| 8 October 1959 | UK General Election 08 Oct 1959 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 32,577 | 58% | 1st | Yes |
| 26 May 1955 | UK General Election 26 May 1955 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 31,734 | 59.6% | 1st | Yes |
| 25 October 1951 | UK General Election 25 Oct 1951 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 33,633 | 56% | 1st | Yes |
| 23 February 1950 | UK General Election 23 Feb 1950 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 33,452 | 56.5% | 1st | Yes |
| 5 July 1945 | UK General Election 05 Jul 1945 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 22,410 | 59.4% | 1st | Yes |
| 14 November 1935 | UK General Election 14 Nov 1935 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 22,031 | 48.2% | 1st | Yes |
| 27 October 1931 | UK General Election 27 Oct 1931 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 20,512 | 40.2% | 2nd | No |
| 30 May 1929 | UK General Election 30 May 1929 | South Shields | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 18,938 | 42.1% | 1st | Yes |
| 29 October 1924 | UK General Election 29 Oct 1924 | Mitcham | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 9,776 | 38% | 2nd | No |
| 6 December 1923 | UK General Election 06 Dec 1923 | Mitcham | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 9,877 | 47.7% | 2nd | No |
| 14 December 1918 | UK General Election 14 Dec 1918 | Epsom | UK Parliamentary general election | The Labour Party | 4,796 | 26.1% | 2nd | No |