9,18534.52Miners
PenistoneRennie Smith14,58435.62Constituency
Penryn and FalmouthA. L. Rowse10,09824.93Constituency
PeterboroughFrank Horrabin14,20634.82Constituency
PetersfieldAlbert Albery3,55912.02Constituency
PlaistowWill ThorneunopposedN/A1General & Municipal Workers
Plymouth DevonportPaul Reed9,03927.82Constituency
Plymouth DrakeJames John Hamlyn Moses12,66933.62Constituency
Plymouth SuttonGeorge Ward14,07336.72Railwaymen
PontefractTom Smith16,87044.62Miners
PontypoolThomas Griffiths18,98156.31Iron & Steel
PontypriddDavid Lewis Davies21,75158.41Miners
Poplar SouthDavid Morgan Adams16,25357.61Transport & General Workers
Portsmouth CentralGlenvil Hall14,51237.12Constituency
Portsmouth NorthKenneth Dewar12,18231.62Constituency
Portsmouth SouthW. J. Beck7,71519.12Constituency
PrestonEdward Porter24,66017.34General & Municipal Workers
PrestonTom Shaw25,71018.03Textile Factory Workers
Pudsey and OtleyWilliam Pickles10,01324.02Painters
Putney and SouthfieldsJohn Lawder6,17218.42Constituency
ReadingSomerville Hastings19,27735.32Constituency
ReigatePercy Collick7,07617.32Constituency
Rhondda EastDavid Watts-Morgan22,08668.11Miners
Rhondda WestWilliam John23,02484.31Miners
Richmond (Surrey)John Lamb Thomson6,46015.52Constituency
RiponRobert Joseph Hall5,12511.92Constituency
RochdaleWilliam Kelly18,32932.62Transport & General Workers
RomfordH. T. Muggeridge31,41038.52Constituency
RossendaleArthur Law11,13527.53Railwaymen
RotherhamFred Lindley22,83449.22Woodworkers
RotherhitheBen Smith11,53649.72Transport & General Workers
Rother ValleyThomas Walter Grundy26,18562.31Miners
RothwellWilliam Lunn24,89752.91Miners
RoytonGeorge Illingworth5,91314.43Textile Factory Workers
RugbyE. J. Pay10,52330.12Constituency
RushcliffeFlorence Paton14,17627.92Constituency
RutherglenDavid Hardie16,86643.22ILP
Rutland and StamfordF. E. Church7,44628.12Constituency
Saffron WaldenSidney Stanley Wilson6,46822.32Constituency
St AlbansMonica Whately10,28921.92Constituency
St HelensJames Sexton23,70147.62Transport & General Workers
St MaryleboneErnest Whitfield6,14713.32Constituency
St Pancras NorthJames Marley12,25734.82Constituency
St Pancras South EastHerbert Romeril8,68432.12Railway Clerks
St Pancras South WestWilliam Carter7,51428.62Constituency
SalisburyA. B. Lemon6,95623.12Constituency
Salford NorthBen Tillett13,27134.52Transport & General Workers
Salford SouthJoseph Toole15,30240.92Constituency
Salford WestAlexander Haycock12,32033.82ILP
Scarborough and WhitbyPhilip Sidney Eastman6,57517.02Constituency
SeahamWilliam Coxon23,02743.72Constituency
SedgefieldJohn Herriotts15,40441.22Miners
Sheffield AttercliffeCecil Wilson15,02045.52Constituency
Sheffield BrightsideFred Marshall15,52840.62General & Municipal Workers
Sheffield CentralPhilip Hoffman13,21238.02Shop Assistants
Sheffield HallamHenry McGhee7,80722.52Constituency
Sheffield HillsboroughA. V. Alexander17,31942.12Co-op
Sheffield ParkGeorge Lathan15,78337.42Railway Clerks
ShipleyWilliam Albert Robinson14,72534.52Distributive Workers
ShoreditchErnest Thurtle14,98843.32Constituency
ShrewsburyEdward Porter2,56708.43Constituency
SilvertownJack Jones19,85177.81General & Municipal Workers
SkiptonJohn Davies13,05331.82Constituency
SmethwickW. Ernest Lawrence13,92739.92Constituency
SouthamptonTommy Lewis26,42516.43Constituency
SouthamptonRalph Morley26,06116.14Constituency
South AyrshireJames Brown13,73345.22Miners
South DerbyshireDavid Pole23,95841.42Constituency
South DorsetArthur William Wiltshire8,80929.32Constituency
South East EssexJack Oldfield20,06635.22Constituency
Southend-on-SeaAlbert Bechervaise7,74114.32Constituency
South MoltonRudolph Putnam Messel3,49912.02Constituency
South NorfolkEdwin Gooch11,14834.52Constituency
South ShieldsChuter Ede20,51240.22Constituency
Southwark CentralHarry Day8,46634.72Constituency
Southwark NorthGeorge Isaacs7,05335.12Printers
Southwark South EastThomas Naylor9,67846.72Compositors
South West NorfolkW. B. Taylor9,95233.72Constituency
SowerbyWilliam John Tout11,85731.72Textile Factory Workers
SpelthorneFrederick Wilson Temple9,21421.32Constituency
SpennymoorJoseph Batey18,07256.21Miners
Spen ValleyHerbert Elvin15,69135.42Constituency
StaffordLen Smith8,64031.92Boot & Shoe
Stalybridge and HydeWilliam Dobbie14,25128.12Railwaymen
Stirling and Falkirk BurghsHugh Murnin12,48336.42Miners
StockportArnold Townend23,35017.03Railway Clerks
Stockton-on-TeesFrederick Fox Riley18,16838.42Post Office Workers[16]
Stoke NewingtonF. L. Kerran5,83726.72Constituency
StokeEllis Smith13,26430.32Patternmakers
StoneW. I. Simcock5,99318.33Constituency
StourbridgeWilfred Wellock18,91032.82Constituency
Stratford West HamThomas Groves13,92550.41Constituency
StreathamR. B. Fraser5,34315.02Constituency
StretfordFrank Anderson12,79624.72Constituency
StroudF. W. Davies11,03928.62Constituency
SunderlandMarion Phillips29,70718.03Constituency
SunderlandDenis Pritt29,68017.94Constituency
Swansea EastDavid Williams17,12656.51Boilermakers
Swansea WestHowel Samuel14,58741.52Constituency
SwindonChristopher Addison17,96244.12Constituency
TamworthJoseph Willbery7,52515.32Constituency
TauntonFrank George Bushnell8,36727.12Constituency
TavistockRichard Davies2,12406.43Constituency
The HartlepoolsAlasdair Alpin MacGregor14,46231.92Constituency
ThornburyGeorge Pearce Blizard11,00826.32Constituency
TonbridgeConstance Borrett8,20821.22Constituency
TorquayHubert Medland7,35117.52Constituency
Tottenham NorthRobert Morrison17,65144.32Co-op
Tottenham SouthFrederick Messer12,60241.42Constituency
TwickenhamPercy Holman13,76326.02Co-op
TynemouthT. H. Knight8,11023.83Constituency
UptonBenjamin Walter Gardner12,45341.52Constituency
UxbridgeLawrence Worsnop11,60923.32Constituency
WakefieldGeorge Sherwood11,77442.62Railwaymen
WallaseyJohn Mack7,71216.12Constituency
WallsendMargaret Bondfield18,39341.42General & Municipal Workers
