Electoral history of Winston Churchill

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This is the summary of the electoral history of 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.

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Parliamentary elections

1899 Oldham by-election

1899 Oldham by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Green check.svgY Alfred Emmott 12,976 26.7 +2.1
Liberal Green check.svgY Walter Runciman 12,770 26.2 +2.0
Conservative Winston Churchill 11,47723.6−2.6
Conservative James Mawdsley 11,44923.5−1.5
Majority1,2932.6N/A
Turnout 24,546 (est)86.2−1.3
Registered electors 28,476
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.8

1900 general election, Oldham

General election 1900: Oldham [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Green check.svgY Alfred Emmott 12,947 25.3 +0.7
Conservative Green check.svgY Winston Churchill 12,931 25.3 −0.9
Liberal Walter Runciman 12,70924.9+0.7
Conservative Charles Birch Crisp12,52224.5−0.5
Turnout 51,10987.9+0.4
Registered electors 29,253
Majority4250.8N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.6
Majority2220.40.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.8

1906 general election, Manchester North West

General election 1906: Manchester North West [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 5,639 56.2 New
Conservative William Joynson-Hicks 4,39843.8N/A
Majority1,24112.4N/A
Turnout 10,03788.0N/A
Registered electors 11,411
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

1908 Manchester North West by-election

1908 Manchester North West by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Joynson-Hicks 5,417 50.7 +6.9
Liberal Winston Churchill 4,98846.7−9.5
Social Democratic Federation Dan Irving 2762.6New
Majority4294.0N/A
Turnout 10,68189.7+1.7
Registered electors 11,914
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.2

1908 Dundee by-election

1908 Dundee by-election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 7,079 43.9 −8.7
Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet4,37027.1−3.0
Labour G. H. Stuart-Bunning 4,01424.9+1.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 6554.1New
Majority2,70916.8−1.7
Turnout 16,13884.6+2.7
Registered electors 19,041
Liberal hold Swing −2.9

January 1910 general election, Dundee

General election January 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 10,747 34.1 −18.5 [n 1]
Labour Alexander Wilkie 10,365 32.9 +9.6
Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd4,55214.4+3.5
Liberal Unionist James Glass4,33913.8+0.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,5124.8New
Turnout 31,51586.1+4.2
Registered electors 19,374
Majority6,19519.7+1.2
Liberal hold
Majority5,81318.5+16.1
Labour hold

December 1910 general election, Dundee

General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats) [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 9,240 30.1 −4.0
Labour Alexander Wilkie 8,957 29.3 −3.6
Liberal Unionist George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet5,68518.6+4.8
Conservative John Hall Seymour Lloyd4,91416.0+1.6
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 1,8256.0+1.2
Turnout 30,62184.1−2.0
Registered electors 19,118
Majority3,55511.5−8.2
Liberal hold
Majority3,27210.7−7.8
Labour hold

1917 Dundee by-election

1917 Dundee by-election [6] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Winston Churchill 7,302 78.2 +58.1
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 2,03621.8+15.8
Majority5,26656.4+44.9
Turnout 9,33842.5−41.6
Registered electors 21,953
Liberal hold Swing +21.2

1918 general election, Dundee

General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Winston Churchill 25,78837.5+7.4
Labour Alexander Wilkie 24,822 36.1 +6.8
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 10,42315.1+9.1
Labour James Sunney Brown7,76911.3N/A
Turnout 68,80246.6−37.5
Majority15,36522.4+10.9
Liberal hold
Majority14,39921.0+10.3
Labour hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1922 general election, Dundee

General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Scottish Prohibition Edwin Scrymgeour 32,578 27.6 +12.5
Labour E. D. Morel 30,292 25.6 -10.5
National Liberal David Johnstone MacDonald22,24418.8N/A
National Liberal Winston Churchill 20,46617.3-20.2
Liberal Robert Pilkington 6,6815.7N/A
Communist Willie Gallacher 5,9065.0New
Majority10,3348.8N/A
Majority8,0486.8-14.2
Turnout 118,16780.5+33.9
Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal Swing
Labour hold Swing

