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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

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1899 Oldham by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 12,976 26.7 +2.1
Liberal Green tickYWalter 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

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General election 1900: Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Green tickYAlfred Emmott 12,947 25.3 +0.7
Conservative Green tickYWinston 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

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General election 1906: 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

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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

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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

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General election January 1910: Dundee (2 seats)
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

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General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats)
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

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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

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General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)
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

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General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)
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

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General election 1923: 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

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By-election, 19 March 1924
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

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General election 1924: 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

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General election 1929: 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

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General election 1931: 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

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General election 1935: 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

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General election 1945: 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

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General election 1950: 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 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

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General election 1951: 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

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General election 1955: 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

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General election 1959: 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

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UK General Election 1945
Candidates Votes
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
Total votes cast: 24,073,025. Turnout: 72.8%. All parties shown. Conservative total includes Ulster Unionists. Of the eight seats won by National Labour in 1935 five were defended under the National label.

1950 general election

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UK general election 1950
Candidates Votes
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
Total votes cast: 28,771,124. Turnout: 83.9%.

1951 general election

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1951 United Kingdom general election
Candidates Votes
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.

Government's new majority 17
Total votes cast 28,596,594
Turnout 82.6%

References

  1. ^ P. F. Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, pp. 435–436
  2. ^ Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  4. "Winston Churchill heads the poll for Dundee", The Evening Post, 20 January 1910
  5. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. The Times, 31 July 1917
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  8. Stevenson, Graham. "Brooks Bill". Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. "Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015". UK Political Info.
  10. "Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015". UK Political Info.

Notes

  1. Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
  1. All parties shown. Conservative total includes Liberal National Party, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists.
  2. All parties shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.
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