WalsallJohn James McShane23,95244.02Constituency
Walthamstow EastHarry Wallace9,98331.22Post Office Workers[16]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee14,14445.11Woodworkers
Wandsworth CentralJ. L. Cohen7,51227.72Constituency
WansbeckGeorge Shield24,12641.82Miners
WarringtonCharles Dukes19,05543.92General & Municipal Workers
WatfordFrank Jacques9,42321.72Constituency
WednesburyAlfred Short20,84245.52Boilermakers
WellingboroughGeorge Dallas14,13739.02Transport & General Workers
WentworthGeorge Henry Hirst31,86168.81Miners
West BromwichFrederick Roberts17,20444.42Typographical
WestburyMaurice Hackett5,12715.53Constituency
West FifeWilliam Adamson11,06335.82Miners
Weston-super-MareBernard Craig5,09514.32Constituency
WesthoughtonRhys Davies19,30153.41Distributive Workers
West StirlingshireTom Johnston12,95246.72ILP
Whitechapel and St George'sJ. H. Hall9,86441.62Transport & General Workers
WhitehavenM. Philips Price14,25546.72ILP
WidnesAlexander Gordon Cameron15,30937.92ILP
WiganJohn Parkinson23,54451.11Miners
Willesden EastWilliam Davies Lloyd10,01021.42Constituency
Willesden WestSamuel Viant15,55039.42Woodworkers
WimbledonTom Braddock9,67419.62Constituency
WinchesterRobert Arthur Lyster13,52930.32Constituency
WirralStanley Wormald10,11718.52Constituency
Wolverhampton EastJohn Smith6,34018.73Constituency
WoodbridgeIda Mary Nussey Keeble5,88518.72Constituency
Wood GreenE. P. Bell11,98021.32Constituency
Woolwich EastGeorge Hicks16,65850.91Builders
Woolwich WestJoseph Reeves14,52035.42Constituency
WorcesterHubert Bolton3,87414.43Constituency
WorkingtonThomas Cape18,46954.91Miners
The WrekinEdith Picton-Turbervill14,16238.92Constituency
WrexhamRobert Richards20,65347.92Constituency
WycombeLeslie Haden-Guest10,82120.82Constituency
YeovilHamilton Fyfe5,37713.63Constituency
YorkFrederick George Burgess16,31035.12Railwaymen

By-elections, 1931–1935

By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor
1932 Croydon South by-electionRudolph Putnam Messel9,18932.52
1932 Dunbartonshire by-electionTom Johnston13,70435.62Constituency[23]
1932 Wakefield by-electionArthur Greenwood13,58650.61Constituency[23]
1932 Dulwich by-electionHelen Bentwich3,90519.32Constituency[23]
1932 Montrose Burghs by-electionTom Kennedy7,03041.42Constituency[23]
1932 Wednesbury by-electionWilliam Banfield21,97754.71Bakers[23]
1932 Twickenham by-electionPercy Holman16,88143.82Constituency[23]
1932 Cardiganshire by-electionD. M. Jones5,29519.23Constituency[23]
1933 Liverpool Exchange by-electionSydney Silverman12,41245.02Constituency[24]
1933 East Fife by-electionJoseph Westwood6,63522.01Constituency[24]
1933 Rotherham by-electionWilliam Dobbie28,76769.11Railwaymen[24]
1933 Ashford by-electionW. J. Beck6,33317.63Constituency[24]
1933 Rhondda East by-electionWilliam Mainwaring14,12742.51Miners[24]
1933 Normanton by-electionTom SmithunopposedN/A1Miners[24]
1933 Hitchin by-electionWilliam Bennett10,36241.62Constituency[24]
1933 Altrincham by-electionJames Hudson8,33316.83Constituency[24]
1933 Clay Cross by-electionArthur Henderson21,93169.31Foundry Workers[24]
1933 Fulham East by-electionJohn Wilmot17,79057.91Constituency[25]
1933 Kilmarnock by-electionJames Barr9,92427.42Constituency[25]
1933 Skipton by-electionJohn Davies14,15733.52Constituency[25]
1933 Manchester Rusholme by-electionGeorge Woods11,00540.12Co-op[25]
1933 Rutland and Stamford by-electionArnold William Gray12,81846.72Constituency[25]
1933 Harborough by-electionWilliam Bennett12,46032.92Constituency[25]
1933 Wentworth by-electionWilfred PalingunopposedN/A1Miners[25]
1934 Cambridge by-electionAlexander Wood12,17641.82Constituency[25]
1934 Lowestoft by-electionReginald Sorensen13,99242.12Constituency[25]
1934 Portsmouth North by-electionEdward Thomas Humby11,90440.42Constituency[25]
1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-electionRobert Gibson4,75020.82University Party[25]
1934 Basingstoke by-electionJames William Barker4,66315.53Constituency[25]
1934 Hammersmith North by-electionFielding West14,26355.71Constituency[25]
1934 West Ham Upton by-electionBenjamin Walter Gardner11,99856.41Constituency[25]
1934 Hemsworth by-electionGeorge GriffithsunopposedN/A1Miners[25]
1934 Merthyr by-electionS. O. Davies18,64551.81Miners[25]
1934 Monmouth by-electionD. Hughes11,09435.02Constituency[25]
1934 Twickenham by-electionPercy Holman19,89043.92Co-op[25]
1934 Weston-super-Mare by-electionAlbert Edward Millett5,71516.63Constituency[25]
1934 Rushcliffe by-electionH. J. Cadogan15,08138.02Constituency[25]
1934 Lambeth North by-electionGeorge Strauss11,28157.91Constituency[26]
1934 Swindon by-electionChristopher Addison20,90253.41Constituency[26]
1934 Putney by-electionEdith Summerskill12,93645.32Constituency[26]
1935 Liverpool Wavertree by-electionJoseph Cleary15,61135.31Constituency[26]
1935 Norwood by-electionBarbara Gould12,79940.42Constituency[26]
1935 Perth by-electionAdam McKinlay7,98431.32Constituency[26]
1935 Edinburgh West by-electionWilliam McAdam10,46233.92Railwaymen[26]
1935 Aberdeen South by-electionJoseph Forbes Duncan10,76034.02Constituency[26]
1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-electionNaomi Mitchison4,29317.32University Party[26]
1935 Liverpool West Toxteth by-electionJoseph Gibbins14,90860.91Constituency[26]
1935 Dumfriesshire by-electionJohn Downie10,69739.72Co-op[26]

1935 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor[27]
AberavonWilliam CoveunopposedN/A1Constituency
AberdareGeorge HallunopposedN/A1Miners
Aberdeen and Kincardine CentralGordon Stott6,12822.92Constituency
Aberdeen and Kincardine EastFrederick Martin9,62743.02Constituency
Aberdeen NorthGeorge Garro-Jones16,95248.71Constituency
Aberdeen SouthGeorge Rettie McIntosh11,81731.92Constituency
AbertilleryGeorge DaggarunopposedN/A1Miners
AccringtonFrederick George Burgess21,20345.62Railwaymen