1923 general election, Leicester West

General election 1923: Leicester West [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 13,634 44.6 −0.4
Liberal Winston Churchill 9,23630.2+3.6
Unionist Alfred Instone7,69625.2New
Majority4,39814.4−2.2
Turnout 30,56676.0+3.5
Registered electors 40,244
Labour hold Swing −2.0

1924 by-election, Westminster Abbey

By-Election, 19 March 1924
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Otho Nicholson 8,187 35.9 N/A
Constitutionalist Winston Churchill 8,14435.8New
Labour Fenner Brockway 6,15627.0New
Liberal James Scott Duckers 2911.3New
Majority430.1N/A
Turnout 36,99961.6N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A


1924 general election, Epping

General election 1924: Epping [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Constitutionalist Winston Churchill 19,843 58.9 New
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 10,08029.9−17.2
Labour J R McPhie3,76811.2New
Majority9,76329.0N/A
Turnout 33,69178.3+11.9
Registered electors 43,055
Constitutionalist gain from Unionist Swing N/A

1929 general election, Epping

General election 1929: Epping [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Winston Churchill 23,972 48.5 −10.4
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 19,00538.4+8.5
Labour Walton Newbold 6,47213.1+1.9
Majority4,96710.1−18.9
Turnout 49,44975.2−3.1
Registered electors 65,758
Unionist gain from Constitutionalist Swing −9.5

1931 general election, Epping

General election 1931: Epping
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 35,956 63.8 +15.3
Liberal Arthur Comyns Carr 15,67027.8-10.6
Labour James Ranger 4,7138.4-4.7
Majority20,28636.0+25.9
Turnout 56,33977.3+2.1
Conservative hold Swing

1935 general election, Epping

General election 1935: Epping
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 34,849 59.0 -4.8
Liberal Gilbert Granville Sharp 14,43024.4-3.4
Labour James Ranger 9,75816.5+8.1
Majority20,41934.6-1.4
Turnout 59,03767.7-9.6
Conservative hold Swing

1945 general election, Woodford

General election 1945: Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 27,68872.53
Independent Alexander Hancock10,48827.47
Majority17,20045.06
Turnout 38,17665.53
Conservative win (new seat)

1950 general election, Woodford

General election 1950: Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 37,23959.61-12.92
Labour S. Hills18,74030.00New
Liberal Howard Vivien Davies5,6649.07New
Communist Bill Brooks [8] 8271.32New
Majority18,49929.61-15.45
Turnout 62,47086.06+20.53
Conservative hold Swing

1951 general election, Woodford

General election 1951: Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 40,93862.96
Labour William A. Archer22,35934.39
Communist John Ross Campbell 8711.34
IndependentAlexander Hancock8511.31New
Majority18,57928.57
Turnout 65,01983.38
Conservative hold Swing

1955 general election, Woodford

General election 1955: Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 25,06973.02
Labour Arnold Keith M. Milner9,26126.98
Majority15,80846.04
Turnout 34,33075.96
Conservative hold Swing

1959 general election, Woodford

General election 1959: Woodford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Winston Churchill 24,81571.24
Labour Arthur Latham 10,01828.76
Majority14,79742.48
Turnout 34,83377.29
Conservative hold Swing

General elections (as leader of the Conservative Party)

1945 general election

UK General Election 1945
CandidatesVotes
PartyLeaderStoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour Clement Attlee 6033932423+23961.447.711,967,746+9.7
  Conservative Winston Churchill 55919714204−19030.836.28,716,211−11.6
  Liberal Archibald Sinclair 30612514−91.99.02,177,938+2.3
  National Liberal Ernest Brown 4911022−221.72.9686,652−0.8
  Independent N/A38860+61.30.6133,191+0.5
 NationalN/A10221+10.30.5130,513+0.2
  Common Wealth C. A. Smith 23 1 1 0+10.20.5110,634N/A
  Communist Harry Pollitt 212 1 0+10.30.497,945+0.3
  Nationalist James McSparran 320000.30.492,819+0.2
 National IndependentN/A1321100.30.365,171N/A
  Independent Labour N/A722000.30.363,135+0.2
  Ind. Conservative N/A6220+20.30.257,823+0.1
  Ind. Labour Party Bob Edwards 530 1 −10.50.246,769−0.5
  Independent Progressive N/A7 1 1 0+10.20.145,967+0.1
  Independent Liberal N/A3220+20.30.130,450+0.1
  SNP Douglas Young 80000N/A0.126,707−0.1
  Plaid Cymru Abi Williams 70000N/A0.016,017N/A
  Commonwealth Labour Harry Midgley 1 0000N/A0.014,096N/A
  Independent Nationalist N/A40000N/A0.05,430N/A
  Liverpool Protestant H. D. Longbottom 1 0000N/A0.02,601N/A
 Christian PacifistN/A 1 0000N/A0.02,381N/A
  Democratic Norman Leith-Hay-Clark50000N/A0.01,809N/A
 AgriculturistN/A 1 0000N/A0.01,068N/A
  Socialist (GB) N/A 1 0000N/A0.0472N/A
  United Socialist Guy Aldred 1 0000N/A0.0300N/A
Total votes cast: 24,073,025. Turnout: 72.8%. [9]

