National Liberal Party (UK) election results

This article lists the National Liberal Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

Year	Number of Candidates	Total votes	Average votes per candidate	% UK vote	Change (percentage points)	Saved deposits	Number of MPs
1931	41	809,302	19,739	3.7	N/A	41	35
1935	44	784,608	17,832	3.7	N/A	44	33
1945	49	686,652	14,013	2.8	-0.9	49	11
1950	55	985,343	17,915	3.4	+0.6	55	16
1951	55	1,058,138	19,239	3.7	+0.3	55	19
1955	45	842,133	18,714	3.1	-0.6	45	21
1959	39	765,794	19,636	2.7	-0.4	39	20
1964	19	326,130	17,165	1.2	-1.5	19	6
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

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Ashford	Roderick Kedward	14,681	41.3	2
Barnsley	Richard John Soper	21,392	50.9	1
Bishop Auckland	Aaron Curry	17,551	51.4	1
Bosworth	William Edge	29,926	68.0	1
Clay Cross	Jacob Weinberg	11,611	35.4	2
Consett	John Purcell Dickie	22,474	53.0	1
Denbigh	Henry Morris-Jones	unopposed	N/A	1
Dunfermline Burghs	John Wallace	16,863	57.9	1
East Dorset	Alec Ewart Glassey	18,801	40.4	2
East Fife	James Duncan Millar	unopposed	N/A	1
East Norfolk	William Lygon	25,945	79.8	1
Eddisbury	Richard John Russell	unopposed	N/A	1
Eye	Edgar Granville	unopposed	N/A	1
Flintshire	Frederick Llewellyn-Jones	40,405	71.4	1
Gateshead	Thomas Magnay	34,764	60.1	1
Great Yarmouth	Arthur Harbord	21,008	78.6	1
Greenock	Godfrey Collins	18,013	51.1	1
Harwich	Percy Pybus	26,818	86.4	1
Holland with Boston	James Blindell	30,375	77.5	1
Huddersfield	William Mabane	47,056	70.1	1
Huntingdonshire	Sidney Peters	23,102	83.3	1
Inverness	Murdoch Macdonald	18,702	65.3	1
Leith	Ernest Brown	24,847	65.0	1
Luton	Leslie Burgin	32,015	80.2	1
Montgomeryshire	Clement Davies	unopposed	N/A	1
Montrose Burghs	Robert Hutchison	17,212	77.0	1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Robert Aske	24,552	63.4	1
Norwich	Geoffrey Shakespeare	40,925	30.4	1
Nuneaton	Herbert Willison	12,811	20.7	3
Plymouth Devonport	Leslie Hore-Belisha	23,459	72.2	1
Pontypool	Thomas Keens	14,709	43.7	2
Ross and Cromarty	Ian Macpherson	unopposed	N/A	1
St Ives	Walter Runciman	unopposed	N/A	1
Shoreditch	Charles Summersby	19,596	56.7	1
Southampton	Charles Barrie	54,269	33.6	2
South Molton	George Lambert	25,700	88.0	1
Southwark North [CHECK]	Edward Anthony Strauss	13,045	64.9	1
Spen Valley	John Simon	28,647	64.6	1
Swansea West	Lewis Jones	20,603	58.6	1
Wentworth	Charlotte Isabel Hilyer	14,462	31.2	2
Western Isles	Thomas Ramsay	5,793	54.8	1

Barrie won in Southampton by taking second place in a two-seat constituency.

By-elections, 1931-1935

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1932	Charles Kerr	7,963	46.9	1
East Fife by-election, 1933	James Henderson-Stewart	15,770	52.2	1
Dumfriesshire by-election, 1935	Henry Fildes	16,271	60.3	1