ActonWilliam McLaine13,55941.52Constituency
AltrinchamAbraham Moss21,49329.82Constituency
AngleseyHenry Jones6,95927.63Constituency
AshfordW. J. Beck6,33317.63Constituency
Ashton-under-LyneFred Simpson14,14050.21Railway Clerks
AylesburyEric Shearer4,71611.03Constituency
Ayr BurghsArthur Brady13,27433.92Constituency
Balham and TootingWilliam Davies Lloyd12,96037.12Constituency
BanburyW. E. Wade11,45634.32Constituency
Barkston AshFrank Smithson16,52539.12Co-op
Barnard CastleThomas Sexton11,45849.81Constituency
BarnsleyJohn Potts25,31858.91Miners
Barrow-in-FurnessPercy Barstow17,91949.72Railwaymen
BasingstokeJames Whybrew3,20710.03Constituency
BassetlawFrederick Bellenger21,90351.31Constituency
BathGeorge Gilbert Desmond7,18519.73Constituency
Batley and MorleyWillie Brooke21,18253.61Dyers
Battersea NorthWilliam Sanders17,59658.71Constituency
Battersea SouthHerbert Romeril15,82142.72Railway Clerks
BedfordNorman Mickle13,60437.72Constituency
BedwelltyCharles EdwardsunopposedN/A1Miners
BelperJack Lees19,25048.92Constituency
Bermondsey WestAlfred Salter12,60362.21Constituency
Berwick and HaddingtonJohn Robertson14,29941.92Miners
Bethnal Green North EastDaniel Chater11,58163.51Co-op
Bethnal Green South WestGeorge Jeger7,94546.92Constituency
BilstonDavid Mort17,82048.82Iron & Steel
Birkenhead EastMary Mercer8,02823.33Constituency
Birkenhead WestCharles McVey13,93144.12Constituency
Birmingham AstonRudolph Putnam Messel8,57831.22Constituency
Birmingham DeritendFred Longden10,14440.52Co-op
Birmingham DuddestonGeorge Francis Sawyer9,78936.62Constituency
Birmingham EdgbastonJerrold Adshead6,38118.42Constituency
Birmingham ErdingtonCharles Simmons17,75737.42Constituency
Birmingham HandsworthAlbert Chattaway8,91027.02Constituency
Birmingham King's NortonGilbert Mitchison18,68443.22Constituency
Birmingham LadywoodHubert Humphreys7,31128.32Constituency
Birmingham MoseleyJulius Silverman17,54328.62Constituency
Birmingham SparkbrookHenry Whittaker8,06331.52Constituency
Birmingham WestGeorge Willey9,15935.72General & Municipal Workers
Birmingham YardleyCharles Jarman18,87942.32Seamen
Bishop AucklandHugh Dalton20,48162.31Constituency
BlackburnJames Bell34,57123.93Textile Factory Workers
BlackburnGeorge Henry Walker34,42323.84Typographical
BlackpoolHarvey Thorneycroft13,59818.32Constituency
BlaydonWilliam Whiteley24,14862.31Miners
BodminHarold Falconer2,49607.23Constituency
BoltonAlbert Law39,89021.43Textile Factory Workers
BoltonJohn Lynch39,87121.44Textile Factory Workers
BootleJohn Kinley13,28538.82Constituency
BosworthCharles Rothwell15,81640.82Constituency
BothwellJames C. Welsh20,90060.31Miners
BournemouthMaurice Solomon Davidson13,27928.92Constituency
Bow and BromleyGeorge Lansbury19,06477.01Transport & General Workers
Bradford CentralWilliam Leach16,39751.81Constituency
Bradford EastWilfred Heywood7,32921.73Textile Workers
Bradford NorthMuriel Nichol14,04735.22Constituency
Bradford SouthWilliam Hirst17,12141.52Co-op
Brecon and RadnorLeslie Haden-Guest19,91047.42Constituency
Brentford and ChiswickFrederick Wilson Temple9,29634.62Constituency
BridgwaterArthur Loveys6,24019.83Constituency
BriggDavid Quibell18,49550.31Constituency
BrightonLewis Cohen18,74311.74Constituency
BrightonAlban Gordon19,28712.13Constituency
Bristol CentralJoseph J. Taylor14,25847.52Constituency
Bristol EastStafford Cripps22,00959.31Constituency
Bristol NorthWalter Ayles16,14943.52Constituency
Bristol SouthAlexander Walkden22,58650.41Railway Clerks
Bristol WestPercy Williams15,05829.02Constituency
BrixtonMarcus Lipton10,90836.12Constituency
BromleyCharles Wye Kendall11,80020.02Constituency
BroxtoweSeymour Cocks26,85463.01Constituency
BuckinghamJoseph Sparks14,92842.02Constituency
BurnleyWilfrid Burke31,16053.61Distributive Workers
BurslemAndrew MacLaren18,03054.21Constituency
BurtonGladys Paling8,04125.52Constituency
BuryEdith Summerskill12,84534.42Constituency
Bute and North AyrshireManny Shinwell13,35837.42Constituency
CarnarvonshireElwyn Jones16,45044.52Constituency
CaerphillyMorgan Jones24,84676.31Constituency
Camberwell NorthCharles Ammon11,70164.71Post Office Workers[15]
Camberwell North WestHector Hughes10,93145.32Constituency
CamborneHarold Greaves7,37525.82Constituency
CambridgeAlexander Wood13,43641.52Constituency
Cambridge UniversityLionel Elvin3,45319.23University Party
CambridgeshireJohn Bellerby11,43732.02Constituency
CannockWilliam Adamson27,92251.01Transport & General Workers
CanterburyRichard Adams9,16425.72Constituency
Cardiff CentralJohn Dugdale12,09436.82Constituency
Cardiff EastWilliam Bennett11,36237.82Constituency
Cardiff SouthHarry Nathan14,38449.12Constituency
CardiganshireMoelwyn Hughes10,08538.92Constituency
CarlisleArnold Townend13,95641.02Railway Clerks
CarmarthenDaniel Hopkin18,14647.51Constituency
ChathamHugh Gaitskell13,31540.92Constituency
ChelmsfordFred Hughes11,69029.22Constituency
ChelseaGeorge Somerville Sandilands6,34825.12Constituency
CheltenhamElizabeth Pakenham7,78429.52Constituency
City of ChesterAgnes Bulley6,45019.33Constituency
ChesterfieldGeorge Benson21,43950.91Constituency
Chester-le-StreetJack Lawson29,11171.01Miners
ChichesterClaude William Higgins10,38421.72Constituency
ChippenhamWilliam Robert Robins3,52712.23Constituency
ChislehurstTom Colyer12,22721.82Constituency
ChorleyArthur Whiting17,28641.42General & Municipal Workers
Clackmannan and East StirlingshireLauchlin MacNeill Weir14,88142.31Constituency
ClaphamMonica Whately11,36823.02Constituency
Clay CrossAlfred Holland24,59074.61Constituency
ClevelandWilliam Mansfield23,77647.32General & Municipal Workers
ClitheroeStan Awbery14,92038.02Transport & General Workers
CoatbridgeJames Barr17,53557.21Constituency
ColchesterHubert Beaumont14,03941.42Constituency
Colne ValleyErnest Marklew16,72539.51Constituency
ConsettDavid Adams25,41958.71Engineering
CoventryPhilip Noel-Baker34,84148.32Constituency
