Candidacies
The candidates sponsored by the National Labour committee and the subsequent National Labour Organisation were as follows. Those listed in bold were successful.
Date of election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Notes |
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1931 general election | Bassetlaw | Malcolm James MacDonald | 27,136 | 66.6 | Sitting MP re-elected |
Cardiff Central | Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | 24,120 | 69.2 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Colne Valley | Michael Arthur Ernest Franklin | 202 | 0.5 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives; retired after nomination | |
Combined English Universities | Rt Hon Sir William Allen Jowitt | 2,759 | 20.1 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives; Sitting MP (for Preston) defeated | |
Derby | Rt Hon James Henry Thomas | 39,688 | 35.4 | Two-member seat; elected with a Conservative | |
Essex South East | Felix Greene | 6,539 | 11.5 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives | |
Finsbury | Sir George Masterman Gillett | 17,292 | 63.1 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Forest of Dean | Dr John Vigers Worthington | 14,815 | 52.7 | ||
Gateshead | John Fennell | 187 | 0.3 | Retired after nomination in favour of a Liberal National | |
Ilkeston | Abraham John Flint | 17,587 | 50.0 | Majority 2 votes | |
Kilmarnock | Rt Hon Craigie Mason Aitchison | 21,803 | 59.6 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Leeds Central | Hon Richard Douglas Denman | 26,496 | 71.4 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Lichfield | James Alexander Lovat-Fraser | 26,669 | 62.8 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Liverpool Everton | Derwent Hall Caine | 4,950 | 19.9 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives; sitting MP defeated | |
Newcastle upon Tyne Central | William Henry Dashwood Caple | 94 | 0.3 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives; retired after nomination | |
Nottingham South | George Wilfred Holford Knight | 22,852 | 68.3 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Ormskirk | Samuel Thomas Rosbotham | 30,368 | 75.0 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Peckham | Ernest James Titler | 1,442 | 4.3 | Not endorsed by the Conservatives | |
Seaham | Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald | 28,978 | 55.0 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Tottenham South | Francis Noel Palmer | 17,824 | 58.6 | ||
2 November 1933 | Kilmarnock | Kenneth Martin Lindsay | 12,577 | 34.8 | Seat held |
23 October 1934 | Lambeth North | Sydney Frank Markham | 2,927 | 15.0 | |
1935 general election | Bassetlaw | Malcolm James MacDonald | 20,764 | 48.7 | Sitting MP defeated |
Bristol East | Archibald George Church | 15,126 | 40.7 | ||
Cardiff Central | Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett | 16,954 | 51.6 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Derby | Rt Hon James Henry Thomas | 37,566 | 30.1 | Two-member seat; elected with a Conservative | |
Dewsbury | John Fennell | 8,798 | 29.5 | ||
Finsbury | Sir George Masterman Gillett | 10,600 | 44.2 | Sitting MP defeated | |
Forest of Dean | Sir John Vigers Worthington | 12,337 | 42.4 | Sitting MP defeated | |
Kilmarnock | Kenneth Martin Lindsay | 19,115 | 50.9 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Leeds Central | Hon Richard Douglas Denman | 17,747 | 56.4 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Leek | Leslie Montagu Thomas | 17,419 | 42.6 | ||
Leicester West | Hon Harold George Nicolson | 15,821 | 43.7 | Majority 87 votes | |
Lichfield | James Alexander Lovat-Fraser | 23,489 | 53.8 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Middlesbrough West | William Arthur Spofforth | 11,387 | 30.1 | ||
Nottingham South | Sydney Frank Markham | 15,559 | 52.3 | Seat held | |
Ormskirk | Sir Samuel Thomas Rosbotham | 27,624 | 58.5 | Sitting MP re-elected | |
Seaham | Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald | 17,882 | 31.8 | Sitting MP defeated | |
Southwark Central | Ernest Stanford | 9,735 | 46.7 | ||
South Shields | Frederick Frank Arthur Burden | 10,784 | 23.6 | ||
Tottenham South | Francis Noel Palmer | 15,834 | 41.5 | Sitting MP defeated | |
Wednesbury | Rev Herbert Dunnico | 19,883 | 46.7 | ||
27-31 January 1936 | Combined Scottish Universities | Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald | 16,393 | 56.5 | |
10 February 1936 | Ross and Cromarty | Rt Hon Malcolm James MacDonald | 8,949 | 49.5 | |
9 July 1936 | Derby | Archibald George Church | 25,666 | 47.5 | Failed to hold seat |
5 May 1938 | Lichfield | George Beresford Craddock | 22,760 | 49.1 | Failed to hold seat |
27 October 1939 | Ormskirk | William Stephen Richard King-Hall | - | - | Elected unopposed; held seat |
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