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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	254,202	5,084	4.3	+2.5	29

Election results

1900 general election

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

Clarke, Hardie, Johnston, Jowett, MacDonald, Parker and Snowden were sponsored by the Independent Labour Party, while Lansbury and Thorne were sponsored by the Social Democratic Federation. 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
Wakefield by-election, 1902	Philip Snowden	1,979	40.1	2
Clitheroe by-election, 1902	David James Shackleton	unopposed	N/A	1
Woolwich by-election, 1903	Will Crooks	8,687	61.4	1
Preston by-election, 1903	John Hodge	6,490	42.9	2
Barnard Castle by-election, 1903	Arthur Henderson	3,370	35.4	1
Norwich by-election, 1904	George Henry Roberts	2,440	13.7	3
Belfast North by-election, 1905	William Walker	3,966	47.2	2

1906 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position^[2]
Barnard Castle	Arthur Henderson	5,540	58.8	1
Barrow-in-Furness	Charles Duncan	5,167	48.3	1
Belfast North	William Walker	4,616	48.5	2
Birmingham Bordesley	John Bruce Glasier	3,976	33.9	2
Birmingham East	James Holmes	5,343	47.4	2
Blackburn	Philip Snowden	10,282	26.8	2
Bolton	Alfred Henry Gill	10,416	37.1	2
Bradford West	Fred Jowett	4,957	39.1	1
Chatham	John Hagan Jenkins	6,692	62.5	1
Clitheroe	David James Shackleton	12,035	75.9	1
Croydon	Harry Stranks	4,007	20.2	3
Darlington	Isaac Mitchell	4,087	48.3	2
Deptford	C. W. Bowerman	6,236	52.2	1
Dewsbury	Ben Turner	2,629	21.2	3
Dundee	Alexander Wilkie	6,833	23.3	2
Eccles	Ben Tillett	3,985	26.4	3
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown	George Nicoll Barnes	3,284	39.5	1
Glasgow Camlachie	Joseph Burgess	2,568	30.0	3
Glasgow Govan	John Hill	4,212	29.0	3
Gorton	John Hodge	8,566	66.4	1
Gravesend	James Macpherson	873	16.2	3
Great Grimsby	Thomas Proctor	2,248	17.8	3
Halifax	James Parker	8,937	38.3	2
Huddersfield	T. Russell Williams	5,813	35.2	2
Ince	Stephen Walsh	8,046	70.2	1
Jarrow	Peter Francis Curran	5,093	38.8	2
Leeds East	James O'Grady	4,299	66.1	1
Leeds South	Albert E. Fox	4,030	32.6	2
Leicester	Ramsay MacDonald	14,685	39.8	2
Liverpool Kirkdale	James Conley	3,157	45.7	2
Liverpool West Toxteth	James Sexton	2,592	43.5	2
Manchester North East	John Robert Clynes	5,386	64.6	1
Manchester South West	George Davy Kelley	4,101	58.8	1
Merthyr Tydfil	Keir Hardie	10,187	32.0	2
Monmouth Boroughs	James Winstone	1,678	16.5	3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Walter Hudson	18,869	31.1	1
Newton	James Andrew Seddon	6,434	52.2	1
Norwich	George Henry Roberts	11,059	37.5	1
Portsmouth	William Sanders	8,172	17.6	3
Preston	John Thomas Macpherson	10,181	31.0	1
St Helens	Thomas Glover	6,088	56.6	1
Stockport	George Wardle	7,299	32.4	1
Stockton-on-Tees	Frank Herbert Rose	1,710	23.1	3
Sunderland	Thomas Summerbell	13,430	31.8	2
Wakefield	Stanton Coit	2,068	36.9	2
West Ham South	Will Thorne	10,198		1
Westhoughton	William Tyson Wilson	9,262	60.2	1
Wolverhampton West	Thomas Frederick Richards	6,767		1
Woolwich	Will Crooks	9,026	56.6	1
York	G. H. Stuart	4,573	19.7	4

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.

References

^ Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245
^ Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116

[1] Alan Haworth and Dianne Hayter, Men Who Made Labour, p.245

[2] Joel Dayton Moore, The Taff Vale Decision in British Labor History, pp.115-116

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-| [[Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds East]] || {{sortname|William Pollard|Byles}} || 1,266 || || 3
+| [[Leeds East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds East]] || {{sortname|William Pollard|Byles}} || 1,266 || 19.7 || 3
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 | [[Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)|Leicester]] || {{sortname|Ramsay|MacDonald}} || 4,164 || 13.0 || 4
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 | [[Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr Tydfil]] || {{sortname|Keir|Hardie}} || 5,745 || 31.3 || 2
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-| [[Preston (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston]] || {{sortname|Keir|Hardie}} || 4,834 || ||
+| [[Preston (UK Parliament constituency)|Preston]] || {{sortname|Keir|Hardie}} || 4,834 || 22.1 || 3
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 | [[Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Rochdale]] || {{sortname|Allen|Clarke|nolink=1}} || 901 || 8.0 || 3
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-| [[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Wilkie}} || 8,842 || || 4
+| [[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] || {{sortname|Alexander|Wilkie}} || 8,842 || 23.6 || 4
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 | [[West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency)|West Ham South]] || {{sortname|Will|Thorne}} || 4,439 || 44.2 || 2