CreweJohn William Bowen20,62048.71Post Office Workers[15]
Croydon NorthFrank Mitchell17,87232.92Constituency
Croydon SouthTom Crawford14,90029.02Constituency
DarlingtonArthur Shepherd18,10544.82Constituency
DartfordJanet Adamson35,59648.22Constituency
DarwenFrances Kerby7,77820.93Constituency
DaventryT. E. Barnes10,76736.32Constituency
DenbighJ. R. Hughes4,96314.33Constituency
DeptfordWalter Henry Green27,02157.31Co-op
DerbyLeonard John Barnes24,59419.74Constituency
DerbyHerbert Arthur Hind25,03720.03Constituency
DewsburyBen Riley14,06647.21Constituency
DoncasterAlfred Short29,96357.61Constituency
Don ValleyTom Williams33,22068.91Miners
DoverW. H. Bennett14,58836.02Constituency
DudleyWilliam Wedgwood Benn11,50945.22Constituency
DulwichJames Vinor Delahaye7,14225.73Constituency
Dumbarton BurghsDavid Kirkwood20,40965.21Engineering
DumfriesshireJohn Downie11,68534.62Co-op
DunbartonshireThomas Cassells20,67941.92Constituency
DundeeRobert Gibson43,74723.24Constituency
DundeeMichael Marcus44,45723.63Constituency
Dunfermline BurghsWilliam McLean Watson16,27152.31Miners
DurhamJoshua Ritson21,51759.11Miners
EalingMark Auliff9,97225.92Constituency
East DorsetEdward Joseph Stocker10,82322.73Constituency
East FifeAlexander Kerr Davidson6,01617.72Constituency
East GrinsteadStanislaus Seuffert8,09721.62Constituency
East Ham NorthThomas Burden14,76249.12Railway Clerks
East Ham SouthAlfred Barnes18,94959.31Co-op
East NorfolkNorman Reeve Tillett10,46131.22Constituency
East RenfrewshireJames Barr21,47534.02Co-op
East SurreyHenry Edward Weaver9,02521.12Constituency
Ebbw ValeAneurin Bevan25,00777.81Miners
EcclesJack Grierson20,05547.32Railwaymen
Edinburgh CentralAndrew Gilzean9,65941.42Scottish Socialist
Edinburgh EastFrederick Pethick-Lawrence13,34143.21Constituency
Edinburgh NorthGerald Walker Crawford8,65427.72Constituency
Edinburgh SouthBarbara Woodburn5,36516.52Constituency
Edinburgh WestJames C. Welsh13,79433.02Constituency
EdmontonFrank Broad21,94055.21Co-op
EllandCharles Roden Buxton17,85647.82Constituency
EnfieldWilliam Mellor18,54343.52Constituency
EppingJames Ranger9,75816.53Constituency
EpsomStanley Morgan19,28627.92Constituency
EveshamW. E. Warder6,26421.82Constituency
ExeterJohn Stafford Cripps13,76439.22Constituency
EyeHarry Leonard Self7,61326.12Constituency
FarehamRobert Mack10,56124.92Constituency
FarnhamDonald M. Fraser7,72521.52Constituency
FarnworthGuy Rowson22,04051.71Miners
FavershamNorman Smith19,06045.42Constituency
FinchleyCyril Lacey6,53315.43Constituency
FinsburyGeorge Saville Woods13,40855.81Co-op
FlintshireCyril Jones16,13127.23Constituency
Forest of DeanM. Philips Price16,76857.61Constituency
FromeKim Mackay18,69043.92Constituency
Fulham EastJohn Wilmot17,68948.62Constituency
Fulham WestMont Follick14,97843.32Constituency
FyldeThomas McNamee16,37929.22Constituency
GainsboroughE. Pittwood4,69816.73Constituency
GatesheadJames Wilson25,80447.32Railwaymen
GillinghamEvan Durbin10,03234.92Constituency
Glasgow BridgetonSamuel McLaren59402.23Constituency
Glasgow CamlachieWilliam Reid2,73208.53Constituency
Glasgow CathcartAlasdair Alpin MacGregor12,99537.92Constituency
Glasgow CentralRichard Stokes13,18644.12Constituency
Glasgow GorbalsAlexander Burnett1,78605.93Constituency
Glasgow GovanNeil Maclean15,79151.01Constituency
Glasgow HillheadJames McCullock8,56631.82Constituency
Glasgow KelvingroveHector McNeil14,95148.12Scottish Socialist
Glasgow MaryhillJohn James Davidson21,70655.01Constituency
Glasgow PartickAdam McKinlay13,31646.02Scottish Socialist
Glasgow PollokJames McInnes8,67027.92Constituency
Glasgow St RolloxWilliam Leonard16,70861.61Co-op
Glasgow ShettlestonGeorge Beggs2,61007.53Constituency
Glasgow SpringburnGeorge Hardie20,28663.11Constituency
Glasgow TradestonThomas Henderson12,25347.11Co-op
GloucesterMoss Turner-Samuels11,80342.92Constituency
GowerDavid Grenfell25,63266.81Miners
GranthamMontague William Moore16,00941.92Constituency
GravesendBen Greene15,99443.92Constituency
Great YarmouthJohn Lewis11,65840.72Constituency
GreenockThomas Irwin16,94544.02Boilermakers
GreenwichJoseph Reeves20,43647.62Co-op
GrimsbyHenry Brinton23,74348.32Constituency
GuildfordF. A. Campbell11,83325.12Constituency
Hackney CentralFred Watkins15,32251.61Railway Clerks
Hackney NorthFrank Bowles13,92048.12Constituency
Hackney SouthHerbert Morrison15,83059.31Constituency
HalifaxArthur Longbottom21,47139.52Railway Clerks
HamiltonDuncan Graham17,04965.71Miners
Hammersmith NorthD. N. Pritt15,46452.81Constituency
Hammersmith SouthWilliam Thomas Adams9,30937.72Constituency
HampsteadHarry Smith6,98718.02Constituency
HanleyArthur Hollins17,21152.01Potters
HarboroughRonald McKinnon Wood14,71836.82Constituency
HarrowHelen Bentwich31,42237.32Constituency
HarwichAmbrose Appelbe9,17029.72Constituency
HastingsWilliam Wate Wood9,40431.02Constituency
Hemel HempsteadCharles William James4,95115.43Constituency
HemsworthGeorge Griffiths28,29880.11Miners
HendonAmber Blanco White28,37526.82Constituency
HerefordGeorge Clarke2,39708.13Constituency
HertfordRoger Edwards11,49235.22Constituency
HexhamErnest Kinghorn10,32437.52Constituency
Heywood and RadcliffeTom McLean17,79939.52Transport & General Workers
High PeakR. W. Wright9,55926.92Constituency
HitchinGeorge Lindgren12,41736.72Constituency
HolbornRichard Jeffries4,32527.12Constituency
HoldernessJoseph Leopold Schultz8,90621.53Constituency
Holland with BostonErnest Reynold13,26434.52Constituency
HonitonJ. R. Morris8,91628.12Constituency
HorncastleFrank Knowles7,98231.22Constituency
HornseyMari Power10,32021.92Constituency
Horsham and WorthingHarold William Paton12,46623.12Constituency
Houghton-le-SpringWilliam Stewart30,66557.21Miners
HowdenshireJames Richardson2,45908.63Constituency
HuddersfieldWilliam Pickles23,84439.22Painters
HuntingdonshireJames Lievsley George7,86131.32Constituency
