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{{Short description|UK political party election results}}
This article lists the '''[[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|National Liberal Party]]'s election results''' in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK parliamentary]] elections.
== Summary of general election performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Number of Candidates !! Total votes !! Average votes per candidate !! % UK vote !! Change (percentage points) !! Saved deposits !! Number of MPs
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]] || 41 || 809,302 || 19,739 || 3.7 || ''N/A'' || 41 || 35
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1935|1935]] || 44 || 784,608 || 17,832 || 3.7 || ''N/A'' || 44 || 33
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945]] || 49 || 686,652 || 14,013 || 2.8 || -0.9 || 49 || 11
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1950|1950]] || 55 || 985,343 || 17,915 || 3.4 || +0.6 || 55|| 16
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1951|1951]] || 55 || 1,058,138 || 19,239 || 3.7 || +0.3 || 55 || 19
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1955|1955]] || 45 || 842,133 || 18,714 || 3.1 || -0.6 || 45 || 21
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1959|1959]] || 39 || 765,794 || 19,636 || 2.7 || -0.4 || 39 || 20
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1964|1964]] || 19 || 326,130 || 17,165 || 1.2 || -1.5 || 19 || 6
|-
|[[United Kingdom general election, 1966|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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig  |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 |edition=3 |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ashford (UK Parliament constituency)|Ashford]] || {{sortname|Roderick|Kedward|Roderick Kedward (politician)}} || 14,681 || 41.3 || 2
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Richard John|Soper}} || 21,392 || 50.9 || 1
|-
|[[Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)|Bishop Auckland]] || {{sortname|Aaron|Curry|Aaron Curry (politician)}} || 17,551 || 51.4 || 1
|-
|[[Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Bosworth]] || {{sortname|William|Edge|Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet}} || 29,926 || 68.0 || 1
|-
|[[Clay Cross (UK Parliament constituency)|Clay Cross]] || {{sortname|Jacob|Weinberg|nolink=1}} || 11,611 || 35.4 || 2
|-
|[[Consett (UK Parliament constituency)|Consett]] || {{sortname|John Purcell|Dickie}} || 22,474 || 53.0 || 1
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Henry|Morris-Jones}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|John|Wallace|John Wallace (Scottish politician)}} || 16,863 || 57.9 || 1
|-
|[[East Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|East Dorset]] || {{sortname|Alec Ewart|Glassey}} || 18,801 || 40.4 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James Duncan|Millar}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|East Norfolk]] || {{sortname|William|Lygon|William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp}} || 25,945 || 79.8 || 1
|-
|[[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]] || {{sortname|Richard John|Russell}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|Eye]] || {{sortname|Edgar|Granville}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Flintshire]] || {{sortname|Frederick|Llewellyn-Jones}} || 40,405 || 71.4 || 1
|-
|[[Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Magnay}} || 34,764 || 60.1 || 1
|-
|[[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Harbord}} || 21,008 || 78.6 || 1
|-
|[[Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock]] || {{sortname|Godfrey|Collins}} || 18,013 || 51.1 || 1
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Percy|Pybus}} || 26,818 || 86.4 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|James|Blindell}} || 30,375 || 77.5 || 1
|-
|[[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield]] || {{sortname|William|Mabane}} || 47,056 || 70.1 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|Sidney|Peters}} || 23,102 || 83.3 || 1
|-
|[[Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness]] || {{sortname|Murdoch|Macdonald}} || 18,702 || 65.3 || 1
|-
|[[Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Leith]] || {{sortname|Ernest|Brown|Ernest Brown (MP)}} || 24,847 || 65.0 || 1
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Leslie|Burgin}} || 32,015 || 80.2 || 1
|-
|[[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] || {{sortname|Clement|Davies}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Montrose Burghs]] || {{sortname|Robert|Hutchison|Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose}} || 17,212 || 77.0 || 1
|-
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne East]] || {{sortname|Robert|Aske|Sir Robert Aske, 1st Baronet}} || 24,552 || 63.4 || 1
|-
|[[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Shakespeare|Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1st Baronet}} || 40,925 || 30.4 || 1
|-
|[[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Willison}} || 12,811 || 20.7 || 3
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Leslie|Hore-Belisha}} || 23,459 || 72.2 || 1
|-
|[[Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontypool]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Keens|nolink=1}} || 14,709 || 43.7 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|Ian|Macpherson|Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Walter|Runciman|Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Shoreditch]] || {{sortname|Charles|Summersby}} || 19,596 || 56.7 || 1
|-
|[[Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Barrie|Charles Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay}} || 54,269 || 33.6 || 2
|-
|[[South Molton (UK Parliament constituency)|South Molton]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert}} || 25,700 || 88.0 || 1
|-
|[[Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark North]] [CHECK] || {{sortname|Edward Anthony|Strauss}} || 13,045 || 64.9 || 1
|-
|[[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley]] || {{sortname|John|Simon|John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon}} || 28,647 || 64.6 || 1
|-
|[[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Lewis|Jones|Lewis Jones (politician)}} || 20,603 || 58.6 || 1
|-
|[[Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Wentworth]] || {{sortname|Charlotte Isabel|Hilyer|nolink=1}} || 14,462 || 31.2 || 2
|-
|[[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Ramsay}} || 5,793 || 54.8 || 1
|}
Barrie won in Southampton by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.
