ABSTRACT
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % of % of Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total
1832 350 66 175 - 241,284 28.9 29.4 1835 407 121 273 - 261,269 42.8 42.6 1837 484 121 314 - 379,694 48.2 48.3 1841 498 212 367 - 306,314 52.7 50.9 1847 422 213 325 - 205,481 43.1 42.2 1852 461 160 330 - 316,718 40.8 41.4 1857 351 148 264 - 239,712 31.0 33.1 1859 394 196 298 - 193,232 33.4 34.3 1865 406 142 289 - 346,035 40.0 39.8 1868 436 91 271 - 903,318 38.6 38.4 1874 507 125 350 - 1,091,708 44.6 43.9 1880 521 58 237 - 1,426,351 42.7 42.0 1885 602 10 249 - 2,020,927 45.6 43.5 1886 563 118 393 - 1,520,886 51.2 51.4 1892 606 40 313 - 2,159,150 49.5 47.0 1895 588 132 411 - 1,894,772 50.5 49.1 1900 569 163 402 - 1,767,958 51.0 50.3 1906 556 13 156 - 2,422,071 43.0 43.4 1910(J) 594 19 272 - 3,104,407 47.1 46.8 1910(D) 548 72 271 - 2,420,169 47.0 46.6 1918 445 41 382 3 4,144,192 39.5 38.7 1922 482 42 344 1 5,502,298 38.0 38.5 1923 536 35 258 0 5,514,541 37.7 38.0 1924 534 16 412 1 7,854,523 45.9 46.8 1929 590 4 260 18 8,656,225 37.5 38.1 1931 583 61 522 5 13,156,790 60.9 60.7 1935 583 26 429 1 11,755,654 53.2 53.3 1945 618 1 210 6 9,972,010 39.3 39.6 1950 619 2 298 5 12,492,404 43.0 43.4 1951 617 4 321 3 13,718,199 47.8 48.0 1955 624 0 345 3 13,310,891 49.3 49.7 1959 625 0 365 2 13,750,875 48.8 49.4 1964 630 0 304 5 12,002,642 42.9 43.4 1966 629 0 253 9 11,418,455 41.4 41.9 1970 628 0 330 10 13,145,123 46.2 46.4 1974(F) 623 0 297 8 11,872,180 38.8 37.9 1974(O) 622 0 277 28 10,462,565 36.7 35.8 1979 622 0 339 3 13,697,923 44.9 43.9 1983 633 0 397 5 13,012,316 43.5 42.4 1987 633 0 376 0 13,760,583 43.3 42.3 1992 645 0 336 4 14,093,007 42.8 41.9 1997 648 0 165 8 9,600,943 31.5 30.7 2001 643 0 166 5 8,357,615 32.7 31.7 2005 630 0 198 5 8,784,915 33.2 32.4 1. Including Liberal Conservative 1847-59; Liberal Unionist 1886-1910(O); National, National Liberal and
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % of % of Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total 1900 15 1 0 2 - 62,698 1.9 1.3 1906 50 0 29 - 321,663 5.8 4.8 1910(J) 78 0 40 - 505,657 7.8 7.0 1910(D) 56 3 42 - 371,802 7.4 6.4 1918 361 11 57 6 2,245,777 23.0 20.8 1922 414 4 142 7 4,237,349 29.9 29.7 1923 427 3 191 17 4,439,780 31.0 30.7 1924 514 9 151 28 5,489,087 34.0 33.3 1929 569 0 287 35 8,370,417 37.8 37.1 19312 516 6 52 21 6,649,630 31.1 30.9 1935 552 13 154 16 8,325,491 38.6 38.0 1945 603 2 393 2 11,967,746 48.8 48.0 1950 617 0 315 0 13,266,176 46.8 46.1 1951 617 0 295 1 13,948,883 49.4 48.8 1955 620 0 277 1 12,405,254 47.4 46.4 1959 621 0 258 1 12,216,172 44.6 43.8 1964 628 0 317 8 12,205,808 44.8 44.1 1966 622 0 364 3 13,096,629 48.8 48.0 1970 625 0 288 6 12,208,758 43.9 43.1 1974(F) 623 0 301 25 11,645,616 38.0 37.2 1974(O) 623 0 319 13 11,457,079 40.2 39.2 1979 623 0 269 22 11,532,218 37.8 36.9 1983 633 0 209 119 8,456,934 28.3 27.6 1987 633 0 229 0 10,029,807 31.5 30.8 1992 634 0 271 1 11,560,484 35.2 34.4 1997 639 0 418 0 13,518,167 44.3 43.2 2001 640 0 412 0 10,724,953 42.0 40.7 2005 627 0 355 0 9,552,436 36.1 35.2 1. J. Keir Hardie is counted twice in this total. He contested both Preston and Merthyr Tydfil and was elected
