Labour Party (UK)
UK General Elections
Note The first election held under the Representation of the People Act 1918 in which all men over 21, and most women over the age of 30 could vote, and therefore a much larger electorate.

Labour Party (UK)

Section Title: UK General Elections
Table Section Text: Note The first election held under the Representation of the People Act 1918 in which all men over 21, and most women over the age of 30 could vote, and therefore a much larger electorate.

Election	Leader	Votes	Seats	Position	Resulting government

#	%	#	±

1900	Keir Hardie	62,698	1.8	2 / 670	5th	Conservative–Liberal Unionist

1906	Keir Hardie	321,663	5.7	29 / 670	27	4th	Liberal

Jan-1910	Arthur Henderson	505,657	7.6	40 / 670	11	4th	Liberal minority

Dec-1910	George Nicoll Barnes	371,802	7.1	42 / 670	2	4th	Liberal minority

1918	William Adamson	2,245,777	21.5	57 / 707	15	4th	Liberal–Conservative

1922	J. R. Clynes	4,076,665	29.7	142 / 615	85	2nd	Conservative

1923	Ramsay MacDonald	4,267,831	30.7	191 / 625	49	2nd	Labour minority

1924	Ramsay MacDonald	5,281,626	33.3	151 / 615	40	2nd	Conservative

1929	Ramsay MacDonald	8,048,968	37.1	287 / 615	136	1st	Labour minority

1931	Arthur Henderson	6,339,306	30.8	52 / 615	235	2nd	National Labour-Conservative–Liberal

1935	Clement Attlee	7,984,988	38.0	154 / 615	102	2nd	Conservative–National Labour–Liberal National

1945	Clement Attlee	11,967,746	47.7	393 / 640	239	1st	Labour

1950	Clement Attlee	13,266,176	46.1	315 / 625	78	1st	Labour

1951	Clement Attlee	13,948,883	48.8	295 / 625	20	2nd	Conservative

1955	Clement Attlee	12,405,254	46.4	277 / 630	18	2nd	Conservative

1959	Hugh Gaitskell	12,216,172	43.8	258 / 630	19	2nd	Conservative

1964	Harold Wilson	12,205,808	44.1	317 / 630	59	1st	Labour

1966	Harold Wilson	13,096,629	48.0	364 / 630	47	1st	Labour

1970	Harold Wilson	12,208,758	43.1	288 / 630	76	2nd	Conservative

Feb-1974	Harold Wilson	11,645,616	37.2	301 / 635	13	1st	Labour minority

Oct-1974	Harold Wilson	11,457,079	39.2	319 / 635	18	1st	Labour

1979	James Callaghan	11,532,218	36.9	269 / 635	50	2nd	Conservative

1983	Michael Foot	8,456,934	27.6	209 / 650	60	2nd	Conservative

1987	Neil Kinnock	10,029,807	30.8	229 / 650	20	2nd	Conservative

1992	Neil Kinnock	11,560,484	34.4	271 / 651	42	2nd	Conservative

1997	Tony Blair	13,518,167	43.2	419 / 659	148	1st	Labour

2001	Tony Blair	10,724,953	40.7	413 / 659	6	1st	Labour

2005	Tony Blair	9,562,122	35.3	356 / 646	57	1st	Labour

2010	Gordon Brown	8,601,441	29.1	258 / 650	98	2nd	Conservative–Lib Dem

2015	Ed Miliband	9,339,818	30.5	232 / 650	26	2nd	Conservative

2017	Jeremy Corbyn	12,874,985	40.0	262 / 650	30	2nd	Conservative minority with DUP confidence & supply

Sentence(s)

Labour won 142 seats in 1922, making it the second largest opposition to the Conservative government.

final_sentence: Labour won 142 seats in 1922, making it the second largest opposition to the Conservative government.