UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 19 November 1870

Died: 14 November 1949

1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford - 10 June 1937

2nd Baron Runciman - 13 August 1937

Member of Privy Council - 16 April 1908

Trinity College, Cambridge

Parliamentary Secretary, Local Government Board	1905	1907
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1907	1908
President of the Board of Education	12 April 1908	23 October 1911
President of the Board of Agriculture	1911	1914
President of the Board of Trade	August 1914	December 1916
President of the Board of Trade	November 1931	May 1937
Lord President of the Council	31 October 1938	3 September 1939

13 July 1898	Gravesend	Liberal Party	1,955	45.18
6 July 1899	Oldham	Liberal Party	12,770	52.01
1 October 1900	Oldham	Liberal Party	12,709	49.42
28 January 1902	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	5,660	48.09
16 January 1906	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	6,764	54.76
12 April 1908 Resignation of Rt Hon Walter Runciman on appointment as President of the Board of Education.
23 April 1908	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	5,594	46.16
18 January 1910	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	7,882	62.41
5 December 1910	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	7,061	63.65
14 December 1918	Dewsbury	Liberal Party	5,130	27.61
9 April 1920	Edinburgh North	Liberal Party	8,469	38.11
15 November 1922	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Party	7,354	38.13
6 December 1923	Brighton	Liberal Party	17,462	30.56
29 October 1924	Swansea West	Liberal Party	10,033	36.42
30 May 1929	St Ives	Liberal Party	12,443	43.24
27 October 1931	St Ives	National Liberal Party	Unopposed
14 November 1935	St Ives	National Liberal Party	Unopposed
3 June 1937 Resignation of Rt Hon Walter Runciman.