===By-elections, 1931-1935===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18" />
|-
|[[Montrose Burghs by-election, 1932]] || {{sortname|Charles|Kerr|Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot}} || 7,963 || 46.9 || 1
|-
|[[East Fife by-election, 1933]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 15,770 || 52.2 || 1
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935]] || {{sortname|Henry|Fildes}} || 16,271 || 60.3 || 1
|}
===1935 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18" />
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Richard John|Soper}} || 17,683 || 41.1 || 2
|-
|[[Bermondsey West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey West]] || {{sortname|Frank|Glanville|nolink=1}} || 7,674 || 37.8 || 2
|-
|[[Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Bosworth]] || {{sortname|William|Edge|Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet}} || 22,969 || 59.2 || 1
|-
|[[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]] || {{sortname|Gordon|Campbell|Gordon Campbell (Royal Navy officer)}} || 26,965 || 46.4 || 2
|-
|[[Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)|Burslem]] || {{sortname|William|Allen|William Allen (National Liberal politician)}} || 15,227 || 45.8 || 2
|-
|[[Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency)|Combined Scottish Universities]] || {{sortname|George Alexander|Morrison}} || 7,529 || 27.7 || 2
|-
|[[Consett (UK Parliament constituency)|Consett]] || {{sortname|John Purcell|Dickie}} || 17,897 || 41.3 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]]* || {{sortname|Henry|Morris-Jones}} || 17,372 || 50.1 || 1
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfriesshire]] || {{sortname|Henry|Fildes}} || 22,053 || 65.4 || 1
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|John|Wallace|John Wallace (Scottish politician)}} || 14,848 || 47.7 || 2
|-
|[[Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|Durham]] || {{sortname|William|McKeag}} || 14,910 || 40.9 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 27,915 || 82.3 || 1
|-
|[[East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|East Norfolk]] || {{sortname|William|Lygon|William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp}} || 23,108 || 68.8 || 1
|-
|[[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]] || {{sortname|Richard John|Russell}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Eye (UK Parliament constituency)|Eye]] || {{sortname|Edgar|Granville}} || 21,606 || 73.9 || 1
|-
|[[Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Magnay}} || 28,772 || 52.7 || 1
|-
|[[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Harbord}} || 16,998 || 59.3 || 1
|-
|[[Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)|Greenock]] || {{sortname|Godfrey|Collins}} || 20,299 || 52.7 || 1
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Holmes|Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt}} || 21,716 || 70.3 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|James|Blindell}} || 25,162 || 65.5 || 1
|-
|[[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield]] || {{sortname|William|Mabane}} || 37,009 || 60.8 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|Sidney|Peters}} || 17,287 || 68.7 || 1
|-
|[[Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness]] || {{sortname|Murdoch|Macdonald}} || 14,985 || 56.4 || 1
|-
|[[Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Leith]] || {{sortname|Ernest|Brown|Ernest Brown (MP)}} || 18,888 || 57.7 || 1
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Leslie|Burgin}} || 28,809 || 65.5 || 1
|-
|[[Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Montgomeryshire]] || {{sortname|Clement|Davies}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Montrose Burghs]] || {{sortname|Charles|Kerr|Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot}} || 15,198 || 69.6 || 1
|-
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne East]] || {{sortname|Robert|Aske|Sir Robert Aske, 1st Baronet}} || 23,146 || 58.6 || 1
|-
|[[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Shakespeare|Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1st Baronet}} || 36,039 || 29.1 || 1
|-
|[[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham]] || {{sortname|John Samuel|Dodd}} || 34,755 || 24.1 || 2
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Leslie|Hore-Belisha}} || 20,852 || 68.1 || 1
|-
|[[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] || {{sortname|Victor|Seeley|Sir Victor Seely, 4th Baronet}} || 17,257 || 46.6 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|Ian|Macpherson|Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron}} || 10,810 || 76.7 || 1
|-
|[[Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)|Rotherham]]* || {{sortname|Thomas Worrall|Casey}} || 14,298 || 32.5 || 2
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Walter|Runciman|Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Shoreditch]] || {{sortname|Somerset|Brooke|nolink=1}} || 11,673 || 38.6 || 2
|-
|[[Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Barrie|Charles Barrie, 1st Baron Abertay}} || 43,697 || 29.3 || 2
|-
|[[South Molton (UK Parliament constituency)|South Molton]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 1st Viscount Lambert}} || 20,767 || 78.7 || 1
|-
|[[Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark North]] || {{sortname|Edward Anthony|Strauss}} || 8,086 || 50.2 || 1
|-
|[[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley]] || {{sortname|John|Simon|John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon}} || 21,671 || 50.8 || 1
|-
|[[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] || {{sortname|Stephen Noel|Furness}} || 49,001 || 30.2 || 1
|-
|[[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Lewis|Jones|Lewis Jones (politician)}} || 18,784 || 52.9 || 1
|-
|[[Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall]] || {{sortname|Joseph|Leckie}} || 28,563 || 57.5 || 1
|-
|[[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]] || {{sortname|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===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18" />
|-
|[[Greenock by-election, 1936]] || {{sortname|Vivian Emery|Cornelius|nolink=1}} || 17,990 || 46.6 || 2
|-
|[[Holland with Boston by-election, 1937]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 21,846 || 60.0 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives by-election, 1937]] || {{sortname|Alec|Beechman}} || 13,044 || 50.4 || 1
