Electoral history of Winston Churchill

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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.

Parliamentary elections

1899 Oldham by-election

1899 Oldham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	YAlfred Emmott	12,976	26.7	+2.1
	Liberal	YWalter Runciman	12,770	26.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	11,477	23.6	−2.6
	Conservative	James Mawdsley	11,449	23.5	−1.5
Majority			1,527	3.2	N/A
Majority			1,293	2.6	N/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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	YAlfred Emmott	12,947	25.3	+0.7
	Conservative	YWinston Churchill	12,931	25.3	−0.9
	Liberal	Walter Runciman	12,709	24.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Charles Birch Crisp	12,522	24.5	−0.5
Turnout			51,109	87.9	+0.4
Registered electors			29,253
Majority			425	0.8	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.6
Majority			222	0.4	0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8

1906 general election, Manchester North West

General election 1906: Manchester North West ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	5,639	56.2	New
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	4,398	43.8	N/A
Majority			1,241	12.4	N/A
Turnout			10,037	88.0	N/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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Joynson-Hicks	5,417	50.7	+6.9
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	4,988	46.7	−9.5
	Social Democratic Federation	Dan Irving	276	2.6	New
Majority			429	4.0	N/A
Turnout			10,681	89.7	+1.7
Registered electors			11,914
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

1908 Dundee by-election

1908 Dundee by-election^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	7,079	43.9	−8.7
	Liberal Unionist	George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet	4,370	27.1	−3.0
	Labour	G. H. Stuart-Bunning	4,014	24.9	+1.6
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	655	4.1	New
Majority			2,709	16.8	−1.7
Turnout			16,138	84.6	+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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	10,747	34.1	−18.5[n 1]
	Labour	Alexander Wilkie	10,365	32.9	+9.6
	Conservative	John Hall Seymour Lloyd	4,552	14.4	+3.5
	Liberal Unionist	James Glass	4,339	13.8	+0.6
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	1,512	4.8	New
Turnout			31,515	86.1	+4.2
Registered electors			19,374
Majority			6,195	19.7	+1.2
	Liberal hold
Majority			5,813	18.5	+16.1
	Labour hold

December 1910 general election, Dundee

General election December 1910: Dundee (2 seats) ^[5][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	9,240	30.1	−4.0
	Labour	Alexander Wilkie	8,957	29.3	−3.6
	Liberal Unionist	George Washington Baxter, 1st Baronet	5,685	18.6	+4.8
	Conservative	John Hall Seymour Lloyd	4,914	16.0	+1.6
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	1,825	6.0	+1.2
Turnout			30,621	84.1	−2.0
Registered electors			19,118
Majority			3,555	11.5	−8.2
	Liberal hold
Majority			3,272	10.7	−7.8
	Labour hold

1917 Dundee by-election

1917 Dundee by-election^[6][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	7,302	78.2	+58.1
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	2,036	21.8	+15.8
Majority			5,266	56.4	+44.9
Turnout			9,338	42.5	−41.6
Registered electors			21,953
	Liberal hold		Swing	+21.2

1918 general election, Dundee

General election 1918: Dundee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Winston Churchill	25,788	37.5	+7.4
	Labour	Alexander Wilkie	24,822	36.1	+6.8
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	10,423	15.1	+9.1
	Labour	James Sunney Brown	7,769	11.3	N/A
Turnout			68,802	46.6	−37.5
Majority			15,365	22.4	+10.9
	Liberal hold
Majority			14,399	21.0	+10.3
	Labour hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

1922 general election, Dundee

General election 1922: Dundee (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Scottish Prohibition	Edwin Scrymgeour	32,578	27.6	+12.5
	Labour	E. D. Morel	30,292	25.6	-10.5
	National Liberal	David Johnstone MacDonald	22,244	18.8	N/A
	National Liberal	Winston Churchill	20,466	17.3	-20.2
	Liberal	Robert Pilkington	6,681	5.7	N/A
	Communist	Willie Gallacher	5,906	5.0	New
Majority			10,334	8.8	N/A
Majority			8,048	6.8	-14.2
Turnout			118,167	80.5	+33.9
	Scottish Prohibition gain from National Liberal		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1923 general election, Leicester West

