- Communist Party of Great Britain election results
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This article lists the Communist Party of Great Britain's election results in UK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Saved deposits Change (percentage points) Number of MPs 1922 5 30,684 6,137 0.2 x N/A 1 1923 4 34,258 8,565 0.2 x 0.0 0 1924 8 51,176 6,397 0.2 x 0.0 1 1929 25 47,554 1,902 0.2 x 0.0 0 1931 26 69,692 2,680 0.3 6 +0.1 0 1935 2 27,177 13,589 0.1 2 -0.2 1 1945 21 97,945 4,664 0.4 9 +0.3 2 1950 100 91,765 918 0.3 3 -0.1 0 1951 10 21,640 2,164 0.1 0 -0.2 0 1955 17 33,144 1,950 0.1 2 0.0 0 1959 18 30,896 1,716 0.1 1 0.0 0 1964 36 46,442 1,290 0.2 0 +0.1 0 1966 57 62,092 1,089 0.2 0 0.0 0 1970 57 37,970 655 0.1 0 -0.1 0 1974 February 44 32,743 744 0.1 1 0.0 0 1974 October 29 17,426 601 0.1 0 0.0 0 1979 38 16,858 444 0.1 0 0.0 0 1983 35 11,606 332 0.0 0 -0.1 0 1987 19 6,078 320 0.0 0 -0.1 0 By-elections, 1921-1922
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Caerphilly by-election, 1921 Bob Stewart 2,592 10.3 3 1922 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Bethnal Green North East Walter Windsor 5,659 35.3 2 Dundee Willie Gallacher 5,906 5.0 6 Greenock Alec Geddes 9,776 34.1 2 Motherwell Walton Newbold 8,262 33.3 1 This list does not include Shapurji Saklatvala, a member of the party who was elected for the Labour Party, nor Joe Vaughan who also stood for the Labour Party.
1923 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Dundee Willie Gallacher 10,380 10.1 5 Glasgow Kelvingrove Aitken Ferguson 10,021 39.0 2 Greenock Alec Geddes 10,335 38.8 2 Motherwell Walton Newbold 8,712 37.4 2 This list does not include William Paul, M. Philips Price, Shapurji Saklatvala, Joe Vaughan or Ellen Wilkinson, party members who stood for the Labour Party.
1924 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Bethnal Green South West Joe Vaughan 6,024 40.9 2 Battersea North Shapurji Saklatvala 15,096 50.9 1 Birmingham West Robert Dunstan 7,158 32.1 2 Greenock Alec Geddes 7,590 29.0 2 Dundee Bob Stewart 8,340 6.7 5 Manchester Rusholme William Paul 5,328 20.2 3 Nottingham East Tom Mann 2,606 10.8 3 Streatham Alfred Wall 3,204 13.8 3 By-elections, 1924-1929
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Aberdeen North by-election, 1928 Aitken Ferguson 2,618 12.9 3 1929 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdeen North Aitken Ferguson 1,686 5.8 3 Battersea North Shapurji Saklatvala 6,554 18.6 3 Bethnal Green South West Robert Dunstan 1,368 7.7 3 Bothwell Helen Crawfurd 1,677 5.5 3 Caerphilly J. R. Wilson 829 2.2 Dundee Bob Stewart 6,160 3.6 5 Dunfermline Burghs Jack Leckie 1,712 6.5 3 Gateshead Lily Webb Greenock Alec Geddes 7,005 25.1 Hackney South J. T. Murphy 331 1.1 4 Hamilton Frank Moore 395 1.6 3 Manchester Platting Joe Vaughan 401 1.0 Motherwell Isabel Brown 984 3.4 4 Ogmore John Ross Campbell 1,525 3.8 4 Rhondda East Arthur Horner 5,789 15.2 3 Rutherglen Alex Moffat 842 2.5 4 Seaham Harry Pollitt 1,431 2.9 Sheffield Attercliffe George Fletcher 1,731 5.5 4 Spen Valley Shaukat Usmani 242 0.6 Tottenham South Henry Sara 490 1.5 Wallsend Wal Hannington 744 1.8 Wednesbury Thomas Gee 61 0.1 West Fife Willie Gallacher 6,040 20.5 2 By-elections, 1929-1931
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Leeds South East by-election, 1929 Will Brain 512 4.2 2 Kilmarnock by-election, 1929 Isabel Brown 1,448 4.4 3 Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1930 J. T. Murphy 1,084 4.4 4 Glasgow Shettleston by-election, 1930 Shapurji Saklatvala 1,459 5.8 4 Shipley by-election, 1930 Willie Gallacher 701 1.7 4 Whitechapel and St Georges by-election, 1930 Harry Pollitt 2,106 9.6 4 Ogmore by-election, 1931 John Ross Campbell 5,219 21.2 1931 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdeen North Helen Crawfurd 