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UK Election Losers

Type in the losers of UK general elections being the leader second biggest party in each election, second to the winning coalition or party. No leaders of parties that didn't run for prime minister (SNP, Sinn Féin, Irish Parliamentary).
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Last updated: January 10, 2025
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Party
Year
Answer
Conservative
2024
Rishi Sunak
Labour
2019
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour
2017
Jeremy Corbyn
Labour
2015
Ed Miliband
Labour
2010
Gordon Brown
Conservative
2005
Michael Howard
Conservative
2001
William Hague
Conservative
1997
John Major
Labour
1992
Neil Kinnock
Labour
1987
Neil Kinnock
Labour
1983
Michael Foot
Labour
1979
James Callaghan
Conservative
1974
Edward Heath
Conservative
1974
Edward Heath
Labour
1970
Harold Wilson
Conservative
1966
Edward Heath
Conservative
1964
Alec Douglas-Home
Labour
1959
Hugh Gaitskell
Labour
1955
Clement Attlee
Labour
1951
Clement Attlee
Conservative
1950
Winston Churchill
Conservative
1945
Winston Churchill
Labour
1935
Clement Attlee
Labour
1931
Arthur Henderson
Conservative
1929
Stanley Baldwin
Labour
1924
Ramsay Macdonald
Labour
1923
Ramsay Macdonald
Labour
1922
J.R.Clynes
Labour
1918
William Adamson
Conservative
1910
Arthur Balfour
Conservative
1910
Arthur Balfour
Conservative
1906
Arthur Balfour
Liberal
1900
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Liberal
1895
Archibald Primrose
Conservative
1892
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Liberal
1886
William E. Gladstone
Conservative
1885
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Conservative
1880
Benjamin Disraeli
Liberal
1874
William E. Gladstone
Conservative
1868
Benjamin Disraeli
Conservative
1865
Edward Smith-Stanley
Conservative
1859
Edward Smith-Stanley
Conservative
1857
Edward Smith-Stanley
Whig
1852
John Russell
Conservative
1847
Edward Smith-Stanley
Whig
1841
William Lamb
Conservative
1837
Robert Peel
Conservative
1835
Robert Peel
Tory
1832
Arthur Wellesley
Tory
1831
Arthur Wellesley
Whig
1830
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Whig
1826
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Whig
1820
Charles Grey
Whig
1818
Charles Grey
Whig
1812
William Grenville
Whig
1807
William Grenville
Tory
1806
William Cavendish-Bentinck
Whig
1802
Charles J. Fox
Foxite
1796
Charles J. Fox
Foxite
1790
Charles J. Fox
Foxite
1784
Charles J. Fox
Rockinghamite
1780
Henry S. Conway
Rockinghamite
1774
William Dowdswell
Rockinghamite
1768
William Dowdswell
Tory
1761
Edmund Isham
Tory
1754
Edmund Isham
Tory
1747
Watkin Williams-Wynn
Tory
1741
Watkin Williams-Wynn
Tory
1734
Henry St John
Tory
1727
Henry St John
Tory
1722
William Wyndham
Tory
1715
Henry St John
Whig
1713
John Somers
Whig
1710
John Somers
Tory
1708
Sidney Godolphin
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