This article lists the Communist Party of Great Britain 's election resultsUK parliamentary elections.
Average vote share of Communist Party of GB candidates at each General Election Year Number of Candidates Total votes Average voters per candidate Percentage of vote Saved deposits[ 1] Change (percentage points) Number of MPs[ 2] 1922 5 30,684 6,137 0.2 3 N/A 1 1923 4 39,448 9,862 0.2 4 0.0 0 1924 8 55,346 6,918 0.3 7 +0.1 1 1929 25 50,634 2,205 0.2 4 -0.1 0 1931 26 74,824 2,878 0.3 5 +0.1 0 1935 2 27,177 13,589 0.1 2 −0.2 1 1945 21 102,780 4,894 0.4 9 +0.3 2 1950 100 91,765 918 0.3 3 −0.1 0 1951 10 21,640 2,164 0.1 0 −0.2 0 1955 17 33,144 1,950 0.1 2 0.0 0 1959 18 30,896 1,716 0.1 1 0.0 0 1964 36 46,442 1,290 0.2 0 +0.1 0 1966 57 62,092 1,089 0.2 0 0.0 0 1970 57 37,970 655 0.1 0 −0.1 0 1974 February 44 32,743 744 0.1 1 0.0 0 1974 October 29 17,426 601 0.1 0 0.0 0 1979 38 16,858 444 0.1 0 0.0 0 1983 35 11,606 332 0.0 0 −0.1 0 1987 19 6,078 320 0.0 0 −0.1 0
Election results
1922 general election This list does not include Shapurji Saklatvala , a member of the party who was elected for the Labour Party,[ 5] Joe Vaughan who also stood for the Labour Party.[ 4]
1923 general election This list does not include William Paul , Morgan Philips Price , Shapurji Saklatvala , Joe Vaughan or Ellen Wilkinson , party members who stood for the Labour Party.[ 5]
1924 general election
1929 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdeen North Aitken Ferguson 1,686 5.8 3 Battersea North Shapurji Saklatvala 6,554 18.6 3 Bethnal Green South West Robert Dunstan 1,368 7.7 3 Bothwell Helen Crawfurd 1,677 5.5 3 Caerphilly Jock Wilson 829 2.2 4 Dundee Bob Stewart 6,160 3.6 5 Dunfermline Burghs Jack Leckie 1,712 6.5 3 Glasgow St Rollox George Middleton 613 1.9 3 Greenock Alec Geddes 7,005 25.1 3 Hackney South J. T. Murphy 331 1.1 4 Hamilton Frank Moore 395 1.6 3 Limehouse Walter Tapsell 245 1.0 4 Manchester Platting Joseph Vaughan 401 1.0 3 Mansfield Rose Smith 533 1.1 4 Motherwell Isabel Brown 984 3.4 4 Ogmore John Ross Campbell 1,525 3.8 4 Rhondda East Arthur Horner 5,789 15.2 3 Rutherglen Alex Moffat 842 2.5 4 Seaham Harry Pollitt 1,431 2.9 4 Sheffield Attercliffe George Fletcher 1,731 5.5 4 Spen Valley Shaukat Usmani 242 0.6 3 Tottenham South Henry Sara 490 1.5 4 Wallsend Wal Hannington 744 1.8 4 West Fife Willie Gallacher 6,040 20.5 2 Wigan Frank Bright 1,307 2.8 3
1931 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdeen North Helen Crawfurd 3,980 11.1 3 Battersea North Shapurji Saklatvala 3,021 8.9 3 Bethnal Green South West Joe Vaughan 2,970 17.4 3 Bermondsey West Wal Hannington 873 4.2 3 Birmingham Duddeston Bernard Moore 327 1.2 3 Bothwell Barney McCourt 1,677 6.5 3 Burnley Jim Rushton 512 0.8 3 Dundee Bob Stewart 10,264 5.8 5 Edinburgh Central Fred Douglas 1,319 4.5 3 Glasgow Gorbals Harry McShane 2,626 7.9 3 Glasgow Springburn A. Haines 1,997 5.8 3 Gorton Chris Flanagan 1,000 2.6 3 Greenock Aitken Ferguson 6,440 18.2 3 Greenwich Kath Duncan 2,024 4.5 3 Hammersmith North Ted Bramley 697 2.2 3 Liverpool Scotland Leo McGree 1,544 5.6 3 Ogmore John Ross Campbell 3,099 8.2 3 Rhondda East Arthur Horner 10,359 31.9 2 Rhondda West John Leigh Davies 4,296 15.7 2 St Pancras North William Shepherd 456 1.3 3 St Pancras South East Shaukat Usmani 332 1.2 3 Seaham George Lumley 677 1.3 3 Sheffield Attercliffe George Fletcher 2,790 8.5 3 Sheffield Brightside J. T. Murphy 1,571 4.1 3 West Fife Willie Gallacher 6,829 22.1 3 Whitechapel and St Georges Harry Pollitt 2,658 11.2 3
1935 general election
