National Liberal Party (UK) election results
# National Liberal Party (UK) election results

This article lists the National Liberal Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

## Summary of general election performance

| Year | Number of Candidates | Total votes | Average votes per candidate | % UK vote | Change (percentage points) | Saved deposits | Number of MPs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1931 | 41 | 809,302 | 19,739 | 3.7 | N/A | 41 | 35 |
| 1935 | 44 | 784,608 | 17,832 | 3.7 | N/A | 44 | 33 |
| 1945 | 49 | 686,652 | 14,013 | 2.8 | -0.9 | 49 | 11 |
| 1950 | 55 | 985,343 | 17,915 | 3.4 | +0.6 | 55 | 16 |
| 1951 | 55 | 1,058,138 | 19,239 | 3.7 | +0.3 | 55 | 19 |
| 1955 | 45 | 842,133 | 18,714 | 3.1 | -0.6 | 45 | 21 |
| 1959 | 39 | 765,794 | 19,636 | 2.7 | -0.4 | 39 | 20 |
| 1964 | 19 | 326,130 | 17,165 | 1.2 | -1.5 | 19 | 6 |
| 1966 | 9 | 149,779 | 16,642 | 0.5 | -0.7 | 9 | 3 |

Source: F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.55

## Election results

### 1931 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Ashford | Roderick Kedward | 14,681 | 41.3 | 2 |
| Barnsley | Richard John Soper | 21,392 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Bishop Auckland | Aaron Curry | 17,551 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Bosworth | William Edge | 29,926 | 68.0 | 1 |
| Clay Cross | Jacob Weinberg | 11,611 | 35.4 | 2 |
| Consett | John Purcell Dickie | 22,474 | 53.0 | 1 |
| Denbigh | Henry Morris-Jones | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | John Wallace | 16,863 | 57.9 | 1 |
| East Dorset | Alec Ewart Glassey | 18,801 | 40.4 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Duncan Millar | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| East Norfolk | William Lygon | 25,945 | 79.8 | 1 |
| Eddisbury | Richard John Russell | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Eye | Edgar Granville | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Flintshire | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | 40,405 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Gateshead | Thomas Magnay | 34,764 | 60.1 | 1 |
| Great Yarmouth | Arthur Harbord | 21,008 | 78.6 | 1 |
| Greenock | Godfrey Collins | 18,013 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Harwich | Percy Pybus | 26,818 | 86.4 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | James Blindell | 30,375 | 77.5 | 1 |
| Huddersfield | William Mabane | 47,056 | 70.1 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | Sidney Peters | 23,102 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Inverness | Murdoch Macdonald | 18,702 | 65.3 | 1 |
| Leith | Ernest Brown | 24,847 | 65.0 | 1 |
| Luton | Leslie Burgin | 32,015 | 80.2 | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | Clement Davies | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Montrose Burghs | Robert Hutchison | 17,212 | 77.0 | 1 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | Robert Aske | 24,552 | 63.4 | 1 |
| Norwich | Geoffrey Shakespeare | 40,925 | 30.4 | 1 |
| Nuneaton | Herbert Willison | 12,811 | 20.7 | 3 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 23,459 | 72.2 | 1 |
| Pontypool | Thomas Keens | 14,709 | 43.7 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | Ian Macpherson | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| St Ives | Walter Runciman | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Shoreditch | Charles Summersby | 19,596 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Southampton | Charles Barrie | 54,269 | 33.6 | 2 |
| South Molton | George Lambert | 25,700 | 88.0 | 1 |
| Southwark North [CHECK] | Edward Anthony Strauss | 13,045 | 64.9 | 1 |
| Spen Valley | John Simon | 28,647 | 64.6 | 1 |
| Swansea West | Lewis Jones | 20,603 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Wentworth | Charlotte Isabel Hilyer | 14,462 | 31.2 | 2 |
| Western Isles | Thomas Ramsay | 5,793 | 54.8 | 1 |

Barrie won in Southampton by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

### By-elections, 1931-1935

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Montrose Burghs by-election, 1932 | Charles Kerr | 7,963 | 46.9 | 1 |
| East Fife by-election, 1933 | James Henderson-Stewart | 15,770 | 52.2 | 1 |
| Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935 | Henry Fildes | 16,271 | 60.3 | 1 |

