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

Summary of general election performance

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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

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1931 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[1]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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.[3]

By-elections, 1950-1951

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Election Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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.[3]

By-elections, 1951-1955

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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.[3]

By-elections, 1955-1959

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

1959 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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.[3]

By-elections, 1959-1964

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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.[3]

1966 general election

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Constituency Candidate Votes % Position[2]
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1950–1973 (2 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-07-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.55
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