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Under Secretary of State, Foreign Affairs | May 1945 | July 1945 | |
Minister of State, Scottish Office | October 1951 | April 1955 | |
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs | April 1955 | July 1960 | |
Lord President of the Council | 29 March 1957 | 17 September 1957 | |
Leader of the House of Lords | 29 March 1957 | September 1960 | |
Lord President of the Council | 14 October 1959 | 27 July 1960 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 | |
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | 18 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | |
Leader of HM Opposition | 16 October 1964 | 27 July 1965 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | 20 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 |
Elections fought
30 May 1929 | Coatbridge | Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,210 | 30.00 | |
27 October 1931 | Lanark | Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,675 | 63.63 | |
14 November 1935 | Lanark | Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,759 | 56.75 | |
5 July 1945 | Lanark | Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,900 | 47.20 | |
23 February 1950 | Lanark | Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,890 | 50.88 | |
11 July 1951 Succession of Lord Dunglass to the Peerage - 14th Earl of Home. | |||||
7 November 1963 | Kinross & West Perthshire | Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,147 | 57.36 | |
7 November 1963 Rt Hon Sir Alec Douglas-Home was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury at the time of his election. | |||||
15 October 1964 | Kinross & West Perthshire | Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,659 | 66.65 | |
31 March 1966 | Kinross & West Perthshire | Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,466 | 60.75 | |
18 June 1970 | Kinross & West Perthshire | Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,434 | 57.37 | |
28 February 1974 | Kinross & West Perthshire | Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,356 | 52.79 |