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Putney — UK General Election Results

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

Putney was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 12,488 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Putney from 1918 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1918–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Samuel Samuel (Unionist) 8,677 63.6% John Jenkins (National Party) 3,709 (27.2 pts) 43.4%
1922 Samuel Samuel (Unionist) 9,739 47.2% Cyril Prescott-Decie (Independent Unionist) 4,183 (20.3 pts) 61.8%
1923 Samuel Samuel (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1924 Samuel Samuel (Unionist) 17,341 72.4% John Allen (Labour) 10,732 (44.8 pts) 68.4%
1929 Samuel Samuel (Unionist) 19,657 63.8% John Lawder (Labour) 8,521 (27.7 pts) 62.1%
1931 Samuel Samuel (Conservative) 27,318 81.6% John Lawder (Labour) 21,146 (63.1 pts) 66.3%
1935 Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel (Conservative) 22,288 65.2% Andrew Aiken Watson (Labour) 11,393 (33.3 pts) 68.5%
1945 Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 16,356 48.5% Percy Stewart (Labour) 3,887 (11.5 pts) 73.6%
1950 Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 28,007 51.8% Irene Chaplin (Labour) 5,692 (10.5 pts) 81.8%
1951 Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 29,686 55.8% Eric Hutchison (Labour) 6,197 (11.7 pts) 81.9%
1955 Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 28,969 57.1% Bernard Bagnari (Labour) 7,195 (14.2 pts) 76.0%
1959 Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 28,236 49.1% Dick Taverne (Labour) 5,121 (8.9 pts) 80.1%
1964 Hugh Gater Jenkins (Labour) 24,581 44.9% Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead (Conservative) 1,307 (2.4 pts) 77.0%
1966 Hugh Jenkins (Labour) 26,601 48.2% Sir Hugh Linstead (Conservative) 3,487 (6.3 pts) 78.9%
1970 Hugh Jenkins (Labour) 25,162 47.6% John Wakeham (Conservative) 1,394 (2.6 pts) 68.9%
Feb 1974 Hugh Jenkins (Labour) 21,680 41.3% Gerard Wade (Conservative) 1,439 (2.7 pts) 79.6%
Oct 1974 Hugh Jenkins (Labour) 21,611 45.3% Gerard Wade (Conservative) 2,775 (5.8 pts) 71.8%
1979 David Mellor (Conservative) 23,044 46.8% Hugh Jenkins (Labour) 2,634 (5.3 pts) 76.1%
1983 David Mellor (Conservative) 21,863 46.5% Peter Hain (Labour) 5,019 (10.7 pts) 73.6%
1987 David Mellor (Conservative) 24,197 50.5% Peter Hain (Labour) 6,907 (14.4 pts) 75.9%
1992 David Mellor (Conservative) 25,188 52.2% Judith Chegwidden (Labour) 7,526 (15.6 pts) 77.9%
1997 Tony Colman (Labour) 20,084 45.7% David Mellor (Conservative) 2,976 (6.8 pts) 73.1%
2001 Tony Colman (Labour) 15,911 46.5% Michael Simpson (Conservative) 2,771 (8.1 pts) 56.5%
2005 Justine Greening (Conservative) 15,497 42.4% Tony Colman (Labour) 1,766 (4.8 pts) 59.5%
2010 Justine Greening (Conservative) 21,223 52.0% Stuart King (Labour) 10,053 (24.6 pts) 64.5%
2015 Justine Greening (Conservative) 23,018 53.8% Sheila Boswell (Labour) 10,180 (23.8 pts) 67.2%
2017 Justine Greening (Conservative) 20,679 44.1% Neeraj Patil (Labour) 1,554 (3.3 pts) 72.3%
2019 Fleur Anderson (Labour) 22,780 45.1% Will Sweet (Conservative) 4,774 (9.5 pts) 77.2%
2024 Fleur Anderson (Labour) 24,113 48.9% Lee Roberts (Conservative) 12,488 (25.3 pts) 68.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Unionist 8,67763.6% Yes
John Jenkins National Party 4,96836.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Unionist 9,73947.2% Yes
Cyril Prescott-Decie Independent Unionist 5,55627.0% No
Henry Higgs Liberal 5,31725.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Unionist Unopposed Yes