|-
|[[Pontypridd by-election, 1938]] || {{sortname|Juliet|Rhys-Williams}} || 14,810 || 40.1 || 2
|-
|[[Barnsley by-election, 1938]] || {{sortname|Seymour|Howard|Sir Seymour Howard, 1st Baronet}} || 13,052 || 35.6 || 2
|-
|[[Walsall by-election, 1938]] || {{sortname|George Ernest|Schuster}} || 28,720 || 57.1 || 1
|-
|[[East Norfolk by-election, 1939]] || {{sortname|Frank|Medlicott}} || 18,257 || 62.9 || 1
|-
|[[Southwark North by-election, 1939]] || {{sortname|Alfred|Henderson-Livesey|nolink=1}} || 4,322 || 42.6 || 2
|-
|[[Montrose Burghs by-election, 1940]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Spen Valley by-election, 1940]] || {{sortname|William|Woolley}} || unopposed || ''N/A'' || 1
|-
|[[Eddisbury by-election, 1943]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Peacock|nolink=1}} || 7,537 || 41.0 || 2
|}
===1945 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18" />
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Richard John|Soper}} || 11,382 || 27.1 || 2
|-
|[[Bermondsey West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey West]] || {{sortname|Bernard|Pemberton|nolink=1}} || 2,238 || 19.8 || 2
|-
|[[Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)|Bishop Auckland]] || {{sortname|William John Wilson|Tiley|nolink=1}} || 11,240 || 35.9 || 2
|-
|[[Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Bosworth]] || {{sortname|James Millard|Tucker|nolink=1}} || 20,854 || 44.4 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|Herbert Walker|Peel|nolink=1}} || 15,392 || 33.1 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North]] || {{sortname|John Henshaw|Britton|nolink=1}} || 16,648 || 42.2 || 2
|-
|[[Burnley (UK Parliament constituency)|Burnley]] || {{sortname|Herbert Monckton|Milnes|nolink=1}} || 9,877 || 29.8 || 2
|-
|[[Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)|Burslem]] || {{sortname|Frederic|Bennett}} || 15,227 || 45.8 || 2
|-
|[[Consett (UK Parliament constituency)|Consett]] || {{sortname|James Aloysius|McGilley|nolink=1}} || 12,198 || 29.9 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Henry|Morris-Jones}} || 17,023 || 41.7 || 1
|-
|[[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]] || {{sortname|Ernest|Kilner|nolink=1}} || 8,674 || 29.9 || 2
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfriesshire]] || {{sortname|Niall|Macpherson|Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn}} || 16,465 || 47.4 || 1
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson|nolink=1}} || 12,028 || 35.3 || 2
|-
|[[Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|Durham]] || {{sortname|John|Bunyan|nolink=1}} || 12,331 || 33.8 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 24,765 || 69.4 || 1
|-
|[[East Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|East Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Frank|Medlicott}} || 23,307 || 55.8 || 1
|-
|[[Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Eddisbury]] || {{sortname|John|Barlow|Sir John Barlow, 2nd Baronet}} || 15,294 || 57.7 || 1
|-
|[[Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Magnay}} || 17,719 || 32.5 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|John|Aeron-Thomas|nolink=1}} || 14,115 || 31.5 || 2
|-
|[[Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Yarmouth]] || {{sortname|Percy|Jewson}} || 7,974 || 44.2 || 2
|-
|[[Hackney South (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney South]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Price|nolink=1}} || 4,901 || 24.2 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Holmes|Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt}} || 16,452 || 55.7 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 26,939 || 55.9 || 1
|-
|[[Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Huddersfield]] || {{sortname|William|Mabane}} || 24,496 || 35.5 || 2
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton|David Renton, Baron Renton}} || 15,389 || 50.1 || 1
|-
|[[Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness]] || {{sortname|Murdoch|Macdonald}} || 12,090 || 43.3 || 1
|-
|[[Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency)|Jarrow]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Holmes|nolink=1}} || 11,649 || 34.0 || 3
|-
|[[Lambeth North (UK Parliament constituency)|Lambeth North]] || {{sortname|Eric William|Bales|nolink=1}} || 2,624 || 20.1 || 2
|-
|[[Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Leith]] || {{sortname|Ernest|Brown|Ernest Brown (MP)}} || 10,116 || 31.4 || 2
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Bruno|Brown|}} || 31,914 || 44.8 || 2
|-
|[[Manchester Clayton (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Clayton]] || {{sortname|Phillip|Smith|nolink=1}} || 9,883 || 30.6 || 2
|-
|[[Montrose Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Montrose Burghs]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || 13,966 || 58.2 || 1
|-
|[[Neath (UK Parliament constituency)|Neath]] || {{sortname|David|Bowen|nolink=1}} || 8,466 || 16.9 || 2
|-
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne East (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne East]] || {{sortname|Richard|O'Sullivan|nolink=1}} || 11,774 || 31.1 || 2
|-
|[[Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwich]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Shakespeare|Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1st Baronet}} || 25,945 || 23.0 || 3
|-
|[[Oldham (UK Parliament constituency)|Oldham]] || {{sortname|John Samuel|Dodd}} || 24,199 || 18.2 || 4
|-
|[[Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)|Rotherham]] || {{sortname|E. H.|Phillips|nolink=1}} || 12,420 || 25.8 || 2
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Alec|Beechman}} || 14,256 || 47.3 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] || {{sortname|Robert Hampden|Hobart|nolink=1}} || 14,404 || 36.6 || 2
|-
|[[Shoreditch (UK Parliament constituency)|Shoreditch]] || {{sortname|Frederick|Boult|nolink=1}} || 4,081 || 26.0 || 2
|-
|[[Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton]] || {{sortname|William Stanley|Russell Thomas}} || 22,650 || 17.4 || 4
|-
|[[South Molton (UK Parliament constituency)|South Molton]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert}} || 19,065 || 67.6 || 1
|-
|[[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] || {{sortname|Donald Maurice|Parry|nolink=1}} || 15,296 || 40.6 || 2
|-
