List of Labour Co-operative Members of Parliament

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An incomplete list of Labour Co-operative Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Following a decision of Co-operative Congress in 1917, MPs were elected as Co-operative Party candidates from 1918. In 1927, the Cheltenham Agreement between the Co-operative Party and Labour Party led to the election of joint "Labour Co-operative" candidates. Whilst many Labour Members of Parliament are also members of the Co-operative Party, Labour Co-op MPs have the express endorsement of both parties.

Contents 1 Numbers elected by general election 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 1918 - 1927 (first elected as Co-operative) 2.2 1927 - 1945 2.3 1945 - 1959 2.4 1959 - 1979 2.5 1979 - 1997 2.6 1997 - present 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Numbers elected by general election

• 1918 general election: 1 (Alfred Waterson, elected as Co-operative but took Labour whip)
• 1922 general election: 4 (as Co-operative)
• 1923 general election: 6 (as Co-operative)
• 1924 general election: 5 (as Co-operative)
• 1929 general election: 9
• 1931 general election: 1
• 1935 general election: 9
• 1945 general election: 23
• 1950 general election: 18
• 1951 general election: 16
• 1955 general election: 19
• 1959 general election: 16
• 1964 general election: 19
• 1966 general election: 18
• 1970 general election: 15
• February 1974 general election: 16
• October 1974 general election: 16
• 1979 general election: 17
• 1983 general election: 7
• 1987 general election: 9
• 1992 general election: 14
• 1997 general election: 28
• 2001 general election: 30
• 2005 general election: 29

[edit] Members of Parliament

MPs are listed by the date of their first election and alphabetically by surname.

[edit] 1918 - 1927 (first elected as Co-operative)

• A. V. Alexander, Sheffield Hillsborough, 1922-31, 1935-50
• Alfred Barnes, East Ham South, 1922-31, 1935-1955
• Thomas Henderson, Glasgow Tradeston, 1922-1931, 1935-1945
• William Hirst, Bradford South, 1924-1931
• James Hudson, Huddersfield, 1923-1931; Ealing West, 1945-1950; Ealing North, 1950-1955
• Robert Craigmyle Morrison, Tottenham North, 1922-1931, 1935-1950
• Samuel Perry, Kettering, 1923-1924, 1929-1931
• Alfred Waterson, Kettering, 1918-1922 (elected as Co-operative Party but unilaterally took Labour whip in Parliament, ahead of official Congress decision)
• Andrew Young, Glasgow Partick, 1923-1924

[edit] 1927 - 1945

• Francis Alfred Broad, Edmonton, 1935-1945
• Daniel Chater, Hammersmith South, 1929-1931; Bethnal Green North East, 1935-1950
• Herbert Mellor Gibson, Mossley, 1929-1931
• Walter Henry Green, Deptford, 1935-1945
• William Leonard, Glasgow St. Rollox, 1931-1950
• Frederick Longden, Birmingham Deritend, 1929-1931, 1945-1950; Birmingham Small Heath, 1950-1952
• Frederick Messer, Tottenham South, 1929-1931, 1935-1950; Tottenham, 1950-1959
• Rev. George Saville Woods, Finsbury, 1935-1945; Mossley, 1945-1950; Droylsden, 1950-1951

[edit] 1945 - 1959

• William Thomas Adams, Hammersmith South, 1945-1950
• Frank Beswick, Uxbridge, 1945-1959
• Joyce Butler, Wood Green, 1955-1979
• William Coldrick, Bristol North, 1945-1950; Bristol North-East, 1950-1959
• Percy Daines, East Ham North, 1945-1957
• George Darling, Sheffield Hillsborough, 1950-1974
• Norman Dodds, Dartford, 1945-1955; Erith and Crayford, 1955-1965
• Robert Edwards, Bilston, 1955-1974; Wolverhampton South East, 1974-1987
• John Forman, Glasgow Springburn, 1945-1964
• Caroline Ganley, Battersea South, 1945-1951
• Percy Holman, Bethnal Green South-West, 1945-1950; Bethnal Green, 1950-1966
• James Hindle Hudson, Ealing West, 1945-1950; Ealing North, 1950-1955 (had previously been Labour MP for Huddersfield, 1923-24)
• Sydney Irving, Dartford, 1955-1970 and 1974-1979
• William Irving, Tottenham North, 1945-1950; Wood Green, 1950-1955
• Ron Ledger, Romford, 1955-1970
• Dickson Mabon, Greenock, 1955-1974; Greenock and Port Glasgow, 1974-1983
• Will Nally, Bilston, 1945-1955
• Albert Edward Oram, East Ham South, 1955-1974
• Arthur Palmer, Wimbledon, 1945-1950; Cleveland, 1952-1959; Bristol Central, 1964-1974
• John Rankin, Glasgow Tradeston, 1945-1955; Glasgow Govan, 1955-1973
• Mabel Ridealgh, Ilford North, 1945-1950
• Harriet Slater, Stoke-on-Trent North, 1955-1966
• Norman Smith, Nottingham South, 1945-1955
• John Stonehouse, Wednesbury, 1957-1974; Walsall North, 1974-1976 (from April 1976 for the English National Party)
• Stanley Tiffany, Peterborough, 1945-1950
• Meredith Farrar Titterington, Bradford South, 1945-1950
• William Wheeldon, Birmingham Small Heath, 1952-1960
• Thomas Williams, Hammersmith South, 1949-1955; Barons Court, 1955-1959; Warrington, 1961-1981
• Edith Wills, Birmingham Duddeston, 1945-1950