3,980 11.1 3 Battersea North Shapurji Saklatvala 3,021 8.9 3 Bethnal Green South West Joe Vaughan 2,970 17.4 3 Bermondsey West Wal Hannington 873 4.2 3 Birmingham Duddeston Bernard Moore 327 1.2 Bothwell Barney McCourt 1,677 6.5 3 Burnley Jim Rushton 512 0.8 Dundee Bob Stewart 10,264 5.8 5 Edinburgh Central Fred Douglas 1,319 4.5 3 Glasgow Gorbals Harry McShane 2,626 7.9 3 Glasgow Springburn A. Haines 1,997 5.8 3 Gorton C. Flanagan 1,000 2.6 Greenock Aitken Ferguson 6,440 18.2 3 Greenwich K. Duncan 2,024 4.5 3 Hammersmith North Ted Bramley 697 2.2 3 Liverpool Scotland Leo McGree 1,544 5.6 3 Ogmore John Ross Campbell 3,099 8.2 Rhondda East Arthur Horner 10,359 31.9 2 Rhondda West John Leigh Davies 4,296 15.7 2 St Pancras North W. Shephard 456 1.3 St Pancras South East Shaukat Usmani 332 1.2 Seaham George Lumley 677 1.3 3 Sheffield Attercliffe George Fletcher 2,790 8.5 3 Sheffield Brightside J. T. Murphy 1,571 4.1 3 West Fife Willie Gallacher 6,829 22.1 3 Whitechapel and St Georges Harry Pollitt 2,658 11.2 3 By-elections, 1931-1935
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Dunbartonshire by-election, 1932 Hughie McIntyre 2,870 7.5 4 Rhondda East by-election, 1933 Arthur Horner 11,228 33.8 2 Clay Cross by-election, 1933 Harry Pollitt 3,434 10.8 3 Skipton by-election, 1933 James Rushton 704 1.7 4 Hammersmith North by-election, 1934 Ted Bramley 614 2.4 3 Merthyr by-election, 1934 Wal Hannington 3,409 9.5 4 1935 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Rhondda East Harry Pollitt 13,655 38.2 2 West Fife Willie Gallacher 13,462 37.4 1 By-elections, 1935-1945
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Stretford by-election, 1939 Eric Gower 1,514 5.1 3 Silvertown by-election, 1940 Harry Pollitt 966 6.2 2 Bow and Bromley by-election, 1940 Isabel Brown 506 4.2 2 Dunbartonshire by-election, 1941 Malcolm MacEwen 3,862 15.0 2 1945 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Abingdon Jack Dunman 1,668 4.4 4 Birmingham Handsworth Jesse Eden 1,390 3.4 5 Birmingham Sparkbrook Rajani Palme Dutt 1,853 7.6 3 Coventry East William Alexander 3,986 7.0 3 Glasgow Central Bob Cooney 2,709 12.7 3 Glasgow Shettleston Peter Kerrigan 4,122 12.3 4 Greenock John Ross Campbell 5,900 17.2 3 Hackney South William Rust 4,891 24.2 3 Harrow East G. Driver 3,493 5.9 4 Hornsey G. J. Jones 10,058 21.5 3 Kirkcaldy Burghs J. McArthur 2,898 8.5 4 Mile End Phil Piratin 5,075 47.6 1 Preston Pat Devine 5,168 3.8 6 Rhondda East Harry Pollitt 15,761 45.5 2 Rossendale Bill Whittaker 1,663 4.6 4 Sevenoaks K. Thompson 676 1.6 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 4,115 13.0 3 Sheffield Hallam G. Cree 2,253 6.7 4 Sunderland Tommy Richardson 4,501 3.3 5 West Fife Willie Gallacher 17,636 42.2 1 Westminster Abbey Billy Carritt 2,964 17.6 3 By-elections, 1945-1950
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Wigan by-election, 1948 Thomas Rowlandson 1,647 3.4 3 Glasgow Gorbals by-election, 1948 Peter Kerrigan 4,233 16.9 3 St Pancras North by-election, 1949 John Mahon 854 3.0 3 1950 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdare Alistair Wilson 1,382 3.1 4 Aberdeen North Bob Cooney 1,391 2.7 4 Abingdon Jack Dunman 396 0.9 4 Acton Bert Papworth 663 1.5 4 Ashton-under-Lyne H. H. Blackwell 459 1.1 3 Battersea North John Mahon 655 1.8 4 Bedford Betty Matthews 207 0.5 4 Bethnal Green G. Midwater 610 1.9 4 Bexley C. Job 481 0.9 4 Birkenhead S. Coulthard 971 1.8 4 Birmingham Northfield R. Etheridge 479 1.0 4 Birmingham Sparkbrook Jim Crump 355 0.9 3 Birmingham Yardley J. Falconer 347 0.8 4 Bradford East H. Green 543 1.2 4 Brentford and Chiswick J. Parker 401 1.0 4 Bristol South East Jack Webb 524 1.1 4 Burnley Bill Whittaker 526 1.0 3 Chesterfield Bas Barker 554 1.0 4 Cirencester and Tewkesbury Wogan Philipps 423 0.9 4 Cities of London and Westminster G. Carritt 