UK General Elections Since 1945 by Leaders of Parties That Won Seats

Name any UK party leader whose party has won seats in a general election at the time of their leadership since 1945.

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1945
Labour	Clement Attlee	393
Conservative	Winston Churchill	197
Liberal	Archibald Sinclair	12
National Liberal	Ernest Brown	11
Ind. Labour Party	Bob Edwards	3
Communist	Harry Pollitt	2
Nationalist	James McSparran	2
Common Wealth	C. A. Smith	1

1950
Labour	Clement Attlee	315
Conservative	Winston Churchill	298
Liberal	Clement Davies	9
Nationalist	James McSparran	2

1951
Conservative	Winston Churchill	321
Labour	Clement Attlee	295
Liberal	Clement Davies	6
Irish Labour	William Norton	1

1955
Conservative	Anthony Eden	345
Labour	Clement Attlee	277
Liberal	Clement Davies	6
Sinn Féin	Paddy McLogan	2

1959
Conservative	Harold Macmillan	365
Labour	Hugh Gaitskell	258
Liberal	Jo Grimond	6

1964
Labour	Harold Wilson	317
Conservative	Alec Douglas-Home	304
Liberal	Jo Grimond	9

1966
Labour	Harold Wilson	364
Conservative	Edward Heath	253
Liberal	Jo Grimond	12
Republican Labour	Gerry Fitt	1

1970
Conservative	Edward Heath	330
Labour	Harold Wilson	288
Liberal	Jeremy Thorpe	6
Protestant Unionist	Ian Paisley	1
Republican Labour	Gerry Fitt	1
SNP	William Wolfe	1

1974 (February)
Labour	Harold Wilson	301
Conservative	Edward Heath	297
Liberal	Jeremy Thorpe	14
SNP	William Wolfe	7
UUP	Harry West	7
Vanguard	William Craig	3
Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	2
Democratic Labour	Dick Taverne	1
DUP	Ian Paisley	1
SDLP	Gerry Fitt	1

1974 (October)
Labour	Harold Wilson	319
Conservative	Edward Heath	277
Liberal	Jeremy Thorpe	13
SNP	William Wolfe	11
UUP	Harry West	6
Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	3
Vanguard	William Craig	3
DUP	Ian Paisley	1
SDLP	Gerry Fitt	1

1979
Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	339
Labour	James Callaghan	269
Liberal	David Steel	11
UUP	Harry West	5
DUP	Ian Paisley	3
Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	2
SNP	William Wolfe	2
SDLP	Gerry Fitt	1
UUUP	Ernest Baird	1

1983
Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	397
Labour	Michael Foot	209
Alliance	David Steel	23
Alliance	Roy Jenkins	23
UUP	James Molyneaux	11
DUP	Ian Paisley	3
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	2
SNP	Gordon Wilson	2
SDLP	John Hume	1
Sinn Féin	Ruairí Ó Brádaigh	1
UPUP	James Kilfedder	1

1987
Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	376
Labour	Neil Kinnock	229
Alliance	David Owen	22
Alliance	David Steel	22
UUP	James Molyneaux	9
DUP	Ian Paisley	3
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Elis-Thomas	3
SDLP	John Hume	3
SNP	Gordon Wilson	3
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	1
UPUP	James Kilfedder	1

1992
Conservative	John Major	336
Liberal Democrats	Paddy Ashdown	20
Labour	Neil Kinnock	271
UUP	James Molyneaux	9
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	4
SDLP	John Hume	4
DUP	Ian Paisley	3
SNP	Alex Salmond	3
UPUP	James Kilfedder	1

1997
Labour	Tony Blair	418
Conservative	John Major	165
Liberal Democrats	Paddy Ashdown	46
UUP	David Trimble	10
SNP	Alex Salmond	6
Plaid Cymru	Dafydd Wigley	4
SDLP	John Hume	3
DUP	Ian Paisley	2
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	2
UK Unionist	Robert McCartney	1

2001
Labour	Tony Blair	412
Conservative	William Hague	166
Liberal Democrats	Charles Kennedy	52
UUP	David Trimble	6
DUP	Ian Paisley	5
SNP	John Swinney	5
Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	4
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	4
SDLP	John Hume	3
Health Concern	Richard Taylor	1

2005
Labour	Tony Blair	355
Conservative	Michael Howard	198
Liberal Democrats	Charles Kennedy	62
DUP	Ian Paisley	9
SNP	Alex Salmond	6
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	5
Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	3
SDLP	Mark Durkan	3
Health Concern	Richard Taylor	1
Respect	Linda Smith	1
UUP	David Trimble	1

2010
Conservative	David Cameron	306
Labour	Gordon Brown	258
Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	57
DUP	Peter Robinson	8
SNP	Alex Salmond	6
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	5
Plaid Cymru	Ieuan Wyn Jones	3
SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	3
Alliance	David Ford	1
Green	Caroline Lucas	1

2015
Conservative	David Cameron	330
Labour	Ed Miliband	232
SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	56
DUP	Peter Robinson	8
Liberal Democrats	Nick Clegg	8
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	4
Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	3
SDLP	Alasdair McDonnell	3
UUP	Mike Nesbitt	2
Green	Natalie Bennett	1
UKIP	Nigel Farage	1

2017
Conservative	Theresa May	317
Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	262
SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	35
Liberal Democrats	Tim Farron	12
DUP	Arlene Foster	10
Sinn Féin	Gerry Adams	7
Plaid Cymru	Leanne Wood	4
Green	Caroline Lucas	1
Green	Jonathan Bartley	1

2019
Conservative	Boris Johnson	365
Labour	Jeremy Corbyn	202
SNP	Nicola Sturgeon	48
Liberal Democrats	Jo Swinson	11
DUP	Arlene Foster	8
Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	7
Plaid Cymru	Adam Price	4
SDLP	Colum Eastwood	2
Alliance	Naomi Long	1
Green	Jonathan Bartley	1
Green	Siân Berry	1

2024
Labour	Keir Starmer	411
Conservative	Rishi Sunak	121
Liberal Democrats	Ed Davey	72
SNP	John Swinney	9
Sinn Féin	Mary Lou McDonald	7
DUP	Gavin Robinson	5
Reform	Nigel Farage	5
Green	Adrian Ramsay	4
Green	Carla Denyer	4
Plaid Cymru	Rhun ap Iorwerth	4
SDLP	Colum Eastwood	2
Alliance	Naomi Long	1
TUV	Jim Allister	1
UUP	Doug Beattie	1