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Unionist 17,34172.4% Yes
John Allen Labour 6,60927.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Unionist 19,65763.8% Yes
John Lawder Labour 11,13636.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Samuel Conservative 27,31881.6% Yes
John Lawder Labour 6,17218.4% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel Conservative 22,28865.2% Yes
Andrew Aiken Watson Labour 10,89531.9% No
Violet Van der Elst Independent 1,0213.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 16,35648.5% Yes
Percy Stewart Labour 12,46937.0% No
Richard Thomas Dyke Acland Common Wealth 2,6868.0% No
Isaac Joseph Hyam Liberal 2,0416.1% No
Eleonora Elisa Fiaschi Tennant Independent Conservative 1440.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 28,00751.8% Yes
Irene Chaplin Labour 22,31541.2% No
Beresford Alton Liberal 3,7857.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 29,68655.8% Yes
Eric Hutchison Labour 23,48944.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 28,96957.1% Yes
Bernard Bagnari Labour 21,77442.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 28,23649.1% Yes
Dick Taverne Labour 23,11540.2% No
Michael Francis Burns Liberal 6,16610.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Gater Jenkins Labour 24,58144.9% Yes
Sir Hugh Nicholas Linstead Conservative 23,27442.5% No
Anthony Cowen Liberal 6,85612.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Jenkins Labour 26,60148.2% Yes
Sir Hugh Linstead Conservative 23,11441.9% No
Adrian Slade Liberal 5,4209.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Jenkins Labour 25,16247.6% Yes
John Wakeham Conservative 23,76845.0% No
Geoffrey Broughton Liberal 3,8877.4% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Jenkins Labour 21,68041.3% Yes
Gerard Wade Conservative 20,24138.5% No
Adrian Slade Liberal 10,62920.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Jenkins Labour 21,61145.3% Yes
Gerard Wade Conservative 18,83639.5% No
Adrian Slade Liberal 7,15915.0% No
Thomas Keen Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 1250.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Mellor Conservative 23,04446.8% Yes
Hugh Jenkins Labour 20,41041.5% No
Nicholas Couldrey Liberal 5,06110.3% No
James Webster National Front 6851.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Mellor Conservative 21,86346.5% Yes
Peter Hain Labour 16,84435.9% No
Charles Welchman Liberal 7,66816.3% No
Michael Connolly National Front 2900.6% No
Rose Baillie-Grohman Green 1900.4% No
Leonard Chalk Socialist (GB) 880.2% No
William Williams Independent 410.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Mellor Conservative 24,19750.5% Yes
Peter Hain Labour 17,29036.1% No
Sally Harlow Liberal 5,93412.4% No
Simon Desorgher Green 5081.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Mellor Conservative 25,18852.2% Yes
Judith Chegwidden Labour 17,66236.6% No
John Martyn Liberal Democrat 4,6369.6% No
Keith Hagenbach Green 6181.3% No
Paul Levy Natural Law 1390.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Colman Labour 20,08445.7% Yes
David Mellor Conservative 17,10838.9% No
Russell Pyne Liberal Democrat 4,73910.8% No
Sir James Goldsmith Referendum Party 1,5183.5% No
Bill Jamieson UKIP 2330.5% No
Lenny Beige Happiness Stan's Freedom to Party 1010.2% No
Michael Yardley Sportsman's Alliance: Anything but Mellow 900.2% No
John Small Natural Law 660.2% No
Ateeka Poole Independently Beautiful 490.1% No
Dorian Braam Renaissance Democrat 70.0% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Colman Labour 15,91146.5% Yes
Michael Simpson Conservative 13,14038.4% No
Anthony Burrett Liberal Democrat 4,67113.6% No
Pat Wild UKIP 3471.0% No
Yvonne Windsor ProLife Alliance 1850.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Justine Greening Conservative 15,49742.4% Yes
Tony Colman Labour 13,73137.5% No
Jeremy Ambache Liberal Democrat 5,96516.3% No
Keith Magnum Green 9932.7% No
Anthony Gahan UKIP 3881.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Justine Greening Conservative 21,22352.0% Yes
Stuart King Labour 11,17027.4% No
James Sandbach Liberal Democrat 6,90716.9% No
Bruce Mackenzie Green 5911.4% No
Peter Darby BNP 4591.1% No
Hugo Wareham UKIP 4351.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Justine Greening Conservative 23,01853.8% Yes
Sheila Boswell Labour 12,83830.0% No
Andy Hallett Liberal Democrat 2,7176.3% No
Christopher Poole Green 2,0674.8% No
Tricia Ward UKIP 1,9894.6% No
Guy Dessoy Animal Welfare Party 1840.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Justine Greening Conservative 20,67944.1% Yes
Neeraj Patil Labour 19,12540.8% No
Ryan Mercer Liberal Democrat 5,44811.6% No
Ben Fletcher Green 1,1072.4% No
Patricia Ward UKIP 4771.0% No
Lotta Quizeen Independent 580.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fleur Anderson Labour 22,78045.1% Yes
Will Sweet Conservative 18,00635.7% No
Sue Wixley Liberal Democrat 8,54816.9% No
Fergal McEntee Green 1,1332.2% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Fleur Anderson Labour 24,11348.9% Yes
Lee Roberts Conservative 11,62523.6% No
Kieren McCarthy Liberal Democrat 5,94312.1% No
Fergal McEntee Green 3,7217.5% No
Peter Hunter Reform UK 3,0706.2% No
Heiko Khoo Workers Party of Britain 4911.0% No
Felix Burford-Connole Rejoin EU 3320.7% No

Margin Over Time

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

1918: Unionist margin 27.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 20.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 44.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 27.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 63.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 33.3 pts 1945: Conservative margin 11.5 pts 1950: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1951: Conservative margin 11.7 pts 1955: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1959: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1964: Labour margin 2.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 6.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 2.6 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 2.7 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 5.8 pts 1979: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1983: Conservative margin 10.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1992: Conservative margin 15.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 6.8 pts 2001: Labour margin 8.1 pts 2005: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 2010: Conservative margin 24.6 pts 2015: Conservative margin 23.8 pts 2017: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 2019: Labour margin 9.5 pts 2024: Labour margin 25.3 pts 1918 1922 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Putney has been contested at 29 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Putney in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Putney in 2024 with 24,113 votes (48.9%), a majority of 12,488 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Putney since 1918?

Since 1918, Putney has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Putney?

The closest result on record for Putney was 1964, when Labour beat Conservative by just 1,307 votes (2.4 percentage points).

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