Labour Representation Committee election results
# Labour Representation Committee election results

This article lists the Labour Representation Committee's election results in UK parliamentary elections. The Labour Representation was the forerunner of the Labour Party. It was founded in 1900 and became the Labour Party in 1906, shortly after that year's general election.

## Summary of general election performance

| Year | Number of Candidates | Total votes | Average votes per candidate | % UK vote | Change (percentage points) | Number of MPs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | 15 | 62,698 | 4,780 | 1.8 | N/A | 2 |
| 1906 | 50 | 321,723 | 6,434 | 4.8 | +3.0 | 29 |

## Election results

### 1900 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsorship |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | James Johnston | 737 | 11.0 | 3 | ILP |
| Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 7,096 | 25.6 | 3 | ILP |
| Bow and Bromley | George Lansbury | 2,558 | 36.7 | 2 | SDF |
| Bradford West | Fred Jowett | 4,949 | 49.8 | 2 | ILP |
| Derby | Richard Bell | 7,640 | 25.7 | 2 | Railway Servants |
| Gower | John Hodge | 3,853 | 47.4 | 2 | Steel Smelters |
| Halifax | James Parker | 3,276 | 16.1 | 4 | ILP |
| Leeds East | William Pollard Byles | 1,266 | 19.7 | 3 | Leeds Trades Council |
| Leicester | Ramsay MacDonald | 4,164 | 13.0 | 4 | ILP |
| Manchester South West | Fred Brocklehurst | 2,394 | 37.4 | 2 | ILP |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Keir Hardie | 5,745 | 31.3 | 2 | ILP |
| Preston | Keir Hardie | 4,834 | 22.1 | 3 | ILP |
| Rochdale | Allen Clarke | 901 | 8.0 | 3 | ILP and SDF |
| Sunderland | Alexander Wilkie | 8,842 | 23.6 | 4 | Shipwrights |
| West Ham South | Will Thorne | 4,439 | 44.2 | 2 | Gasworkers |

Hardie stood in two constituencies and was elected in Merthyr Tydfil, where he placed second in a two-seat constituency; Bell was similarly elected in Derby.

### By-elections, 1900–1906

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsorship |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1902 Wakefield by-election | Philip Snowden | 1,979 | 40.1 | 2 | ILP |
| 1902 Clitheroe by-election | David James Shackleton | unopposed | N/A | 1 | Clitheroe LRC |
| 1903 Woolwich by-election | Will Crooks | 8,687 | 61.4 | 1 | Woolwich Trades Council |
| 1903 Preston by-election | John Hodge | 6,490 | 42.9 | 2 | Steel Smelters |
| 1903 Barnard Castle by-election | Arthur Henderson | 3,370 | 35.4 | 1 | Ironfounders |
| 1904 Norwich by-election | George Henry Roberts | 2,440 | 13.7 | 3 | ILP |
| 1905 Belfast North by-election | William Walker | 3,966 | 47.2 | 2 | Carpenters |

