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.
Contents
1 Parliamentary elections
1.1 1899 Oldham by-election
1.2 1900 general election, Oldham
1.3 1906 general election, Manchester North West
1.4 1908 Manchester North West by-election
1.5 1908 Dundee by-election
1.6 January 1910 general election, Dundee
1.7 December 1910 general election, Dundee
1.8 1917 Dundee by-election
1.9 1918 general election, Dundee
1.10 1922 general election, Dundee
1.11 1923 general election, Leicester West
1.12 1924 by-election, Westminster Abbey
1.13 1924 general election, Epping
1.14 1929 general election, Epping
1.15 1931 general election, Epping
1.16 1935 general election, Epping
1.17 1945 general election, Woodford
1.18 1950 general election, Woodford
1.19 1951 general election, Woodford
1.20 1955 general election, Woodford
1.21 1959 general election, Woodford
2 General elections (as leader of the Conservative Party)
3 References
Parliamentary elections
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1899 Oldham by-election
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1900 general election, Oldham
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1906 general election, Manchester North West
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1908 Manchester North West by-election
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1908 Dundee by-election
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January 1910 general election, Dundee
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December 1910 general election, Dundee
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1917 Dundee by-election
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1918 general election, Dundee
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1922 general election, Dundee
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1923 general election, Leicester West
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1924 by-election, Westminster Abbey
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1924 general election, Epping
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1929 general election, Epping
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1931 general election, Epping
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1935 general election, Epping
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1945 general election, Woodford
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1950 general election, Woodford
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1951 general election, Woodford
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1955 general election, Woodford
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1959 general election, Woodford
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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
47.7
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
Independent 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%.
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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
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%.
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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
Independent 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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^ 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
^ Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election