### 1935 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | Richard John Soper | 17,683 | 41.1 | 2 |
| Bermondsey West | Frank Glanville | 7,674 | 37.8 | 2 |
| Bosworth | William Edge | 22,969 | 59.2 | 1 |
| Burnley | Gordon Campbell | 26,965 | 46.4 | 2 |
| Burslem | William Allen | 15,227 | 45.8 | 2 |
| Combined Scottish Universities | George Alexander Morrison | 7,529 | 27.7 | 2 |
| Consett | John Purcell Dickie | 17,897 | 41.3 | 2 |
| Denbigh* | Henry Morris-Jones | 17,372 | 50.1 | 1 |
| Dumfriesshire | Henry Fildes | 22,053 | 65.4 | 1 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | John Wallace | 14,848 | 47.7 | 2 |
| Durham | William McKeag | 14,910 | 40.9 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 27,915 | 82.3 | 1 |
| East Norfolk | William Lygon | 23,108 | 68.8 | 1 |
| Eddisbury | Richard John Russell | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Eye | Edgar Granville | 21,606 | 73.9 | 1 |
| Gateshead | Thomas Magnay | 28,772 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Great Yarmouth | Arthur Harbord | 16,998 | 59.3 | 1 |
| Greenock | Godfrey Collins | 20,299 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Harwich | Stanley Holmes | 21,716 | 70.3 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | James Blindell | 25,162 | 65.5 | 1 |
| Huddersfield | William Mabane | 37,009 | 60.8 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | Sidney Peters | 17,287 | 68.7 | 1 |
| Inverness | Murdoch Macdonald | 14,985 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Leith | Ernest Brown | 18,888 | 57.7 | 1 |
| Luton | Leslie Burgin | 28,809 | 65.5 | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | Clement Davies | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Montrose Burghs | Charles Kerr | 15,198 | 69.6 | 1 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | Robert Aske | 23,146 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Norwich | Geoffrey Shakespeare | 36,039 | 29.1 | 1 |
| Oldham | John Samuel Dodd | 34,755 | 24.1 | 2 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 20,852 | 68.1 | 1 |
| Pontefract | Victor Seeley | 17,257 | 46.6 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | Ian Macpherson | 10,810 | 76.7 | 1 |
| Rotherham* | Thomas Worrall Casey | 14,298 | 32.5 | 2 |
| St Ives | Walter Runciman | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Shoreditch | Somerset Brooke | 11,673 | 38.6 | 2 |
| Southampton | Charles Barrie | 43,697 | 29.3 | 2 |
| South Molton | George Lambert | 20,767 | 78.7 | 1 |
| Southwark North | Edward Anthony Strauss | 8,086 | 50.2 | 1 |
| Spen Valley | John Simon | 21,671 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Sunderland | Stephen Noel Furness | 49,001 | 30.2 | 1 |
| Swansea West | Lewis Jones | 18,784 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Walsall | Joseph Leckie | 28,563 | 57.5 | 1 |
| Western Isles | Thomas Ramsay | 4,076 | 30.9 | 2 |

Morrison in Combined Scottish Universities, Dodd in Oldham and Barrie in Southampton won seats by taking second place in a two seat constituency.

### By-elections, 1935-1945

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenock by-election, 1936 | Vivian Emery Cornelius | 17,990 | 46.6 | 2 |
| Holland with Boston by-election, 1937 | Herbert Butcher | 21,846 | 60.0 | 1 |
| St Ives by-election, 1937 | Alec Beechman | 13,044 | 50.4 | 1 |
| Pontypridd by-election, 1938 | Juliet Rhys-Williams | 14,810 | 40.1 | 2 |
| Barnsley by-election, 1938 | Seymour Howard | 13,052 | 35.6 | 2 |
| Walsall by-election, 1938 | George Ernest Schuster | 28,720 | 57.1 | 1 |
| East Norfolk by-election, 1939 | Frank Medlicott | 18,257 | 62.9 | 1 |
| Southwark North by-election, 1939 | Alfred Henderson-Livesey | 4,322 | 42.6 | 2 |
| Montrose Burghs by-election, 1940 | John Maclay | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Spen Valley by-election, 1940 | William Woolley | unopposed | N/A | 1 |
| Eddisbury by-election, 1943 | Thomas Peacock | 7,537 | 41.0 | 2 |

