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Winston Churchill, who served in a multitude of ministerial positions between 1908 and 1952, including as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, and as a Member of Parliament (MP) for five different constituencies between 1900 and 1964, except for a break in 1922–24.
Parliamentary elections
1899 Oldham by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Emmott | 12,976 | 26.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 12,770 | 26.2 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 11,477 | 23.6 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | James Mawdsley | 11,449 | 23.5 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 1,527 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Majority | 1,293 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,546 (est) | 86.2 | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 28,476 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.8 |
1900 general election, Oldham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Emmott | 12,947 | 25.3 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 12,931 | 25.3 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 12,709 | 24.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Birch Crisp | 12,522 | 24.5 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 51,109 | 87.9 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 29,253 | ||||
Majority | 425 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Majority | 222 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
1906 general election, Manchester North West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 5,639 | 56.2 | New | |
Conservative | William Joynson-Hicks | 4,398 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,241 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,037 | 88.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,411 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
1908 Manchester North West by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Joynson-Hicks | 5,417 | 50.7 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 4,988 | 46.7 | −9.5 | |
Social Democratic Federation | Dan Irving | 276 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 429 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,681 | 89.7 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,914 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.2 |
1908 Dundee by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 7,079 | 43.9 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet | 4,370 | 27.1 | −3.0 | |
Labour | G. H. Stuart-Bunning | 4,014 | 24.9 | +1.6 | |
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 655 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 2,709 | 16.8 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,138 | 84.6 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 19,041 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.9 |
January 1910 general election, Dundee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 10,747 | 34.1 | −8.5 | |
Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 10,365 | 32.9 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | John Hall Seymour Lloyd | 4,552 | 14.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Glass | 4,339 | 13.8 | +0.6 | |
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 1,512 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 31,515 | 86.1 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 19,374 | ||||
Majority | 6,195 | 19.7 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Majority | 5,813 | 18.5 | +16.1 | ||
Labour hold |
December 1910 general election, Dundee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 9,240 | 30.1 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 8,957 | 29.3 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet | 5,685 | 18.6 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John Hall Seymour Lloyd | 4,914 | 16.0 | +1.6 | |
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 1,825 | 6.0 | +1.2 | |
Turnout | 30,621 | 84.1 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 19,118 | ||||
Majority | 3,555 | 11.5 | −8.2 | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Majority | 3,272 | 10.7 | −7.8 | ||
Labour hold |
1917 Dundee by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 7,302 | 78.2 | +58.1 | |
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 2,036 | 21.8 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 5,266 | 56.4 | +44.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,338 | 42.5 | −41.6 | ||
Registered electors | 21,953 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +21.2 |
1918 general election, Dundee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Winston Churchill | 25,788 | 37.5 | +7.4 |
Labour | Alexander Wilkie | 24,822 | 36.1 | +6.8 | |
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 10,423 | 15.1 | +9.1 | |
Labour | James Sunney Brown | 7,769 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 68,802 | 46.6 | −37.5 | ||
Majority | 15,365 | 22.4 | +10.9 | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Majority | 14,399 | 21.0 | +10.3 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
1922 general election, Dundee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish Prohibition | Edwin Scrymgeour | 32,578 | 27.6 | +12.5 | |
Labour | E. D. Morel | 30,292 | 25.6 | −10.5 | |
National Liberal | David Johnstone MacDonald | 22,244 | 18.8 | N/A | |
National Liberal | Winston Churchill | 20,466 | 17.3 | −20.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Pilkington | 6,681 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Communist | Willie Gallacher | 5,906 | 5.0 | New | |
Majority | 12,132 | 10.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 8,048 | 6.8 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 118,167 | 80.5 | +33.9 | ||
Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1923 general election, Leicester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 13,634 | 44.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 9,236 | 30.2 | +3.6 | |
Unionist | Alfred Instone | 7,696 | 25.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,398 | 14.4 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,566 | 76.0 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 40,244 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 |
1924 by-election, Westminster Abbey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Otho Nicholson | 8,187 | 35.9 | N/A | |
Constitutionalist | Winston Churchill | 8,144 | 35.8 | New | |
Labour | Fenner Brockway | 6,156 | 27.0 | New | |
Liberal | James Scott Duckers | 291 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 43 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,999 | 61.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
1924 general election, Epping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constitutionalist | Winston Churchill | 19,843 | 58.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Gilbert Granville Sharp | 10,080 | 29.9 | −17.2 | |
Labour | J R McPhie | 3,768 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,763 | 29.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,691 | 78.3 | +11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 43,055 | ||||
Constitutionalist gain from Unionist | Swing |
1929 general election, Epping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Winston Churchill | 23,972 | 48.5 | −10.4 | |
Liberal | Gilbert Granville Sharp | 19,005 | 38.4 | +8.5 | |
Labour | Walton Newbold | 6,472 | 13.1 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 4,967 | 10.1 | −18.9 | ||
Turnout | 49,449 | 75.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 65,758 | ||||
Unionist gain from Constitutionalist | Swing | −9.5 |
1931 general election, Epping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 35,956 | 63.8 | +15.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 15,670 | 27.8 | −10.6 | |
Labour | James Ranger | 4,713 | 8.4 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 20,286 | 36.0 | +25.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,339 | 77.3 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1935 general election, Epping
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 34,849 | 59.0 | −4.8 | |
Liberal | Gilbert Granville Sharp | 14,430 | 24.4 | −3.4 | |
Labour | James Ranger | 9,758 | 16.5 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 20,419 | 34.6 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 59,037 | 67.7 | −9.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1945 general election, Woodford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 27,688 | 72.53 | ||
Independent | Alexander Hancock | 10,488 | 27.47 | ||
Majority | 17,200 | 45.06 | |||
Turnout | 38,176 | 65.53 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
1950 general election, Woodford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 37,239 | 59.61 | −12.92 | |
Labour | Seymour Hills | 18,740 | 30.00 | New | |
Liberal | Howard Vivien Davies | 5,664 | 9.07 | New | |
Communist | Bill Brooks[8] | 827 | 1.32 | New | |
Majority | 18,499 | 29.61 | −15.45 | ||
Turnout | 62,470 | 86.06 | +20.53 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1951 general election, Woodford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 40,938 | 62.96 | +3.35 | |
Labour | William Aaron Archer | 22,359 | 34.39 | +4.39 | |
Communist | John Ross Campbell | 871 | 1.34 | +0.02 | |
Independent | Alexander Hancock | 851 | 1.31 | New | |
Majority | 18,579 | 28.57 | −1.04 | ||
Turnout | 65,019 | 83.38 | −2.68 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1955 general election, Woodford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 25,069 | 73.02 | ||
Labour | Arnold Keith Morgan Milner | 9,261 | 26.98 | ||
Majority | 15,808 | 46.04 | |||
Turnout | 34,330 | 75.96 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1959 general election, Woodford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 24,815 | 71.24 | −1.78 | |
Labour | Arthur Latham | 10,018 | 28.76 | +1.78 | |
Majority | 14,797 | 42.48 | −3.57 | ||
Turnout | 34,833 | 77.29 | +1.33 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General elections (as leader of the Conservative Party)
1945 general election
Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||
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Party | Leader | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |
Labour | Clement Attlee | 603 | 393 | 242 | 3 | +239 | 61.4 | 49.7 | 11,967,746 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 559 | 197 | 14 | 204 | −190 | 30.8 | 36.2 | 8,716,211 | −11.6 | |
Liberal | Archibald Sinclair | 306 | 12 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1.9 | 9.0 | 2,177,938 | +2.3 | |
National Liberal | Ernest Brown | 49 | 11 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 686,652 | −0.8 | |
Independent | N/A | 38 | 8 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 133,191 | +0.5 | |
National | N/A | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 130,513 | +0.2 | |
Common Wealth | C. A. Smith | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 110,634 | N/A | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 97,945 | +0.3 | |
Nationalist | James McSparran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 92,819 | +0.2 | |
National Independent | N/A | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 65,171 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | N/A | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 63,135 | +0.2 | |
Ind. Conservative | N/A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 57,823 | +0.1 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Bob Edwards | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 46,769 | −0.5 | |