Unopposed MPs Forfeited % of % of Election Candidates Returns Elected Deposits Total votes GB total UK total 1832 636 109 441 - 554,719 71.1 66.7 1835 538 154 385 - 349,868 57.2 57.4 1837 510 115 344 - 418,331 51.8 51.7 1841 388 113 271 - 273,902 47.2 46.9 1847 393 136 292 - 259,311 56.2 53.9 1852 488 95 324 - 430,882 58.9 58.4 1857 507 176 377 - 464,127 68.9 65.1 1859 465 183 356 - 372,117 66.6 65.7 1865 516 161 369 - 508,821 60.0 60.2 1868 600 121 387 - 1,428,776 61.4 61.5 1874 489 52 242 - 1,281,159 55.4 52.7 1880 499 41 352 - 1,836,423 57.3 55.4 1885 572 14 319 - 2,199,998 51.8 47.4 1886 449 40 192 - 1,353,581 48.6 45.0 1892 532 13 272 - 2,088,019 49.6 45.1 1895 447 11 177 - 1,765,266 48.0 45.7 1900 402 22 183 - 1,572,323 46.5 45.0 1906 536 27 399 - 2,751,057 49.6 49.4 1910(J) 511 1 274 - 2,866,157 44.1 43.5 1910(D) 467 35 272 - 2,293,869 45.2 44.2 1918 421 27 163 44 2,785,374 28.5 25.6 1922 485 10 115 32 4,139,460 29.2 28.8 1923 457 11 158 8 4,301,481 30.1 29.7 1924 339 6 40 30 2,928,737 18.2 17.8 1929 513 0 59 25 5,308,738 23.5 23.5 1931 117 5 36 6 1,476,123 6.9 7.0 1935 161 0 21 40 1,443,093 6.7 6.7 1945 306 0 12 76 2,252,430 9.2 9.0 1950 475 0 9 319 2,621,487 9.3 9.1 1951 109 0 6 66 730,546 2.6 2.6 1955 110 0 6 60 722,402 2.8 2.7 1959 216 0 6 55 1,640,760 6.0 5.9 1964 365 0 9 52 3,099,283 11.4 11.2 1966 311 0 12 104 2,327,457 8.6 8.5 1970 332 0 6 184 2,117,035 7.6 7.5 1974(F) 517 0 14 23 6,059,519 19.8 19.3 1974(O) 619 0 13 125 5,346,704 18.8 18.3 1979 577 0 11 303 4,313,804 14.1 13.8 1983 633 0 23 11 7,780,949 26.0 25.4 1987 633 0 27 1 7,341,633 23.1 22.6 1992 632 0 20 11 5,999,606 18.3 17.8 1997 639 0 46 13 5,242,947 17.2 16.8 2001 639 0 52 1 4,814,321 18.8 18.3 2005 626 0 62 1 5,985,454 22.6 22.0 1. Including both Liberal and National Liberal 1922; Independent Liberal 1931; SDP/Liberal Alliance 1983-87;
Forfeited % of Scottish Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1929 2 0 2 3,313 0.2 1931 5 0 2 20,954 1.0 1935 8 0 5 29,517 1.3 1945 8 0 6 30,595 1.2 1950 3 0 3 9,708 0.4 1951 2 0 1 7,299 0.3 1955 2 0 1 12,112 0.5 1959 5 0 3 21,738 0.8 1964 15 0 12 64,044 2.4 1966 23 0 10 128,474 5.0 1970 65 1 43 306,802 11.4 1974(F) 70 7 7 633,180 21.9 1974(O) 71 11 0 839,617 30.4 1979 71 2 29 504,259 17.3 1983 72 2 53 331,975 11.8 1987 71 3 1 416,473 14.0 1992 72 3 0 629,564 21.5 1997 72 6 0 621,550 22.1 2001 72 5 0 464,314 20.1 2005 59 6 0 412,267 17.7
Forfeited % of Welsh Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1929 1 0 1 609 0.0 1931 2 0 1 2,050 0.2 1935 1 0 1 2,534 0.3 1945 7 0 6 16,017 1.2 1950 7 0 6 17,580 1.2 1951 4 0 4 10,920 0.7 1955 11 0 7 45,119 3.1 1959 20 0 14 77,571 5.2 1964 23 0 21 69,507 4.8 1966 20 0 18 61,071 4.3 1970 36 0 25 175,016 11.5 1974(F) 36 2 26 171,374 10.8 1974(O) 36 3 26 166,321 10.8 1979 36 2 29 132,544 8.1 1983 38 2 32 125,309 7.8 1987 38 3 25 123,599 7.3 1992 35 4 20 154,947 8.9 1997 40 4 15 161,030 9.9 2001 40 4 5 195,893 14.3 2005 40 3 8 174,838 12.6
