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Data Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General | 1931 | 1935 | |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | 1935 | 1936 | |
| Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | 1936 | 1939 | |
| Minister of Food | 1939 | 1940 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | 29 January 1939 | 3 April 1940 | |
| Postmaster-General | 1940 | 1943 | |
| Minister of Town and Country Planning | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | 31 October 1951 | 19 September 1959 |
Elections fought
| 6 December 1923 |  | Western Isles | Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,158 | 36.89 |
| 29 October 1924 | | Western Isles | Conservative & Unionist Party | 2,418 | 28.61 |
| 30 May 1929 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,584 | 55.64 |
| 27 October 1931 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,170 | 82.76 |
| 14 November 1935 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | |
| 5 July 1945 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,490 | 48.06 |
| 23 February 1950 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,942 | 51.90 |
| 25 October 1951 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,978 | 59.51 |
| 31 October 1951 Rt Hon William Morrison elected Speaker of the House of Commons. | |||||
| 26 May 1955 | | Cirencester & Tewkesbury | Speaker of the House of Commons | 25,372 | 67.18 |