|[[Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)|Southwark North]] || {{sortname|Edward|Terrell}} || 2,673 || 31.0 || 2
|-
|[[Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Spen Valley]] || {{sortname|William|Woolley}} || 19,621 || 43.3 || 2
|-
|[[Sunderland (UK Parliament constituency)|Sunderland]] || {{sortname|Stephen Noel|Furness}} || 29,366 || 21.3 || 3
|-
|[[Swansea East (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea East]] || {{sortname|Rowe|Harding}} || 6,102 || 24.2 || 2
|-
|[[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Lewis|Jones|Lewis Jones (politician)}} || 13,089 || 42.0 || 2
|-
|[[Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall]] || {{sortname|George Ernest|Schuster}} || 24,197 || 46.1 || 2
|-
|[[West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|West Fife]] || {{sortname|Robert Scott|Stevenson|nolink=1}} || 8,597 || 20.6 || 3
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|David Leslie|Milne|nolink=1}} || 13,714 || 28.6 || 2
|}
===By-elections, 1945-1950===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig18" />
|-
|[[Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1946]] || {{sortname|Robert Scott|Stevenson|nolink=1}} || 1,938 || 5.9 || 5
|-
|[[Edinburgh East by-election, 1947]] || {{sortname|D.|Mathews|nolink=1}} || 11,490 || 34.4 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford South by-election, 1949]] || {{sortname|John Lightfoot|Windle|nolink=1}} || 19,313 || 42.4 || 2
|}
===1950 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig  |title=British parliamentary election results 1950–1973 |edition=2  |year=1983 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-07-8}}</ref>
|-
|[[Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberavon]] || {{sortname|Auberon|Herbert|Auberon Herbert (landowner)}} || 8,091 || 19.0 || 2
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Charles|Gordon-Spencer|nolink=1}} || 8,480 || 13.8 || 3
|-
|[[Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford Central]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Boyce|nolink=1}} || 13,375 || 31.6 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey Francis|Greenbank|nolink=1}} || 12,527 || 27.0 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]] || {{sortname|William|Taylor|Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet}} || 20,628 || 45.7 || 1
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|John Lightfoot|Windle|nolink=1}} || 15,998 || 35.6 || 2
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|William|Woolley}} || 23,456 || 47.8 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|Violet|Bathurst|Violet Bathurst, Lady Apsley}} || 16,082 || 38.9 || 2
|-
|[[Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock]] || {{sortname|Marjorie|Hicking|nolink=1}} || 15,818 || 32.1 || 2
|-
|[[Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Frank|Medlicott}} || 20,407 || 51.3 || 1
|-
|[[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] || {{sortname|Andrew|Cavendish|Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire}} || 17,231 || 30.9 || 2
|-
|[[Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Dearne Valley]] || {{sortname|Aymée Lavender|Dower|nolink=1}} || 10,365 || 20.4 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Emlyn Garner|Evans}} || 17,473 || 38.9 || 1
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries]] || {{sortname|Niall|Macpherson|Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn}} || 26,268 || 59.3 || 1
|-
|[[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson|nolink=1}} || 22,863 || 46.2 || 2
|-
|[[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]] || {{sortname|Henry|Scrymgeour-Wedderburn|Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee}} || 23,685 || 44.6 || 2
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|James Stuart|Kerr|nolink=1}} || 14,967 || 38.8 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 25,749 || 63.7 || 1
|-
|[[Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Leith]] || {{sortname|Eoin Cameron|Mekie|nolink=1}} || 15,841 || 43.0 || 2
|-
|[[Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead East]] || {{sortname|Douglas|Clift|nolink=1}} || 13,530 || 40.1 || 2
|-
|[[Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead West]] || {{sortname|John|Magnay|nolink=1}} || 11,660 || 35.8 || 2
|-
|[[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]] || {{sortname|Anthony|Kershaw}} || 15,708 || 37.1 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|Rowe|Harding}} || 10,208 || 23.9 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Holmes|Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt}} || 22,814 || 50.6 || 1
|-
|[[Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Hemsworth]] || {{sortname|Jean Patricia|Asquith|nolink=1}} || 10,254 || 17.6 || 2
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 30,336 || 53.9 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton|David Renton, Baron Renton}} || 18,551 || 51.4 || 1
|-
|[[Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency)|Lincoln]] || {{sortname|Francis|Hill|nolink=1}} || 17,784 || 41.3 || 2
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Hill|Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton}} || 22,946 || 46.6 || 1
|-
|[[Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell]] || {{sortname|A. D.|Robertson|nolink=1}} || 14,183 || 34.0 || 2
|-
|[[Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Heseltine|nolink=1}} || 10,929 || 25.5 || 2
|-
|[[North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)|North Angus and Mearns]] || {{sortname|Colin|Thornton-Kemsley}} || 15,485 || 51.5 || 1
|-
|[[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Douglas|Reid|nolink=1}} || 17,741 || 43.0 || 2
|-
|[[Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Pembrokeshire]] || {{sortname|Gwilym|Lloyd-George}} || 25,421 || 49.9 || 2
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Randolph|Churchill}} || 27,329 || 44.9 || 2
|-
