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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

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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[1][2]
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 [3]
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[3]
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[3][4]
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) [5][2][n 1]
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) [5][2]
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[6][2]
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[5]
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[7]
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[7]
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[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

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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)

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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%.[9]
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%.[10][a]

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.[b]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b P. F. Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, pp. 435–436
  2. ^ a b c d Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  3. ^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  4. ^ "Winston Churchill heads the poll for Dundee", The Evening Post, 20 January 1910
  5. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. ^ The Times, 31 July 1917
  7. ^ 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.
  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

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  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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