Clement Attlee vs Winston Churchill

Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill faced each other at the 1945 and 1950 and 1951 general elections: seats, votes and the result, side by side.

Clement Attlee

Party: Labour
Elections: 5
Most seats: 2
Best: 375 seats

Winston Churchill

Party: Conservative
Elections: 3
Most seats: 1
Best: 298 seats

1951

313 for a majority

Con298
Lab297
Nat Lib19
Lib6
Oth3
Smaller parties2

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Clement Attlee	Labour	297	48.9%	13,971,630
Winston Churchill PM	Conservative	298	44.0%	12,574,037

1950

313 for a majority

Lab315
Con282
Nat Lib17
Lib9
Oth2

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Clement Attlee PM	Labour	315	46.1%	13,266,615
Winston Churchill	Conservative	282	40.0%	11,507,060

1945

321 for a majority

Lab375
Con187
Lib12
Nat Lib11
Oth8
Smaller parties8
Not allocated39

Leader	Party	Seats	Share	Votes
Clement Attlee PM	Labour	375	47.8%	11,515,795
Winston Churchill	Conservative	187	36.2%	8,728,125

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