888 1.7 4 Clapham G. M. Draper 619 1.3 4 Coventry East William Alexander 487 1.0 4 Croydon West Bob Jarvie 336 0.7 4 Dagenham G. Bridges 883 1.5 4 Deptford Les Stannard 562 1.3 4 Don Valley Sammy Taylor 1,007 1.9 3 Dover Bob Morrison 474 0.9 4 Dundee East Dave Bowman 1,093 2.2 3 East Ham South E. Thomas 401 1.1 4 Edinburgh Central D. Renton 646 1.9 4 Eton and Slough P. Smith 614 1.5 4 Eye L. Chadwick 277 0.6 4 Fulham East R. Ellesmere 399 1.1 4 Glasgow Bridgeton D. Kelly 858 2.5 4 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 2,426 5.9 3 Glasgow Govan William Lauchlan 1,547 3.7 4 Glasgow Scotstoun Bob McIlhone 1,088 2.6 4 Glasgow Shettleston Malcolm MacEwen 1,678 4.1 3 Glasgow Springburn Bob Horne 1,764 4.1 4 Greenock John Ross Campbell 1,228 3.0 4 Hackney South John Betteridge 2,199 3.8 4 Hampstead R. Gore 1,603 2.8 4 Harrow East W. Seaman 633 1.2 4 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 593 1.6 4 Hendon North Marjorie Pollitt 918 2.0 4 Hornsey G. J. Jones 1,191 1.9 4 Huyton Leo McGree 387 0.9 4 Ilford South D. Kelly 913 1.6 4 Islington South West A. Bender 834 1.8 4 Kensington North M. J. Eyre 551 1.3 4 Kettering L. P. O'Connor 368 0.6 4 Kilmarnock Isabel Brown 860 2.2 4 Leeds North East Bert Ramelson 612 1.6 4 Leicester North East Fred Westacott 327 0.7 4 Lewisham South J. W. Jones 635 1.3 4 Liverpool Scotland Jack Coward 615 1.4 3 Manchester Blackley B. Ainley 562 1.1 4 Manchester Gorton S. Abbott 873 1.7 4 Manchester Wythenshawe F. Dean 588 1.3 4 Mansfield W. L. Ellis 482 0.9 4 Middlesbrough East N. Levy 367 0.8 4 Motherwell R. Henderson 1,007 2.4 4 Neath A. Thomas 1,584 3.5 4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East R. McNair 492 0.9 3 Nottingham North West A. West 719 1.5 4 Ogmore M. Llewellyn 1,691 3.5 3 Oldham West W. Mawdsley 438 0.9 4 Oxford E. Keeling 494 0.8 4 Paddington North D. Cohen 417 1.2 4 Peckham T. Gibson 886 1.8 4 Poplar H. Watson 540 1.4 4 Portsmouth West G. Swanton 251 0.5 3 Preston North P. J. Devine 366 0.8 4 Rhondda East Harry Pollitt 4,463 12.7 2 St Pancras North T. Aherne 967 1.9 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,081 2.3 3 Sheffield Hillsborough M. Bennett 759 1.5 3 Sheffield Park A. Fullard 909 2.0 3 Shipley L. T. Robb 237 0.6 4 Southall J. A. Purton 839 1.7 4 South Shields F. O. Smith 415 0.7 4 Southwark Joe Bent 668 1.3 4 Stalybridge and Hyde D. P. Herrick 389 0.8 4 Stepney Phil Piratin 5,991 12.5 3 Stirling and Falkirk G. McAlister 801 1.8 4 Swindon Ike Gradwell 295 0.7 4 Totnes Edwin Tapscott 423 0.8 4 Tottenham G. Cross 802 1.5 4 Vauxhall M. Heinemann 508 1.3 4 Warrington J. Grady 496 1.1 4 Wembley South N. Gill 430 1.0 4 West Dunbartonshire Finlay Hart 1,198 2.9 3 West Fife Willie Gallacher 9,301 21.6 3 West Ham South W. Norris 730 1.6 4 West Lothian J. Borrowman 664 1.5 4 Wigan Thomas Rowlandson 1,243 2.4 4 Willesden West D. Michaelson 938 1.7 4 Woodford W. Brooks 827 1.3 4 Woolwich East Rajani Palme Dutt 601 1.4 4 Wycombe E. Leigh 199 0.4 4 By-elections, 1950-1951
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Sheffield Neepsend by-election, 1950 Bill Moore 729 2.4 3 1951 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,508 2.7 3 East Dunbartonshire Arnold Henderson 2,158 4.1 3 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 2,553 6.2 3 Hackney South John Betteridge 1,744 3.0 3 Lewisham South John Mahon 578 1.2 3 Rhondda East Idris Cox 2,948 8.6 3 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,116 2.5 3 Stepney Ted Bramley 3,436 7.3 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 4,728 10.5 3 Woodford John Ross Campbell 871 1.3 3 By-elections, 1951-1955
