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Bow and Bromley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bow and Bromley was won by Labour at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 8,907 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Bow and Bromley from 1885 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1885–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 William Snowdon Robson (Liberal) 3,419 55.5% John Charles Ready Colomb (Conservative) 681 (11.1 pts) 69.3%
1886 John Charles Ready Colomb (Conservative) 2,967 55.3% William Snowdon Robson (Liberal) 571 (10.7 pts) 60.3%
1892 John Archibald Murray Macdonald (Liberal) 4,072 52.7% John Charles Ready Colomb (Conservative) 423 (5.5 pts) 72.2%
1895 Lionel Raleigh Holland (Conservative) 4,339 57.7% John Archibald Murray Macdonald (Liberal) 1,161 (15.4 pts) 71.0%
1900 Walter Murray Guthrie (Conservative) 4,403 63.3% George Lansbury (Labour) 1,845 (26.5 pts) 61.7%
1906 Stopford William Wentworth Brooke (Liberal) 4,596 53.6% Arthur Philip Du Cros (Conservative) 622 (7.3 pts) 81.3%
Jan 1910 Alfred Du Cros (Conservative) 3,695 41.9% George Lansbury (Labour) 740 (8.4 pts) 85.4%
Dec 1910 George Lansbury (Labour) 4,315 55.6% Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (Liberal Unionist) 863 (11.1 pts) 75.2%
1918 Reginald Blair (Unionist) 8,109 49.6% George Lansbury (Labour) 861 (5.3 pts) 48.9%
1922 George Lansbury (Labour) 15,402 64.1% Geoffrey Edgar Duveen (Unionist) 6,776 (28.2 pts) 69.9%
1923 George Lansbury (Labour) 15,336 68.8% Irving James Albery (Unionist) 8,395 (37.7 pts) 63.7%
1924 George Lansbury (Labour) 15,740 61.6% Harold Arthur Hill (Unionist) 5,934 (23.2 pts) 72.1%
1929 George Lansbury (Labour) 20,119 69.4% Albert William Goodman (Unionist) 11,267 (38.9 pts) 66.1%
1931 George Lansbury (Labour) 16,306 58.3% David Leslie Robin Guthrie (Conservative) 4,664 (16.7 pts) 63.8%
1935 George Lansbury (Labour) 19,064 77.0% Harold Ernest Weber (Conservative) 13,357 (53.9 pts) 59.5%
1945 Charles William Key (Labour) 10,982 84.1% Charles Kenneth Duthie (Conservative) 8,907 (68.2 pts) 62.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Snowdon Robson Liberal 3,41955.5% Yes
John Charles Ready Colomb Conservative 2,73844.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Charles Ready Colomb Conservative 2,96755.3% Yes
William Snowdon Robson Liberal 2,39644.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Archibald Murray Macdonald Liberal 4,07252.7% Yes
John Charles Ready Colomb Conservative 3,64947.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lionel Raleigh Holland Conservative 4,33957.7% Yes
John Archibald Murray Macdonald Liberal 3,17842.3% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Murray Guthrie Conservative 4,40363.3% Yes
George Lansbury Labour 2,55836.7% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stopford William Wentworth Brooke Liberal 4,59653.6% Yes
Arthur Philip Du Cros Conservative 3,97446.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Du Cros Conservative 3,69541.9% Yes
George Lansbury Labour 2,95533.5% No
Stopford William Wentworth Brooke Liberal 2,16724.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 4,31555.6% Yes
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery Liberal Unionist 3,45244.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Blair Unionist 8,10949.6% Yes
George Lansbury Labour 7,24844.3% No
Mark Dalton Liberal 9886.0% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 15,40264.1% Yes
Geoffrey Edgar Duveen Unionist 8,62635.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 15,33668.8% Yes
Irving James Albery Unionist 6,94131.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 15,74061.6% Yes
Harold Arthur Hill Unionist 9,80638.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 20,11969.4% Yes
Albert William Goodman Unionist 8,85230.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 16,30658.3% Yes
David Leslie Robin Guthrie Conservative 11,64241.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Lansbury Labour 19,06477.0% Yes
Harold Ernest Weber Conservative 5,70723.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles William Key Labour 10,98284.1% Yes
Charles Kenneth Duthie Conservative 2,07515.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 11.1 pts 1886: Conservative margin 10.7 pts 1892: Liberal margin 5.5 pts 1895: Conservative margin 15.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 26.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 7.3 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 8.4 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 11.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 5.3 pts 1922: Labour margin 28.2 pts 1923: Labour margin 37.7 pts 1924: Labour margin 23.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 38.9 pts 1931: Labour margin 16.7 pts 1935: Labour margin 53.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 68.2 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

Bow and Bromley has been contested at 16 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bow and Bromley in the 1945 general election?

Labour won Bow and Bromley in 1945 with 10,982 votes (84.1%), a majority of 8,907 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Bow and Bromley since 1885?

Since 1885, Bow and Bromley has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Bow and Bromley?

The closest result on record for Bow and Bromley was 1918, when Unionist beat Labour by just 861 votes (5.3 percentage points).

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