Electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith

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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.

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Parliamentary Elections

1987 General Election, Bradford West

General Election 1987: Bradford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Madden 25,77551.9
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 18,22436.7
SDP M.Moghal5,65711.4
Majority7,55115.2
Turnout 49,65670.2
Labour hold Swing +1.0

1992 General Election, Chingford

General Election 1992: Chingford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 25,73059.2
Labour P.J. Dawe10,79224.8
Liberal Democrats S. Banks5,70513.1
Liberal D. Green6021.4
Green J. Baguley5751.3
Independent C. John410.1
Majority14,93834.4
Turnout 43,44578.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

1997 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 21,10947.5
Labour Tommy Hutchinson15,39534.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff6,88515.5
BNP Alan Gould1,0592.4
Majority5,71412.9New Seat
Turnout 44,44870.7

2001 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 17,83448.2+0.7
Labour Jessica Webb12,34733.4–1.2
Liberal Democrats John Beanse5,73915.50.0
BNP Jean Griffin1,0622.9+0.5
Majority5,48714.8
Turnout 36,98258.5–12.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

2005 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,55553.2+5.0
Labour Simon Wright9,91425.7−7.7
Liberal Democrats John Beanse6,83217.7+2.2
UKIP Michael McGough1,0782.8N/A
Independent Barry White2690.7N/A
Majority10,64127.5
Turnout 38,64863.0+4.5
Conservative hold Swing +6.4

2010 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 22,74352.8-0.4
Labour Cath Arakelian9,78022.7-3.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff7,24216.8-0.9
BNP Julian Leppert1,2883.0N/A
UKIP Nick Jones1,1332.6-0.2
Green Lucy Craig6501.5N/A
IndependentNone of the Above2020.5N/A
IndependentBarry White680.2N/A
Majority12,96330.1
Turnout 43,10666.5+3.5

2015 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2015: Chingford and Woodford Green [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,999 47.9 −4.8
Labour Bilal Mahmood12,61328.8+6.1
UKIP Freddy Vachha 5,64412.9+10.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Crook2,4005.5−11.3
Green Rebecca Tully1,8544.2+2.7
TUSC Len Hockey [4] 2410.6N/A
Class War Lisa Mckenzie 530.1N/A
Majority8,38619.1−11.0
Turnout 43,80465.7−0.8
Registered electors 66,680
Conservative hold Swing -5.4

2017 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2017: Chingford and Woodford Green [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 23,076 49.1 +1.2
Labour Bilal Mahmood20,63843.9+15.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Unger2,0434.4−1.1
Green Sinead King1,2042.6−1.7
Majority2,4385.2−13.9
Turnout 46,96171.2+5.5
Registered electors 65,958
Conservative hold Swing −7.0

2001 Conservative Party leadership election

First Ballot: 8 June 2001
CandidateVotes%
Michael Portillo4929.5
Iain Duncan Smith3923.5
Kenneth Clarke3621.6
Michael Ancram2112.7
David Davis2112.7
Turnout166100%
Second Ballot:
CandidateVotes%
Michael Portillo5030.1
Iain Duncan Smith4225.3
Kenneth Clarke3923.6
David Davis1810.8
Michael Ancram1710.2
Turnout166100%
Michael Ancram eliminated
Final Ballot:
CandidateVotes%
Kenneth Clarke5935.5
Iain Duncan Smith5432.5
Michael Portillo5332
Turnout166100%
Michael Portillo eliminated
Membership Ballot
CandidateVotes%
Iain Duncan Smith155,93360.7
Kenneth Clarke100,86439.3
Turnout256,797
Iain Duncan Smith elected

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References

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  2. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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