###Previous Results 1945 – Sir Archibald Sinclair (Liberal)
1950 – Clement Davies with 50% of the vote
1951 – Clement Davies with 58% of the vote
1955 – Sir Anthony Eden with 67% of the vote
1959 – Harold Macmillan with 75% of the vote
1964 – Jo Grimond with 73% of the vote
1966 – Jo Grimond with 70% of the vote
1970 - Jeremy Thorpe with 53% of the vote
1974 (Feb) - Jeremy Thorpe with 62% of the vote
1974 (Oct) - Jeremy Thorpe with 63% of the vote
1979 - David Steel with 45% of the vote
1983 - David Steel/Roy Jenkins with 47% of the vote
1987 - Margaret Thatcher with 48% of the vote
1992 - Paddy Ashdown with 48% of the vote
1997 - Tony Blair with 62% of the vote
2001 - Tony Blair with 54% of the vote
[2005 - Tony Blair with 49% of the vote](https://old.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/co
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May I suggest we brand this period as "One Chaos Cycle?
Overall it hasn't been a good decade for Labour. We were stumbling for years after getting voted out in 2010. We failed to turn it around in 2015, 2017 gave us some hope but 2019 completely smashed it. And instead of gaining ground we've been losing it. We lost Scotland even even the Red Wall.
I've heard a lot of voices saying that this slide for Labour started from 2010 when Ed Miliband became leader. In that leadership race the party membership had actually voted for his brother David but the Unions backed Ed and he won only with their support. What if David had won then? Ed's problem was a lot of people thought he was awkward or just weird(unfairly). David looked a lot better in media.
Would Labour have won the 2015 election under David Miliband? A lot of people have told me that. If it did wouldn't the last few years have been very different? No Brexit, a rollback of austerity etc.