1935 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Barnsley	Richard John Soper	17,683	41.1	2
Bermondsey West	Frank Glanville	7,674	37.8	2
Bosworth	William Edge	22,969	59.2	1
Burnley	Gordon Campbell	26,965	46.4	2
Burslem	William Allen	15,227	45.8	2
Combined Scottish Universities	George Alexander Morrison	7,529	27.7	2
Consett	John Purcell Dickie	17,897	41.3	2
Denbigh*	Henry Morris-Jones	17,372	50.1	1
Dumfriesshire	Henry Fildes	22,053	65.4	1
Dunfermline Burghs	John Wallace	14,848	47.7	2
Durham	William McKeag	14,910	40.9	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	27,915	82.3	1
East Norfolk	William Lygon	23,108	68.8	1
Eddisbury	Richard John Russell	unopposed	N/A	1
Eye	Edgar Granville	21,606	73.9	1
Gateshead	Thomas Magnay	28,772	52.7	1
Great Yarmouth	Arthur Harbord	16,998	59.3	1
Greenock	Godfrey Collins	20,299	52.7	1
Harwich	Stanley Holmes	21,716	70.3	1
Holland with Boston	James Blindell	25,162	65.5	1
Huddersfield	William Mabane	37,009	60.8	1
Huntingdonshire	Sidney Peters	17,287	68.7	1
Inverness	Murdoch Macdonald	14,985	56.4	1
Leith	Ernest Brown	18,888	57.7	1
Luton	Leslie Burgin	28,809	65.5	1
Montgomeryshire	Clement Davies	unopposed	N/A	1
Montrose Burghs	Charles Kerr	15,198	69.6	1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Robert Aske	23,146	58.6	1
Norwich	Geoffrey Shakespeare	36,039	29.1	1
Oldham	John Samuel Dodd	34,755	24.1	2
Plymouth Devonport	Leslie Hore-Belisha	20,852	68.1	1
Pontefract	Victor Seeley	17,257	46.6	2
Ross and Cromarty	Ian Macpherson	10,810	76.7	1
Rotherham*	Thomas Worrall Casey	14,298	32.5	2
St Ives	Walter Runciman	unopposed	N/A	1
Shoreditch	Somerset Brooke	11,673	38.6	2
Southampton	Charles Barrie	43,697	29.3	2
South Molton	George Lambert	20,767	78.7	1
Southwark North	Edward Anthony Strauss	8,086	50.2	1
Spen Valley	John Simon	21,671	50.8	1
Sunderland	Stephen Noel Furness	49,001	30.2	1
Swansea West	Lewis Jones	18,784	52.9	1
Walsall	Joseph Leckie	28,563	57.5	1
Western Isles	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

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Greenock by-election, 1936	Vivian Emery Cornelius	17,990	46.6	2
Holland with Boston by-election, 1937	Herbert Butcher	21,846	60.0	1
St Ives by-election, 1937	Alec Beechman	13,044	50.4	1
Pontypridd by-election, 1938	Juliet Rhys-Williams	14,810	40.1	2
Barnsley by-election, 1938	Seymour Howard	13,052	35.6	2
Walsall by-election, 1938	George Ernest Schuster	28,720	57.1	1
East Norfolk by-election, 1939	Frank Medlicott	18,257	62.9	1
Southwark North by-election, 1939	Alfred Henderson-Livesey	4,322	42.6	2
Montrose Burghs by-election, 1940	John Maclay	unopposed	N/A	1
Spen Valley by-election, 1940	William Woolley	unopposed	N/A	1
Eddisbury by-election, 1943	Thomas Peacock	7,537	41.0	2

