The number of Labour MP’s elected to the House of Commons started in 1895 when the Independent Labour Party got representation within the Commons. However, the Labour Party started its electoral campaign in 1900. The number of Labour MP’s increased usually at the expense of the Liberal Party.

 

1900: 2

 

1906: 29

 

1910 January: 40

 

1910 December: 42

 

1918: 57

 

1922: 142

 

1923: 191

 

1924: 151

 

1929: 287

 

1931: 52

 

1935: 154

 

1945: 393

 

1950: 315

 

1951: 295

 

1955: 277

 

1959: 258

 

1964: 317

 

1966: 364

 

1970: 288

 

1974 February: 301

 

1974 October: 319

 

1979: 269

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