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This is a summary of the electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith, a British Conservative Party politician who is currently the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and was the Conservative leader from September 2001 to November 2003.

Parliamentary Elections

1987 General Election, Bradford West

General Election 1987: Bradford West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Max Madden 25,775 51.9
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 18,224 36.7
SDP M.Moghal 5,657 11.4
Majority 7,551 15.2
Turnout 49,656 70.2
Labour hold Swing +1.0

1992 General Election, Chingford

General Election 1992: Chingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 25,730 59.2
Labour P.J. Dawe 10,792 24.8
Liberal Democrats S. Banks 5,705 13.1
Liberal D. Green 602 1.4
Green J. Baguley 575 1.3
Independent C. John 41 0.1
Majority 14,938 34.4
Turnout 43,445 78.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

1997 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 1997: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 21,109 47.5
Labour Tommy Hutchinson 15,395 34.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 6,885 15.5
BNP Alan Gould 1,059 2.4
Majority 5,714 12.9 New Seat
Turnout 44,448 70.7

2001 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2001: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 17,834 48.2 +0.7
Labour Jessica Webb 12,347 33.4 –1.2
Liberal Democrats John Beanse 5,739 15.5 0.0
BNP Jean Griffin 1,062 2.9 +0.5
Majority 5,487 14.8
Turnout 36,982 58.5 –12.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

2005 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2005: Chingford and Woodford Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,555 53.2 +5.0
Labour Simon Wright 9,914 25.7 −7.7
Liberal Democrats John Beanse 6,832 17.7 +2.2
UKIP Michael McGough 1,078 2.8 N/A
Independent Barry White 269 0.7 N/A
Majority 10,641 27.5
Turnout 38,648 63.0 +4.5
Conservative hold Swing +6.4

2010 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2010: Chingford and Woodford Green[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 22,743 52.8 -0.4
Labour Cath Arakelian 9,780 22.7 -3.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Seeff 7,242 16.8 -0.9
BNP Julian Leppert 1,288 3.0 N/A
UKIP Nick Jones 1,133 2.6 -0.2
Green Lucy Craig 650 1.5 N/A
Independent None of the Above 202 0.5 N/A
Independent Barry White 68 0.2 N/A
Majority 12,963 30.1
Turnout 43,106 66.5 +3.5

2015 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2015: Chingford and Woodford Green[2] [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 20,999 47.9 −4.8
Labour Bilal Mahmood 12,613 28.8 +6.1
UKIP Freddy Vachha 5,644 12.9 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Anne Crook 2,400 5.5 −11.3
Green Rebecca Tully 1,854 4.2 +2.7
TUSC Len Hockey[4] 241 0.6 N/A
Class War Lisa Mckenzie 53 0.1 N/A
Majority 8,386 19.1 −11.0
Turnout 43,804 65.7 −0.8
Registered electors 66,680
Conservative hold Swing -5.4

2017 General Election, Chingford and Woodford Green

General Election 2017: Chingford and Woodford Green[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Duncan Smith 23,076 49.1 +1.2
Labour Bilal Mahmood 20,638 43.9 +15.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Unger 2,043 4.4 −1.1
Green Sinead King 1,204 2.6 −1.7
Majority 2,438 5.2 −13.9
Turnout 46,961 71.2 +5.5
Registered electors 65,958
Conservative hold Swing −7.0

2001 Conservative Party leadership election

First Ballot: 8 June 2001
Candidate Votes %
Michael Portillo 49 29.5
Iain Duncan Smith 39 23.5
Kenneth Clarke 36 21.6
Michael Ancram 21 12.7
David Davis 21 12.7
Turnout 166 100%
Second Ballot:
Candidate Votes %
Michael Portillo 50 30.1
Iain Duncan Smith 42 25.3
Kenneth Clarke 39 23.6
David Davis 18 10.8
Michael Ancram 17 10.2
Turnout 166 100%
Michael Ancram eliminated
Final Ballot:
Candidate Votes %
Kenneth Clarke 59 35.5
Iain Duncan Smith 54 32.5
Michael Portillo 53 32
Turnout 166 100%
Michael Portillo eliminated
Membership Ballot
Candidate Votes %
Iain Duncan Smith 155,933 60.7
Kenneth Clarke 100,864 39.3
Turnout 256,797
Iain Duncan Smith elected

References

  1. ^ London Borough of Waltham Forest – Nominations for Parliamentary election, May 2010[dead link]
  2. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. ^ "General Election results, 7 May 2015". Walthamforest.gov.uk. 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Trade unionist chosen to stand at election (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)". Guardian-series.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Chingford & Woodford Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  6. ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF). parliament.uk. 29 January 2019. p. 96.
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