Dundee in the 1922 general election

Dundee in the 1922 general election

← 1918 November 15, 1922 (1922-11-15) 1923 →
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.