Coalition Labour

Coalition Labour was a description used by previously Labour Party supporting candidates in the 1918 General Election who supported the ruling coalition. Only two actually received a Coalition Coupon: J. R. Bell and James Parker, and they were wrongly identified in official coalition literature at Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party and Coalition Liberal candidates, respectively.^[1] The National Democratic and Labour Party was actually a separate organisation which also supported the Coalition and had a background in the Labour Party.

There were five candidates in the 1918 General Election, of whom four were successful:

• Cannock- James Parker
• Glasgow Gorbals - George Nicoll Barnes
• Norwich - George Henry Roberts
• Stockport - George James Wardle

References

1. ^ F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics, 1918-1968, p.2