|[[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] || {{sortname|Maurice|Grant|nolink=1}} || 11,431 || 24.4 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|John|MacLeod|John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP)}} || 10,912 || 62.6 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Greville|Howard|Greville Howard (MP)}} || 16,653 || 46.0 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Attercliffe]] || {{sortname|Lionel|Farris|nolink=1}} || 12,185 || 28.4 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside]] || {{sortname|H. S. V.|Smith|nolink=1}} || 13,136 || 28.1 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]] || {{sortname|Roland|Jennings}} || 28,159 || 65.1 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Heeley]] || {{sortname|Peter|Roberts|Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet}} || 26,560 || 56.3 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] || {{sortname|Knowles|Edge|nolink=1}} || 19,613 || 39.8 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Neepsend]] || {{sortname|A. M.|Cook|nolink=1}} || 11,311 || 27.2 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|Harold|Pryce|nolink=1}} || 13,678 || 30.3 || 2
|-
|[[South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|South Angus]] || {{sortname|James|Duncan|Sir James Duncan, 1st Baronet}} || 19,324 || 53.9 || 1
|-
|[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]] || {{sortname|Robert Hampton|Hobart|nolink=1}} || 24,536 || 44.1 || 2
|-
|[[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]] || {{sortname|P.|Brembridge|nolink=1}} || 23,663 || 45.2 || 2
|-
|[[South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Bedfordshire]] || {{sortname|William|Fearnley-Whittingstall|nolink=1}} || 18,546 || 41.8 || 2
|-
|[[Swansea West (UK Parliament constituency)|Swansea West]] || {{sortname|Lewis|Jones|Lewis Jones (politician)}} || 22,608 || 46.3 || 2
|-
|[[Torrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Torrington]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert}} || 19,128 || 51.1 || 1
|-
|[[Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall]] || {{sortname|John|Barlow|Sir John Barlow, 2nd Baronet}} || 28,700 || 44.0 || 2
|-
|[[West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|West Fife]] || {{sortname|Patrick William Neill|Fraser|nolink=1}} || 10,131 || 23.6 || 2
|-
|[[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || 20,810 || 53.9 || 1
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Willoughby Gervase|Cooper|nolink=1}} || 14,117 || 25.5 || 2
|}
[[Richard Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford|Richard Nugent]] is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.<ref name="craigfacts">[[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975'', p.55</ref>
===By-elections, 1950-1951===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Sheffield Neepsend by-election, 1950]] || {{sortname|John Philip|Hunt|nolink=1}} || 8,365 || 26.8 || 2
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950]] || {{sortname|William|Woolley}} || 23,567 || 49.5 || 2
|}
===1951 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Whitaker|nolink=1}} || 9,296 || 17.3 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford Central]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Tiley}} || 16,343 || 39.3 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|Frederick William Howard|Cook|nolink=1}} || 16,999 || 37.1 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]] || {{sortname|William|Taylor|Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet}} || 24,524 || 54.3 || 1
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey Francis|Greenbank|nolink=1}} || 17,863 || 39.4 || 2
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|William|Woolley}} || 23,828 || 47.7 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|George|Nixon-Eckersall|nolink=1}} || 19,410 || 47.0 || 2
|-
|[[Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock]] || {{sortname|Alan|Farrington|nolink=1}} || 16,041 || 33.1 || 2
|-
|[[Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Frank|Medlicott}} || 21,909 || 55.9 || 1
|-
|[[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] || {{sortname|John|Nash|nolink=1}} || 19,776 || 36.3 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Emlyn Garner|Evans}} || 20,269 || 45.7 || 1
|-
|[[Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Dewsbury]] || {{sortname|James|Ramsden|James Ramsden (politician)}} || 19,562 || 36.4 || 2
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries]] || {{sortname|Niall|Macpherson|Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn}} || 26,386 || 61.3 || 1
|-
|[[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|Janet Sutherland|Murray|nolink=1}} || 22,863 || 46.2 || 2
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|James Stuart|Kerr|nolink=1}} || 15,657 || 38.9 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 28,446 || 70.6 || 1
|-
|[[Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Leith]] || {{sortname|Eoin Cameron|Mekie|nolink=1}} || 19,236 || 49.9 || 2
|-
|[[Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead East]] || {{sortname|Douglas|Clift|nolink=1}} || 14,344 || 42.4 || 2
|-
|[[Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)|Gateshead West]] || {{sortname|John|Magnay|nolink=1}} || 11,811 || 36.2 || 2
|-
|[[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]] || {{sortname|Anthony|Kershaw}} || 18,836 || 43.6 || 2
|-
|[[Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Goole]] || {{sortname|Anthony|Marreco}} || 17,073|| 39.6 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|Rowe|Harding}} || 10,351 || 24.1 || 2
|-
|[[Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Grimsby]] || {{sortname|Charles William|Hewson|nolink=1}} || 22,611 || 43.4 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Holmes|Stanley Holmes, 1st Baron Dovercourt}} || 26,169 || 58.9 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 31,683 || 57.9 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton|David Renton, Baron Renton}} || 20,845 || 57.4 || 1
|-
|[[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] || {{sortname|Ralph|Harris|Ralph Harris, Baron Harris of High Cross}} || 17,484 || 39.4 || 2
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Hill|Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton}} || 26,554 || 52.7 || 1
|-
|[[Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)|Motherwell]] || {{sortname|Norman|Sloan|nolink=1}} || 17,650 || 42.7 || 2
|-
|[[Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)|Normanton]] || {{sortname|Thomas|Heseltine|nolink=1}} || 11,199 || 26.5 || 2
|-
|[[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Douglas|Reid|nolink=1}} || 20,788 || 49.7 || 2
|-
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne North]] || {{sortname|Gwilym|Lloyd-George}} || 23,930 || 51.1 || 1
|-
