Constituency election results in the United Kingdom general election, 1945

36th Parliament (1931)
37th Parliament (1935)
38th Parliament (1945)
39th Parliament (1950)
40th Parliament (1951)

This is an in-complete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election, held in July 1945.

Notes

England

Aldershot[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Oliver Lyttelton 19,456 57.4 -16.0
Common Wealth Thomas Henry Wintringham 14,435 42.6 n/a
Majority 5,021 14.8 -32.0
Turnout 33,891 69.2 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Chelmsford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Common Wealth Ernest Rogers Millington 27,309 46.7 n/a
Conservative Hubert Ashton 25,229 43.2 -27.6
Liberal Hilda Mary Adela Buckmaster 5,909 10.1 n/a
Majority 2,080 3.6
Turnout 73.4 +8.0
Common Wealth gain from Conservative Swing
Chichester
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Hon. Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks 30,989 54.6 -23.7
Labour Rosalie Francesca Chamberlayne 13,670 24.1 +2.4
Liberal Gerald Kidd 11,345 20.0 n/a
National Independent MH Woodard 625 1.1 n/a
Democratic Paul Tracy Carter 118 0.2 n/a
Majority 17,319 30.5 -26.1
Turnout 68.2 +8.7
Conservative hold Swing -13.0
Evesham[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rupert de la Bere 17,835 53.4 -11.7
Liberal Duncan McGuffie 7,849 23.5 +10.4
Common Wealth Desmond Louis Donnelly 7,727 23.1 n/a
Majority 9,986 29.9 -13.4
Turnout 63.3 -3.1
Conservative hold Swing -11.1
Maidstone[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alfred Charles Bossom 21,320 53.3 -19.2
Labour Otto Leslie Shaw 18,295 45.7 +18.2
Democratic G Murray 416 1.0 n/a
Majority 3,025 7.6 -37.4
Turnout 71.0 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing -18.7
Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Darell Jeffreys 20,838 58.4 -20.7
Liberal Basil E Goldstone 8,269 23.2 n/a
Common Wealth Thomas Sargant 6,600 18.5 n/a
Majority 12,569 35.2 -22.9
Turnout 64.4 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Portsmouth Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Julian Ward Snow 14,745 55.3 +25.4
Conservative Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont 11,345 42.6 -17.4
Democratic Walter R C Foster 561 2.1 n/a
Majority 3,400 12.7 42.8
Turnout 73.5 +2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +21.4
Portsmouth North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Donald William Trevor Bruce 15,352 51.1 +17.7
Conservative Greville Reginald Charles Howard 14,310 47.6 -19.0
Democratic John Edward Vincent Keast 388 1.3 n/a
Majority 1,042 3.5 36.7
Turnout 75.4 +10.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.3
Sheffield Ecclesall[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Geoffrey Roberts 18,120 54.0 -19.4
Common Wealth Sydney George Checkland 12,045 35.9 n/a
Liberal Philip Rodney Nightingale 3,391 10.1 n/a
Majority 6,075 18.1 -29.1
Turnout 75.6 -4.6
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Thirsk and Malton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Robin Hugh Turton 20,483 60.1 n/a
Common Wealth Edward Warner Moeran 13,572 39.8 n/a
Majority 6,911 20.3 n/a
Turnout 65.5 n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Westminster Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Harold Webbe 9,160 54.4 -23.1
Labour Jeremy Hutchinson 4,408 26.1 +3.6
Communist G. Billy Carritt 2,964 17.6 n/a
Democratic Norman Leith-Hay-Clark 326 1.9 n/a
Majority 4,752 28.3 -6.5
Turnout 28,823 58.5 +28.2
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Westminster St George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Jared Palmer Howard 13,086 67.2 -17.4
Common Wealth Wilfred Banks Duncan Brown 5,314 27.3 n/a
Independent Dorothy Crisp 1,069 5.5 n/a
Majority 7,772 39.9 -29.3
Turnout 19,469 57.2 +2.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Scotland

