MPs Who Have Made More Than One Comeback
In modern times, it is unusual for an MP who has been defeated (or retired e.g. due to their seat being abolished) to achieve more than one comeback to the House of Commons after a period of absence. Arthur Henderson was exceptional in achieving it on no fewer than four occasions.
- William McCrea: 2000 b, 2005
- Michael Ancram: 1979, 1992
- Tony Benn: 1963 b, 1984 b
- Fergus Montgomery: 1967 b, October 1974
- Arthur Palmer: 1952 b, 1964
- Alec Douglas-Home: 1950, 1963 b
- Frank Soskice: 1950 b, 1956 b
- Frank Markham: 1935, 1951
- Cahir Healy: 1931 b, 1950
- Austin Hudson: 1924, 1950
- Walter Elliot: 1924, 1946 b
- Harold Macmillan: 1931, 1945 b
- Walter Ayles: 1929, 1945
- Somerville Hastings: 1929, 1945
- Ian Fraser: 1931, 1940 b
- Cuthbert Headlam: 1931, 1940 b
- Charles Lyle: 1923, 1940 b
- George Isaacs: 1929, 1939 b
- William Jowitt: 1929, 1939 b
- Henry Guest: 1922, 1937 b
- Ramsay MacDonald: 1922, 1936 b
- James Chuter Ede: 1929, 1935
- Herbert Morrison: 1929, 1935
- Robert Richards: 1929, 1935
- Arthur Henderson, Jr.: 1929, 1935
- Manny Shinwell: 1928 b, 1935
- Hastings Lees-Smith: 1922, 1924, 1935
- Arthur Henderson, Sr.: 1919 b, 1923 b, 1924 b, 1933 b
- Tom Smith: 1929, 1933 b
- Edward Anthony Strauss: December 1910, 1927 b, 1931
- Vivian Henderson: 1924, 1931
- Frank Sanderson: 1924, 1931
- Frederick Guest: December 1910, 1923, 1931
- Winston Churchill: 1908 b, 1924
- Andrew Bonar Law: 1906 b, 1911 b
- James Agg-Gardner: 1885, 1900, 1911 b
Notes:
- b indicates a by-election
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