|[[North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)|North Angus and Mearns]] || {{sortname|Colin|Thornton-Kemsley}} || 18,515 || 64.1 || 1
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Randolph|Churchill}} || 29,768 || 48.1 || 2
|-
|[[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] || {{sortname|Mervyn|Pike}} || 11,043 || 23.8 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|John|MacLeod|John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP)}} || 10,969 || 64.3 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Greville|Howard|Greville Howard (MP)}} || 18,828 || 53.3 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Attercliffe]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Lambert|nolink=1}} || 12,161 || 28.9 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside]] || {{sortname|Alfred|Wood|nolink=1}} || 12,433 || 27.6 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]] || {{sortname|Roland|Jennings}} || 29,016 || 70.8 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Heeley]] || {{sortname|Peter|Roberts|Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet}} || 27,776 || 61.0 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] || {{sortname|Geprge|Wadsworth|George Wadsworth (politician)}} || 19,617 || 41.0 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Neepsend (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Neepsend]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Stobbs|nolink=1}} || 10,655 || 27.0 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Rippon|nolink=1}} || 13,743 || 30.8 || 2
|-
|[[Southampton Itchen (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Itchen]] || {{sortname|Reginald|Stranger|nolink=1}} || 25,708 || 45.9 || 2
|-
|[[Southampton Test (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton Test]] || {{sortname|John|Paul|nolink=1}} || 25,965 || 49.6 || 2
|-
|[[South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|South Angus]] || {{sortname|James|Duncan|Sir James Duncan, 1st Baronet}} || 24,478 || 70.9 || 1
|-
|[[South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Bedfordshire]] || {{sortname|Norman|Cole|Norman Cole (politician)}} || 22,917 || 50.9 || 1
|-
|[[Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-on-Trent North]] || {{sortname|James|Coventry|nolink=1}} || 14,668 || 28.6 || 2
|-
|[[Torrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Torrington]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert}} || 23,162 || 66.2 || 1
|-
|[[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]] || {{sortname|John|Mitchell|nolink=1}} || 6,709 || 40.7 || 2
|-
|[[West Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|West Fife]] || {{sortname|John Patterson|Fyfe|nolink=1}} || 11,038 || 24.6 || 2
|-
|[[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || 21,546 || 53.8 || 1
|-
|[[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East]] || {{sortname|John|Ellis|nolink=1}} || 18,563 || 37.7 || 2
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Willoughby Gervase|Cooper|nolink=1}} || 19,124 || 34.8 || 2
|}
[[Richard Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford|Richard Nugent]] is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.<ref name="craigfacts" />
===By-elections, 1951-1955===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Dundee East by-election, 1952]] || {{sortname|Paul|Cowcher|nolink=1}} || 14,035 || 35.6 || 2
|-
|[[Barnsley by-election 1953]] || {{sortname|Geoffrey|Whitaker|nolink=1}} || 10,905 || 27.1 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich by-election, 1954]] || {{sortname|Julian|Ridsdale}} || 19,532 || 59.1 || 1
|-
|[[Motherwell by-election, 1954]] || {{sortname|Norman|Sloan|nolink=1}} || 13,334 || 39.3 || 2
|-
|[[Wrexham by-election, 1955]] || {{sortname|Griffith Winston Guthrie|Jones|nolink=1}} || 12,476 || 30.8 || 2
|}
===1955 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnsley]] || {{sortname|Anthony|Wilson|nolink=1}} || 14,776 || 27.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|George|Barber|nolink=1}} || 14,713 || 38.4 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]] || {{sortname|William|Taylor|Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet}} || 21,084 || 50.1 || 1
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|Reginald Winston|Jones|nolink=1}} || 16,768 || 38.7 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Tiley}} || 22,306 || 53.8 || 1
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|Frederick William Howard|Cook|nolink=1}} || 22,048 || 48.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|David|Webster|nolink=1}} || 21,864 || 44.8 || 2
|-
|[[Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock]] || {{sortname|John|Newey|nolink=1}} || 18,379 || 40.8 || 2
|-
|[[Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Frank|Medlicott}} || 21,851 || 57.3 || 1
|-
|[[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] || {{sortname|Frank|Hadfield|nolink=1}} || 21,748 || 42.4 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Emlyn Garner|Evans}} || 18,312 || 43.2 || 1
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries]] || {{sortname|Niall|Macpherson|Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn}} || 24,550 || 61.3 || 1
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|Charlotte|McNee|nolink=1}} || 14,170 || 39.0 || 2
|-
|[[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|Robert|Taylor|nolink=1}} || 21,606 || 45.7 || 2
|-
|[[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]] || {{sortname|Gordon|Pirie|nolink=1}} || 24,208 || 46.9 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 26,104 || 70.6 || 1
|-
|[[Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Leith]] || {{sortname|Janet Sutherland|Shearer|nolink=1}} || 10,693 || 32.3 || 2
|-
|[[Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Goole]] || {{sortname|Gavin|Welby|nolink=1}} || 15,456 || 37.8 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|Gwyther|Jones|nolink=1}} || 8,135 || 21.1 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Julian|Ridsdale}} || 23,889 || 56.4 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 28,412 || 53.2 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton|David Renton, Baron Renton}} || 20,609 || 58.4 || 1
|-
|[[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] || {{sortname|Duncan Drummond|Young|nolink=1}} || 16,392 || 40.7 || 2
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Hill|Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton}} || 24,722 || 51.3 || 1
|-
