Electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith

This is a summary of the electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith, a British Conservative Party politician who is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was the Conservative leader from September 2001 to November 2003.

Parliamentary Elections

1987 General Election, Bradford West

General Election 1987: Bradford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Max Madden	25,775	51.9
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	18,224	36.7
	SDP	M.Moghal	5,657	11.4
Majority			7,551	15.2
Turnout			49,656	70.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

1992 General Election, Chingford

General Election 1992: Chingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	25,730	59.2
	Labour	P.J. Dawe	10,792	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Banks	5,705	13.1
	Liberal	D. Green	602	1.4
	Green	J. Baguley	575	1.3
	Independent	C. John	41	0.1
Majority			14,938	34.4
Turnout			43,445	78.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

1997 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	21,109	47.5
	Labour	Tommy Hutchinson	15,395	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	6,885	15.5
	BNP	Alan Gould	1,059	2.4
Majority			5,714	12.9	New Seat
Turnout			44,448	70.7

2001 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	17,834	48.2	+0.7
	Labour	Jessica Webb	12,347	33.4	–1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Beanse	5,739	15.5	0.0
	BNP	Jean Griffin	1,062	2.9	+0.5
Majority			5,487	14.8
Turnout			36,982	58.5	–12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

2005 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,555	53.2	+5.0
	Labour	Simon Wright	9,914	25.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Beanse	6,832	17.7	+2.2
	UKIP	Michael McGough	1,078	2.8	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	269	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,641	27.5
Turnout			38,648	63.0	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

2010 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	22,743	52.8	−0.4
	Labour	Cath Arakelian	9,780	22.7	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	7,242	16.8	−0.9
	BNP	Julian Leppert	1,288	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Nick Jones	1,133	2.6	−0.2
	Green	Lucy Craig	650	1.5	N/A
	Independent	None of the Above	202	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	68	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,963	30.1
Turnout			43,106	66.5	+3.5

• None of the Above (Independent) Original name Adam Osen.

2001 Conservative Party leadership election

First Ballot: 8 June 2001
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Portillo	49	29.5
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Iain Duncan Smith	39	23.5
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kenneth Clarke	36	21.6
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Ancram	21	12.7
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Davis	21	12.7
Turnout		166	100%

Second Ballot:
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Portillo	50	30.1
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Iain Duncan Smith	42	25.3
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kenneth Clarke	39	23.6
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Davis	18	10.8
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Ancram	17	10.2
Turnout		166	100%
Michael Ancram eliminated

Final Ballot:
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kenneth Clarke	59	35.5
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Iain Duncan Smith	54	32.5
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Michael Portillo	53	32
Turnout		166	100%
Michael Portillo eliminated

Membership Ballot
Candidate		Votes	%
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Iain Duncan Smith	155,933	60.7
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Kenneth Clarke	100,864	39.3
Turnout		256,797
Iain Duncan Smith elected