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Churchill tops PM choice in UK poll

Newsnight asked you to help decide the UK's greatest and worst post-war prime minister.

We received more than 27,000 votes and below are the results:

1. Winston Churchill
2. Clement Attlee
3. Margaret Thatcher
4. Harold Macmillan
5. Harold Wilson
6. Tony Blair
7. Edward Heath
8. John Major
9. James Callaghan
10. Alec Douglas-Home
11. Anthony Eden
12. Gordon Brown

Read entire article at BBC