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===Election results=== The union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in many Parliamentary elections, from 1906 until 1992. Several of its candidates were elected as Members of Parliament.<ref name="mckillop">{{cite book |last=McKillop |first=Norman |year=1950 |title=The Lighted Flame; a History of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |place=London & Edinburgh |publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd]]}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Election !! Constituency !! Candidate !! Votes !! Percentage !! Position |- | [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906 general election]] || [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] || {{sortname|Albert E.|Fox}} || 4,030 || 32.6 || 2<ref name="raynes">Raynes, 1921</ref> |- | [[1908 Leeds South by-election|1908 by-election]] || [[Leeds South (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South]] || {{sortname|Albert E.|Fox}} || 2,451 || 19.4 || 3<ref name="raynes" /> |- | rowspan=3 | [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] || [[Chester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chester]] || {{sortname|Arthur|Mason|Arthur Mason (trade unionist)}} || 2,799 || 15.7 || 3<ref name="raynes" /> |- | [[Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North East]] || {{sortname|John|Bromley|John Bromley (politician)}} || 4,450 || 24.5 || 2<ref name="raynes" /> |- | [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]] || {{sortname|Ivor|Gregory}} || 6,269 || 25.8 || 2<ref name="raynes" /> |- | [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|John|Bromley|John Bromley (politician)}} || 14,551 || 46.9 || 2<ref name="lab22">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 255β272. Note that this list is of the sanctioned candidates as of June 1922, and there were some changes between this date and the general election.</ref> |- | [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|John|Bromley|John Bromley (politician)}} || 13,576 || 46.0 || 2 |- | [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|John|Bromley|John Bromley (politician)}} || 15,512 || 51.2 || 1<ref name="lab28">{{cite journal |title=Labour Members, September, 1928| journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1928 |pages=275β281}}. Note that this is a list of affiliations of Labour MPs as of September 1928, and it is possible that some MPs held different sponsorship as of the 1924 election.</ref> |- | [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|John|Bromley|John Bromley (politician)}} || 19,798 || 56.0 || 1<ref name="lab29">{{cite journal |title=List of Labour Candidates and Election Results, May 30th, 1929| journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1929 |pages=24β44}}</ref> |- | [[1935 United Kingdom general election|1935 general election]] || [[Newcastle upon Tyne Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Newcastle upon Tyne Central]] || {{sortname|Walter|Monslow}} || 10,871 || 40.7 || 2<ref name="lab35">{{cite journal |title=List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935 |journal=Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1935 |pages=8β23}}</ref> |- | [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] || [[Birkenhead West (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead West]] || {{sortname|Percy|Collick}} || 15,568 || 57.3 || 1<ref name="lab45">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 232β248.</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|Walter|Monslow}} || 26,342 || 56.3 || 1<ref name="lab50">{{cite journal |title=List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950 |journal=Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1950 |pages=179β198}}</ref> |- | [[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]] || {{sortname|Percy|Collick}} || 26,472 || 49.9 || 1<ref name="lab50" /> |- | rowspan=3 | [[1951 United Kingdom general election|1951 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|Walter|Monslow}} || 26,709 || 56.9 || 1<ref name="lab51">{{cite journal |title=List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951 |journal=Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party |date=1951 |pages=184β203}}</ref> |- | [[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]] || {{sortname|Percy|Collick}} || 29,014 || 55.0 || 1<ref name="lab51" /> |- | [[Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)|Carmarthen]] || {{sortname|David|Owen|nolink=1}} || 25,165 || 49.5 || 2<ref name="lab51" /> |- | rowspan=3 | [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|Walter|Monslow}} || 22,792 || 53.2 || 1<ref name="lab55">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 255β275.</ref> |- | [[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]] || {{sortname|Percy|Collick}} || 24,526 || 53.5 || 1<ref name="lab55" /> |- | [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]] || {{sortname|Archie|Manuel}} || 21,003 || 52.1 || 1<ref name="lab55" /> |- | rowspan=3 | [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959 general election]] || [[Barrow-in-Furness (UK Parliament constituency)|Barrow-in-Furness]] || {{sortname|Walter|Monslow}} || 23,194 || 54.7 || 1<ref name="lab59">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 179β201.</ref> |- | [[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]] || {{sortname|Percy|Collick}} || 22,990 || 48.9 || 1<ref name="lab59" /> |- | [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]] || {{sortname|Archie|Manuel}} || 21,901 || 52.0 || 1<ref name="lab59" /> |- | [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 general election]] || [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]] || {{sortname|Archie|Manuel}} || 23,999 || 56.4 || 1<ref name="lab64">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 158β180.</ref> |- | [[1966 United Kingdom general election|1966 general election]] || [[Central Ayrshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Ayrshire]] || {{sortname|Archie|Manuel}} || 24,035 || 57.7 || 1<ref name="lab66">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 308β330.</ref> |- | [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974 general election]] || [[South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Derbyshire]] || {{sortname|J. W.|Wardle|nolink=1}} || 16,981 || 37.4 || 2<ref name="labfeb74">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 371β390.</ref> |- | [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]] || [[Runcorn (UK Parliament constituency)|Runcorn]] || {{sortname|George Joseph|Maudsley|nolink=1}} || 22,226 || 34.8 || 2<ref name="lab79">[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], ''Report of the Seventy-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party'', pp. 406β431.</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]] || [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee East]] || {{sortname|Charles|Bowman|nolink=1}} || 15,260 || 33.0 || 2<ref name="bbc83">{{cite book |title=General Election Guide |date=1983 |publisher=BBC Data Publications |isbn=094635815X}}</ref> |- | [[Gillingham (UK Parliament constituency)|Gillingham]] || {{sortname|Anthony|West|nolink=1}} || 9,084 || 17.8 || 3<ref name="bbc83" /> |- | [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]] || [[Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Highgate]] || {{sortname|Glenda|Jackson}} || 19,193 || 45.1 || 1 |}
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