General election 1923: Leicester West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	13,634	44.6	−0.4
	Liberal	Winston Churchill	9,236	30.2	+3.6
	Unionist	Alfred Instone	7,696	25.2	New
Majority			4,398	14.4	−2.2
Turnout			30,566	76.0	+3.5
Registered electors			40,244
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

1924 by-election, Westminster Abbey

By-election, 19 March 1924

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Otho Nicholson	8,187	35.9	N/A
	Constitutionalist	Winston Churchill	8,144	35.8	New
	Labour	Fenner Brockway	6,156	27.0	New
	Liberal	James Scott Duckers	291	1.3	New
Majority			43	0.1	N/A
Turnout			36,999	61.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

1924 general election, Epping

General election 1924: Epping^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Constitutionalist	Winston Churchill	19,843	58.9	N/A
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	10,080	29.9	−17.2
	Labour	J R McPhie	3,768	11.2	New
Majority			9,763	29.0	N/A
Turnout			33,691	78.3	+11.9
Registered electors			43,055
	Constitutionalist gain from Unionist		Swing

1929 general election, Epping

General election 1929: Epping^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Winston Churchill	23,972	48.5	−10.4
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	19,005	38.4	+8.5
	Labour	Walton Newbold	6,472	13.1	+1.9
Majority			4,967	10.1	−18.9
Turnout			49,449	75.2	−3.1
Registered electors			65,758
	Unionist gain from Constitutionalist		Swing	−9.5

1931 general election, Epping

General election 1931: Epping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	35,956	63.8	+15.3
	Liberal	Arthur Comyns Carr	15,670	27.8	−10.6
	Labour	James Ranger	4,713	8.4	−4.7
Majority			20,286	36.0	+25.9
Turnout			56,339	77.3	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

1935 general election, Epping

General election 1935: Epping

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	34,849	59.0	−4.8
	Liberal	Gilbert Granville Sharp	14,430	24.4	−3.4
	Labour	James Ranger	9,758	16.5	+8.1
Majority			20,419	34.6	−1.4
Turnout			59,037	67.7	−9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

1945 general election, Woodford

General election 1945: Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	27,688	72.53
	Independent	Alexander Hancock	10,488	27.47
Majority			17,200	45.06
Turnout			38,176	65.53
	Conservative win (new seat)

1950 general election, Woodford

General election 1950: Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	37,239	59.61	−12.92
	Labour	Seymour Hills	18,740	30.00	New
	Liberal	Howard Vivien Davies	5,664	9.07	New
	Communist	Bill Brooks[8]	827	1.32	New
Majority			18,499	29.61	−15.45
Turnout			62,470	86.06	+20.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

1951 general election, Woodford

General election 1951: Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	40,938	62.96	+3.35
	Labour	William Aaron Archer	22,359	34.39	+4.39
	Communist	John Ross Campbell	871	1.34	+0.02
	Independent	Alexander Hancock	851	1.31	New
Majority			18,579	28.57	−1.04
Turnout			65,019	83.38	−2.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

1955 general election, Woodford

General election 1955: Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	25,069	73.02
	Labour	Arnold Keith Morgan Milner	9,261	26.98
Majority			15,808	46.04
Turnout			34,330	75.96
	Conservative hold		Swing

1959 general election, Woodford

General election 1959: Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Winston Churchill	24,815	71.24	−1.78
	Labour	Arthur Latham	10,018	28.76	+1.78
Majority			14,797	42.48	−3.57
Turnout			34,833	77.29	+1.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

General elections (as leader of the Conservative Party)

1945 general election

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

1950 general election

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

1951 general election

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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Notes