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Motherwell by-election, 1954 John Gollan 1,457 4.3 3 1955 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Birmingham Perry Barr Bert Pearce 928 2.5 3 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,335 2.6 3 East Dunbartonshire Arnold Henderson 2,448 4.9 3 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 2,491 6.8 3 Glasgow Springburn Finlay Hart 1,532 5.5 3 Hackney North and Stoke Newington A. Morris 1,525 3.4 4 Hackney Central John Betteridge 1,530 3.5 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 886 2.6 3 Hornsey G. J. Jones 1,442 2.6 3 Nottingham North John Peck 916 1.9 3 Rhondda East Annie Powell 4,544 15.1 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,303 3.0 3 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,461 3.5 3 Southwark Joe Bent 959 2.4 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,888 7.6 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 4,728 10.5 3 Wigan Thomas Rowlandson 1,567 3.4 3 By-elections, 1955-1959
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Wigan by-election, 1958 Mick Weaver 972 2.5 3 1959 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Birmingham Perry Barr Bert Pearce 424 1.1 4 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,087 2.1 3 East Dunbartonshire Arnold Henderson 2,200 4.0 3 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 1,932 5.9 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,869 4.9 4 Glasgow Springburn Finlay Hart 1,235 4.5 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 527 1.4 4 Hornsey G. J. Jones 1,107 2.0 4 Neath Jim David 1,962 4.6 3 Nottingham North John Peck 1,331 2.6 4 Rhondda East Annie Powell 4,580 14.5 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,230 3.0 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,373 3.3 3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,395 3.6 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,548 6.7 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 3,828 8.4 4 Wigan Mick Weaver 945 2.0 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,324 3.0 3 By-elections, 1959-1964
By-election Candidate Votes % Position West Lothian by-election, 1962 Gordon McLennan 1,511 3.6 5 Swansea East by-election, 1963 Bert Pearce 773 2.5 6 Leeds South by-election, 1963 Bert Ramelson 670 2.2 4 Luton by-election, 1963 Tony Chater 490 1.1 4 Dundee West by-election, 1963 Dave Bowman 1,170 2.6 4 Manchester Openshaw by-election, 1963 Eddie Marsden 1,185 4.9 3 1964 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon J. Tudor Hart 1,260 2.7 Battersea North Gladys Easton 471 2.0 4 Birmingham Small Heath George Jelf 926 3.3 3 Coventry East Harry Bourne 1,138 1.9 Dagenham Kevin Halpin 1,070 2.1 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,228 2.4 3 East Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 1,171 2.0 Glasgow Gorbals Margaret Hunter 1,339 5.6 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,378 4.4 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 950 3.7 4 Goole William Carr 1,165 2.8 Hayes and Harlington Frank Stanley 873 2.6 Hornsey Max Morris 1,258 2.6 Islington South West John Moss 1,377 5.1 Kinross and Western Perthshire C. M. Grieve 127 0.5 Leeds South Bert Ramelson 928 2.6 Liverpool Scotland Tom Cassin 725 2.8 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 1,061 2.2 5 Luton Tony Chater 567 1.2 Manchester Openshaw Eddie Marsden 1,947 5.1 Mitcham Sid French 657 1.2 Motherwell James Sneddon 1,565 4.0 3 Neath Jim David 2,432 6.0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Tom Welch 532 1.8 Nottingham North John Peck 1,579 3.1 3 Pontypool Eddie Jones 1,329 3.6 Rhondda East Annie Powell 3,385 11.8 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,140 3.4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,356 3.5 3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,599 4.9 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,454 7.9 3 Swindon Ike Gradwell 944 2.1 West Fife William Lauchlan 