### 1945 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | Richard John Soper | 11,382 | 27.1 | 2 |
| Bermondsey West | Bernard Pemberton | 2,238 | 19.8 | 2 |
| Bishop Auckland | William John Wilson Tiley | 11,240 | 35.9 | 2 |
| Bosworth | James Millard Tucker | 20,854 | 44.4 | 2 |
| Bradford South | Herbert Walker Peel | 15,392 | 33.1 | 2 |
| Bristol North | John Henshaw Britton | 16,648 | 42.2 | 2 |
| Burnley | Herbert Monckton Milnes | 9,877 | 29.8 | 2 |
| Burslem | Frederic Bennett | 15,227 | 45.8 | 2 |
| Consett | James Aloysius McGilley | 12,198 | 29.9 | 2 |
| Denbigh | Henry Morris-Jones | 17,023 | 41.7 | 1 |
| Dewsbury | Ernest Kilner | 8,674 | 29.9 | 2 |
| Dumfriesshire | Niall Macpherson | 16,465 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | James Henderson | 12,028 | 35.3 | 2 |
| Durham | John Bunyan | 12,331 | 33.8 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 24,765 | 69.4 | 1 |
| East Norfolk | Frank Medlicott | 23,307 | 55.8 | 1 |
| Eddisbury | John Barlow | 15,294 | 57.7 | 1 |
| Gateshead | Thomas Magnay | 17,719 | 32.5 | 2 |
| Gower | John Aeron-Thomas | 14,115 | 31.5 | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | Percy Jewson | 7,974 | 44.2 | 2 |
| Hackney South | Stanley Price | 4,901 | 24.2 | 2 |
| Harwich | Stanley Holmes | 16,452 | 55.7 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 26,939 | 55.9 | 1 |
| Huddersfield | William Mabane | 24,496 | 35.5 | 2 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 15,389 | 50.1 | 1 |
| Inverness | Murdoch Macdonald | 12,090 | 43.3 | 1 |
| Jarrow | Stanley Holmes | 11,649 | 34.0 | 3 |
| Lambeth North | Eric William Bales | 2,624 | 20.1 | 2 |
| Leith | Ernest Brown | 10,116 | 31.4 | 2 |
| Luton | Bruno Brown | 31,914 | 44.8 | 2 |
| Manchester Clayton | Phillip Smith | 9,883 | 30.6 | 2 |
| Montrose Burghs | John Maclay | 13,966 | 58.2 | 1 |
| Neath | David Bowen | 8,466 | 16.9 | 2 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | Richard O'Sullivan | 11,774 | 31.1 | 2 |
| Norwich | Geoffrey Shakespeare | 25,945 | 23.0 | 3 |
| Oldham | John Samuel Dodd | 24,199 | 18.2 | 4 |
| Rotherham | E. H. Phillips | 12,420 | 25.8 | 2 |
| St Ives | Alec Beechman | 14,256 | 47.3 | 1 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Robert Hampden Hobart | 14,404 | 36.6 | 2 |
| Shoreditch | Frederick Boult | 4,081 | 26.0 | 2 |
| Southampton | William Stanley Russell Thomas | 22,650 | 17.4 | 4 |
| South Molton | George Lambert | 19,065 | 67.6 | 1 |
| South Shields | Donald Maurice Parry | 15,296 | 40.6 | 2 |
| Southwark North | Edward Terrell | 2,673 | 31.0 | 2 |
| Spen Valley | William Woolley | 19,621 | 43.3 | 2 |
| Sunderland | Stephen Noel Furness | 29,366 | 21.3 | 3 |
| Swansea East | Rowe Harding | 6,102 | 24.2 | 2 |
| Swansea West | Lewis Jones | 13,089 | 42.0 | 2 |
| Walsall | George Ernest Schuster | 24,197 | 46.1 | 2 |
| West Fife | Robert Scott Stevenson | 8,597 | 20.6 | 3 |
| Wrexham | David Leslie Milne | 13,714 | 28.6 | 2 |

### By-elections, 1945-1950

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1946 | Robert Scott Stevenson | 1,938 | 5.9 | 5 |
| Edinburgh East by-election, 1947 | D. Mathews | 11,490 | 34.4 | 2 |
| Bradford South by-election, 1949 | John Lightfoot Windle | 19,313 | 42.4 | 2 |

