Common Wealth Party election results
This article lists the Common Wealth Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.
Summary of general election performance
Year | Number of Candidates | Total votes | Average voters per candidate | Percentage of vote | Saved deposits | Change (%) | Number of MPs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1945 | 23 | 110,634 | 4,810 | 0.5 | 7 | N/A | 1 |
Elections results
By-elections, 1943–45
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
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1943 Ashford by-election | Catherine Williamson | 4,192 | 30.3 | 2 |
1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election | Tom Wintringham | 10,751 | 48.1 | 2 |
1943 Portsmouth North by-election | Thomas Sargant | 4,545 | 40.3 | 2 |
1943 Watford by-election | Raymond Blackburn | 11,838 | 46.1 | 2 |
1943 Eddisbury by-election | John Loverseed | 8,023 | 43.7 | 1 |
1943 Daventry by-election | Dennis Webb | 6,591 | 33.4 | 2 |
1943 The Hartlepools by-election | Elaine Burton | 3,634 | 17.4 | 2 |
1943 Newark by-election | Edward Moeran | 3,189 | 13.9 | 3 |
1943 Birmingham Aston by-election | Gilbert Hall | 1,886 | 21.6 | 2 |
1944 Skipton by-election | Hugh Lawson | 12,222 | 44.9 | 1 |
1944 Manchester Rusholme by-election | Harold W. Blomerley | 6,870 | 42.1 | 2 |
1945 Chelmsford by-election | Ernest Millington | 24,548 | 57.5 | 1 |
1945 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aldershot | Tom Wintringham | 14,435 | 42.6 | 2 |
Bury St Edmunds | Eric Gordon England | 750 | 2.4 | 4 |
Canterbury | Catherine Williamson | 1,017 | 2.6 | 3 |
Chelmsford | Ernest Millington | 27,309 | 46.7 | 1 |
Chelsea | Dorothy Sharpe | 984 | 5.2 | 3 |
Evesham | Desmond Donnelly | 7,727 | 23.1 | 3 |
Fylde | Karl Edwin Heath | 1,784 | 2.9 | 3 |
Glasgow Pollok | William John Voisey-Youldon | 932 | 3.0 | 3 |
Harrow West | Hugh Lawson | 2,462 | 4.3 | 4 |
Knutsford | Frank William Young | 628 | 1.1 | 4 |
Newbury | George Suggett | 424 | 0.9 | 4 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North | Henry Arthur Charles Ridsdale | 904 | 2.6 | 4 |
North Midlothian | Kitty Wintringham | 3,299 | 6.4 | 3 |
Petersfield | Thomas Sargant | 6,600 | 18.5 | 3 |
Plymouth Drake | Edgar Trout | 1,681 | 5.7 | 3 |
Putney | Richard Acland | 2,686 | 8.0 | 3 |
Richmond (Surrey) | Douglas George Horace Frank | 753 | 1.7 | 4 |
Richmond (Yorks) | Roy Norman Chesterton | 813 | 2.3 | 4 |
Sheffield Ecclesall | Sydney Checkland | 12,045 | 35.9 | 2 |
Sutton Coldfield | Joyce Purser | 2,043 | 4.2 | 3 |
Thirsk and Malton | Edward Moeran | 13,572 | 39.9 | 2 |
Westminster St George's | Wilfred Brown | 5,314 | 27.3 | 2 |
Wimbledon | K. Horne | 2,472 | 3.6 | 4 |
References
- F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
- Craig, F. W. S. (1975). Minor Parties in British By-elections, 1885-1974. London: Macmillan Press. pp. 14–15.
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