IlfordPercy Astins25,24136.92Constituency
IlkestonGeorge Oliver23,85164.31Transport & General Workers
InceGordon Macdonald26,33472.61Miners
InvernessHugh Fraser7,29727.52Constituency
IpswichRobert Jackson21,27842.72Constituency
Isle of WightWilliam Miller15,58636.82Constituency
Islington EastGwyn Jones13,81039.82Constituency
Islington NorthRobert Young17,35945.62Constituency
Islington SouthWilliam Cluse12,52652.41Compositors
Islington WestFrederick Montague11,34055.01Constituency
JarrowEllen Wilkinson20,32453.11Distributive Workers
KeighleyHastings Lees-Smith20,12450.51Constituency
KenningtonLeonard Matters11,85648.92Constituency
Kensington NorthFrank Carter15,30943.12Constituency
Kensington SouthCharles Henry Hartwell4,77911.12Constituency
KetteringJoe Sadler21,04247.92Co-op
KidderminsterCharles Coombes12,48530.52Constituency
KilmarnockJames Crawford12,55833.42Boot & Shoe
King's LynnFrank Emerson12,06234.52Constituency
Kingston upon Hull CentralWalter Windsor14,85152.91General & Municipal Workers
Kingston upon Hull EastGeorge Muff19,05449.31Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North WestEdgar Young14,04442.12Constituency
Kingston upon Hull South WestJohn Arnott13,97541.02Constituency
Kingston-upon-ThamesGeorge Henry Loman10,01420.52Constituency
KingswinfordArthur Henderson Jr.20,92550.01Constituency
Kirkcaldy BurghsTom Kennedy19,45756.31Constituency
Lambeth NorthGeorge Strauss10,57755.42Constituency
LanarkJack Gibson10,95035.02Constituency
LancasterCharles Royle9,93820.03Constituency
Leeds CentralFred Lindley13,70143.62Woodworkers
Leeds NorthL. John Edwards13,79231.02Constituency
Leeds North EastAlfred Dobbs14,08035.22Boot & Shoe
Leeds SouthHenry Charleton15,22346.01Railwaymen
Leeds South EastJames Milner19,55265.71Constituency
Leeds WestThomas Stamford17,31145.72Constituency
LeekWilliam Bromfield23,43257.41Constituency
Leicester EastFrederick Gould17,53242.62Boot & Shoe
Leicester SouthLeslie Maddock13,39535.02Constituency
Leicester WestJohn Morgan15,73443.52Constituency
LeighJoe TinkerunopposedN/A1Miners
LeithDavid Cleghorn Thomson13,81842.22Constituency
LewesFrank Rivers Hancock10,55930.02Co-op
Lewisham EastFreda Corbet25,42544.62Constituency
Lewisham WestMichael Stewart14,80335.42Constituency
Leyton EastAlbert Bechervaise10,50744.72Constituency
Leyton WestReginald Sorensen16,40850.21Constituency
LichfieldGeorge Henry Jones20,19146.22Miners
LimehouseClement Attlee14,60066.51Constituency
LincolnGeorge Deer15,26446.02Constituency
LinlithgowshireGeorge Mathers20,90554.11Railway Clerks
Liverpool Edge HillJack Hayes13,58149.52Constituency
Liverpool EvertonBertie Kirby10,96250.41Constituency
Liverpool ExchangeS. Mahon13,02742.82Constituency
Liverpool FairfieldArthur Moody11,15537.52Woodworkers
Liverpool KirkdaleJohn Hamilton9,98436.72Constituency
Liverpool ScotlandDavid Logan16,03665.71Constituency
Liverpool WaltonFrederick Lees McGhee14,07938.42Constituency
Liverpool WavertreeJoseph Cleary19,06841.52Constituency
Liverpool West DerbyJames Haworth10,21828.12Constituency
Liverpool West ToxtethJoseph Gibbins18,54352.91Constituency
Llandaff and BarryCharles Lloyd27,67748.72Constituency
LlanellyJohn Henry WilliamsunopposedN/A1Constituency
London UniversityNorman Angell3,91830.42University Party
LonsdaleR. S. Armstrong6,94624.22Constituency
LoughboroughErnest Winterton14,65340.62Constituency
LouthJack Franklin12,26138.42Constituency
LowestoftFrederick Wise13,34838.82Constituency
LudlowT. Hardwick6,15127.32Constituency
LutonF. L. Kerran15,18134.52Constituency
MacclesfieldGeorge Darling14,76132.02Constituency
MaidstoneWarren MacAlpine9,34027.52Constituency
MaldonWilliam Frederick Toynbee9,26428.92Constituency
Manchester ArdwickJoseph Henderson16,36452.91Railwaymen
Manchester BlackleyW. E. Davies9,37027.13Constituency
Manchester ClaytonJohn Jagger19,22553.71Distributive Workers
Manchester ExchangeEric Mendel8,31328.22Constituency
Manchester GortonJoseph Compton20,03955.91Vehicle Builders
Manchester HulmeBarbara Ayrton-Gould11,22139.72Constituency
Manchester Moss SideLeslie Lever10,69441.32Constituency
Manchester PlattingJ. R. Clynes18,35251.91General & Municipal Workers
Manchester RusholmeAlbert Knight9,25829.42Constituency
Manchester WithingtonD. Scott Morton12,24821.52Constituency
MansfieldCharles Brown31,80368.01Constituency
MeltonA. E. Stubbs12,70432.52Constituency
MerionethThomas Jones8,31735.22Constituency
MerthyrS. O. Davies20,53068.01Miners
Mid BedfordshireThomas Henry Knight4,22413.23Constituency
Middlesbrough EastAlfred Edwards12,69944.01Constituency
Middlesbrough WestHenry Kegie12,76433.72Railwaymen
Middleton and PrestwichJoseph Nuttall17,39838.92Textile Factory Workers
Midlothian and Peebles NorthernJames Lean13,97037.12Constituency
Mile EndDaniel Frankel13,17757.21Constituency
MitchamPaul Winterton26,08742.52Constituency
MonmouthMichael Foot13,45436.62Constituency
MontroseJ. Erskine Harper6,63230.42Constituency
Moray and NairnJames Davidson Vassie7,34736.52Constituency
MorpethRobert Taylor28,90059.21Miners
MossleyHerbert Gibson22,39947.72Co-op
MotherwellJames Walker14,75550.71Iron & Steel
NeathWilliam JenkinsunopposedN/A1Miners
Nelson and ColneSydney Silverman26,01154.51Constituency
New Forest and ChristchurchCatherine Mary Wadham10,87625.22Constituency
NewarkArcihbald Ward Sharman13,12737.62Constituency
NewburyRichard Russell9,12527.02Constituency
Newcastle-under-LymeJosiah WedgwoodunopposedN/A1Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne CentralWalter Monslow10,87140.72Locomotive Engineers
Newcastle-upon-Tyne EastBernard Benjamin Gillis16,32241.42Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne NorthE. Gilbert7,69323.12Constituency
Newcastle-upon-Tyne WestWilliam Taylor17,05240.12Constituency
NewportPeter Freeman21,75548.32Constituency
NewtonRobert Young19,99258.51Engineering
NormantonTom Smith26,70581.41Miners