### 1906 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position | Sponsorship |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnard Castle | Arthur Henderson | 5,540 | 58.8 | 1 | Ironfounders |
| Barrow-in-Furness | Charles Duncan | 5,167 | 48.3 | 1 | Engineers |
| Belfast North | William Walker | 4,616 | 48.5 | 2 | Carpenters |
| Birmingham Bordesley | John Bruce Glasier | 3,976 | 33.9 | 2 | ILP |
| Birmingham East | James Holmes | 5,343 | 47.4 | 2 | Railway Servants |
| Blackburn | Philip Snowden | 10,282 | 26.8 | 2 | ILP |
| Bolton | Alfred Henry Gill | 10,416 | 37.1 | 2 | Textile Workers |
| Bradford West | Fred Jowett | 4,957 | 39.1 | 1 | ILP |
| Chatham | John Hagan Jenkins | 6,692 | 62.5 | 1 | Shipwrights |
| Clitheroe | David James Shackleton | 12,035 | 75.9 | 1 | Textile Workers |
| Croydon | Sidney Stranks | 4,007 | 20.2 | 3 | Stonemasons |
| Darlington | Isaac Mitchell | 4,087 | 48.3 | 2 | Engineers |
| Deptford | C. W. Bowerman | 6,236 | 52.2 | 1 | London Compositors |
| Dewsbury | Ben Turner | 2,629 | 21.2 | 3 | Heavy Woollen LRC |
| Dundee | Alexander Wilkie | 6,833 | 23.3 | 2 | Shipwrights |
| Eccles | Ben Tillett | 3,985 | 26.4 | 3 | Dockers |
| Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown | George Nicoll Barnes | 3,284 | 39.5 | 1 | Engineers |
| Glasgow Camlachie | Joseph Burgess | 2,568 | 30.0 | 3 | ILP |
| Glasgow Govan | John Hill | 4,212 | 29.0 | 3 | Boilermakers |
| Gorton | John Hodge | 8,566 | 66.4 | 1 | Steel Smelters |
| Gravesend | James Macpherson | 873 | 16.2 | 3 | Shop Assistants |
| Great Grimsby | Tom Proctor | 2,248 | 17.8 | 3 | Engineers |
| Halifax | James Parker | 8,937 | 38.3 | 2 | ILP |
| Huddersfield | T. Russell Williams | 5,813 | 35.2 | 2 | Huddersfield Trades Council |
| Ince | Stephen Walsh | 8,046 | 70.2 | 1 | Lancashire & Cheshire Miners |
| Jarrow | Pete Curran | 5,093 | 38.8 | 2 | Gasworkers |
| Leeds East | James O'Grady | 4,299 | 66.1 | 1 | Furnishing Trades |
| Leeds South | Albert E. Fox | 4,030 | 32.6 | 2 | ASLEF |
| Leicester | Ramsay MacDonald | 14,685 | 39.8 | 2 | ILP |
| Liverpool Kirkdale | James Conley | 3,157 | 45.7 | 2 | Boilermakers |
| Liverpool West Toxteth | James Sexton | 2,592 | 43.5 | 2 | Dock Labourers |
| Manchester North East | John Robert Clynes | 5,386 | 64.6 | 1 | ILP |
| Manchester South West | George Davy Kelley | 4,101 | 58.8 | 1 | Lithographic Printers |
| Merthyr Tydfil | Keir Hardie | 10,187 | 32.0 | 2 | ILP |
| Monmouth Boroughs | James Winstone | 1,678 | 16.5 | 3 | Newport Trades Council |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Walter Hudson | 18,869 | 31.1 | 1 | Railway Servants |
| Newton | James Andrew Seddon | 6,434 | 52.2 | 1 | Shop Assistants |
| Norwich | George Henry Roberts | 11,059 | 37.5 | 1 | Typographers |
| Portsmouth | William Sanders | 8,172 | 17.6 | 3 | Portsmouth LRC |
| Preston | John Thomas Macpherson | 10,181 | 31.0 | 1 | Steel Smelters |
| St Helens | Thomas Glover | 6,088 | 56.6 | 1 | Lancashire & Cheshire Miners |
| Stockport | George Wardle | 7,299 | 32.4 | 1 | Railway Servants |
| Stockton-on-Tees | Frank Herbert Rose | 1,710 | 23.1 | 3 | Engineers |
| Sunderland | Thomas Summerbell | 13,430 | 31.8 | 2 | ILP |
| Wakefield | Stanton Coit | 2,068 | 36.9 | 2 | ILP |
| West Ham South | Will Thorne | 10,210 | 67.2 | 1 | Gasworkers & West Ham Trades Council |
| Westhoughton | William Tyson Wilson | 9,262 | 60.2 | 1 | Carpenters |
| Wolverhampton West | Thomas Frederick Richards | 6,767 | 50.9 | 1 | Boot and Shoe |
| Woolwich | Will Crooks | 9,026 | 56.6 | 1 | Woolwich LRC |
| York | G. H. Stuart | 4,573 | 19.7 | 4 | Postmen |

Burgess, Clynes, Coit, Hardie, Jowett, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Williams were sponsored by the Independent Labour Party. Gill, Hardie, MacDonald, Parker, Snowden, Summerbell and Wilkie were elected by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