1945 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Abingdon John Clement Dix Dunman 1,668 4.4 4 Birmingham Handsworth Jessie Eden 1,390 3.4 5 Birmingham Sparkbrook Rajani Palme Dutt 1,853 7.6 3 Coventry East Bill Alexander 3,986 7.0 3 Glasgow Central Bob Cooney 2,709 12.7 3 Glasgow Shettleston Peter Kerrigan 4,122 12.3 4 Greenock John Ross Campbell 5,900 17.2 3 Hackney South William Rust 4,891 24.2 3 Harrow East Gladys Driver 3,493 5.9 4 Hornsey George John Jones 10,058 21.5 3 Kirkcaldy Burghs John McArthur 2,898 8.5 4 Mile End Phil Piratin 5,075 47.6 1 Preston Pat J. Devine 5,168 3.8 6 Rhondda East Harry Pollitt 15,761 45.5 2 Rossendale Bill Whittaker 1,663 4.6 4 Sevenoaks Ken Thompson 676 1.6 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 4,115 13.0 3 Sheffield Hallam Gordon Herbert Cree 2,253 6.7 4 Sunderland Tommy Richardson 4,501 3.3 5 West Fife Willie Gallacher 17,636 42.2 1 Westminster Abbey Gabriel Billy Carritt 2,964 17.6 3
1950 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberdare Alistair Wilson 1,382 3.1 4 Aberdeen North Bob Cooney 1,391 2.7 4 Abingdon John Clement Dix Dunman 396 0.9 4 Acton Albert F. Papworth 663 1.5 4 Ashton-under-Lyne H. H. Blackwell 459 1.1 3 Battersea North John Mahon 655 1.8 4 Bedford Betty Lynette Matthews 207 0.5 4 Bethnal Green G. Midwater 610 1.9 4 Bexley Charles Job 481 0.9 4 Birkenhead S. Coulthard 971 1.8 4 Birmingham Northfield Dick Etheridge 479 1.0 4 Birmingham Sparkbrook Jim Crump 355 0.9 3 Birmingham Yardley J. Falconer 347 0.8 4 Bradford East H. Green 543 1.2 4 Brentford and Chiswick Joseph Henry Parker 401 1.0 4 Bristol South East Jack F. Webb 524 1.1 4 Burnley Bill Whittaker 526 1.0 3 Chesterfield Bas Barker 554 1.0 4 Cirencester and Tewkesbury Wogan Philipps 423 0.9 4 Cities of London and Westminster G. Billy Carritt 888 1.7 4 Clapham G. M. Draper 619 1.3 4 Coventry East Bill Alexander 487 1.0 4 Croydon West Bob Jarvie 336 0.7 4 Dagenham George Bridges 883 1.5 4 Deptford Les Stannard 562 1.3 4 Don Valley Sammy Taylor 1,007 1.9 3 Dover Bob Morrison 474 0.9 4 Dundee East Dave Bowman 1,093 2.2 3 East Ham South E. Thomas 401 1.1 4 Edinburgh Central Donald Renton 646 1.9 4 Eton and Slough P. L. N. Smith 614 1.5 4 Eye Lee Chadwick 277 0.6 4 Fulham East R. Ellesmere 399 1.1 4 Glasgow Bridgeton D. Kelly 858 2.5 4 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 2,426 5.9 3 Glasgow Govan William Lauchlan 1,547 3.7 4 Glasgow Scotstoun Bob McIlhone 1,088 2.6 4 Glasgow Shettleston Malcolm MacEwen 1,678 4.1 3 Glasgow Springburn Robert F. Horne 1,764 4.1 4 Greenock John Ross Campbell 1,228 3.0 4 Hackney South John R. Betteridge 2,199 3.8 4 Hampstead R. Gore 1,603 2.8 4 Harrow East Bill Seaman 633 1.2 4 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 593 1.6 4 Hendon North Marjorie Pollitt 918 2.0 4 Hornsey George John Jones 1,191 1.9 4 Huyton Leo McGree 387 0.9 4 Ilford South Dave Kelly 913 1.6 4 Islington South West Alfred Bender 834 1.8 4 Kensington North M. J. Eyre 551 1.3 4 Kettering L. P. O'Connor 368 0.6 4 Kilmarnock Isabel Brown 860 2.2 4 Leeds North East Bert Ramelson 612 1.6 4 Leicester North East Frederick C. Westacott 327 0.7 4 Lewisham South J. W. Jones 635 1.3 4 Liverpool Scotland Jack Coward 615 1.4 3 Manchester Blackley Ben Ainley 562 1.1 4 Manchester Gorton Syd Abbott 873 1.7 4 Manchester Wythenshawe Frances Dean 588 1.3 4 Mansfield Les Ellis 482 0.9 4 Middlesbrough East N. Levy 367 0.8 4 Motherwell R. Henderson 1,007 2.4 4 Neath Alun Thomas 1,584 3.5 4 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East R. McNair 492 0.9 3 Nottingham North West Arthur West 719 1.5 4 Ogmore Mavis Llewellyn 1,691 3.5 3 Oldham West W. Mawdsley 438 0.9 4 Oxford Ernest Keeling 494 0.8 4 Paddington North Daniel Cohen 