UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 29 January 1878

Died: 5 May 1964

Knighted

Member of Privy Council

6 December 1923	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	9,019	47.99
29 October 1924	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	12,703	60.27
30 May 1929	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	14,664	61.58
27 October 1931	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	11,536	49.72
14 November 1935	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	14,416	59.65
5 July 1945	Rotherhithe	Labour Party	9,741	79.08
12 September 1946 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Benjamin Smith on appointment as Chairman of the West Midlands Divisional Coal Board.