NorthamptonReginald Paget23,98348.52Constituency
North DorsetM. M. Whitehead1,36005.24Constituency
North East DerbyshireFrank Lee25,38257.21Miners
North LanarkshireGilbert McAllister6,76314.63Constituency
North NorfolkLucy Noel-Buxton14,46544.72Constituency
NorthwichThomas Reid20,28946.52Constituency
NorwichGlenvil Hall24,67020.03Constituency
NorwichChristopher John Kelly22,05517.84Railwaymen
NorwoodBarbara Ayrton-Gould12,79940.42Constituency
Nottingham CentralWilliam Allitt10,19335.32Co-op
Nottingham EastLeon Freedman7,43525.72Constituency
Nottingham SouthT. J. May10,96336.82Transport & General Workers
Nottingham WestArthur Hayday19,69753.71General & Municipal Workers
NuneatonReginald Fletcher33,23748.41Constituency
OgmoreTed WilliamsunopposedN/A1Miners
OldhamMatthew Burrow Farr29,6474Textile Factory Workers
OldhamGordon Lang34,3163Constituency
OrmskirkF. V. King19,57941.52Constituency
OxfordPatrick Gordon-Walker9,66137.22Constituency
Oxford UniversityJ. L. Stocks2,68317.64University Party
Paddington NorthCaroline Ganley9,92534.42Co-op
Paddington SouthRonald William Thomson5,72221.12Constituency
PaisleyOliver Baldwin22,07749.62Constituency
PeckhamLewis Silkin14,45748.72Constituency
Peebles and South MidlothianDavid Pryde12,20947.22Miners
PembrokeshireWilliam James Jenkins12,34127.63Constituency
PenistoneHenry McGhee23,86953.51Constituency
Penrith and CockermouthHarold Smith8,03635.72Constituency
Penryn and FalmouthA. L. Rowse13,10532.12Constituency
PerthRobert Gunn8,20926.32Constituency
PeterboroughErnest Davies17,37343.42Constituency
PetersfieldJohn Ernest Lionel Birch6,06120.92Constituency
PlaistowWill Thorne18,49373.31General & Municipal Workers
Plymouth DevonportJohn Brown9,75631.92Constituency
Plymouth DrakeJames John Hamlyn Moses15,36841.72Constituency
Plymouth SuttonGeorge Ward15,39441.72Railwaymen
PontefractAdam Hills19,78353.41Railwaymen
PontypoolArthur Jenkins22,34667.91Constituency
PontypriddDavid Lewis DaviesunopposedN/A1Miners
Poplar SouthDavid Morgan Adams18,71573.21Constituency
Portsmouth CentralDavid Freeman10,73329.92Constituency
Portsmouth NorthEdward Thomas Humby11,50233.42Constituency
Portsmouth SouthJohn Fawcett9,04324.82Constituency
PrestonRobert Arthur Lyster32,22523.33Constituency
PrestonRichard Reiss31,82723.14Constituency
Pudsey and OtleyLucy Cox9,99723.33Constituency
PutneyAndrew Aiken Watson10,89531.92Constituency
ReadingSomerville Hastings22,94943.22Constituency
ReigateLeonard Lewis10,74826.22Constituency
Rhondda EastWilliam Mainwaring22,08861.81Miners
Rhondda WestWilliam JohnunopposedN/A1Miners
Richmond (Yorks)Alfred Jonathan Best7,36922.71Constituency
Richmond upon ThamesLewis Gassman10,95326.52Constituency
RiponRobert Joseph Hall9,11622.82Constituency
RochdaleWilliam Kelly22,28141.21Transport & General Workers
RomfordJohn Parker55,72354.01Constituency
Ross and CromartyJohn MacKinnon MacDiarmid3,28423.32Constituency
RossendaleEvelyn Walkden14,76937.12Distributive Workers
Rother ValleyEdward Dunn33,27172.01Miners
RotherhamWilliam Dobbie29,72567.51Railwaymen
RotherhitheBen Smith14,41659.71Transport & General Workers
RothwellWilliam Lunn31,47264.51Miners
Roxburgh and SelkirkJames Alexander Cuthburt Thomson6,09916.63Constituency
RoytonLeonard Oakes8,84522.53Bleachers
RugbyHarold William Fenner13,06138.52Constituency
RushcliffeH. J. Cadogan19,34937.52Constituency
RutherglenDavid Hardie20,13149.32Constituency
Rutland and StamfordArnold William Gray11,23840.12Constituency
Saffron WaldenClara Rackham9,63332.92Constituency
St AlbansHugh Franklin16,23335.52Constituency
St HelensWilliam Albert Robinson29,04453.71Distributive Workers
St MaryleboneElizabeth Jacobs8,08820.42Constituency
St Pancras NorthHenry Montague Tibbles13,28742.32Constituency
St Pancras South EastSanto Jeger10,34044.02Constituency
St Pancras South WestJames Edmond Sears10,67045.02Constituency
Salford NorthWilliam McAdam15,27243.42Railwaymen
Salford SouthJoseph Toole15,93249.52Constituency
Salford WestAlexander Haycock14,73240.42Constituency
SalisburyEdgar J. Plaisted8,25928.52Constituency
Scarborough and WhitbyT. Wilson Coates3,19507.43Constituency
SeahamManny Shinwell38,38068.21Constituency
SedgefieldJohn Leslie20,37552.31Shop Assistants
Sheffield AttercliffeCecil Wilson18,66362.81Constituency
Sheffield BrightsideFred Marshall18,98558.51General & Municipal Workers
Sheffield CentralPhilip Hoffman13,40849.22Shop Assistants
Sheffield EcclesallKenneth Brooks8,17326.22Constituency
Sheffield HallamGrace Colman10,34632.72Constituency
Sheffield HillsboroughA. V. Alexander21,02554.31Co-op
Sheffield ParkGeorge Lathan21,15351.51Railway Clerks
ShipleyArthur Creech Jones16,10236.01Transport & General Workers
ShoreditchErnest Thurtle18,60261.41Constituency
ShrewsburyCecil Poole9,60634.32Constituency
SilvertownJack Jones18,17781.01General & Municipal Workers
SkiptonJohn Davies17,78843.82Constituency
SmethwickCharles Wortham Brook15,02347.52Constituency
SouthamptonTommy Lewis30,75120.63Constituency
SouthamptonRalph Morley30,02820.14Constituency
South AyrshireJames Brown18,19057.61Miners
South DerbyshireF. A. P. Rowe29,46248.52Constituency
South DorsetArthur William Wiltshire8,58028.22Constituency
South East EssexJack Oldfield24,94242.52Constituency
Southend-on-SeaHelen Keynes7,79613.83Constituency
South MoltonH. F. Chilcott5,61021.32Constituency
South NorfolkColin Clark13,40942.12Constituency
SouthportRobert Carrington-Willis11,41927.82Constituency
South ShieldsChuter Ede22,03148.21Constituency
Southwark CentralHarry Day11,09853.31Constituency
Southwark NorthGeorge Isaacs8,00749.82Printers
Southwark South EastThomas Naylor11,94263.21Compositors
South West NorfolkSidney Dye11,94342.72Constituency
SowerbyWilliam John Tout16,03546.22Textile Factory Workers
SpelthorneBernard Lytton-Bernard13,95731.62Constituency
SpennymoorJoseph Batey21,47371.21Miners