Independent Progressive | N/A | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 45,967 | +0.1 | |
Independent Liberal | N/A | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30,450 | +0.1 | |
SNP | Douglas Young | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.1 | 26,707 | −0.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Abi Williams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 16,017 | N/A | |
Commonwealth Labour | Harry Midgley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 14,096 | N/A | |
Ind. Nationalist | N/A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 5,430 | N/A | |
Liverpool Protestant | H. D. Longbottom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 2,601 | N/A | |
Christian Pacifist | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 2,381 | N/A | |
Democratic | Norman Leith-Hay-Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 1,809 | N/A | |
Agriculturist | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 1,068 | N/A | |
Socialist (GB) | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 472 | N/A | |
United Socialist | Guy Aldred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0.0 | 300 | N/A |
1950 general election
Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||
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Party | Leader | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |
Labour | Clement Attlee | 617 | 315 | −78 | 50.4 | 46.1 | 13,266,176 | −1.6 | |||
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 619 | 298 | +90 | 47.7 | 43.4 | 12,492,404 | +4.3 | |||
Liberal | Clement Davies | 475 | 9 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 2,621,487 | +0.1 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.3 | 91,765 | −0.1 | ||
Nationalist | James McSparran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 65,211 | −0.2 | |
Irish Labour | William Norton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 52,715 | N/A | ||
Independent | N/A | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 50,299 | −0.4 | ||
Independent Labour | N/A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 26,395 | −0.2 | ||
Ind. Conservative | N/A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 24,732 | −0.1 | ||
Sinn Féin | Paddy McLogan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 23,362 | N/A | ||
Labour Independent Group | Denis Pritt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 19,013 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 17,580 | +0.1 | ||
Independent Liberal | N/A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 15,066 | ||
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,708 | −0.1 | ||
Anti-Partition | James McSparran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5,084 | N/A | ||
Ind. Labour Party | David Gibson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0.0 | 4,112 | −0.2 | ||
Independent Liberal and Conservative | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,551 | N/A | ||
National Independent | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0.0 | 1,380 | −0.3 | ||
Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 613 | N/A | ||
Social Credit | John Hargrave | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 551 | N/A | ||
United Socialist | Guy Aldred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 485 | |||
Socialist (GB) | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 448 |
1951 general election
Candidates | Votes | ||||||||||
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Party | Leader | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |
Labour | Clement Attlee | 617 | 295 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 47.2 | 48.8 | 13,948,883 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Winston Churchill | 617 | 321 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 51.4 | 48.0 | 13,717,850 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Clement Davies | 109 | 6 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 730,546 | −6.5 | |
Ind. Nationalist | N/A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 92,787 | N/A | |
Irish Labour | William Norton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 33,174 | −0.1 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 21,640 | −0.2 | |
Independent | N/A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 19,791 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10,920 | −0.1 | |
SNP | Robert McIntyre | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7,299 | 0.0 | |
Ind. Conservative | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5,904 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | Fred Barton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4,057 | 0.0 | |
British Empire | P. J. Ridout | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,643 | N/A | |
Anti-Partition | James McSparran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,340 | 0.0 | |
United Socialist | Guy Aldred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 411 | 0.0 |
Total votes cast: 28,596,594.[b]
Government's new majority | 17 |
Total votes cast | 28,596,594 |
Turnout | 82.6% |
References
- ^ a b P. F. Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, pp. 435–436
- ^ a b c d Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
- ^ "Winston Churchill heads the poll for Dundee", The Evening Post, 20 January 1910
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ The Times, 31 July 1917
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ^ Stevenson, Graham. "Brooks Bill". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015". UK Political Info.
- ^ "Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015". UK Political Info.
Notes
- ^ Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
- ^ All parties shown. Conservative total includes Liberal National Party, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists.
- ^ All parties shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.