3,273 7.5 3 West Lothian Irene Swan 610 1.2 Wigan Mick Weaver 988 2.4 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,130 3.0 1966 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon J. Tudor Hart 1,620 3.6 Aberdare Alistair Wilson 2,305 6.4 Aberdeen North Margaret Rose 719 1.7 4 Battersea North Gladys Easton 650 3.0 3 Birkenhead Barry Williams 604 1.5 Birmingham Northfield Derek Robinson 1,029 1.6 Birmingham Small Heath George Jelf 477 1.8 3 Birmingham Stechford Bill Dunn 998 2.6 Bothwell Thomas Woods 1,209 2.7 Bristol North West Brian Underwood 595 1.2 Coventry East Harry Bourne 1,368 2.3 Dagenham George Wake 1,373 2.9 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,217 2.5 4 East Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 1,548 2.5 Eccles Michael Bennett 1,239 3.0 3 Edinburgh Leith Honor Arundel 279 1.0 Erith and Crayford Laurie Smith 556 1.3 Fulham Peter Robson 256 0.7 Glasgow Gorbals Margaret Hunter 819 4.1 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,378 4.4 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 988 2.3 3 Glasgow Scotstoun Hugh Boyd 2,395 5.4 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 867 3.7 4 Goole William Carr 952 2.3 Greenock William Dunn 702 2.1 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 1,491 4.2 Hayes and Harlington Frank Stanley 698 2.1 Hornsey Max Morris 1,184 2.5 Islington South West John Moss 756 3.0 Leeds South Bert Ramelson 714 2.1 Liverpool Scotland Tom Cassin 779 3.9 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 1,211 2.6 4 Luton Tony Chater 586 1.2 Manchester Openshaw Eddie Marsden 1,479 4.3 Mansfield Fred Westacott 590 1.3 Mitcham Sid French 580 1.1 Motherwell James Sneddon 1,508 4.1 3 Neath Jim David 1,632 4.2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Tom Welch 404 1.6 Nottingham North John Peck 1,070 2.1 3 Pontypool Eddie Jones 897 2.5 Rhondda East Annie Powell 2,349 8.4 2 Rhondda West Arthur True 1,853 7.4 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,253 3.8 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 989 2.8 3 Sheffield Park Cyril Morton 1,022 3.3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,404 4.7 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,209 7.3 3 Stirling and Falkirk P. McIntosh 767 1.7 Stockton-on-Tees Ernest Jones 710 1.8 Stoke-on-Trent South Sam Lomas 2,262 5.1 Swansea East Bill Jones 902 2.2 Swindon Ike Gradwell 838 2.0 West Fife Archie Macmillan 1,542 3.6 4 West Lothian Irene Swan 567 1.1 Wigan Mick Weaver 858 2.2 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,140 3.1 By-elections, 1966-1970
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Glasgow Pollok by-election, 1967 Alexander Murray 694 1.8 5 Rhondda West by-election, 1967 Arthur True 1,723 6.8 3 Manchester Gorton by-election, 1967 Victor Eddisford 437 1.0 5 Sheffield Brightside by-election, 1968 Robert Wilkinson 1,069 4.2 3 Glasgow Gorbals by-election, 1969 John Kay 361 2.5 4 Swindon by-election, 1969 Judith Gradwell 1,723 1.3 4 1970 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon J. Tudor Hart 1,102 2.4 4 Aberdare Alistair Wilson 1,317 3.5 4 Aberdeen North Margaret Rose 521 1.2 5 Acton Maurice Costin 258 0.9 4 Battersea North D. Welsh 179 1.0 4 Birkenhead Barry Williams 351 0.9 4 Birmingham Northfield Derek Robinson 605 0.9 3 Birmingham Stechford Sidney Pegg 298 0.7 4 Bristol North West W. E. Williams 227 0.5 4 Coventry East J. Hosey 841 1.4 3 Dagenham George Wake 982 2.2 3 Dundee West Harry McLevy 809 1.6 4 Dunfermline John Neilson 462 1.2 4 East Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 1,656 2.3 5 Eccles Terry Keenan 643 1.5 3 Edinburgh Leith Irene Swan 413 1.0 Glasgow Gorbals John Kay 376 2.5 4 Glasgow Govan Thomas Biggam 326 1.5 4 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 601 1.4 4 Glasgow Scotstoun Hugh Boyd 