1945 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Barnsley	Richard John Soper	11,382	27.1	2
Bermondsey West	Bernard Pemberton	2,238	19.8	2
Bishop Auckland	William John Wilson Tiley	11,240	35.9	2
Bosworth	James Millard Tucker	20,854	44.4	2
Bradford South	Herbert Walker Peel	15,392	33.1	2
Bristol North	John Henshaw Britton	16,648	42.2	2
Burnley	Herbert Monckton Milnes	9,877	29.8	2
Burslem	Frederic Bennett	15,227	45.8	2
Consett	James Aloysius McGilley	12,198	29.9	2
Denbigh	Henry Morris-Jones	17,023	41.7	1
Dewsbury	Ernest Kilner	8,674	29.9	2
Dumfriesshire	Niall Macpherson	16,465	47.4	1
Dunfermline Burghs	James Henderson	12,028	35.3	2
Durham	John Bunyan	12,331	33.8	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	24,765	69.4	1
East Norfolk	Frank Medlicott	23,307	55.8	1
Eddisbury	John Barlow	15,294	57.7	1
Gateshead	Thomas Magnay	17,719	32.5	2
Gower	John Aeron-Thomas	14,115	31.5	2
Great Yarmouth	Percy Jewson	7,974	44.2	2
Hackney South	Stanley Price	4,901	24.2	2
Harwich	Stanley Holmes	16,452	55.7	1
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	26,939	55.9	1
Huddersfield	William Mabane	24,496	35.5	2
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	15,389	50.1	1
Inverness	Murdoch Macdonald	12,090	43.3	1
Jarrow	Stanley Holmes	11,649	34.0	3
Lambeth North	Eric William Bales	2,624	20.1	2
Leith	Ernest Brown	10,116	31.4	2
Luton	Bruno Brown	31,914	44.8	2
Manchester Clayton	Phillip Smith	9,883	30.6	2
Montrose Burghs	John Maclay	13,966	58.2	1
Neath	David Bowen	8,466	16.9	2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East	Richard O'Sullivan	11,774	31.1	2
Norwich	Geoffrey Shakespeare	25,945	23.0	3
Oldham	John Samuel Dodd	24,199	18.2	4
Rotherham	E. H. Phillips	12,420	25.8	2
St Ives	Alec Beechman	14,256	47.3	1
Sheffield Hillsborough	Robert Hampden Hobart	14,404	36.6	2
Shoreditch	Frederick Boult	4,081	26.0	2
Southampton	William Stanley Russell Thomas	22,650	17.4	4
South Molton	George Lambert	19,065	67.6	1
South Shields	Donald Maurice Parry	15,296	40.6	2
Southwark North	Edward Terrell	2,673	31.0	2
Spen Valley	William Woolley	19,621	43.3	2
Sunderland	Stephen Noel Furness	29,366	21.3	3
Swansea East	Rowe Harding	6,102	24.2	2
Swansea West	Lewis Jones	13,089	42.0	2
Walsall	George Ernest Schuster	24,197	46.1	2
West Fife	Robert Scott Stevenson	8,597	20.6	3
Wrexham	David Leslie Milne	13,714	28.6	2

By-elections, 1945-1950

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[1]
Combined Scottish Universities by-election, 1946	Robert Scott Stevenson	1,938	5.9	5
Edinburgh East by-election, 1947	D. Mathews	11,490	34.4	2
Bradford South by-election, 1949	John Lightfoot Windle	19,313	42.4	2

1950 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Aberavon	Auberon Herbert	8,091	19.0	2
Barnsley	Charles Gordon-Spencer	8,480	13.8	3
Bradford Central	Thomas Boyce	13,375	31.6	2
Bradford East	Geoffrey Francis Greenbank	12,527	27.0	2
Bradford North	William Taylor	20,628	45.7	1
Bradford South	John Lightfoot Windle	15,998	35.6	2
Brighouse and Spenborough	William Woolley	23,456	47.8	2
Bristol North East	Violet Bathurst	16,082	38.9	2
Cannock	Marjorie Hicking	15,818	32.1	2
Central Norfolk	Frank Medlicott	20,407	51.3	1
Chesterfield	Andrew Cavendish	17,231	30.9	2
Dearne Valley	Aymée Lavender Dower	10,365	20.4	2
Denbigh	Emlyn Garner Evans	17,473	38.9	1
Dumfries	Niall Macpherson	26,268	59.3	1
Dundee East	James Henderson	22,863	46.2	2
Dundee West	Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	23,685	44.6	2
Dunfermline Burghs	James Stuart Kerr	14,967	38.8	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	25,749	63.7	1
Edinburgh Leith	Eoin Cameron Mekie	15,841	43.0	2
Gateshead East	Douglas Clift	13,530	40.1	2
Gateshead West	John Magnay	11,660	35.8	2
Gloucester	Anthony Kershaw	15,708	37.1	2
Gower	Rowe Harding	10,208	23.9	2
Harwich	Stanley Holmes	22,814	50.6	1
Hemsworth	Jean Patricia Asquith	10,254	17.6	2
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	30,336	53.9	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	18,551	51.4	1
Lincoln	Francis Hill	17,784	41.3	2
Luton	Charles Hill	22,946	46.6	1
Motherwell	A. D. Robertson	14,183	34.0	2
Normanton	Thomas Heseltine	10,929	25.5	2
North Angus and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley	15,485	51.5	1
North Norfolk	Douglas Reid	17,741	43.0	2
Pembrokeshire	Gwilym Lloyd-George	25,421	49.9	2
Plymouth Devonport	Randolph Churchill	27,329	44.9	2
Pontefract	Maurice Grant	11,431	24.4	2
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod	10,912	62.6	1
St Ives	Greville Howard	16,653	46.0	1
Sheffield Attercliffe	Lionel Farris	12,185	28.4	2
Sheffield Brightside	H. S. V. Smith	13,136	28.1	2
Sheffield Hallam	Roland Jennings	28,159	65.1	1
Sheffield Heeley	Peter Roberts	26,560	56.3	1
Sheffield Hillsborough	Knowles Edge	19,613	39.8	2
Sheffield Neepsend	A. M. Cook	11,311	27.2	2
Sheffield Park	Harold Pryce	13,678	30.3	2
South Angus	James Duncan	19,324	53.9	1
Southampton Itchen	Robert Hampton Hobart	24,536	44.1	2
Southampton Test	P. Brembridge	23,663	45.2	2
South Bedfordshire	William Fearnley-Whittingstall	18,546	41.8	2
Swansea West	Lewis Jones	22,608	46.3	2
Torrington	George Lambert	19,128	51.1	1
Walsall	John Barlow	28,700	44.0	2
West Fife	Patrick William Neill Fraser	10,131	23.6	2
West Renfrewshire	John Maclay	20,810	53.9	1
Wrexham	Willoughby Gervase Cooper	14,117	25.5	2