### 1950 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Aberavon | Auberon Herbert | 8,091 | 19.0 | 2 |
| Barnsley | Charles Gordon-Spencer | 8,480 | 13.8 | 3 |
| Bradford Central | Thomas Boyce | 13,375 | 31.6 | 2 |
| Bradford East | Geoffrey Francis Greenbank | 12,527 | 27.0 | 2 |
| Bradford North | William Taylor | 20,628 | 45.7 | 1 |
| Bradford South | John Lightfoot Windle | 15,998 | 35.6 | 2 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | William Woolley | 23,456 | 47.8 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | Violet Bathurst | 16,082 | 38.9 | 2 |
| Cannock | Marjorie Hicking | 15,818 | 32.1 | 2 |
| Central Norfolk | Frank Medlicott | 20,407 | 51.3 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | Andrew Cavendish | 17,231 | 30.9 | 2 |
| Dearne Valley | Aymée Lavender Dower | 10,365 | 20.4 | 2 |
| Denbigh | Emlyn Garner Evans | 17,473 | 38.9 | 1 |
| Dumfries | Niall Macpherson | 26,268 | 59.3 | 1 |
| Dundee East | James Henderson | 22,863 | 46.2 | 2 |
| Dundee West | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn | 23,685 | 44.6 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | James Stuart Kerr | 14,967 | 38.8 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 25,749 | 63.7 | 1 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Eoin Cameron Mekie | 15,841 | 43.0 | 2 |
| Gateshead East | Douglas Clift | 13,530 | 40.1 | 2 |
| Gateshead West | John Magnay | 11,660 | 35.8 | 2 |
| Gloucester | Anthony Kershaw | 15,708 | 37.1 | 2 |
| Gower | Rowe Harding | 10,208 | 23.9 | 2 |
| Harwich | Stanley Holmes | 22,814 | 50.6 | 1 |
| Hemsworth | Jean Patricia Asquith | 10,254 | 17.6 | 2 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 30,336 | 53.9 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 18,551 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Lincoln | Francis Hill | 17,784 | 41.3 | 2 |
| Luton | Charles Hill | 22,946 | 46.6 | 1 |
| Motherwell | A. D. Robertson | 14,183 | 34.0 | 2 |
| Normanton | Thomas Heseltine | 10,929 | 25.5 | 2 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 15,485 | 51.5 | 1 |
| North Norfolk | Douglas Reid | 17,741 | 43.0 | 2 |
| Pembrokeshire | Gwilym Lloyd-George | 25,421 | 49.9 | 2 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Randolph Churchill | 27,329 | 44.9 | 2 |
| Pontefract | Maurice Grant | 11,431 | 24.4 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | John MacLeod | 10,912 | 62.6 | 1 |
| St Ives | Greville Howard | 16,653 | 46.0 | 1 |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Lionel Farris | 12,185 | 28.4 | 2 |
| Sheffield Brightside | H. S. V. Smith | 13,136 | 28.1 | 2 |
| Sheffield Hallam | Roland Jennings | 28,159 | 65.1 | 1 |
| Sheffield Heeley | Peter Roberts | 26,560 | 56.3 | 1 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Knowles Edge | 19,613 | 39.8 | 2 |
| Sheffield Neepsend | A. M. Cook | 11,311 | 27.2 | 2 |
| Sheffield Park | Harold Pryce | 13,678 | 30.3 | 2 |
| South Angus | James Duncan | 19,324 | 53.9 | 1 |
| Southampton Itchen | Robert Hampton Hobart | 24,536 | 44.1 | 2 |
| Southampton Test | P. Brembridge | 23,663 | 45.2 | 2 |
| South Bedfordshire | William Fearnley-Whittingstall | 18,546 | 41.8 | 2 |
| Swansea West | Lewis Jones | 22,608 | 46.3 | 2 |
| Torrington | George Lambert | 19,128 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Walsall | John Barlow | 28,700 | 44.0 | 2 |
| West Fife | Patrick William Neill Fraser | 10,131 | 23.6 | 2 |
| West Renfrewshire | John Maclay | 20,810 | 53.9 | 1 |
| Wrexham | Willoughby Gervase Cooper | 14,117 | 25.5 | 2 |

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.