846 1.8 4 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 423 1.8 4 Greenock William Dunn 559 1.6 3 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 793 2.4 3 Hayes and Harlington Peter Pink 372 1.1 3 Hornsey Max Morris 624 1.4 4 Huddersfield East Ethel Beresford 308 0.8 4 Huyton Joe Kenny 890 1.2 4 Islington South West Marie Betteridge 509 2.4 4 Lanark David McDowall 1,273 1.9 4 Leeds East Joan Bellamy 513 1.0 3 Leeds South East Bernard Scott 198 1.1 Liverpool Exchange Roger O'Hara 775 4.2 3 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 603 1.2 5 Luton Tony Chater 447 1.0 3 Manchester Openshaw Bernard Panter 552 1.7 3 Mansfield Fred Westacott 628 1.4 3 Mitcham Sid French 638 1.3 3 Motherwell James Sneddon 1,829 4.7 4 Neath Bert Pearce 579 1.5 4 Nottingham North John Peck 741 1.5 4 Pontypool B. Watkinson 435 1.1 4 Rhondda East A. Jones 659 2.3 4 Rhondda West Arthur True 1,201 4.8 3 St Pancras North Gordon McLennan 670 2.4 3 Sheffield Brightside Gordon Ashberry 665 2.0 3 Sheffield Park Cyril Morton 637 2.1 3 Southwark E. Hume 1,128 4.5 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 1,468 5.8 3 Stockton-on-Tees Ernest Jones 369 0.9 3 Stoke-on-Trent South Sam Lomas 364 1.1 3 Swansea East Bill Jones 563 1.4 4 Swindon Ike Gradwell 456 1.0 3 Walsall North Don Brayford 597 1.2 3 West Fife Marie Betteridge 855 1.7 4 West Lothian Chris Bett 459 0.8 4 Wigan Jack Kay 672 1.6 3 Willesden West Les Burt 515 1.6 3 Wolverhampton South West Peter Carter 189 0.5 4 By-elections, 1970-1974
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Merthyr Tydfil by-election, 1972 Arthur Lewis Jones 1,519 4.7 4 February 1974 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdare Alistair Wilson 1,038 2.6 4 Birmingham Northfield Derek Robinson 368 0.7 4 Bootle Ronald Morris 586 1.3 4 Bothwell David Bolton 562 1.2 5 Brent South Les Burt 380 0.9 5 Central Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 5,928 14.6 3 Central Fife Alex Maxwell 2,019 4.4 4 Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire Guy Bolton 322 0.6 4 Coventry North East John Hosey 838 1.8 4 Dagenham George Wake 1,169 2.4 3 Dundee West Harry McLevy 673 1.3 4 East Kilbride David McDowell 693 1.3 4 Eccles Terry Keenan 404 0.9 4 Edinburgh East Irene Swan 274 0.6 5 Glasgow Garscadden Samuel Barr 635 1.6 4 Glasgow Pollok Thomas Biggam 377 0.8 4 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 749 2.0 4 Glasgow Queen's Park John Kay 372 1.3 4 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 478 1.4 4 Greenock and Port Glasgow Alexander Murray 483 1.1 5 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 532 1.6 5 Huddersfield East Tony Drake 246 0.6 5 Islington South and Finsbury Marie Betteridge 492 1.8 4 Leeds South East Bill Innes 405 1.2 4 Liverpool Scotland Exchange Roger O'Hara 505 2.5 4 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 507 1.0 5 Manchester Openshaw Philip Widdall 312 1.0 5 Mansfield Fred Westacott 675 1.3 3 Merthyr Tydfil A. Jones 369 1.2 5 Mitcham and Morden Sid French 507 1.0 4 Motherwell and Wishaw James Sneddon 1,066 2.7 4 Nottingham North John Peck 754 1.3 4 Pontypool Graham Williams 498 1.2 5 Rhondda Arthur True 1,374 2.6 5 St Pancras North Gordon McLennan 466 1.7 4 Sheffield Brightside Vi Gill 513 1.3 4 Sheffield Park Cyril Morton 521 1.1 4 Stepney and Poplar Kevin Halpin 1,278 3.6 3 Stockton-on-Tees Ernest Jones 791 1.2 3 Stoke-on-Trent South Sam Lomas 489 0.9 4 Swansea East Bill Jones 507 1.2 4 Tooting Lou Lewis 337 0.9 4 Walsall North J. Richards 819 1.6 3 West Lothian Chris Bett 438 0.7 4 October 1974 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdare Alistair Wilson 1,028 2.7 5 Birmingham Northfield Derek Robinson 180 0.3 5 Bootle Ronald Morris 516 1.2 4 Central Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 3,417 8.7 4 Central Fife