UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 15 April 1885

Died: 16 August 1957

1st Baron Jowitt - 2 August 1945

1st Viscount Jowitt - 20 January 1947

1st Earl Jowitt - 24 December 1951

Knighted - 1929

Member of Privy Council - 1931

Oxford University

Attorney General	1919
Solicitor General	15 March 1940	4 March 1942
Minister without Portfolio	1942	1944
Minister of National Insurance	1942	1945
Lord Chancellor	28 July 1945	25 October 1951

15 November 1922	The Hartlepools	Liberal Party	18,252	50.79
6 December 1923	The Hartlepools	Liberal Party	17,101	46.45
29 October 1924	The Hartlepools	Liberal Party	15,724	40.82
30 May 1929	Preston	Liberal Party	31,277	43.47
12 July 1929 Resignation of William Jowitt who seeks re-election upon joining the Labour Party.
31 July 1929	Preston	Labour Party	35,608	54.63
27 October 1931	Combined English Universities	National Labour	2,759	20.14
28 October 1939	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour Party	Unopposed
5 July 1945	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour Party	14,998	56.38
2 August 1945 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir William Jowitt to the Peerage - Baron Jowitt.