UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 10 May 1877

Died: 17 November 1960

1st Viscount Stansgate - 12 January 1942

Member of Privy Council - 1929

son of Sir John Benn, Bt

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	28 February 1910	27 May 1915
Secretary of State for India	7 June 1929	24 August 1931
Secretary of State for Air	July 1945	1946

17 January 1906	St George	Liberal Party	1,685	61.30
18 January 1910	St George	Liberal Party	1,568	58.03
28 February 1910 Resignation of William Benn on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
1 March 1910	St George	Liberal Party	1,598	59.47
7 December 1910	St George	Liberal Party	1,401	57.82
14 December 1918	Leith	Liberal Party	10,338	46.56
15 November 1922	Leith	Liberal Party	13,971	50.06
6 December 1923	Leith	Liberal Party	15,004	64.48
29 October 1924	Leith	Liberal Party	16,569	59.56
15 February 1927 Resignation of William Wedgewood Benn before he joined the Labour Party.
16 August 1928	Aberdeen North	Labour Party	10,646	52.45
30 May 1929	Aberdeen North	Labour Party	17,826	60.82
27 October 1931	Aberdeen North	Labour Party	8,753	24.54
14 November 1935	Dudley	Labour Party	11,509	45.19
18 February 1937	Manchester Gorton	Labour Party	17,849	57.69
12 January 1942 Elevation of Rt Hon William Wedgewood Benn to the Peerage - Viscount Stansgate