### By-elections, 1950-1951

| Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sheffield Neepsend by-election, 1950 | John Philip Hunt | 8,365 | 26.8 | 2 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950 | William Woolley | 23,567 | 49.5 | 2 |

### 1951 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | Geoffrey Whitaker | 9,296 | 17.3 | 2 |
| Bradford Central | Arthur Tiley | 16,343 | 39.3 | 2 |
| Bradford East | Frederick William Howard Cook | 16,999 | 37.1 | 2 |
| Bradford North | William Taylor | 24,524 | 54.3 | 1 |
| Bradford South | Geoffrey Francis Greenbank | 17,863 | 39.4 | 2 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | William Woolley | 23,828 | 47.7 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | George Nixon-Eckersall | 19,410 | 47.0 | 2 |
| Cannock | Alan Farrington | 16,041 | 33.1 | 2 |
| Central Norfolk | Frank Medlicott | 21,909 | 55.9 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | John Nash | 19,776 | 36.3 | 2 |
| Denbigh | Emlyn Garner Evans | 20,269 | 45.7 | 1 |
| Dewsbury | James Ramsden | 19,562 | 36.4 | 2 |
| Dumfries | Niall Macpherson | 26,386 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Dundee East | Janet Sutherland Murray | 22,863 | 46.2 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | James Stuart Kerr | 15,657 | 38.9 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 28,446 | 70.6 | 1 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Eoin Cameron Mekie | 19,236 | 49.9 | 2 |
| Gateshead East | Douglas Clift | 14,344 | 42.4 | 2 |
| Gateshead West | John Magnay | 11,811 | 36.2 | 2 |
| Gloucester | Anthony Kershaw | 18,836 | 43.6 | 2 |
| Goole | Anthony Marreco | 17,073 | 39.6 | 2 |
| Gower | Rowe Harding | 10,351 | 24.1 | 2 |
| Grimsby | Charles William Hewson | 22,611 | 43.4 | 2 |
| Harwich | Stanley Holmes | 26,169 | 58.9 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 31,683 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 20,845 | 57.4 | 1 |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Ralph Harris | 17,484 | 39.4 | 2 |
| Luton | Charles Hill | 26,554 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Motherwell | Norman Sloan | 17,650 | 42.7 | 2 |
| Normanton | Thomas Heseltine | 11,199 | 26.5 | 2 |
| North Norfolk | Douglas Reid | 20,788 | 49.7 | 2 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne North | Gwilym Lloyd-George | 23,930 | 51.1 | 1 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 18,515 | 64.1 | 1 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Randolph Churchill | 29,768 | 48.1 | 2 |
| Pontefract | Mervyn Pike | 11,043 | 23.8 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | John MacLeod | 10,969 | 64.3 | 1 |
| St Ives | Greville Howard | 18,828 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Herbert Lambert | 12,161 | 28.9 | 2 |
| Sheffield Brightside | Alfred Wood | 12,433 | 27.6 | 2 |
| Sheffield Hallam | Roland Jennings | 29,016 | 70.8 | 1 |
| Sheffield Heeley | Peter Roberts | 27,776 | 61.0 | 1 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Geprge Wadsworth | 19,617 | 41.0 | 2 |
| Sheffield Neepsend | Arthur Stobbs | 10,655 | 27.0 | 2 |
| Sheffield Park | Stanley Rippon | 13,743 | 30.8 | 2 |
| Southampton Itchen | Reginald Stranger | 25,708 | 45.9 | 2 |
| Southampton Test | John Paul | 25,965 | 49.6 | 2 |
| South Angus | James Duncan | 24,478 | 70.9 | 1 |
| South Bedfordshire | Norman Cole | 22,917 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Stoke-on-Trent North | James Coventry | 14,668 | 28.6 | 2 |
| Torrington | George Lambert | 23,162 | 66.2 | 1 |
| Western Isles | John Mitchell | 6,709 | 40.7 | 2 |
| West Fife | John Patterson Fyfe | 11,038 | 24.6 | 2 |
| West Renfrewshire | John Maclay | 21,546 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Wolverhampton North East | John Ellis | 18,563 | 37.7 | 2 |
| Wrexham | Willoughby Gervase Cooper | 19,124 | 34.8 | 2 |

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.

