Conservative MP (Liberal from 1904) for Oldham 1900-06, Liberal MP for Manchester North West 1906-08, Dundee 1908-22, Constitutionalist/Conservative MP for Epping 1924-45, Woodford 1945-64
Leader of the Conservative Party 1940-55
President of the Board of Trade 1908-10, Home Secretary 1910-11, First Lord of the Admiralty 1911-15, 1939-40, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1915, Minister of Munitions 1917-19, Secretary of State for Air 1919-21, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1921-22, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1924-29, Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55