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 |
By-elections, 1943–45
By-election | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
Ashford by-election, 1943 | Williamson, CatherineCatherine Williamson | 4,192 | 30.3 | 2 |
Midlothian and Peeblesshire by-election, 1943 | Wintringham, TomTom Wintringham | 10,751 | 48.1 | 2 |
Portsmouth North by-election, 1943 | Sargant, ThomasThomas Sargant | 4,545 | 40.3 | 2 |
Watford by-election, 1943 | Blackburn, RaymondRaymond Blackburn | 11,838 | 46.1 | 2 |
Eddisbury by-election, 1943 | Loverseed, JohnJohn Loverseed | 8,023 | 43.7 | 1 |
Daventry by-election, 1943 | Webb, DennisDennis Webb | 6,591 | 33.4 | 2 |
The Hartlepools by-election, 1943 | Burton, ElaineElaine Burton | 3,634 | 17.4 | 2 |
Newark by-election, 1943 | Moeran, EdwardEdward Moeran | 3,189 | 13.9 | 3 |
Birmingham Aston by-election, 1943 | Hall, GilbertGilbert Hall | 1,886 | 21.6 | 2 |
Skipton by-election, 1944 | Lawson, HughHugh Lawson | 12,222 | 44.9 | 1 |
Manchester Rusholme by-election, 1944 | Blomerley, H. W.H. W. Blomerley | 6,870 | 42.1 | 2 |
Chelmsford by-election, 1945 | Millington, ErnestErnest Millington | 24,548 | 57.5 | 1 |
1945 general election
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | % | Position |
Aldershot | Wintringham, TomTom Wintringham | 14,435 | 42.6 | 2 |
Bury St Edmunds | Gordon England, EricEric Gordon England | 750 | 2.4 | 4 |
Canterbury | Williamson, CatherineCatherine Williamson | 1,017 | 2.6 | 3 |
Chelmsford | Millington, ErnestErnest Millington | 27,309 | 46.7 | 1 |
Chelsea | Sharpe, DorothyDorothy Sharpe | 984 | 5.2 | 3 |
Evesham | Donnelly, DesmondDesmond Donnelly | 7,727 | 23.1 | 3 |
Fylde | Heath, K.K. Heath | 1,784 | 2.9 | 3 |
Glasgow Pollok | Voisey-Youldon, A.A. Voisey-Youldon | 932 | 3.0 | 3 |
Harrow West | Lawson, HughHugh Lawson | 2,462 | 4.3 | 4 |
Knutsford | Young, Frank WilliamFrank William Young | 628 | 1.1 | 4 |
Newbury | Suggett, GeorgeGeorge Suggett | 424 | 0.9 | 4 |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne North | Ridsdale, Henry Arthur CharlesHenry Arthur Charles Ridsdale | 904 | 2.6 | 4 |
North Midlothian | Wintringham, KittyKitty Wintringham | 3,299 | 6.4 | 3 |
Petersfield | Sargant, ThomasThomas Sargant | 6,600 | 18.5 | 3 |
Plymouth Drake | Trout, EdgarEdgar Trout | 1,681 | 5.7 | 3 |
Putney | Acland, RichardRichard Acland | 2,686 | 8.0 | 3 |
Richmond (Surrey) | Frank, Douglas George HoraceDouglas George Horace Frank | 753 | 1.7 | 4 |
Richmond (Yorks) | Chesterton, Roy NormanRoy Norman Chesterton | 813 | 2.3 | 4 |
Sheffield Ecclesall | Checkland, SydneySydney Checkland | 12,045 | 35.9 | 2 |
Sutton Coldfield | Purser, J.J. Purser | 2,043 | 4.2 | 3 |
Thirsk and Malton | Moeran, EdwardEdward Moeran | 13,572 | 39.9 | 2 |
Westminster St George's | Brown, W. B. D.W. B. D. Brown | 5,314 | 27.3 | 2 |
Wimbledon | Horne, K.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.