Spen ValleyIvor Thomas21,02949.22Constituency
StaffordFrank Lloyd12,51443.62Constituency
Stalybridge and HydeRoland Casasola20,42144.52Constituency
Stirling and FalkirkJoseph Westwood17,95851.21Constituency
StockportJames Hudson28,79820.13Constituency
StockportC. T. Douthwaite27,52819.24Constituency
Stockton on TeesSusan Lawrence19,21740.32Constituency
Stoke NewingtonDavid Weitzman7,44835.42Constituency
StokeEllis Smith20,99252.71Patternmakers
StoneWilliam Simcock13,09939.02Constituency
StourbridgeWilfred Wellock19,59734.32Constituency
Stratford West HamThomas Groves14,42763.11Constituency
StreathamArthur Skeffington7,95123.82Constituency
StretfordTom Myers19,27835.62Constituency
StroudConstance Borrett14,13336.82Constituency
SudburyHorace Denton3,67015.53Constituency
SunderlandGeorge Catlin32,48320.03Constituency
SunderlandLeah Manning32,05919.84Constituency
Swansea EastDavid WilliamsunopposedN/A1Boilermakers
Swansea WestPercy Morris16,70347.12Constituency
SwindonChristopher Addison19,75748.82Constituency
TamworthJohn Yates11,02620.52Constituency
TauntonJames Lunnon11,21936.62Constituency
TavistockCharles Henry Townsend2,23606.73Constituency
The HartlepoolsCharles Goatcher16,93137.02Constituency
The WrekinGeoffrey Garratt15,04042.12Constituency
ThornburyF. A. Heron15,16437.52Distributive Workers
TonbridgeF. M. Landau9,40524.62Constituency
TorquayFrank Scardifield6,38715.03Constituency
TotnesWilliam Roy John Henwood3,84808.33Constituency
Tottenham NorthRobert Morrison21,07557.21Co-op
Tottenham SouthFrederick Messer15,83458.51Constituency
TwickenhamPercy Holman22,82337.82Co-op
TynemouthSamuel Segal10,14529.82Constituency
University of WalesIthel Davies1,76838.72University Party
UptonBenjamin Gardner13,68553.21Constituency
UxbridgeLawrence Worsnop24,00037.42Constituency
WakefieldArthur Greenwood15,80456.01Constituency
WallaseyJohn Airey13,49132.62Constituency
WallsendMargaret Bondfield21,46247.42General & Municipal Workers
WalsallWilliam Graham19,59439.52Constituency
Walthamstow EastHarry Wallace14,37846.02Post Office Workers[15]
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee17,61361.81Woodworkers
Wandsworth CentralF. Wynne Davies10,40541.42Constituency
WansbeckEdward Dowling29,90449.22Miners
WarringtonEdward Porter20,72049.32General & Municipal Workers
Warwick and LeamingtonJ. Perry10,93023.42Constituency
WatfordStanley Walter Morgan14,90634.62Constituency
WednesburyWilliam Banfield22,68353.31Bakers
WellingboroughGeorge Dallas17,71349.52Transport & General Workers
WellsWilliam James Waring5,71620.53Constituency
WentworthWilfred Paling37,47182.11Miners
West BromwichFrederick Roberts19,11351.31Typographical
WestburyR. St John Reade5,64117.53Constituency
Western IslesMalcolm Macmillan5,42141.01Constituency
West FifeWilliam Adamson12,86935.72Miners
WesthoughtonRhys Davies21,09360.41Distributive Workers
Westminster AbbeyWilliam Smith Kennedy5,25522.52Constituency
Westminster St George'sAnne Fremantle4,64315.42Constituency
WestmorlandEvelyn Short10,41731.52Constituency
West RenfrewshireJean Mann12,40738.82Scottish Socialist
Weston-super-MareGeorge Elvin6,62515.73Constituency
West StirlingshireTom Johnston16,01555.11Constituency
Whitechapel and St GeorgesJ. H. Hall13,37454.71Transport & General Workers
WhitehavenFrank Anderson14,79448.91Railway Clerks
WidnesAlexander Gordon Cameron19,18744.02Constituency
WiganJohn Parkinson27,95061.31Miners
Willesden EastMaurice Orbach15,52335.02Constituency
Willesden WestSamuel Viant19,40245.92Woodworkers
WimbledonTom Braddock17,45232.22Constituency
WinchesterLeonard Williams15,73935.62Constituency
WirralStanley Wormald15,80127.52Constituency
Wolverhampton EastTed Lane4,98515.23Constituency
Wolverhampton WestRichard Lee1,32503.73Constituency
Wood GreenDorothy Woodman14,56124.82Constituency
WoodbridgeAlbert Victor Smith8,80827.92Constituency
Woolwich EastGeorge Hicks17,56358.01Builders
Woolwich WestArthur George Wansborough17,37341.32Constituency
WorcesterJames Ferguson6,15223.33Constituency
WorkingtonThomas CapeunopposedN/A1Miners
WrexhamRobert Richards23,65056.31Constituency
WycombeErnest Whitfield18,81735.12Constituency
YeovilAlbert Edward Millett7,56720.13Constituency
YorkRobert Fraser19,16843.02Constituency

By-elections, 1935–1945

By-electionCandidateVotes %PositionSponsor
1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-electionDavid Cleghorn Thomson3,59712.43University Party[28]
1936 Ross and Cromarty by-electionHector McNeil5,96733.02Constituency[28]
1936 Dunbartonshire by-electionThomas Cassells20,18748.11Constituency[28]
1936 Llanelli by-electionJim Griffiths32,18866.81Miners[28]
1936 Peckham by-electionLewis Silkin13,00750.21Constituency[28]
1936 Lewes by-electionAlban Gordon7,55734.02Constituency[28]
1936 Derby by-electionPhilip Noel-Baker28,41952.51Constituency[28]
1936 Balham and Tooting by-electionW. J. Miller12,88946.32Constituency[28]
1936 East Grinstead by-electionAlbert Edward Millett5,70820.42Constituency[28]
1936 Birmingham Erdington by-electionCharles Simmons20,83443.52Constituency[29]
1936 Clay Cross by-electionGeorge Ridley24,29075.11Railway Clerks[29]
1936 Preston by-electionFrank Bowles30,97046.42Constituency[29]
1936 Greenock by-electionRobert Gibson20,59453.41Constituency[29]
1937 St Pancras North by-electionHenry Montague Tibbles11,47649.42Constituency[29]
1937 Manchester Gorton by-electionWilliam Wedgwood Benn17,84957.71Constituency[29]
1937 Richmond-upon-Thames by-electionGeorge Rogers7,70927.32Constituency[29]
1937 Tonbridge by-electionHarold Smith8,14724.72Constituency[29]
1937 Farnham by-electionPeter Pain7,79225.32Constituency[29]
1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-electionGordon Lang21,56749.62Constituency[29]
1937 Wandsworth Central by-electionHarry Nathan12,40651.02Constituency[29]
1937 Birmingham West by-electionRichard Crossman9,63243.42Constituency[29]