1950 general election

UK General Election 1950
CandidatesVotes
PartyLeaderStoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour Clement Attlee 617315−7850.446.113,266,176−1.6
  Conservative Winston Churchill 619298+9047.743.412,492,404+4.3
  Liberal Clement Davies 475936−31.49.12,621,487+0.1
  Communist Harry Pollitt 100002−20.391,765−0.1
  Nationalist James McSparran 220000.30.265,211−0.2
  Irish Labour William Norton 200000.252,715N/A
  Independent N/A1500000.250,299−0.4
  Independent Labour N/A600000.126,395−0.2
  Ind. Conservative N/A300000.124,732−0.1
  Sinn Féin Paddy McLogan 200000.123,362N/A
  Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Evans 700000.117,580+0.1
  Independent Liberal N/A2 1 0 1 −10.20.115,066
  SNP Robert McIntyre 300000.09,708−0.1
  Anti-Partition James McSparran 400000.05,084N/A
  Ind. Labour Party David Gibson 4003−30.04,112−0.2
 Independent Liberal and ConservativeN/A100000.01,551N/A
 National IndependentN/A1002−20.01,380−0.3
  Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru N/A 1 00000.0613N/A
  Social Credit John Hargrave 1 00000.0551N/A
  United Socialist Guy Aldred 1 00000.0485
  Socialist (GB) N/A200000.0448

1951 general election

1951 United Kingdom general election
CandidatesVotes
PartyLeaderStoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Labour Clement Attlee 617295222−2047.248.813,948,883+2.7
  Conservative Winston Churchill 61732123 1 +2251.448.013,717,850+4.6
  Liberal Clement Davies 1096 1 4−31.02.6730,546−6.5
  Independent Nationalist N/A320000.30.392,787N/A
  Irish Labour William Norton 1 1 1 0+10.20.133,174−0.1
  Communist Harry Pollitt 1000000.00.121,640−0.2
  Independent N/A600000.00.119,791N/A
  Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Evans 400000.00.010,920−0.1
  SNP Robert McIntyre 200000.00.07,2990.0
  Ind. Conservative N/A 1 00000.00.05,904N/A
  Ind. Labour Party Fred Barton 300000.00.04,0570.0
  British Empire P. J. Ridout 1 00000.00.01,643N/A
  Anti-Partition James McSparran 1 00000.00.01,3400.0
  United Socialist Guy Aldred 1 00000.00.04110.0

Total votes cast: 28,596,594. [lower-alpha 2]

Government's new majority17
Total votes cast28,596,594
Turnout82.6%

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  1. 1 2 P. F. Clarke, Lancashire and the New Liberalism, pp. 435–436
  2. 1 2 3 4 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. 1 2 3 4 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ "Winston Churchill heads the poll for Dundee", The Evening Post , 20 January 1910
  5. 1 2 3 Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  6. ↑ The Times, 31 July 1917
  7. 1 2 3 Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
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  9. ↑ "Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015". UK Political Info.
  10. ↑ Voter turnout at UK general elections 1945–2015, UK Political Info

Notes

  1. ↑ Compared to combined Liberal vote at 1906 election
  1. ↑ All parties shown. Conservative total includes Liberal National Party, (Scottish) Unionists and Ulster Unionists.
  2. ↑ All parties shown. Conservative result includes the Ulster Unionists.
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