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1983 311 6 6 3,570,834 11.6 1987 306 5 0 3,168,183 9.7
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1983 322 17 5 4,210,115 13.7 1987 327 22 1 4,173,450 12.8
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1979 53 0 53 39,918 0.1 1983 108 0 108 53,848 0.2 1987 133 0 133 89,753 0.3 1992 256 0 256 171,927 0.5 1997 95 0 95 63,991 0.2 2001 145 0 135 166,477 0.6 2005 203 0 179 283,414 1.0 1. The Ecology Party formed in February 1974 changed its name to the Green Party in September 1985. The
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1970 10 0 10 11,449 0.0 1974(F) 54 0 54 76,865 0.2 1974(O) 90 0 90 113,843 0.4 1979 303 0 303 191,719 0.6 1983 60 0 60 27,065 0.1 1987 0 0 0 - - 1992 14 0 14 4,750 0.0
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1992 13 0 13 7,005 0.0 1997 57 0 54 35,832 0.1 2001 33 0 28 47,129 0.2 2005 119 0 85 192,745 0.7
Forfeited % of UK Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1997 193 0 192 105,722 0.3 2001 428 0 422 390,563 1.5 2005 496 0 458 605,973 2.2
Forfeited % of NI Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1974(F) Anti-Assembly 7 7 0 232,103 32.3 Pro-Assembly 7 0 2 94,301 13.1 1974 (O) 7 6 0 256,065 36.5 1979 11 5 0 254,578 36.6 1983 16 11 1 259,952 34.0 1987 12 9 0 276,230 37.8 1992 13 9 0 271,049 34.5 1997 16 10 1 258,349 32.7 2001 17 6 0 216,839 26.8 2005 18 1 2 127,414 17.8
The Ulster Democratic Unionist Party Vote 1974-2005 Forfeited % of NI
Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1974(F) 2 1 0 58,656 8.2 1974 (O) 2 1 0 59,451 8.5 1979 5 3 2 70,975 10.2 1983 14 3 3 152,749 20.0 1987 4 3 0 85,642 11.7 1992 7 3 0 103,039 13.1 1997 9 2 0 107,348 13.6 2001 14 5 0 181,999 22.5 2005 18 9 0 241,856 33.7
The Social Democratic and Labour Party Vote 1974-2005 Forfeited % of NI
Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1974(F) 12 1 4 160,437 22.4 1974(O) 9 1 1 154,193 22.0 1979 9 1 3 126,325 18.2 1983 17 1 7 137,012 17.9 1987 13 3 0 154,087 21.1 1992 13 4 0 184,445 23.5 1997 18 3 3 190,814 24.1 2001 18 3 2 169,865 21.0 2005 18 3 2 125,626 17.5
Forfeited % of NI
Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1983 14 1 7 102,701 13.4 1987 14 1 4 83,389 11.4 1992 14 0 5 78,291 10.0 1997 17 2 4 126,921 16.1 2001 18 4 4 175,933 21.7 2005 18 5 4 174,530 24.3
The Alliance Party Vote 1974-2005 Forfeited % of NI
Election Candidates MPs Elected Deposits Total votes total 1974(F) 3 0 2 22,660 3.2 1974(O) 5 0 1 44,644 6.4 1979 12 0 8 82,892 11.9 1983 12 0 6 61,275 8.0 1987 16 0 5 72,671 10.0 1992 16 0 5 68,665 8.7 1997 17 0 6 62,972 8.0 2001 10 0 5 28,999 3.6 2005 12 0 5 28,291 3.9