Aberdeen North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hector Samuel James Hughes 26,753 69.7 +21.0
Unionist Lady Grant of Monymusk 9,623 25.1 -15.1
SNP Austin William Walker 2,021 5.3 n/a
Majority 17,130 44.6 +36.1
Turnout 67.5 +1.6
Labour hold Swing +18.0
Edinburgh East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rt Hon. Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence 19,300 56.4 +13.2
Unionist William Angus Sinclair 12,771 37.3 -2.3
SNP Frederick C Yeaman 2,149 6.3 n/a
Majority 6,529 19.1 +15.5
Turnout 69.6 +1.0
Labour hold Swing +7.7
Glasgow Kelvingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Lloyd Williams 12,273 46.0 -2.1
Unionist Rt Hon. Walter Elliot Elliot 12,185 45.7 -3.0
SNP Christopher Murray Grieve 1,314 4.9 n/a
Liberal Charles John Edwin Morgan 919 3.4 +0.2
Majority 88 0.3 +0.9
Turnout 61.7 -10.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.4
Kirkcaldy Burghs[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Frederick Hubbard 15,401 45.0 -11.3
Unionist Christopher William Graham Guest 10,099 29.5 -14.2
SNP Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun Young 5,811 17.0 n/a
Communist John McArthur 2,898 8.47 n/a
Majority 5,302 15.5 +2.9
Turnout 34,209 76.4 -3.5
Labour hold Swing +1.4
Motherwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Alexander Anderson 15,831 52.7 +2.0
SNP Robert McIntyre 8,022 26.7 n/a
Unionist J. H. Hamilton 6,197 20.6 -28.7
Majority 7,809 26.0 +24.7
Turnout 72.8 -3.1
Labour hold Swing n/a
Perth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Unionist Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan 22,484 63.1 -10.6
Labour William Hughes 11,617 32.6 +6.3
SNP James Blair Brown 1,547 4.3 n/a
Majority 10,867 30.5 +16.9
Turnout 65.7 +1.6
Unionist hold Swing -8.5
Renfrewshire West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Thomas Scollan 15,050 48.9 +10.1
Unionist Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn 13,836 44.9 -4.8
SNP Robert Blair Wilkie 1,995 6.3 -5.2
Majority 1,214 3.9 14.8
Turnout 30,841 70.0 -11.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.4

Wales

Caernarvon Boroughs
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Archibald Price-White 11,432 32.9 -0.5
Liberal David Richard Seaborne Davies 11,096 32.0 -34.6
Labour William Elwyn Edwards Jones 10,625 30.6 n/a
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 1,560 4.5 n/a
Majority 336 0.9 34.1
Turnout 34,713 73.8 +15.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Goronwy Owen Roberts 22,043 55.3 +10.8
Liberal Sir Goronwy Owen 15,637 39.3 -9.3
Plaid Cymru William Ambrose Bebb 2,152 5.4 -1.5
Majority 6,406 16.1 20.1
Turnout 77.7 +2.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +10.0
Merioneth[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Emrys Owen Roberts 8,495 35.8 -4.2
Labour Huw Morris Jones 8,383 35.4 +0.2
Conservative Craig Parry Hughes 4,374 18.5 -6.3
Plaid Cymru Richard Gwynfor Evans 2,448 10.3 n/a
Majority 112 0.4 -4.5
Turnout 82.2 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -2.2
Neath
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David James Williams 37,957 75.8 n/a
Liberal National David J Bowen 8,466 16.9 n/a
Plaid Cymru Wynne Islwyn Samuel 3,659 7.3 n/a
Majority 29,491 58.9 n/a
Turnout 75.7 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Ogmore[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Edward John Williams 32,715 76.4 n/a
National Owen Glyndwr Davies 7,712 18.0 n/a
Plaid Cymru Trefor Richard Morgan 2,379 5.6 n/a
Majority 25,003 58.4 n/a
Turnout 75.7 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour William Henry Mainwaring 16,733 48.4 – 13.4
Communist Harry Pollitt 15,761 45.5 + 7.3
Plaid Cymru James Kitchener Davies 2,123 6.1 n/a
Majority 972 2.9 – 20.7
Turnout 82.8 + 2.0
Labour hold Swing -10.3

Universities

University of Wales
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William John Gruffydd 5,239 75.5 +4.2
Plaid Cymru Gwenan Jones 1,696 24.5 n/a
Majority 3,543 51.0 +28.4
Turnout 6,935 58.5 -3.8
Liberal hold Swing n/a

References

  1. ↑ UK General Election results 1945 [Archive]
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ UK General Election results July 1945
  5. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results July 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge45/i13.htm
  7. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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