[1] In the 1957 general elections it received 19.0% of the vote, putting it in second place, but failed to win a seat.
In the 1966 elections they received 50.9% of the vote, but the PPP won five seats to the Labour Party's four.
However, early elections the following year saw the Labour Party increase their vote share to 53.8% and take six of the nine seats.
The sole independent candidate, James Fitz-Allen Mitchell formed a government with his former party, the PPP, and was appointed prime minister.
However, a further set of early elections in 1974 saw the Labour Party claim 69.0% of the vote and win ten of the thirteen seats.