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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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Solicitor General | 7 October 1910 | 19 October 1913 | |
Attorney General | October 1913 | 27 May 1915 | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | 27 May 1915 | 12 January 1916 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 5 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | 7 June 1935 | 28 May 1937 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | 28 May 1937 | 12 May 1940 | |
Lord Chancellor | 13 May 1940 | 28 July 1945 |
Elections fought
24 January 1906 | Walthamstow | Liberal Party | 15,011 | 57.55 | |
25 January 1910 | Walthamstow | Liberal Party | 17,726 | 53.30 | |
7 October 1910 Resignation of Sir John Simon on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||||
1 November 1910 | Walthamstow | Liberal Party | 16,673 | 54.52 | |
10 December 1910 | Walthamstow | Liberal Party | 16,998 | 56.15 | |
14 December 1918 | Walthamstow East | Liberal Party | 5,781 | 36.65 | |
20 December 1919 | Spen Valley | Liberal Party | 10,244 | 33.76 | |
15 November 1922 | Spen Valley | Liberal Party | 13,306 | 39.22 | |
6 December 1923 | Spen Valley | Liberal Party | 13,672 | 40.62 | |
29 October 1924 | Spen Valley | Liberal Party | 18,474 | 56.89 | |
30 May 1929 | Spen Valley | Liberal Party | 22,039 | 51.76 | |
June 1931 Rt Hon Sir John Simon resigns the Liberal whip in protest of the Liberal Party's support for a minority Government. | |||||
27 October 1931 | Spen Valley | National Liberal Party | 28,647 | 64.61 | |
14 November 1935 | Spen Valley | National Liberal Party | 21,671 | 50.75 | |
20 May 1940 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir John Simon to the Peerage - Viscount Simon of Stackpole. |