Electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith

This is a summary of the electoral history of Iain Duncan Smith, a British Conservative Party politician. Duncan Smith was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from May 2010 to March 2016 and was the Conservative leader and Opposition leader from September 2001 to November 2003.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Max Madden	25,775	51.9
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	18,224	36.7
	SDP	M.Moghal	5,657	11.4
Majority			7,551	15.2
Turnout			49,656	70.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	25,730	59.2
	Labour	P.J. Dawe	10,792	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	S. Banks	5,705	13.1
	Liberal	D. Green	602	1.4
	Green	J. Baguley	575	1.3
	Independent	C. John	41	0.1
Majority			14,938	34.4
Turnout			43,445	78.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	21,109	47.5
	Labour	Tommy Hutchinson	15,395	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	6,885	15.5
	BNP	Alan Gould	1,059	2.4
Majority			5,714	12.9	New Seat
Turnout			44,448	70.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	17,834	48.2	+0.7
	Labour	Jessica Webb	12,347	33.4	–1.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Beanse	5,739	15.5	0.0
	BNP	Jean Griffin	1,062	2.9	+0.5
Majority			5,487	14.8
Turnout			36,982	58.5	–12.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,555	53.2	+5.0
	Labour	Simon Wright	9,914	25.7	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Beanse	6,832	17.7	+2.2
	UKIP	Michael McGough	1,078	2.8	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	269	0.7	N/A
Majority			10,641	27.5
Turnout			38,648	63.0	+4.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

1987 General Election, Bradford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	22,743	52.8	−0.4
	Labour	Cath Arakelian	9,780	22.7	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Seeff	7,242	16.8	−0.9
	BNP	Julian Leppert	1,288	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Nick Jones	1,133	2.6	−0.2
	Green	Lucy Craig	650	1.5	N/A
	Independent	None of the Above	202	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Barry White	68	0.2	N/A
Majority			12,963	30.1
Turnout			43,106	66.5	+3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	20,999	47.9	−4.8
	Labour	Bilal Mahmood	12,613	28.8	+6.1
	UKIP	Freddy Vachha	5,644	12.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Crook	2,400	5.5	−11.3
	Green	Rebecca Tully	1,854	4.2	+2.7
	TUSC	Len Hockey^[4]	241	0.6	N/A
	Class War	Lisa Mckenzie	53	0.1	N/A
Majority			8,386	19.1	−11.0
Turnout			43,804	65.7	−0.8
Registered electors			66,680
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Duncan Smith	23,076	49.1	+1.2
	Labour	Bilal Mahmood	20,638	43.9	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Unger	2,043	4.4	−1.1
	Green	Sinead King	1,204	2.6	−1.7
Majority			2,438	5.2	−13.9
Turnout			46,961	71.2	+5.5
Registered electors			65,958
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.0

v t e Iain Duncan Smith
Constituencies	Chingford (1992–1997) Chingford and Woodford Green (1997–present)
Party elections	2001 Conservative Party leadership election 2003 Conservative Party leadership election
Local elections	2002 2003
Political career	Shadow Cabinet (2001–03) Betsygate (2002) Tenure as Work and Pensions Secretary (2010–16) Universal Credit
See also	The Devil's Tune (2003) Centre for Social Justice (2004) Electoral history