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.[3]

By-elections, 1950-1951

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Sheffield Neepsend by-election, 1950	John Philip Hunt	8,365	26.8	2
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1950	William Woolley	23,567	49.5	2

1951 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Barnsley	Geoffrey Whitaker	9,296	17.3	2
Bradford Central	Arthur Tiley	16,343	39.3	2
Bradford East	Frederick William Howard Cook	16,999	37.1	2
Bradford North	William Taylor	24,524	54.3	1
Bradford South	Geoffrey Francis Greenbank	17,863	39.4	2
Brighouse and Spenborough	William Woolley	23,828	47.7	2
Bristol North East	George Nixon-Eckersall	19,410	47.0	2
Cannock	Alan Farrington	16,041	33.1	2
Central Norfolk	Frank Medlicott	21,909	55.9	1
Chesterfield	John Nash	19,776	36.3	2
Denbigh	Emlyn Garner Evans	20,269	45.7	1
Dewsbury	James Ramsden	19,562	36.4	2
Dumfries	Niall Macpherson	26,386	61.3	1
Dundee East	Janet Sutherland Murray	22,863	46.2	2
Dunfermline Burghs	James Stuart Kerr	15,657	38.9	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	28,446	70.6	1
Edinburgh Leith	Eoin Cameron Mekie	19,236	49.9	2
Gateshead East	Douglas Clift	14,344	42.4	2
Gateshead West	John Magnay	11,811	36.2	2
Gloucester	Anthony Kershaw	18,836	43.6	2
Goole	Anthony Marreco	17,073	39.6	2
Gower	Rowe Harding	10,351	24.1	2
Grimsby	Charles William Hewson	22,611	43.4	2
Harwich	Stanley Holmes	26,169	58.9	1
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	31,683	57.9	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	20,845	57.4	1
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Ralph Harris	17,484	39.4	2
Luton	Charles Hill	26,554	52.7	1
Motherwell	Norman Sloan	17,650	42.7	2
Normanton	Thomas Heseltine	11,199	26.5	2
North Norfolk	Douglas Reid	20,788	49.7	2
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	Gwilym Lloyd-George	23,930	51.1	1
North Angus and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley	18,515	64.1	1
Plymouth Devonport	Randolph Churchill	29,768	48.1	2
Pontefract	Mervyn Pike	11,043	23.8	2
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod	10,969	64.3	1
St Ives	Greville Howard	18,828	53.3	1
Sheffield Attercliffe	Herbert Lambert	12,161	28.9	2
Sheffield Brightside	Alfred Wood	12,433	27.6	2
Sheffield Hallam	Roland Jennings	29,016	70.8	1
Sheffield Heeley	Peter Roberts	27,776	61.0	1
Sheffield Hillsborough	Geprge Wadsworth	19,617	41.0	2
Sheffield Neepsend	Arthur Stobbs	10,655	27.0	2
Sheffield Park	Stanley Rippon	13,743	30.8	2
Southampton Itchen	Reginald Stranger	25,708	45.9	2
Southampton Test	John Paul	25,965	49.6	2
South Angus	James Duncan	24,478	70.9	1
South Bedfordshire	Norman Cole	22,917	50.9	1
Stoke-on-Trent North	James Coventry	14,668	28.6	2
Torrington	George Lambert	23,162	66.2	1
Western Isles	John Mitchell	6,709	40.7	2
West Fife	John Patterson Fyfe	11,038	24.6	2
West Renfrewshire	John Maclay	21,546	53.8	1
Wolverhampton North East	John Ellis	18,563	37.7	2
Wrexham	Willoughby Gervase Cooper	19,124	34.8	2

