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. Duncan Smith was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from May 2010 to March 2016 and was the Conservative leader and Opposition 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
Majority 7,55115.2
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
Majority 14,93834.4
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
Majority 5,71412.9New 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
Majority 5,48714.8
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
Majority 10,64127.5
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
Majority 12,96330.1
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
Majority 8,38619.1−11.0
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
Majority 2,4385.2−13.9
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

References

  1. ↑ London Borough of Waltham Forest – Nominations for Parliamentary election, May 2010 [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "General Election results, 7 May 2015". Walthamforest.gov.uk. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Trade unionist chosen to stand at election (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)". Guardian-series.co.uk. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Chingford & Woodford Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  6. ↑ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). parliament.uk. 29 January 2019. p. 96.
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