The number of Labour candidates at elections obviously grew as the popularity of the Labour Party itself increased. However, the number of male candidates after 1918 greatly outnumbered female candidates despite the fact that the Representation of the People Act of 1918 had enfranchised women 30 years and over and with property qualifications.
1900: 15
1906: 50
1910: 78
1910*: 56
1918: 361
1922: 414
1923: 427
1924: 514
1929: 569
1931: 516
1935: 552
1945: 603
1950: 617
1951: 617
1955: 620
1959: 621
1964: 628
1966: 622
1970: 625
1974: 623
1974**: 623
1979: 623
* = December
** = October