### By-elections, 1951-1955

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Dundee East by-election, 1952 | Paul Cowcher | 14,035 | 35.6 | 2 |
| Barnsley by-election 1953 | Geoffrey Whitaker | 10,905 | 27.1 | 2 |
| Harwich by-election, 1954 | Julian Ridsdale | 19,532 | 59.1 | 1 |
| Motherwell by-election, 1954 | Norman Sloan | 13,334 | 39.3 | 2 |
| Wrexham by-election, 1955 | Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones | 12,476 | 30.8 | 2 |

### 1955 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Barnsley | Anthony Wilson | 14,776 | 27.2 | 2 |
| Bradford East | George Barber | 14,713 | 38.4 | 2 |
| Bradford North | William Taylor | 21,084 | 50.1 | 1 |
| Bradford South | Reginald Winston Jones | 16,768 | 38.7 | 2 |
| Bradford West | Arthur Tiley | 22,306 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | Frederick William Howard Cook | 22,048 | 48.2 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | David Webster | 21,864 | 44.8 | 2 |
| Cannock | John Newey | 18,379 | 40.8 | 2 |
| Central Norfolk | Frank Medlicott | 21,851 | 57.3 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | Frank Hadfield | 21,748 | 42.4 | 2 |
| Denbigh | Emlyn Garner Evans | 18,312 | 43.2 | 1 |
| Dumfries | Niall Macpherson | 24,550 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Charlotte McNee | 14,170 | 39.0 | 2 |
| Dundee East | Robert Taylor | 21,606 | 45.7 | 2 |
| Dundee West | Gordon Pirie | 24,208 | 46.9 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 26,104 | 70.6 | 1 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Janet Sutherland Shearer | 10,693 | 32.3 | 2 |
| Goole | Gavin Welby | 15,456 | 37.8 | 2 |
| Gower | Gwyther Jones | 8,135 | 21.1 | 2 |
| Harwich | Julian Ridsdale | 23,889 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 28,412 | 53.2 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 20,609 | 58.4 | 1 |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Duncan Drummond Young | 16,392 | 40.7 | 2 |
| Luton | Charles Hill | 24,722 | 51.3 | 1 |
| Merionethshire | John Jenkins | 3,001 | 12.7 | 4 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne North | Gwilym Lloyd-George | 25,236 | 63.8 | 1 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 18,516 | 69.0 | 1 |
| North Norfolk | William Scarlett Jameson | 19,657 | 48.5 | 2 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Joan Vickers | 24,821 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Pontefract | Anthony Geoffrey Blake | 10,183 | 23.8 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | John MacLeod | 9,929 | 62.3 | 1 |
| St Ives | Greville Howard | 17,063 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Herbert Lambert | 13,503 | 29.0 | 2 |
| Sheffield Brightside | Edward Flynn | 12,239 | 29.6 | 2 |
| Sheffield Hallam | Roland Jennings | 30,069 | 66.2 | 1 |
| Sheffield Heeley | Peter Roberts | 30,798 | 60.9 | 1 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Stanley Kenneth Arnold | 16,428 | 41.2 | 2 |
| Sheffield Park | Stanley Rippon | 10,565 | 26.8 | 2 |
| South Angus | James Duncan | 23,967 | 72.7 | 1 |
| South Bedfordshire | Norman Cole | 23,365 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Torrington | George Lambert | 20,124 | 65.1 | 1 |
| Walsall North | Francis Roberts | 15,970 | 37.5 | 2 |
| Western Isles | John Frame | 6,315 | 42.7 | 2 |
| West Renfrewshire | John Maclay | 21,283 | 55.2 | 1 |
| Wrexham | Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones | 16,286 | 33.0 | 2 |

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.

### By-elections, 1955-1959

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Torrington by-election, 1958 | Anthony Royle | 13,189 | 37.4 | 2 |

