had also spoken out against the Boer War and he also stood up for the rights of conscientious objectors. Despite Churchill's patriotic stance and appeals for an absence of party politicking, and no doubt because of the local status and strong opinions of Scrymgeour, the election has been characterised as a stormy campaign. As a minister Churchill was often detained in London on government business, whereas Scrymgeour was able to be a full-time candidate and it often fell to Churchill's wife, Clementine to address meetings which could be rowdy. In contrast however The Times reported that polling day itself was quiet with no vehicles for the conveyance of voters to the polls and very little election literature. The result The result was a hold for the government party with Churchill taking nearly 80% of the poll and a majority 5,266 votes. Despite this apparently overwhelming endorsement however, one historian has warned against seeing the Dundee result as the clear-cut vindication of government policy it seemed. Churchill won because he got support from all the parties supporting the government, Liberal, Conservative and Labour and he received a personal vote from the Irish/Catholic population. Scrymgeour went on to fight Churchill at Dundee twice more, eventually beating him in 1922. He remains the only person ever to be elected to the House of Commons on a prohibitionist ticket. The votes See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records 1908 Dundee by-election 1924 Dundee by-election References 1917 elections in the United Kingdom 1917 in Scotland 1910s elections in Scotland 20th century in Dundee By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dundee constituencies Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom July 1917 events Dundee