List of Labour Co-operative Members of Parliament

An incomplete list of Labour Co-operative Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Following a decision of Co-operative Congress in 1917, MPs were elected as Co-operative Party candidates from 1918. In 1927, the Cheltenham Agreement between the Co-operative Party and Labour Party led to the election of joint "Labour Co-operative" candidates.Whilst many Labour Members of Parliament are also members of the Co-operative Party, Labour Co-op MPs have the express endorsement of both parties.

Numbers elected by general election

* 1918 general election: 1 (Alfred Waterson, elected as Co-operative but took Labour whip)
* 1922 general election: 4 (as Co-operative)
* 1923 general election: 6 (as Co-operative)
* 1924 general election: 5 (as Co-operative)
* 1929 general election: 9
* 1931 general election: 1
* 1935 general election: 9
* 1945 general election: 23
* 1950 general election: 18
* 1951 general election: 16
* 1955 general election: 19
* 1959 general election: 16
* 1964 general election: 19
* 1966 general election: 18
* 1970 general election: 15
* February 1974 general election: 16
* October 1974 general election: 16
* 1979 general election: 17
* 1983 general election: 7
* 1987 general election: 9
* 1992 general election: 14
* 1997 general election: 28
* 2001 general election: 30
* 2005 general election: 29

Members of Parliament

MPs are listed by the date of their first election and alphabetically by surname.

1918 - 1927 (first elected as Co-operative)

* A. V. Alexander, Sheffield Hillsborough, 1922-31, 1935-50
* Alfred Barnes, East Ham South, 1922-31, 1935-1955
* Thomas Henderson, Glasgow Tradeston, 1922-1931, 1935-1945
* William Hirst, Bradford South, 1924-1931
* James Hudson, Huddersfield, 1923-1931; Ealing West, 1945-1950; Ealing North, 1950-1955
* Robert Craigmyle Morrison, Tottenham North, 1922-1931, 1935-1950
* Samuel Perry, Kettering, 1923-1924, 1929-1931
* Alfred Waterson, Kettering, 1918-1922 (elected as Co-operative Party but unilaterally took Labour whip in Parliament, ahead of official Congress decision)
* Andrew Young, Glasgow Partick, 1923-1924

1927 - 1945

* Francis Alfred Broad, Edmonton, 1935-1945
* Daniel Chater, Hammersmith South, 1929-1931; Bethnal Green North East, 1935-1950
* Herbert Mellor Gibson, Mossley, 1929-1931
* Walter Henry Green, Deptford, 1935-1945
* William Leonard, Glasgow St. Rollox, 1931-1950
* Frederick Longden, Birmingham Deritend, 1929-1931, 1945-1950; Birmingham Small Heath, 1950-1952
* Frederick Messer, Tottenham South, 1929-1931, 1935-1950; Tottenham, 1950-1959
* Rev. George Saville Woods, Finsbury, 1935-1945; Mossley, 1945-1950; Droylsden, 1950-1951

1945 - 1959

* William Thomas Adams, Hammersmith South, 1945-1950
* Frank Beswick, Uxbridge, 1945-1959
* Joyce Butler, Wood Green, 1955-1979
* William Coldrick, Bristol North, 1945-1950; Bristol North-East, 1950-1959
* Percy Daines, East Ham North, 1945-1957
* George Darling, Sheffield Hillsborough, 1950-1974
* Norman Dodds, Dartford, 1945-1955; Erith and Crayford, 1955-1965
* Robert Edwards, Bilston, 1955-1974; Wolverhampton South East, 1974-1987
* John Forman, Glasgow Springburn, 1945-1964
* Caroline Ganley, Battersea South, 1945-1951
* Percy Holman, Bethnal Green South-West, 1945-1950; Bethnal Green, 1950-1966
* James Hindle Hudson, Ealing West, 1945-1950; Ealing North, 1950-1955 (had previously been Labour MP for Huddersfield, 1923-24)
* Sydney Irving, Dartford, 1955-1970 and 1974-1979
* William Irving, Tottenham North, 1945-1950; Wood Green, 1950-1955
* Ron Ledger, Romford, 1955-1970
* Dickson Mabon, Greenock, 1955-1974; Greenock and Port Glasgow, 1974-1983
* Will Nally, Bilston, 1945-1955
* Albert Edward Oram, East Ham South, 1955-1974
* Arthur Palmer, Wimbledon, 1945-1950; Cleveland, 1952-1959; Bristol Central, 1964-1974
* John Rankin, Glasgow Tradeston, 1945-1955; Glasgow Govan, 1955-1973
* Mabel Ridealgh, Ilford North, 1945-1950
* Harriet Slater, Stoke-on-Trent North, 1955-1966
* Norman Smith, Nottingham South, 1945-1955
* John Stonehouse, Wednesbury, 1957-1974; Walsall North, 1974-1976 (from April 1976 for the English National Party)
* Stanley Tiffany, Peterborough, 1945-1950
* Meredith Farrar Titterington, Bradford South, 1945-1950
* William Wheeldon, Birmingham Small Heath, 1952-1960
* Thomas Williams, Hammersmith South, 1949-1955; Barons Court, 1955-1959; Warrington, 1961-1981
* Edith Wills, Birmingham Duddeston, 1945-1950

