Electoral Performance
| Election | Number of votes for Labour | Share of votes | Seats | Outcome of election |
| 1900 | 62,698 | 1.8% | 2 | Conservative victory |
| 1906 | 321,663 | 5.7% | 29 | Liberal victory |
| 1910 (January) | 505,657 | 7.6% | 40 | Hung parliament (Liberal minority government) |
| 1910 (December) | 371,802 | 7.1% | 42 | Hung parliament (Liberal minority government) |
| 1918† | 2,245,777 | 21.5% | 57 | Coalition victory |
| 1922 | 4,076,665 | 29.7% | 142 | Conservative victory |
| 1923 | 4,267,831 | 30.7% | 191 | Hung parliament (Labour minority government) |
| 1924 | 5,281,626 | 33.3% | 151 | Conservative victory |
| 1929‡ | 8,048,968 | 37.1% | 287 | Hung parliament (Labour minority government) |
| 1931 | 6,339,306 | 30.8% | 52 | National Government victory |
| 1935 | 7,984,988 | 38.0% | 154 | National Government victory |
| 1945 | 11,967,746 | 49.7% | 393 | Labour victory |
| 1950 | 13,266,176 | 46.1% | 315 | Labour victory |
| 1951 | 13,948,883 | 48.8% | 295 | Conservative victory |
| 1955 | 12,405,254 | 46.4% | 277 | Conservative victory |
| 1959 | 12,216,172 | 43.8% | 258 | Conservative victory |
| 1964 | 12,205,808 | 44.1% | 317 | Labour victory |
| 1966 | 13,096,629 | 48.0% | 364 | Labour victory |
| 1970 | 12,208,758 | 43.1% | 288 | Conservative victory |
| 1974 (February) | 11,645,616 | 37.2% | 301 | Hung parliament (Labour minority government) |
| 1974 (October) | 11,457,079 | 39.2% | 319 | Labour victory |
| 1979 | 11,532,218 | 36.9% | 269 | Conservative victory |
| 1983 | 8,456,934 | 27.6% | 209 | Conservative victory |
| 1987 | 10,029,807 | 30.8% | 229 | Conservative victory |
| 1992 | 11,560,484 | 34.4% | 271 | Conservative victory |
| 1997 | 13,518,167 | 43.2% | 419 | Labour victory |
| 2001 | 10,724,953 | 40.7% | 413 | Labour victory |
| 2005 | 9,562,122 | 35.3% | 356 | Labour victory |
| 2010 | 8,601,441 | 29.1% | 258 | Hung parliament (Conservative/Lib Dem coalition) |
†The first election held under the Representation of the People Act 1918 in which all men over 21, and most women over the age of 30 could vote, and therefore a much larger electorate
‡The first election under universal suffrage in which all women aged over 21 could vote
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