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Labour Representation Committee election results

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This article lists the Labour Representation Committee's election results in UK parliamentary elections. The Labour Representation was the forerunner of the Labour Party. It was founded in 1900 and became the Labour Party in 1906, shortly after that year's general election.

Summary of general election performance

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Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Number of MPs[1]
1900 15 62,698 4,780 1.8 N/A 2
1906 50 321,723 6,434 4.8 +3.0 29

Election results

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1900 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2] Sponsorship[3]
Ashton-under-Lyne James Johnston 737 11.0 3 ILP
Blackburn Philip Snowden 7,096 25.6 3 ILP
Bow and Bromley George Lansbury 2,558 36.7 2 SDF
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,949 49.8 2 ILP
Derby Richard Bell 7,640 25.7 2 Railway Servants
Gower John Hodge 3,853 47.4 2 Steel Smelters
Halifax James Parker 3,276 16.1 4 ILP
Leeds East William Pollard Byles 1,266 19.7 3 Leeds Trades Council
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 4,164 13.0 4 ILP
Manchester South West Fred Brocklehurst 2,394 37.4 2 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 5,745 31.3 2 ILP
Preston Keir Hardie 4,834 22.1 3 ILP
Rochdale Allen Clarke 901 8.0 3 ILP and SDF
Sunderland Alexander Wilkie 8,842 23.6 4 Shipwrights
West Ham South Will Thorne 4,439 44.2 2 Gasworkers

Hardie stood in two constituencies and was elected in Merthyr Tydfil, where he placed second in a two-seat constituency; Bell was similarly elected in Derby.

By-elections, 1900–1906

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sponsorship[4]
1902 Wakefield by-election Philip Snowden 1,979 40.1 2 ILP
1902 Clitheroe by-election David James Shackleton unopposed N/A 1 Clitheroe LRC
1903 Woolwich by-election Will Crooks 8,687 61.4 1 Woolwich Trades Council
1903 Preston by-election John Hodge 6,490 42.9 2 Steel Smelters
1903 Barnard Castle by-election Arthur Henderson 3,370 35.4 1 Ironfounders
1904 Norwich by-election George Henry Roberts 2,440 13.7 3 ILP
1905 Belfast North by-election William Walker 3,966 47.2 2 Carpenters

1906 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[5] Sponsorship[6]
Barnard Castle Arthur Henderson 5,540 58.8 1 Ironfounders
Barrow-in-Furness Charles Duncan 5,167 48.3 1 Engineers
Belfast North William Walker 4,616 48.5 2 Carpenters
Birmingham Bordesley John Bruce Glasier 3,976 33.9 2 ILP
Birmingham East James Holmes 5,343 47.4 2 Railway Servants
Blackburn Philip Snowden 10,282 26.8 2 ILP
Bolton Alfred Henry Gill 10,416 37.1 2 Textile Workers
Bradford West Fred Jowett 4,957 39.1 1 ILP
Chatham John Hagan Jenkins 6,692 62.5 1 Shipwrights
Clitheroe David James Shackleton 12,035 75.9 1 Textile Workers
Croydon Sidney Stranks 4,007 20.2 3 Stonemasons
Darlington Isaac Mitchell 4,087 48.3 2 Engineers
Deptford C. W. Bowerman 6,236 52.2 1 London Compositors
Dewsbury Ben Turner 2,629 21.2 3 Heavy Woollen LRC
Dundee Alexander Wilkie 6,833 23.3 2 Shipwrights
Eccles Ben Tillett 3,985 26.4 3 Dockers
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown George Nicoll Barnes 3,284 39.5 1 Engineers
Glasgow Camlachie Joseph Burgess 2,568 30.0 3 ILP
Glasgow Govan John Hill 4,212 29.0 3 Boilermakers
Gorton John Hodge 8,566 66.4 1 Steel Smelters
Gravesend James Macpherson 873 16.2 3 Shop Assistants
Great Grimsby Tom Proctor 2,248 17.8 3 Engineers
Halifax James Parker 8,937 38.3 2 ILP
Huddersfield T. Russell Williams 5,813 35.2 2 Huddersfield Trades Council
Ince Stephen Walsh 8,046 70.2 1 Lancashire & Cheshire Miners
Jarrow Pete Curran 5,093 38.8 2 Gasworkers
Leeds East James O'Grady 4,299 66.1 1 Furnishing Trades
Leeds South Albert E. Fox 4,030 32.6 2 ASLEF
Leicester Ramsay MacDonald 14,685 39.8 2 ILP
Liverpool Kirkdale James Conley 3,157 45.7 2 Boilermakers
Liverpool West Toxteth James Sexton 2,592 43.5 2 Dock Labourers
Manchester North East John Robert Clynes 5,386 64.6 1 ILP
Manchester South West George Davy Kelley 4,101 58.8 1 Lithographic Printers
Merthyr Tydfil Keir Hardie 10,187 32.0 2 ILP
Monmouth Boroughs James Winstone 1,678 16.5 3 Newport Trades Council
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Walter Hudson 18,869 31.1 1 Railway Servants
Newton James Andrew Seddon 6,434 52.2 1 Shop Assistants
Norwich George Henry Roberts 11,059 37.5 1 Typographers
Portsmouth William Sanders 8,172 17.6 3 Portsmouth LRC
Preston John Thomas Macpherson 10,181 31.0 1 Steel Smelters
St Helens Thomas Glover 6,088 56.6 1 Lancashire & Cheshire Miners
Stockport George Wardle 7,299 32.4 1 Railway Servants
Stockton-on-Tees Frank Herbert Rose 1,710 23.1 3 Engineers
Sunderland Thomas Summerbell 13,430 31.8 2 ILP
Wakefield Stanton Coit 2,068 36.9 2 ILP
West Ham South Will Thorne 10,210 67.2 1 Gasworkers & West Ham Trades Council
Westhoughton William Tyson Wilson 9,262 60.2 1 Carpenters
Wolverhampton West Thomas Frederick Richards 6,767 50.9 1 Boot and Shoe
Woolwich Will Crooks 9,026 56.6 1 Woolwich LRC
York G. H. Stuart 4,573 19.7 4 Postmen

Burgess, Clynes, Coit, Hardie, Jowett, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Williams were sponsored by the Independent Labour Party. Gill, Hardie, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Wilkie were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1968). British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1918-1968. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 53. ISBN 0900178000.
  2. ^ Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
  3. ^ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.289
  4. ^ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.290
  5. ^ Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116
  6. ^ Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, pp.290-292