[edit] 1959 - 1979

• Jim Craigen, Glasgow Maryhill, 1974 (February)-1987^[1]
• Dick Douglas, Stirlingshire East and Clackmannan, 1970-1974; Dunfermline, 1979-1983; Dunfermline West, 1983-1992 (from 1990 for the Scottish National Party)^[1]
• Ioan Evans, Birmingham Yardley, 1964-1970; Aberdare, 1974-1983; Cynon Valley, 1983-1984
• Norman Haseldine, Bradford West, 1966-1970
• William Hilton, Bethnal Green, 1966-1974^[1]
• Dickson Mabon, Greenock, 1959-1974; Greenock and Port Glasgow 1974 (February)-1983^[1]
• Alf Morris, Manchester Wythenshawe, 1964-1997
• Laurence Pavitt, Willesden West, 1959-1974; Brent South, 1974-1987
• Geoffrey Rhodes, Newcastle upon Tyne East, 1964-1974
• John Roper, Farnworth, 1970-1983^[1]
• John Stonehouse, Wednesbury 1959-1974; Walsall North 1974 (February)-1976^[1]
• John Tomlinson, Meriden, 1974-1979

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[edit] 1979 - 1997

• Ian Davidson, Glasgow Govan, 1992-1997; Glasgow Pollok, 1997-2005; Glasgow South West, 2005-present
• George Foulkes, South Ayrshire, 1979-1983; Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, 1983-2005
• Mike Gapes, Ilford South, 1992-present
• Alan Keen, Feltham and Heston, 1992-present
• Tommy McAvoy, Glasgow Rutherglen, 1987-2005; Rutherglen and Hamilton West, 2005-present
• John McFall, Dumbarton, 1987-2005; West Dunbartonshire, 2005-present
• Alun Michael, Cardiff South and Penarth, 1987-present
• Lewis Moonie, Kirkcaldy, 1987-2005
• Ken Purchase, Wolverhampton North East, 1992-present
• Barry Sheerman, Huddersfield, 1979-present
• Don Touhig, Islwyn, 1995-present
• Dennis Turner, Wolverhampton South East, 1987-2005

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[edit] 1997 - present

• Adrian Bailey, West Bromwich West, 2000-present
• Ed Balls, Normanton, 2005-present
• Jim Dobbin, Heywood and Middleton, 1997-present
• David Drew, Stroud, 1997-present
• Louise Ellman, Liverpool Riverside, 1997-present
• Linda Gilroy, Plymouth Sutton, 1997-present
• Mark Hendrick, Preston, 2000-present
• Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch, 2005-present
• Phil Hope, Corby, 1997-present
• Jon Owen Jones, Cardiff Central, 1997-2005
• Mark Lazarowicz, Edinburgh North and Leith, 2001-present
• David Lepper, Brighton Pavilion, 1997-present
• Andy Love, Edmonton, 1997-present
• Sarah McCarthy-Fry, Portsmouth North, 2005-present
• Tony McWalter, Hemel Hempstead, 1997-2005
• Meg Munn, Sheffield Heeley, 2001-present
• Doug Naysmith, Bristol North West, 1997-present
• Andy Reed, Loughborough, 1997-present
• Linda Riordan, Halifax, 2005-present
• Angela Smith, Basildon, 1997-present
• David Taylor, North West Leicestershire, 1997-present
• Gareth Thomas, Harrow West, 1997-present (Labour Co-operative from 2003, previously just Labour)

[edit] External links

• Co-op Parliamentary Representation

[edit] References

• Carr, H., Pyper, H. & Erbmann, R., Labour Values, Co-operative Action: a Tale of Two Parties, The Co-operative Party, 2006