Common Wealth Party election results

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This article lists the Common Wealth Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

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Summary of general election performance

YearNumber of CandidatesTotal votesAverage voters per candidatePercentage of voteSaved depositsChange (%)Number of MPs
1945 23110,6344,8100.57N/A1

Elections results

By-elections, 1943–45

By-electionCandidateVotes %Position
1943 Ashford by-election Catherine Williamson 4,19230.32
1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election Tom Wintringham 10,75148.12
1943 Portsmouth North by-election Thomas Sargant 4,54540.32
1943 Watford by-election Raymond Blackburn 11,83846.12
1943 Eddisbury by-election John Loverseed 8,02343.71
1943 Daventry by-election Dennis Webb6,59133.42
1943 The Hartlepools by-election Elaine Burton 3,63417.42
1943 Newark by-election Edward Moeran 3,18913.93
1943 Birmingham Aston by-election Gilbert Hall1,88621.62
1944 Skipton by-election Hugh Lawson 12,22244.91
1944 Manchester Rusholme by-election Harold W. Blomerley6,87042.12
1945 Chelmsford by-election Ernest Millington 24,54857.51

1945 general election

ConstituencyCandidateVotes %Position
Aldershot Tom Wintringham 14,43542.62
Bury St Edmunds Eric Gordon England 7502.44
Canterbury Catherine Williamson 1,0172.63
Chelmsford Ernest Millington 27,30946.71
Chelsea Dorothy Sharpe9845.23
Evesham Desmond Donnelly 7,72723.13
Fylde Karl Edwin Heath1,7842.93
Glasgow Pollok William John Voisey-Youldon9323.03
Harrow West Hugh Lawson 2,4624.34
Knutsford Frank William Young6281.14
Newbury George Suggett4240.94
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Henry Arthur Charles Ridsdale9042.64
North Midlothian Kitty Wintringham 3,2996.43
Petersfield Thomas Sargant 6,60018.53
Plymouth Drake Edgar Trout1,6815.73
Putney Richard Acland 2,6868.03
Richmond (Surrey) Douglas George Horace Frank7531.74
Richmond (Yorks) Roy Norman Chesterton8132.34
Sheffield Ecclesall Sydney Checkland 12,04535.92
Sutton Coldfield Joyce Purser2,0434.23
Thirsk and Malton Edward Moeran 13,57239.92
Westminster St George's Wilfred Brown 5,31427.32
Wimbledon K. Horne2,4723.64

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