417 1.2 4 Peckham T. Gibson 886 1.8 4 Poplar H. Watson 540 1.4 4 Portsmouth West George Swanton 251 0.5 3 Preston North P. J. Devine 366 0.8 4 Rhondda East Harry Pollitt 4,463 12.7 2 St Pancras North T. Aherne 967 1.9 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,081 2.3 3 Sheffield Hillsborough M. Bennett 759 1.5 3 Sheffield Park Arthur Fullard 909 2.0 3 Shipley L. T. Robb 237 0.6 4 Southall J. A. Purton 839 1.7 4 South Shields F. O. Smith 415 0.7 4 Southwark Joe Bent 668 1.3 4 Stalybridge and Hyde D. P. Herrick 389 0.8 4 Stepney Phil Piratin 5,991 12.5 3 Stirling and Falkirk G. McAlister 801 1.8 4 Swindon Ike Gradwell 295 0.7 4 Totnes Edwin Tapscott 423 0.8 4 Tottenham G. Cross 802 1.5 4 Vauxhall Margot Heinemann 508 1.3 4 Warrington James Joseph Grady 496 1.1 4 Wembley South N. Gill 430 1.0 4 West Dunbartonshire Finlay Hart 1,198 2.9 3 West Fife Willie Gallacher 9,301 21.6 3 West Ham South W. Norris 730 1.6 4 West Lothian J. Borrowman 664 1.5 4 Wigan Thomas Rowlandson 1,243 2.4 4 Willesden West David Michaelson 938 1.7 4 Woodford William George Philip Brooks 827 1.3 4 Woolwich East Rajani Palme Dutt 601 1.4 4 Wycombe Elizabeth Rose Leigh 199 0.4 4
1951 general election
1955 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Birmingham Perry Barr Bert Pearce 928 2.5 3 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,335 2.6 3 East Dunbartonshire Arnold Henderson 2,448 4.9 3 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 2,491 6.8 3 Glasgow Springburn Finlay Hart 1,532 5.5 3 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Aubrey Morris 1,525 3.4 4 Hackney Central John Betteridge 1,530 3.5 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 886 2.6 3 Hornsey George John Jones 1,442 2.6 3 Nottingham North John Peck 916 1.9 3 Rhondda East Annie Powell 4,544 15.1 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,303 3.0 3 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,461 3.5 3 Southwark Joe Bent 959 2.4 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,888 7.6 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 4,728 10.5 3 Wigan Thomas Rowlandson 1,567 3.4 3
1959 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Birmingham Perry Barr Bert Pearce 424 1.1 4 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,087 2.1 3 East Dunbartonshire Arnold Henderson 2,200 4.0 3 Glasgow Gorbals Peter Kerrigan 1,932 5.9 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,869 4.9 4 Glasgow Springburn Finlay Hart 1,235 4.5 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Foster 527 1.4 4 Hornsey George John Jones 1,107 2.0 4 Neath Jim David 1,962 4.6 3 Nottingham North John Peck 1,331 2.6 4 Rhondda East Annie Powell 4,580 14.5 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,230 3.0 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,373 3.3 3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,395 3.6 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,548 6.7 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 3,828 8.4 4 Wigan Mick Weaver 945 2.0 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,324 3.0 3