|[[Merionethshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Merionethshire]] || {{sortname|John|Jenkins|nolink=1}} || 3,001 || 12.7 || 4
|-
|[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne North (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle-upon-Tyne North]] || {{sortname|Gwilym|Lloyd-George}} || 25,236 || 63.8 || 1
|-
|[[North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)|North Angus and Mearns]] || {{sortname|Colin|Thornton-Kemsley}} || 18,516 || 69.0 || 1
|-
|[[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] || {{sortname|William Scarlett|Jameson|nolink=1}} || 19,657 || 48.5 || 2
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Joan|Vickers}} || 24,821 || 47.1 || 1
|-
|[[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] || {{sortname|Anthony Geoffrey|Blake|nolink=1}} || 10,183 || 23.8 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|John|MacLeod|John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP)}} || 9,929 || 62.3 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Greville|Howard|Greville Howard (MP)}} || 17,063 || 52.0 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Attercliffe]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Lambert|nolink=1}} || 13,503 || 29.0 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside]] || {{sortname|Edward|Flynn|nolink=1}} || 12,239 || 29.6 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]] || {{sortname|Roland|Jennings}} || 30,069 || 66.2 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Heeley]] || {{sortname|Peter|Roberts|Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet}} || 30,798 || 60.9 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] || {{sortname|Stanley Kenneth|Arnold|nolink=1}} || 16,428 || 41.2 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|Stanley|Rippon|nolink=1}} || 10,565 || 26.8 || 2
|-
|[[South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|South Angus]] || {{sortname|James|Duncan|Sir James Duncan, 1st Baronet}} || 23,967 || 72.7 || 1
|-
|[[South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Bedfordshire]] || {{sortname|Norman|Cole|Norman Cole (politician)}} || 23,365 || 52.8 || 1
|-
|[[Torrington (UK Parliament constituency)|Torrington]] || {{sortname|George|Lambert|George Lambert, 2nd Viscount Lambert}} || 20,124 || 65.1 || 1
|-
|[[Walsall North (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall North]] || {{sortname|Francis|Roberts|nolink=1}} || 15,970 || 37.5 || 2
|-
|[[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]] || {{sortname|John|Frame|nolink=1}} || 6,315 || 42.7 || 2
|-
|[[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || 21,283 || 55.2 || 1
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Griffith Winston Guthrie|Jones|nolink=1}} || 16,286 || 33.0 || 2
|}
[[Richard Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford|Richard Nugent]] is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.<ref name="craigfacts" />
===By-elections, 1955-1959===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Torrington by-election, 1958]] || {{sortname|Anthony|Royle}} || 13,189 || 37.4 || 2
|}
===1959 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|Desmond|Dalgleish|nolink=1}} || 14,529 || 42.0 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]] || {{sortname|William|Taylor|Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet}} || 22,850 || 53.1 || 1
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|Reginald Winston|Jones|nolink=1}} || 18,158 || 39.3 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Tiley}} || 23,012 || 56.2 || 1
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|Michael|Shaw|Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead}} || 23,243 || 49.9 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|Alan|Hopkins}} || 24,258 || 47.7 || 1
|-
|[[Cannock (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock]] || {{sortname|Philip|Lugg|nolink=1}} || 22,485 || 43.1 || 2
|-
|[[Central Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Richard|Collard}} || 21,918 || 50.3 || 1
|-
|[[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] || {{sortname|James Anthony|Lemkin|nolink=1}} || 17,084 || 31.6 || 2
|-
|[[Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)|Denbigh]] || {{sortname|Geraint|Morgan}} || 17,893 || 41.7 || 1
|-
|[[Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries]] || {{sortname|Niall|Macpherson|Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn}} || 25,867 || 58.4 || 1
|-
|[[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|Robert|McCrindle|nolink=1}} || 22,082 || 45.7 || 2
|-
|[[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]] || {{sortname|Robert|Taylor|nolink=1}} || 25,143 || 48.3 || 2
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|Archie|Elliott|Archie Elliott, Lord Elliott}} || 14,744 || 38.6 || 2
|-
|[[East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)|East Fife]] || {{sortname|James|Henderson-Stewart}} || 26,585 || 69.9 || 1
|-
|[[Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Leith]] || {{sortname|Gershom|Stewart|nolink=1}} || 12,018 || 38.0 || 2
|-
|[[Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Goole]] || {{sortname|Douglas|Sisson|nolink=1}} || 16,581 || 38.6 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|Michael|Heseltine}} || 9,837 || 24.0 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Julian|Ridsdale}} || 23,653 || 53.2 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 29,013 || 53.5 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton|David Renton, Baron Renton}} || 20,254 || 53.9 || 1
|-
|[[Luton (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton]] || {{sortname|Charles|Hill|Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton}} || 27,153 || 55.1 || 1
|-
|[[North Angus and Mearns (UK Parliament constituency)|North Angus and Mearns]] || {{sortname|Colin|Thornton-Kemsley}} || 17,536 || 67.4 || 1
|-
|[[North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|North Norfolk]] || {{sortname|Frank Henry|Easton|nolink=1}} || 19,126 || 49.2 || 2
|-
|[[Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth Devonport]] || {{sortname|Joan|Vickers}} || 28,481 || 56.4 || 1
|-