### 1959 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bradford East | Desmond Dalgleish | 14,529 | 42.0 | 2 |
| Bradford North | William Taylor | 22,850 | 53.1 | 1 |
| Bradford South | Reginald Winston Jones | 18,158 | 39.3 | 2 |
| Bradford West | Arthur Tiley | 23,012 | 56.2 | 1 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | Michael Shaw | 23,243 | 49.9 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | Alan Hopkins | 24,258 | 47.7 | 1 |
| Cannock | Philip Lugg | 22,485 | 43.1 | 2 |
| Central Norfolk | Richard Collard | 21,918 | 50.3 | 1 |
| Chesterfield | James Anthony Lemkin | 17,084 | 31.6 | 2 |
| Denbigh | Geraint Morgan | 17,893 | 41.7 | 1 |
| Dumfries | Niall Macpherson | 25,867 | 58.4 | 1 |
| Dundee East | Robert McCrindle | 22,082 | 45.7 | 2 |
| Dundee West | Robert Taylor | 25,143 | 48.3 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Archie Elliott | 14,744 | 38.6 | 2 |
| East Fife | James Henderson-Stewart | 26,585 | 69.9 | 1 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Gershom Stewart | 12,018 | 38.0 | 2 |
| Goole | Douglas Sisson | 16,581 | 38.6 | 2 |
| Gower | Michael Heseltine | 9,837 | 24.0 | 2 |
| Harwich | Julian Ridsdale | 23,653 | 53.2 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 29,013 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 20,254 | 53.9 | 1 |
| Luton | Charles Hill | 27,153 | 55.1 | 1 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Colin Thornton-Kemsley | 17,536 | 67.4 | 1 |
| North Norfolk | Frank Henry Easton | 19,126 | 49.2 | 2 |
| Plymouth Devonport | Joan Vickers | 28,481 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Pontefract | Edward Bowman | 10,884 | 23.6 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | John MacLeod | 7,813 | 47.2 | 1 |
| St Ives | Greville Howard | 15,700 | 47.9 | 1 |
| Sheffield Attercliffe | Herbert Lambert | 15,304 | 31.2 | 2 |
| Sheffield Brightside | Hugo Clifford Holmes | 12,269 | 29.3 | 2 |
| Sheffield Hallam | John Osborn | 28,747 | 62.7 | 1 |
| Sheffield Heeley | Peter Roberts | 33,236 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Sheffield Hillsborough | Stanley Kenneth Arnold | 16,845 | 43.5 | 2 |
| Sheffield Park | John Neill | 10,598 | 28.9 | 2 |
| South Angus | James Duncan | 19,435 | 57.1 | 1 |
| South Bedfordshire | Norman Cole | 25,861 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Western Isles | Donny MacLeod | 7,496 | 46.4 | 2 |
| West Renfrewshire | John Maclay | 20,959 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Wrexham | Griffith H. Pierce | 17,144 | 31.9 | 2 |

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.

### By-elections, 1959-1964

| By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960 | Michael Shaw | 22,472 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Central Norfolk by-election, 1962 | Ian Gilmour | 13,268 | 37.7 | 1 |
| Dundee West by-election, 1963 | Robert Taylor | 25,143 | 48.3 | 2 |

### 1964 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bradford East | Trevor Lewis | 11,075 | 38.2 | 2 |
| Bradford North | William Taylor | 16,507 | 40.2 | 2 |
| Bradford South | Derek Bottomley | 17,097 | 37.7 | 2 |
| Bradford West | Arthur Tiley | 21,121 | 54.0 | 1 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | Michael Shaw | 19,812 | 42.2 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | Alan Hopkins | 22,423 | 46.7 | 1 |
| Dundee East | John Leslie Marshall | 21,499 | 45.2 | 2 |
| Dundee West | Henry Campbell Scarlett | 22,473 | 44.3 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Ian Kirkwood | 14,033 | 38.5 | 2 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Gershom Stewart | 12,777 | 44.5 | 2 |
| Goole | Donald Chapman | 15,435 | 36.9 | 2 |
| Gower | Huw Griffith | 8,822 | 22.5 | 2 |
| Harwich | Julian Ridsdale | 25,102 | 50.4 | 1 |
| Holland with Boston | Herbert Butcher | 29,082 | 55.4 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 20,320 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Neil Gow | 11,756 | 29.1 | 2 |
| Ross and Cromarty | John Macleod | 5,516 | 32.1 | 2 |
| St Ives | Greville Howard | 14,040 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Wrexham | Griffith H. Pierce | 17,240 | 32.9 | 2 |

John Osborn and Peter Roberts are not listed; they were elected as Conservatives, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.

### 1966 general election

| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Bradford East | Henry Sissling | 8,091 | 30.5 | 2 |
| Bradford West | Arthur Tiley | 18,170 | 48.0 | 2 |
| Brighouse and Spenborough | Cyril Donald Chapman | 21,216 | 45.2 | 2 |
| Bristol North East | Alan Hopkins | 21,727 | 45.8 | 2 |
| Goole | Richard Whitfield | 13,969 | 34.0 | 2 |
| Harwich | Julian Ridsdale | 24,975 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | David Renton | 20,504 | 49.2 | 1 |
| St Ives | John Nott | 14,312 | 41.3 | 1 |
| Wrexham | Griffith H. Pierce | 12,596 | 24.6 | 2 |