1964 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon Julian Tudor Hart 1,260 2.7 4 Battersea North Gladys Easton 471 2.0 4 Birmingham Small Heath George Jelf 926 3.3 3 Coventry East Harry Bourne 1,138 1.9 3 Dagenham Kevin Halpin 1,070 2.1 4 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,228 2.4 3 East Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 1,171 2.0 3 Glasgow Gorbals Margaret Hunter 1,339 5.6 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,378 4.4 3 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 950 3.7 4 Goole William Carr 1,165 2.8 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Stanley 873 2.6 3 Hornsey Max Morris 1,258 2.6 4 Islington South West John Moss 1,377 5.1 3 Kinross and Western Perthshire C. M. Grieve 127 0.5 4 Leeds South Bert Ramelson 928 2.6 3 Liverpool Scotland Tom Cassin 725 2.8 3 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 1,061 2.2 5 Luton Tony Chater 567 1.2 3 Manchester Openshaw Eddie Marsden 1,947 5.1 3 Mitcham Sid French 657 1.2 4 Motherwell James Sneddon 1,565 4.0 3 Neath Jim David 2,432 6.0 3 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Tom Welch 532 1.8 3 Nottingham North John Peck 1,579 3.1 3 Pontypool Eddie Jones 1,329 3.6 3 Rhondda East Annie Powell 3,385 11.8 2 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,140 3.4 4 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 1,356 3.5 3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,599 4.9 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,454 7.9 3 Swindon Ike Gradwell 944 2.1 3 West Fife William Lauchlan 3,273 7.5 3 West Lothian Irene Swan 610 1.2 4 Wigan Mick Weaver 988 2.4 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,130 3.0 3
1966 general election Constituency Candidate Votes % Position Aberavon Julian Tudor Hart 1,620 3.6 3 Aberdare Alistair Wilson 2,305 6.4 4 Aberdeen North Margaret Rose 719 1.7 4 Battersea North Gladys Easton 650 3.0 3 Birkenhead Barry Williams 604 1.5 3 Birmingham Northfield Derek Robinson 1,029 1.6 3 Birmingham Small Heath George Jelf 477 1.8 3 Birmingham Stechford Bill Dunn 998 2.6 3 Bothwell Thomas Woods 1,209 2.7 3 Bristol North West Brian Underwood 595 1.2 3 Coventry East Harry Bourne 1,368 2.3 4 Dagenham George Wake 1,373 2.9 3 Dundee West Dave Bowman 1,217 2.5 4 East Dunbartonshire Jimmy Reid 1,548 2.5 4 Eccles Michael Bennett 1,239 3.0 3 Edinburgh Leith Honor Arundel 279 1.0 3 Erith and Crayford Laurie Smith 556 1.3 4 Fulham Peter Robson 256 0.7 4 Glasgow Gorbals Margaret Hunter 819 4.1 3 Glasgow Govan Gordon McLennan 1,378 4.4 3 Glasgow Provan John Jackson 988 2.3 3 Glasgow Scotstoun Hugh Boyd 2,395 5.4 3 Glasgow Springburn Neil McLellan 867 3.7 4 Goole William Carr 952 2.3 3 Greenock William Dunn 702 2.1 4 Hackney North and Stoke Newington Monty Goldman 1,491 4.2 3 Hayes and Harlington Frank Stanley 698 2.1 3 Hornsey Max Morris 1,184 2.5 4 Islington South West John Moss 756 3.0 5 Leeds South Bert Ramelson 714 2.1 3 Liverpool Scotland Tom Cassin 779 3.9 3 Llanelli Bob Hitchon 1,211 2.6 4 Luton Tony Chater 586 1.2 4 Manchester Openshaw Eddie Marsden 1,479 4.3 3 Mansfield Fred Westacott 590 1.3 4 Mitcham Sid French 580 1.1 4 Motherwell James Sneddon 1,508 4.1 3 Neath Jim David 1,632 4.2 3 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Tom Welch 404 1.6 3 Nottingham North John Peck 1,070 2.1 3 Pontypool Eddie Jones 897 2.5 3 Rhondda East Annie Powell 2,349 8.4 2 Rhondda West Arthur True 1,853 7.4 4 St Pancras North Jock Nicolson 1,253 3.8 3 Sheffield Brightside Howard Hill 989 2.8 3 Sheffield Park Cyril Morton 1,022 3.3 3 Southwark Joe Bent 1,404 4.7 3 Stepney Solly Kaye 2,209 7.3 3 Stirling and Falkirk P. McIntosh 767 1.7 4 Stockton-on-Tees Ernest Jones 710 1.8 3 Stoke-on-Trent South Sam Lomas 2,262 5.1 3 Swansea East Bill Jones 902 2.2 4 Swindon Ike Gradwell 838 2.0 3 West Fife Archie Macmillan 1,542 3.6 4 West Lothian Irene Swan 567 1.1 4 Wigan Mick Weaver 858 2.2 3 Willesden West Les Burt 1,140 3.1 3
1970 general election
February 1974 general election
October 1974 general election
1979 general election
1983 general election
1987 general election
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