Alex Maxwell 1,040 2.4 4 Coventry North East John Hosey 309 0.7 5 Dagenham George Wake 569 1.3 4 Dundee West Harry McLevy 381 0.8 5 Eccles Terry Keenan 348 0.8 4 Edinburgh East Irene Swan 213 0.5 5 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 503 1.4 4 Glasgow Queen's Park John Kay 354 1.4 5 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 352 1.1 5 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 418 1.5 5 Islington South and Finsbury Marie Betteridge 512 2.2 4 Leeds South East Bill Innes 317 1.1 4 Liverpool Scotland Exchange Roger O'Hara 556 2.9 4 Manchester Openshaw Philip Widdall 300 1.0 4 Mansfield Fred Westacott 448 0.9 4 Merthyr Tydfil T. Roberts 509 1.7 5 Mitcham and Morden Sid French 281 0.6 4 Motherwell and Wishaw James Sneddon 946 2.4 5 Nottingham North John Peck 525 1.0 5 Rhondda Arthur True 1,404 2.8 5 Sheffield Park Cyril Morton 403 1.0 4 Stepney and Poplar Kevin Halpin 617 2.0 4 Tooting R. E. Lewis 268 0.8 4 Walsall North J. Richards 465 1.0 4 West Lothian Chris Bett 247 0.4 5 By-elections, 1974-1979
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Glasgow Garscadden by-election, 1978 Samuel Barr 407 1.1 5 1979 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon Gerald Rowden 406 0.8 5 Aberdare Mary Winter 518 1.4 4 Birmingham Sparkbrook Roger Murray 715 2.4 3 Cardiff Central R. H. Spencer 112 0.3 6 Central Dunbartonshire D. McCafferty 1,017 2.6 5 Central Fife Alex Maxwell 1,172 2.5 4 Coventry North East Paul Corrigan 390 0.8 5 Dagenham Dan Connor 553 1.2 5 Dundee West Raymond Mennie 316 0.6 4 East Kilbride David McDowell 658 1.1 4 Eccles Terry Keenan 368 0.8 4 Edinburgh East Carol Downes 173 0.4 4 Flint East Glyn Davies 307 0.5 5 Glasgow Garscadden Samuel Barr 374 1.0 4 Glasgow Maryhill Peter Smith 287 0.8 5 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 377 1.1 4 Glasgow Queen's Park John Kay 263 1.1 4 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 440 1.5 5 Hayes and Harlington John Mansfield 249 0.6 5 Islington South and Finsbury Marie Betteridge 330 1.4 5 Leeds South East James Rodgers 190 0.7 4 Liverpool Scotland Exchange Roger O'Hara 421 2.3 4 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 617 1.2 5 Luton East Tom Mitchell 107 0.3 5 Manchester Openshaw Philip Widdall 174 0.6 4 Merthyr Tydfil Chris Dennett 223 0.7 5 Motherwell and Wishaw James Sneddon 740 1.9 4 Norwich North A. Panes 106 0.3 6 Nottingham North John Peck 1,071 2.0 4 Paisley J. Tait 145 0.3 5 Rhondda Arthur True 1,819 3.6 4 Sheffield Park Gordon Ashberry 279 0.7 5 Stepney and Poplar Kevin Halpin 413 1.3 6 Stockton-on-Tees J. Smith 243 0.4 6 Swansea East Bill Jones 308 0.7 4 Tooting Lou Lewis 233 0.7 5 West Lothian W. Sneddon 404 0.6 4 By-elections, 1979-1983
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Birmingham Northfield by-election, 1982 Peter Sheppard 349 0.8 5 Glasgow Queen's Park by-election, 1982 John Kay 339 2.1 4 Bermondsey by-election, 1983 Robert Gordon 50 0.2 10 1983 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Battersea K. Purie-Harwell 22 0.1 7 Bethnal Green and Stepney J. Rees 243 0.8 5 Birmingham Edgbaston P. A. Davies 169 0.5 6 Birmingham Northfield Peter Sheppard 420 0.8 4 Bristol South A. Chester 224 0.5 5 City of London and Westminster South A. Spence 161 0.5 6 Clydebank and Milngavie J. Bollan 308 0.8 5 Coventry North East J. Meacham 193 0.4 5 Dagenham D. Walshe 141 0.4 5 Dunfermline East Alex Maxwell 864 2.4 5 Ealing Acton S. Pulley 192 0.4 4 East Kilbride W. Doolan 256 0.5 5 Eccles B. Cottam 485 1.0 4 Edinburgh Central D. Carson 119 0.3 5 Falkirk East F. McGregor 334 0.9 5 Glasgow Central J. P. McGoldrick 347 1.1 5 Glasgow Garscadden Samuel Barr 218 0.6 5 Glasgow Maryhill P. Smith 274 0.8 5 Glasgow Provan I. Jackson 294 1.0 5 Greenwich F. Hooks 149 0.4 6 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 426 1.2 5 Hackney South and Shoreditch Dave Green 246 0.6 8 Leeds Central J. M. Rogers 314 0.8 5 Lewisham East Geoff Roberts 135 0.3 6 Linlithgow M. Parnell 199 0.5 5 Liverpool Riverside J. Blevin 261 0.7 4 Llanelli R. E. Hitchon 371 0.8 5 Manchester Gorton M. Cowle 333 0.8 4 Nottingham North John Peck 1,184 2.5 4 Rhondda Arthur True 1,350 2.8 5 Sheffield Central Vi Gill 296 0.7 4 Swansea East Bill Jones 294 0.7 5 Thurrock J. Paul 199 0.4 6 Tooting R. E. Lewis 181 0.4 6 Vauxhall Dave Cook 199 0.5 6 Warley East H. S. Randhawa 217 0.6 4 By-elections, 1983-1987
