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William Wedgwood Benn
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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) | 28 February 1910 | 27 May 1915 | |
Secretary of State for India | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 | |
Secretary of State for Air | July 1945 | 1946 |
Elections fought
17 January 1906 | St George | Liberal Party | 1,685 | 61.30 | |
18 January 1910 | St George | Liberal Party | 1,568 | 58.03 | |
28 February 1910 Resignation of William Benn on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||||
1 March 1910 | St George | Liberal Party | 1,598 | 59.47 | |
7 December 1910 | St George | Liberal Party | 1,401 | 57.82 | |
14 December 1918 | Leith | Liberal Party | 10,338 | 46.56 | |
15 November 1922 | Leith | Liberal Party | 13,971 | 50.06 | |
6 December 1923 | Leith | Liberal Party | 15,004 | 64.48 | |
29 October 1924 | Leith | Liberal Party | 16,569 | 59.56 | |
15 February 1927 Resignation of William Wedgewood Benn before he joined the Labour Party. | |||||
16 August 1928 | Aberdeen North | Labour Party | 10,646 | 52.45 | |
30 May 1929 | Aberdeen North | Labour Party | 17,826 | 60.82 | |
27 October 1931 | Aberdeen North | Labour Party | 8,753 | 24.54 | |
14 November 1935 | Dudley | Labour Party | 11,509 | 45.19 | |
18 February 1937 | Manchester Gorton | Labour Party | 17,849 | 57.69 | |
12 January 1942 Elevation of Rt Hon William Wedgewood Benn to the Peerage - Viscount Stansgate |