1959 - 1979

* Jim Craigen, Glasgow Maryhill, 1974 (February)-1987"Labour Values, Co-operative Action: a tale of two parties", The Co-operative Party, 2006.]
* Dick Douglas, Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan, 1970-1974; Dunfermline, 1979-1983; Dunfermline West, 1983-1992 (from 1990 for the Scottish National Party)
* Ioan Evans, Birmingham Yardley, 1964-1970; Aberdare, 1974-1983; Cynon Valley, 1983-1984
* Norman Haseldine, Bradford West, 1966-1970
* William Hilton, Bethnal Green, 1966-1974
* Dickson Mabon, Greenock, 1959-1974; Greenock and Port Glasgow 1974 (February)-1983
* Alf Morris, Manchester Wythenshawe, 1964-1997
* Laurence Pavitt, Willesden West, 1959-1974; Brent South, 1974-1987
* Geoffrey Rhodes, Newcastle upon Tyne East, 1964-1974
* John Roper, Farnworth, 1970-1983
* John Stonehouse, Wednesbury 1959-1974; Walsall North 1974 (February)-1976
* John Tomlinson, Meriden, 1974-1979

1979 - 1997

* Ian Davidson, Glasgow Govan, 1992-1997; Glasgow Pollok, 1997-2005; Glasgow South West, 2005-present
* George Foulkes, South Ayrshire, 1979-1983; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, 1983-2005
* Mike Gapes, Ilford South, 1992-present
* Alan Keen, Feltham and Heston, 1992-present
* Tommy McAvoy, Glasgow Rutherglen, 1987-2005; Rutherglen and Hamilton West, 2005-present
* John McFall, Dumbarton, 1987-2005; West Dunbartonshire, 2005-present
* Alun Michael, Cardiff South and Penarth, 1987-present
* Lewis Moonie, Kirkcaldy, 1987-2005
* Ken Purchase, Wolverhampton North East, 1992-present
* Barry Sheerman, Huddersfield, 1979-present
* Don Touhig, Islwyn, 1995-present
* Dennis Turner, Wolverhampton South East, 1987-2005

1997 - present

* Adrian Bailey, West Bromwich West, 2000-present
* Ed Balls, Normanton, 2005-present
* Jim Dobbin, Heywood and Middleton, 1997-present
* David Drew, Stroud, 1997-present
* Louise Ellman, Liverpool Riverside, 1997-present
* Linda Gilroy, Plymouth Sutton, 1997-present
* Mark Hendrick, Preston, 2000-present
* Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch, 2005-present
* Phil Hope, Corby, 1997-present
* Jon Owen Jones, Cardiff Central, 1997-2005
* Mark Lazarowicz, Edinburgh North and Leith, 2001-present
* David Lepper, Brighton Pavilion, 1997-present
* Andy Love, Edmonton, 1997-present
* Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Portsmouth North, 2005-present
* Tony McWalter, Hemel Hempstead, 1997-2005
* Meg Munn, Sheffield Heeley, 2001-present
* Doug Naysmith, Bristol North West, 1997-present
* Andy Reed, Loughborough, 1997-present
* Linda Riordan, Halifax, 2005-present
* Angela Smith, Basildon, 1997-present
* David Taylor, North West Leicestershire, 1997-present
* Gareth Thomas, Harrow West, 1997-present (Labour Co-operative from 2003, previously just Labour)

External links

* [http://www.party.coop/co_operative.php?article_id=33/ Co-op Parliamentary Representation]

References

* Carr, H., Pyper, H. & Erbmann, R., "Labour Values, Co-operative Action: a Tale of Two Parties", The Co-operative Party, 2006