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.[3]

By-elections, 1951-1955

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Dundee East by-election, 1952	Paul Cowcher	14,035	35.6	2
Barnsley by-election 1953	Geoffrey Whitaker	10,905	27.1	2
Harwich by-election, 1954	Julian Ridsdale	19,532	59.1	1
Motherwell by-election, 1954	Norman Sloan	13,334	39.3	2
Wrexham by-election, 1955	Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	12,476	30.8	2

1955 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Barnsley	Anthony Wilson	14,776	27.2	2
Bradford East	George Barber	14,713	38.4	2
Bradford North	William Taylor	21,084	50.1	1
Bradford South	Reginald Winston Jones	16,768	38.7	2
Bradford West	Arthur Tiley	22,306	53.8	1
Brighouse and Spenborough	Frederick William Howard Cook	22,048	48.2	2
Bristol North East	David Webster	21,864	44.8	2
Cannock	John Newey	18,379	40.8	2
Central Norfolk	Frank Medlicott	21,851	57.3	1
Chesterfield	Frank Hadfield	21,748	42.4	2
Denbigh	Emlyn Garner Evans	18,312	43.2	1
Dumfries	Niall Macpherson	24,550	61.3	1
Dunfermline Burghs	Charlotte McNee	14,170	39.0	2
Dundee East	Robert Taylor	21,606	45.7	2
Dundee West	Gordon Pirie	24,208	46.9	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	26,104	70.6	1
Edinburgh Leith	Janet Sutherland Shearer	10,693	32.3	2
Goole	Gavin Welby	15,456	37.8	2
Gower	Gwyther Jones	8,135	21.1	2
Harwich	Julian Ridsdale	23,889	56.4	1
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	28,412	53.2	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	20,609	58.4	1
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Duncan Drummond Young	16,392	40.7	2
Luton	Charles Hill	24,722	51.3	1
Merionethshire	John Jenkins	3,001	12.7	4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North	Gwilym Lloyd-George	25,236	63.8	1
North Angus and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley	18,516	69.0	1
North Norfolk	William Scarlett Jameson	19,657	48.5	2
Plymouth Devonport	Joan Vickers	24,821	47.1	1
Pontefract	Anthony Geoffrey Blake	10,183	23.8	2
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod	9,929	62.3	1
St Ives	Greville Howard	17,063	52.0	1
Sheffield Attercliffe	Herbert Lambert	13,503	29.0	2
Sheffield Brightside	Edward Flynn	12,239	29.6	2
Sheffield Hallam	Roland Jennings	30,069	66.2	1
Sheffield Heeley	Peter Roberts	30,798	60.9	1
Sheffield Hillsborough	Stanley Kenneth Arnold	16,428	41.2	2
Sheffield Park	Stanley Rippon	10,565	26.8	2
South Angus	James Duncan	23,967	72.7	1
South Bedfordshire	Norman Cole	23,365	52.8	1
Torrington	George Lambert	20,124	65.1	1
Walsall North	Francis Roberts	15,970	37.5	2
Western Isles	John Frame	6,315	42.7	2
West Renfrewshire	John Maclay	21,283	55.2	1
Wrexham	Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	16,286	33.0	2

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.[3]

By-elections, 1955-1959

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Torrington by-election, 1958	Anthony Royle	13,189	37.4	2

