Common Wealth Party election results

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This article lists the Common Wealth Party's election results in UK parliamentary elections.

Summary of general election performance

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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

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By-elections, 1943–45

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By-election Candidate Votes % Position
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

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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

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  • 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.