List of Labour Co-operative Members of Parliament

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.

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

Members of Parliament[]

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

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

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

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

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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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