This article lists the Social Democratic Federation's election results in UK parliamentary elections. It also includes the results of its successor, the British Socialist Party.

Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage voters per candidatePercentage of voteSaved depositsChange (%)Number of MPs
1885 36572190.00N/A0
1886 0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0
1892 26593300.00N/A0
1895 43,7309330.10+0.10
1900 26,9973,4990.22+0.10
1906 818,4462,3100.44+0.20
Jan 1910 913,4791,4980.23-0.20
Dec 1910 25,7332,8670.12-0.10
1918 1671,7624,4850.713+0.60

Elections results

1885 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
HampsteadJack Williams270.63
KenningtonJohn Fielding320.53
Nottingham WestJohn Burns5985.43

1892 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bethnal Green North EastHugh Robert Taylor1062.03
Salford SouthWilliam Knight Hall5537.53

By-elections, 1892–1895

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1895 Walworth by-electionGeorge Lansbury3476.83

1895 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
BurnleyH. M. Hyndman1,49812.43
NorthamptonFrederick George Jones1,2166.75
Salford SouthHenry William Hobart81310.83
WalworthGeorge Lansbury2033.83

By-elections, 1895–1900

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1896 Southampton by-electionC. A. Gibson2742.4
1898 Reading by-electionHarry Quelch2703.1

1900 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bow and BromleyGeorge Lansbury2,55836.72
West Ham SouthWill Thorne4,43944.22

For the 1900 general election, the Social Democratic Federation stood candidates as part of the Labour Representation Committee.

By-elections, 1900–1906

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1902 Dewsbury by-electionHarry Quelch1,59713.63

1906 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Aberdeen NorthTom Kennedy1,93525.12
AccringtonDan Irving4,85238.32
Bradford EastEdward Hartley3,09022.83
BurnleyH. M. Hyndman4,93232.53
CamborneJack Jones1091.53
NorthamptonJames Gribble2,36610.96
NorthamptonJack Williams2,54411.75
SouthamptonHarry Quelch2,1468.05

By-elections, 1906–1910

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1908 Manchester North West by-electionDan Irving2762.63
1908 Haggerston by-electionHerbert Burrows98617.73
1908 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-electionEdward Hartley2,97110.43

January 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Aberdeen NorthTom Kennedy1,34416.93
Bradford EastEdward Hartley1,74012.03
BurnleyH. M. Hyndman4,94830.23
CarlisleArthur Charles Bannington77711.33
HaggerstonHerbert Burrows70111.13
NorthamptonJames Gribble1,7927.75
NorthamptonHarry Quelch1,6177.06
RochdaleDan Irving1,75512.63
Sheffield BrightsideCharles Lapworth5104.73

December 1910 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
BurnleyH. M. Hyndman3,81023.83
RochdaleDan Irving1,90114.53

By-elections, 1910–1918

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1913 Leicester by-electionEdward Hartley2,58011.43
1913 Reading by-electionJoseph George Butler1,06310.43
1914 Poplar by-electionJack Jones89311.63

The Social Democratic Party merged into the British Socialist Party in 1911. Hartley was endorsed by the Labour Party.

1918 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Bradford SouthWilliam Hirst8,29130.92
EdmontonFrank Broad3,57525.72
Glasgow GorbalsJohn Maclean7,43634.32
Glasgow TradestonJames D. MacDougall3,75119.42
Great YarmouthWilliam McConnell1,84512.83
GreenockFred Shaw2,54211.23
GrimsbyCharles E. Franklin9,01533.72
HastingsJoseph George Butler3,55624.12
Islington NorthJohn Arnall4,00019.32
MotherwellWalton Newbold4,13523.23
Portsmouth CentralHugh Hinshelwood4,00419.13
Salford SouthJames Gorman3,80719.02
Sheffield CentralRobert George Murray6434.03
Sheffield ParkAlf Barton3,16720.42
SouthamptonTommy Lewis7,82810.64
Walthamstow WestValentine McEntee4,16729.32

All candidates other than Arnall, Hirst and Murray stood for the Labour Party. Hirst stood for the Co-operative Party.

References

    • Martin Crick, The History of the Social Democratic Federation, pp.330-332
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