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Lonsdale — UK General Election Results

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

Lonsdale was won by Conservative at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 5,135 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Lonsdale from 1918 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1918–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Claude William Henry Lowther (Unionist) 9,662 52.5% David Hunter (Labour) 5,190 (28.2 pts) 66.5%
1922 Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy (Unionist) 12,030 55.3% Henry Maden (Liberal) 6,340 (29.2 pts) 76.9%
1923 Henry Maden (Liberal) 11,186 52.4% Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy (Unionist) 1,010 (4.7 pts) 75.4%
1924 David Alexander Robert Lindsay (Unionist) 13,460 57.4% Henry Maden (Liberal) 3,458 (14.7 pts) 83.3%
1929 David Alexander Robert Lindsay (Unionist) 13,612 47.4% Henry Maden (Liberal) 5,807 (20.2 pts) 82.7%
1931 David Alexander Robert Lindsay (Conservative) 17,423 59.6% Henry Maden (Liberal) 5,602 (19.2 pts) 83.0%
1935 David Alexander Robert Lindsay (Conservative) 16,338 57.0% Robert Stanley Armstrong (Labour) 9,392 (32.8 pts) 79.3%
1945 William Jocelyn Ian Fraser (Conservative) 18,571 58.0% Sidney Wright Grundy (Labour) 5,135 (16.0 pts) 77.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Claude William Henry Lowther Unionist 9,66252.5% Yes
David Hunter Labour 4,47224.3% No
Joseph Bliss Liberal 4,27623.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy Unionist 12,03055.3% Yes
Henry Maden Liberal 5,69026.2% No
Thomas Marshall Scott Labour 4,02418.5% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Maden Liberal 11,18652.4% Yes
Myles Storr Nigel Kennedy Unionist 10,17647.6% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Robert Lindsay Unionist 13,46057.4% Yes
Henry Maden Liberal 10,00242.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Robert Lindsay Unionist 13,61247.4% Yes
Henry Maden Liberal 7,80527.2% No
Joseph Henderson Labour 7,30325.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Robert Lindsay Conservative 17,42359.6% Yes
Henry Maden Liberal 11,82140.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Robert Lindsay Conservative 16,33857.0% Yes
Robert Stanley Armstrong Labour 6,94624.2% No
Henry Maden Liberal 5,39118.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Jocelyn Ian Fraser Conservative 18,57158.0% Yes
Sidney Wright Grundy Labour 13,43642.0% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 28.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 29.2 pts 1923: Liberal margin 4.7 pts 1924: Unionist margin 14.7 pts 1929: Unionist margin 20.2 pts 1931: Conservative margin 19.2 pts 1935: Conservative margin 32.8 pts 1945: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

Lonsdale has been contested at 8 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Liberal, Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Lonsdale in the 1945 general election?

Conservative won Lonsdale in 1945 with 18,571 votes (58.0%), a majority of 5,135 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Lonsdale since 1918?

Since 1918, Lonsdale has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Lonsdale?

The closest result on record for Lonsdale was 1923, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 1,010 votes (4.7 percentage points).

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