UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 21 February 1859

Died: 7 May 1940

Member of Privy Council - 1929

son of Mary Ann Ferriss

son of George Lansbury

father-in-law of Ernest Thurtle

husband of Elizabeth Jane Brine

First Commissioner of Works	1929	1931
Leader of HM Opposition	November 1931	25 October 1935

14 May 1895	Walworth	Social Democratic Foundation	347	6.77
16 July 1895	Walworth	Social Democratic Foundation	203	3.83
4 October 1900	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	2,558	36.75
16 January 1906	Middlesbrough	Independent Labour	1,484	8.42
18 January 1910	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	2,955	33.51
7 December 1910	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	4,315	55.56
14 November 1912 Resignation of George Lansbury. He resigned in order to test opinion regarding extending the franchise to women, of which he was in favour, at the resulting by-election. The Labour Party disapproved of his action and did not endorse his candidature.
26 November 1912	Bow & Bromley	Independent Labour	3,291	44.88
14 December 1918	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	7,248	44.34
15 November 1922	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	15,402	64.10
6 December 1923	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	15,336	68.84
29 October 1924	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	15,740	61.61
30 May 1929	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	20,119	69.45
27 October 1931	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	16,306	58.34
14 November 1935	Bow & Bromley	Labour Party	19,064	76.96
7 May 1940 Death of Rt Hon George Lansbury.