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Cynon Valley by-election, 1984 Mary Winter 642 1.9 5 1987 general election
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Bethnal Green and Stepney Sarah Gasquoine 232 0.7 4 Birmingham Small Heath Peter Sheppard 154 0.5 5 Bristol West V. Ralph 134 0.3 5 Coventry North East Tom McNally 310 0.7 4 Dundee West Steve Matthewson 308 0.7 5 Glasgow Central J. P. McGoldrick 265 0.8 6 Glasgow Govan Douglas Chalmers 237 0.6 5 Greenwich P. Clinton 58 0.2 6 Hackney South and Shoreditch Dave Green 403 1.0 4 Leeds Central Bill Innes 355 0.9 4 Linlithgow J. Glassford 154 0.3 5 Liverpool Riverside C. A. Gardner 601 1.7 4 Motherwell South R. Somerville 223 0.6 5 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East J. Keith 362 0.9 4 Nottingham North John Peck 879 1.7 4 Rhondda Arthur True 869 1.8 5 Sheffield Central K. E. Petts 203 0.5 5 Southwark and Bermondsey P. N. Power 108 0.3 4 Vauxhall Dave Cook 223 0.5 5 By-elections, 1987-1990
By-election Candidate Votes % Position Glasgow Govan by-election, 1988 Douglas Chalmers 281 0.9 6 Pontypridd by-election, 1989 Dave Richards 239 0.6 6 References
- F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
- UK General election results July 1945, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results February 1950, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results October 1951, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results May 1955, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results October 1959, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results October 1964, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results March 1966, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results June 1970, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results February 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results October 1974, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results May 1979, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results June 1983, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
- UK General election results June 1987, Richard Kimber's Political Resources
Assistant General Secretaries Fred Peet (1920-22) · John Gollan (1947-49) · George Matthews (1949-56) · Bill Wainwright (1956-59) · Bill Alexander (1959-67) · Reuben Falber (1968-79) ·
Chairmen Arthur MacManus (1920-27) · Willie Gallacher (1943-56) · Harry Pollitt (1956-60) · Tony Chater (1968-70) · John Tocher (1970-74) · Mick McGahey (1974-78) · George Bolton (1980s)
National Organisers Tom Bell (1920-21) · Bob Stewart (1921-23) · Harry Pollitt (1923-) · Idris Cox (1930s) · R. W. Robson (1930s) · Dave Springhall (1940-43) · Peter Kerrigan (1943-51) · Mick Bennett (1951-54) · John Gollan (1954-56) · Bill Lauchlan (1956-66) · Gordon McLennan (1966-75) · Dave Cook (1975-1980s) · Ian McKay (1980s-1991)
National Industrial Organisers Ernie Woolley (1925-) · Finlay Hart (1937-39?) · George Allison (1940s-51) · Peter Kerrigan (1951-66) · Bert Ramelson (1965-77) · Mick Costello (1977-83) · Pete Carter (1983-1980s)
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- Elections in the United Kingdom
- Election results by party
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