1937 York by-electionJohn Dugdale17,98644.92Constituency[29]
1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-electionGilbert McAllister7,53934.02Constituency[29]
1937 Buckingham by-electionJames Delahaye12,82037.62Constituency[29]
1937 Plymouth Drake by-electionGeoffrey Garratt11,04441.22Constituency[29]
1937 Cheltenham by-electionCyril Poole5,57021.22Constituency[29]
1937 Hemel Hempstead by-electionCharles William James3,65114.03Constituency[29]
1937 Holland with Boston by-electionErnest E. Reynolds14,55640.02Constituency[29]
1937 Ilford by-electionPercy Astins16,21438.82Constituency[29]
1937 Kingston-upon-Thames by-electionGeorge Henry Loman9,97233.42Constituency[29]
1937 Glasgow Springburn by-electionAgnes Hardie14,85962.61Constituency[29]
1937 Islington North by-electionLeslie Haden-Guest13,52352.51Constituency[30]
1937 Hastings by-electionWilliam Wate Wood11,24437.92Constituency[30]
1938 Farnworth by-electionGeorge Tomlinson24,29859.11Textile Factory Workers[30]
1938 Pontypridd by-electionArthur Pearson22,15959.91Constituency[30]
1938 Ipswich by-electionRichard Stokes27,60453.01Constituency[30]
1938 Fulham West by-electionEdith Summerskill16,58352.21Constituency[30]
1938 Lichfield by-electionCecil Poole23,85651.21Constituency[30]
1938 Aylesbury by-electionReginald Groves7,66619.13Constituency[30]
1938 West Derbyshire by-electionCharles Frederick White11,21632.52Constituency[30]
1938 Stafford by-electionFrank Lloyd12,34642.42Constituency[30]
1938 Barnsley by-electionFrank Collindridge23,56664.41Miners[30]
1938 Willesden East by-electionMaurice Orbach12,27843.42Constituency[30]
1938 Dartford by-electionJennie Adamson46,51452.41Constituency[30]
1938 Walsall by-electionGeorge Jeger21,56242.92Constituency[30]
1938 Doncaster by-electionJohn Morgan31,73561.31Constituency[30]
1938 Lewisham West by-electionArthur Skeffington16,93942.92Constituency[30]
1938 Fylde by-electionMabel Tylecote17,64831.62Constituency[30]
1939 East Norfolk by-electionNorman R. Tillett10,78537.12Constituency[30]
1939 Holderness by-electionJoseph Leopold Schultz9,62921.33Constituency[30]
1939 Ripon by-electionRobert Joseph Hall10,21330.52Constituency[30]
1939 Batley and Morley by-electionHubert Beaumont20,02055.41Constituency[30]
1939 South Ayrshire by-electionAlexander Sloan17,90858.01Miners[30]
1939 Sheffield Hallam by-electionCharles S. Darvill9,93938.32
1939 Birmingham Aston by-electionSamuel Segal6,12233.72
1939 Southwark North by-electionGeorge Isaacs5,81557.41Printers[31]
1939 Kennington by-electionJohn Wilmot10,71560.11Constituency[31]
1939 Caerphilly by-electionNess Edwards19,84768.01Constituency[31]
1939 Monmouth by-electionFrank Hancock11,54339.92
1939 Colne Valley by-electionGlenvil Hall17,27748.61Constituency[31]
1939 Brecon and Radnorshire by-electionWilliam Jackson20,67953.41Constituency[31]
1939 Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire by-electionArthur Woodburn15,64593.71Constituency[31]
1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-electionWilliam JowittunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1940 Swansea East by-electionDavid MortunopposedN/A1Iron & Steel[31]
1940 Southwark Central by-electionJohn Hanbury Martin5,28564.31Constituency[31]
1940 Silvertown by-electionJames Hollins14,34392.81Constituency[31]
1940 Battersea North by-electionFrancis Douglas9,94792.61Constituency[31]
1940 Bow and Bromley by-electionCharles Key11,59495.81Constituency[31]
1940 Wandsworth Central by-electionErnest BevinunopposedN/A1Transport & General Workers[31]
1940 Rochdale by-electionHyacinth MorganunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1941 Doncaster by-electionEvelyn WalkdenunopposedN/A1Distributive Workers[31]
1941 Dunbartonshire by-electionAdam McKinlay21,90085.01Transport & General Workers[31]
1941 Carmarthen by-electionRonw HughesunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1941 Greenock by-electionHector McNeilunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1941 Pontefract by-electionPercy BarstowunopposedN/A1Railwaymen[31]
1942 North East Derbyshire by-electionHenry WhiteunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1942 Keighley by-electionIvor Bulmer-ThomasunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1942 Nuneaton by-electionFrank BowlesunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1942 Manchester Gorton by-electionWilliam OldfieldunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-electionJohn MackunopposedN/A1Life Assurance Workers[31]
1942 Wigan by-electionWilliam FosterunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1942 Spennymoor by-electionJames MurrayunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1942 Rothwell by-electionThomas BrooksunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1942 Whitechapel and St Georges by-electionWalter EdwardsunopposedN/A1Transport & General Workers[31]
1942 Poplar South by-electionWilliam Henry Guy3,37586.21Constituency[31]
1942 Sheffield Park by-electionThomas BurdenunopposedN/A1Constituency[31]
1942 Manchester Clayton by-electionHarry Thorneycroft8,89293.31Constituency[31]
1942 Ince by-electionTom BrownunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1943 Hamilton by-electionTom FraserunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1943 Consett by-electionJames GlanvilleunopposedN/A1Miners[31]
1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-electionThomas Hubbard8,26851.61Constituency[31]
1944 Sheffield Attercliffe by-electionJohn HyndunopposedN/A1Railwaymen[31]
1944 Camberwell North by-electionCecil Manning2,65579.81Constituency[31]
1944 Clay Cross by-electionHarold Neal13,69376.31Miners[31]
1945 Motherwell by-electionAlexander Anderson10,80048.62Constituency[31]
1945 Neath by-electionD. J. Williams30,84779.31Miners[31]

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