Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election
This is an incomplete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election , held in July 1945.
Notes
Change in % vote and swing is calculated between the winner and second place and their respective performances at the 1935 election. A plus denotes a swing to the winner and a minus against the winner.
England
London Boroughs
B
C
M
P
W
English boroughs
ignores by-election in 1943
English shires
ignores by-election in 1942
Scotland
Scottish burghs
ignores the by-election of 1944
Scottish shires
ignores the by-election of April 1945
Wales
ignores the by-election of May 1945
ignores the by-election of May 1945
Northern Ireland
Universities
Cambridge University (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Conservative
Kenneth Pickthorn
46.18
10,202
Independent
Wilson Harris
16.18
3,574
4,709
5,185
6,556
Independent Progressive
J. B. Priestley
22.82
5,041
5,128
5,238
5,745
Independent
Charles Hill
10.13
2,238
3,092
3,595
eliminated
National
Ernest Leslie Howard-Williams
4.69
1,036
1,798
eliminated
–
Electorate: 42,012 Valid: 22,091 Quota: 7,364 Turnout: 52.58
Combined English Universities (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
Independent Progressive
Eleanor Rathbone
53.3
11,176
Independent
Kenneth Lindsay
9.2
1,923
3,503
3,856
4,528
5,826
Independent Labour
Stanley Wormald
15.3
3,212
3,973
4,081
4,473
4,675
National
Eric Cuthbert Arden
11.6
2,433
3,073
3,389
3,829
eliminated
Independent
John Henry Richardson
5.3
1,124
1,995
2,341
eliminated
Independent
A. Russell Foxall
5.3
1,105
1,437
eliminated
Electorate: 41,976 Valid: 20,973 Quota: 6,992 Turnout: 50.0
ignores the by-election of 1943
References
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ Peter Scott (2004). "Edgson, (Walter) Stanley (1893–1950)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/51906 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F. W. S. Craig .
^ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 8 . ISBN 0-900178-01-9 .
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F.W.S.
^ "UK General Election results July 1945" . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016 .
^ "UK General Election results 1945" . politicsresources.net . Archived from the original on 25 May 2015.
^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results July 1945" . Political Science Resources . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016 .
^ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i13.htm [permanent dead link ]
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