Dundee in the 1922 general election

Dundee in the 1922 general election
November 15, 1922 (1922-11-15)
Both parliamentary seats for Dundee
  First party Second party Third party
 
Nat
Candidate Edwin Scrymgeour E.D. Morel David Johnstone MacDonald
Party Scottish Prohibition Labour National Liberal
Popular vote 32,578 30,292 22,244
Percentage 27.6% 25.6% 18.8%
Swing 12.5 pp 10.5 pp N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Winston Churchill Robert Pilkington Willie Gallacher
Party National Liberal Liberal Communist
Popular vote 20,446 6,681 5,906
Percentage 17.3% 5.7% 5.0%
Swing 20.2 pp N/A 5.0 pp

Winston Churchill lost his seat of Dundee in the 1922 general election as a National Liberal follower of David Lloyd George. The election was the only time a challenger standing as a prohibitionist was elected as an MP in the UK.

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