Labour Representation Committee election results

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

Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average votes per candidate % UK vote Change (percentage points) Number of MPs
1900 15 62,698 4,780 1.8 N/A 2
1906 50 254,202 5,084 4.3 +2.5 29

Election results

1900 general election

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[1] Sponsorship[2]
Ashton-under-Lyne Johnston, JamesJames Johnston 737 11.0 3 ILP
Blackburn Snowden, PhilipPhilip Snowden 7,096 25.6 3 ILP
Bow and Bromley Lansbury, GeorgeGeorge Lansbury 2,558 36.7 2 SDF
Bradford West Jowett, FredFred Jowett 4,949 49.8 2 ILP
Derby Bell, RichardRichard Bell 7,640 25.7 2 Railway Servants
Gower Hodge, JohnJohn Hodge 3,853 47.4 2 Steel Smelters
Halifax Parker, JamesJames Parker 3,276 16.1 4 ILP
Leeds East Byles, William PollardWilliam Pollard Byles 1,266 19.7 3 Leeds Trades Council
Leicester MacDonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 4,164 13.0 4 ILP
Manchester South West Brocklehurst, FredFred Brocklehurst 2,394 37.4 2 ILP
Merthyr Tydfil Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 5,745 31.3 2 ILP
Preston Hardie, KeirKeir Hardie 4,834 22.1 3 ILP
Rochdale Clarke, AllenAllen Clarke 901 8.0 3 ILP and SDF
Sunderland Wilkie, AlexanderAlexander Wilkie 8,842 23.6 4 Shipwrights
West Ham South Thorne, WillWill 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

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

1906 general election

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

References

  1. Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
  2. Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.289
  3. Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, p.290
  4. Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116
  5. Frank Bealey and Henry Pelling, Labour and Politics, 1900-1906, pp.290-292
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