1959 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Bradford East	Desmond Dalgleish	14,529	42.0	2
Bradford North	William Taylor	22,850	53.1	1
Bradford South	Reginald Winston Jones	18,158	39.3	2
Bradford West	Arthur Tiley	23,012	56.2	1
Brighouse and Spenborough	Michael Shaw	23,243	49.9	2
Bristol North East	Alan Hopkins	24,258	47.7	1
Cannock	Philip Lugg	22,485	43.1	2
Central Norfolk	Richard Collard	21,918	50.3	1
Chesterfield	James Anthony Lemkin	17,084	31.6	2
Denbigh	Geraint Morgan	17,893	41.7	1
Dumfries	Niall Macpherson	25,867	58.4	1
Dundee East	Robert McCrindle	22,082	45.7	2
Dundee West	Robert Taylor	25,143	48.3	2
Dunfermline Burghs	Archie Elliott	14,744	38.6	2
East Fife	James Henderson-Stewart	26,585	69.9	1
Edinburgh Leith	Gershom Stewart	12,018	38.0	2
Goole	Douglas Sisson	16,581	38.6	2
Gower	Michael Heseltine	9,837	24.0	2
Harwich	Julian Ridsdale	23,653	53.2	1
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	29,013	53.5	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	20,254	53.9	1
Luton	Charles Hill	27,153	55.1	1
North Angus and Mearns	Colin Thornton-Kemsley	17,536	67.4	1
North Norfolk	Frank Henry Easton	19,126	49.2	2
Plymouth Devonport	Joan Vickers	28,481	56.4	1
Pontefract	Edward Bowman	10,884	23.6	2
Ross and Cromarty	John MacLeod	7,813	47.2	1
St Ives	Greville Howard	15,700	47.9	1
Sheffield Attercliffe	Herbert Lambert	15,304	31.2	2
Sheffield Brightside	Hugo Clifford Holmes	12,269	29.3	2
Sheffield Hallam	John Osborn	28,747	62.7	1
Sheffield Heeley	Peter Roberts	33,236	59.0	1
Sheffield Hillsborough	Stanley Kenneth Arnold	16,845	43.5	2
Sheffield Park	John Neill	10,598	28.9	2
South Angus	James Duncan	19,435	57.1	1
South Bedfordshire	Norman Cole	25,861	47.1	1
Western Isles	Donny MacLeod	7,496	46.4	2
West Renfrewshire	John Maclay	20,959	53.5	1
Wrexham	Griffith H. Pierce	17,144	31.9	2

Richard Nugent is not listed; he was elected as a Conservative, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.[3]

By-elections, 1959-1964

By-election	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Brighouse and Spenborough by-election, 1960	Michael Shaw	22,472	50.8	1
Central Norfolk by-election, 1962	Ian Gilmour	13,268	37.7	1
Dundee West by-election, 1963	Robert Taylor	25,143	48.3	2

1964 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Bradford East	Trevor Lewis	11,075	38.2	2
Bradford North	William Taylor	16,507	40.2	2
Bradford South	Derek Bottomley	17,097	37.7	2
Bradford West	Arthur Tiley	21,121	54.0	1
Brighouse and Spenborough	Michael Shaw	19,812	42.2	2
Bristol North East	Alan Hopkins	22,423	46.7	1
Dundee East	John Leslie Marshall	21,499	45.2	2
Dundee West	Henry Campbell Scarlett	22,473	44.3	2
Dunfermline Burghs	Ian Kirkwood	14,033	38.5	2
Edinburgh Leith	Gershom Stewart	12,777	44.5	2
Goole	Donald Chapman	15,435	36.9	2
Gower	Huw Griffith	8,822	22.5	2
Harwich	Julian Ridsdale	25,102	50.4	1
Holland with Boston	Herbert Butcher	29,082	55.4	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	20,320	51.1	1
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Neil Gow	11,756	29.1	2
Ross and Cromarty	John Macleod	5,516	32.1	2
St Ives	Greville Howard	14,040	42.6	1
Wrexham	Griffith H. Pierce	17,240	32.9	2

John Osborn and Peter Roberts are not listed; they were elected as Conservatives, but joined the National Liberal group in Parliament.[3]

1966 general election

Constituency	Candidate	Votes	%	Position[2]
Bradford East	Henry Sissling	8,091	30.5	2
Bradford West	Arthur Tiley	18,170	48.0	2
Brighouse and Spenborough	Cyril Donald Chapman	21,216	45.2	2
Bristol North East	Alan Hopkins	21,727	45.8	2
Goole	Richard Whitfield	13,969	34.0	2
Harwich	Julian Ridsdale	24,975	47.6	1
Huntingdonshire	David Renton	20,504	49.2	1
St Ives	John Nott	14,312	41.3	1
Wrexham	Griffith H. Pierce	12,596	24.6	2

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1950–1973 (2 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-07-8.
F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.55

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[craig18-1] Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[craig50-2] Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1950–1973 (2 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-07-8.

[craigfacts-3] F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts, 1885–1975, p.55