|[[Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract]] || {{sortname|Edward|Bowman|nolink=1}} || 10,884 || 23.6 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|John|MacLeod|John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP)}} || 7,813 || 47.2 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Greville|Howard|Greville Howard (MP)}} || 15,700 || 47.9 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Attercliffe]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Lambert|nolink=1}} || 15,304 || 31.2 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Brightside (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside]] || {{sortname|Hugo Clifford|Holmes|nolink=1}} || 12,269 || 29.3 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]] || {{sortname|John|Osborn|John Osborn (politician)}} || 28,747 || 62.7 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Heeley (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Heeley]] || {{sortname|Peter|Roberts|Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet}} || 33,236 || 59.0 || 1
|-
|[[Sheffield Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hillsborough]] || {{sortname|Stanley Kenneth|Arnold|nolink=1}} || 16,845 || 43.5 || 2
|-
|[[Sheffield Park (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Park]] || {{sortname|John|Neill|nolink=1}} || 10,598 || 28.9 || 2
|-
|[[South Angus (UK Parliament constituency)|South Angus]] || {{sortname|James|Duncan|Sir James Duncan, 1st Baronet}} || 19,435 || 57.1 || 1
|-
|[[South Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Bedfordshire]] || {{sortname|Norman|Cole|Norman Cole (politician)}} || 25,861 || 47.1 || 1
|-
|[[Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency)|Western Isles]] || {{sortname|Donny|MacLeod}} || 7,496 || 46.4 || 2
|-
|[[West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Renfrewshire]] || {{sortname|John|Maclay|John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel}} || 20,959 || 53.5 || 1
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Griffith H.|Pierce|nolink=1}} || 17,144 || 31.9 || 2
|}
[[Richard Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford|Richard Nugent]] is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.<ref name="craigfacts" />
===By-elections, 1959-1964===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! By-election !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960]] || {{sortname|Michael|Shaw|Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead}} || 22,472 || 50.8 || 1
|-
|[[Central Norfolk by-election, 1962]] || {{sortname|Ian|Gilmour}} || 13,268 || 37.7 || 1
|-
|[[Dundee West by-election, 1963]] || {{sortname|Robert|Taylor|nolink=1}} || 25,143 || 48.3 || 2
|}
===1964 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|Trevor|Lewis|nolink=1}} || 11,075 || 38.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford North (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford North]] || {{sortname|William|Taylor|Sir William Taylor, 1st Baronet}} || 16,507 || 40.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford South (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford South]] || {{sortname|Derek|Bottomley|nolink=1}} || 17,097 || 37.7 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Tiley}} || 21,121 || 54.0 || 1
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|Michael|Shaw|Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead}} || 19,812 || 42.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|Alan|Hopkins}} || 22,423 || 46.7 || 1
|-
|[[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|John Leslie|Marshall|nolink=1}} || 21,499 || 45.2 || 2
|-
|[[Dundee West (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee West]] || {{sortname|Henry Campbell|Scarlett|nolink=1}} || 22,473 || 44.3 || 2
|-
|[[Dunfermline Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Dunfermline Burghs]] || {{sortname|Ian|Kirkwood|Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood}} || 14,033 || 38.5 || 2
|-
|[[Edinburgh Leith (UK Parliament constituency)|Edinburgh Leith]] || {{sortname|Gershom|Stewart|nolink=1}} || 12,777 || 44.5 || 2
|-
|[[Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Goole]] || {{sortname|Donald|Chapman|nolink=1}} || 15,435 || 36.9 || 2
|-
|[[Gower (UK Parliament constituency)|Gower]] || {{sortname|Huw|Griffith|nolink=1}} || 8,822 || 22.5 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Julian|Ridsdale}} || 25,102 || 50.4 || 1
|-
|[[Holland with Boston (UK Parliament constituency)|Holland with Boston]] || {{sortname|Herbert|Butcher}} || 29,082 || 55.4 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton}} || 20,320 || 51.1 || 1
|-
|[[Kirkcaldy Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)|Kirkcaldy Burghs]] || {{sortname|Neil|Gow|nolink=1}} || 11,756 || 29.1 || 2
|-
|[[Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency)|Ross and Cromarty]] || {{sortname|John|Macleod|John MacLeod (Ross and Cromarty MP)}} || 5,516 || 32.1 || 2
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|Greville|Howard|Greville Howard (MP)}} || 14,040 || 42.6 || 1
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Griffith H.|Pierce|nolink=1}} || 17,240 || 32.9 || 2
|}
[[John Osborn (politician)|John Osborn]] and [[Sir Peter Roberts, 3rd Baronet|Peter Roberts]] are not listed; they were elected as Conservatives, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.<ref name="craigfacts" />
===1966 general election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Position<ref name="craig50" />
|-
|[[Bradford East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford East]] || {{sortname|Henry|Sissling|nolink=1}} || 8,091 || 30.5 || 2
|-
|[[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Tiley}} || 18,170 || 48.0 || 2
|-
|[[Brighouse and Spenborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighouse and Spenborough]] || {{sortname|Cyril Donald|Chapman|nolink=1}} || 21,216 || 45.2 || 2
|-
|[[Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol North East]] || {{sortname|Alan|Hopkins}} || 21,727 || 45.8 || 2
|-
|[[Goole (UK Parliament constituency)|Goole]] || {{sortname|Richard|Whitfield|nolink=1}} || 13,969 || 34.0 || 2
|-
|[[Harwich (UK Parliament constituency)|Harwich]] || {{sortname|Julian|Ridsdale}} || 24,975 || 47.6 || 1
|-
|[[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]] || {{sortname|David|Renton}} || 20,504 || 49.2 || 1
|-
|[[St Ives (UK Parliament constituency)|St Ives]] || {{sortname|John|Nott}} || 14,312 || 41.3 || 1
|-
|[[Wrexham (UK Parliament constituency)|Wrexham]] || {{sortname|Griffith H.|Pierce|nolink=1}} || 12,596 || 24.6 || 2
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{UK election results}}
[[Category:Election results by party in the United Kingdom]]