Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election

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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.

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England

London Boroughs

Mile End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Communist Phil Piratin 5,07547.6new
Labour Daniel Frankel 3,86136.2−21.0
Conservative Vernon Motion1,72216.2−26.6
Majority1,21411.4n/a
Turnout 16,17765.9+2.4
Communist gain from Labour Swing n/a
Paddington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noel Mason-Macfarlane 16,63861.2+26.8
Conservative Brendan Bracken 10,09337.1−22.3
Socialist (GB) Clifford Groves4721.7new
Majority6,54524.1n/a
Turnout 27,20371.0+10.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Westminster Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Webbe 9,16054.4−23.1
Labour Jeremy Hutchinson 4,40826.1+3.6
Communist Gabriel 'Billy' Carritt2,96417.6n/a
Democratic Norman Leith-Hay-Clark3261.9n/a
Majority4,75228.3−6.5
Turnout 28,82358.5+28.2
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Westminster St George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Howard 13,08667.2−17.4
Common Wealth Wilfred Brown 5,31427.3n/a
Independent Dorothy Crisp 1,0695.5n/a
Majority7,77239.9−29.3
Turnout 19,46957.2+2.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a

English boroughs

Portsmouth Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julian Snow 14,74555.3+25.4
Conservative Ralph Beaumont 11,34542.6−17.4
Democratic Walter Robert C Foster5612.1n/a
Majority3,40012.742.8
Turnout 73.5+2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +21.4
Portsmouth North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Bruce 15,35251.1+17.7
Conservative Greville Howard 14,31047.6−19.0
Democratic John Edward Vincent Keast3881.3n/a
Majority1,0423.536.7
Turnout 75.4+10.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +18.3
Sheffield Ecclesall [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Roberts 18,12054.0−19.4
Common Wealth Sydney Checkland 12,04535.9n/a
Liberal Philip Rodney Nightingale3,39110.1n/a
Majority6,07518.1−29.1
Turnout 75.6−4.6
Conservative hold Swing n/a

English shires

Aldershot [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Lyttelton 19,45657.4−16.0
Common Wealth Tom Wintringham 14,43542.6n/a
Majority5,02114.8−32.0
Turnout 33,89169.2n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Bewdley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Conant 17,39355.0n/a
Liberal Gerald Samson14,22345.0n/a
Majority3,17010.0n/a
Turnout 31,61667.5n/a
Conservative hold Swing
Bridgwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Progressive Vernon Bartlett 17,93745.8n/a
Conservative Gerald Wills 15,62539.9−17.0
Labour Norman Corkhill5,61314.3−5.5
Majority2,3125.9
Turnout 39,17572.7−0.0
Independent Progressive hold Swing
Buckrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Wadsworth 15,93451.5+6.6
Conservative Albert Braithwaite 14,98548.5−6.6
Majority9493.0n/a
Turnout 30,91971.9−6.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +6.6
Chelmsford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Common Wealth Ernest Millington 27,30946.7n/a
Conservative Hubert Ashton 25,22943.2−27.6
Liberal Hilda Buckmaster 5,90910.1n/a
Majority2,0803.6
Turnout 73.4+8.0
Common Wealth gain from Conservative Swing
Cheltenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Conservative Daniel Lipson 16,08143.3n/a
Labour Phyllis Maude Warner11,09529.9+0.4
Conservative W. W. Hicks Beach 9,97226.8−45.7
Majority4,98613.4−27.6
Turnout 37,14875.4+5.0
Ind. Conservative hold Swing +7.6
Chichester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lancelot Joynson-Hicks 30,98954.6−23.7
Labour Rosalie Francesca Chamberlayne13,67024.1+2.4
Liberal Gerald Kidd11,34520.0n/a
National Michael Henry Woodard6251.1n/a
Democratic Paul Tracy Carter1180.2n/a
Majority17,31930.5−26.1
Turnout 68.2+8.7
Conservative hold Swing −13.0
Dorset Northern
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Byers 14,44453.7+15.8
Conservative Richard Glyn 12,47946.3−3.8
Majority1,9657.40n/a
Turnout 26,92375.04−4.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Eccles
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Proctor 23,00851.1+3.8
Conservative Robert Cary 15,56234.6−18.1
Liberal Arthur Gerald Pollitt6,21513.8new
Independent Progressive Aubrey Bernard Brocklehurst2110.5new
Majority7,44616.5n/a
Turnout 44,996
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.9
Edmonton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Evan Durbin 33,16368.2+13.0
Conservative Geoffrey Maber Sparrow14,09429.0−15.8
Independent Progressive John Alfred Ward1,3822.8new
Majority19,06939.2+28.8
Turnout 48,63969.0+4.5
Labour hold Swing
Evesham [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert De la Bère 17,83553.4−11.7
Liberal Duncan McGuffie7,84923.5+10.4
Common Wealth Desmond Donnelly 7,72723.1n/a
Majority9,98629.9−13.4
Turnout 63.3−3.1
Conservative hold Swing −11.1
Grantham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Denis Kendall 27,71958.2n/a
Conservative George Arthur Worth12,20625.6−32.5
Labour Thomas Sansby Bavin7,72816.2−25.7
Majority15,51332.6n/a
Turnout 47,65375.9+1.7
Independent hold Swing
Hastings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neill Cooper-Key 14,10551.8−17.2
Labour Lewis Gassman10,58038.8+7.8
Independent Progressive Sydney Muller Parkman2,5649.4new
Majority3,52513.0−25.0
Turnout 27,24974.9+8.4
Conservative hold Swing
Maidstone [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Bossom 21,32053.3−19.2
Labour Otto Leslie Shaw18,29545.7+18.2
Democratic George Murray4161.0n/a
Majority3,0257.6−37.4
Turnout 71.0+3.6
Conservative hold Swing −18.7
Petersfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Jeffreys 20,83858.4−20.7
Liberal Basil Goldstone 8,26923.2n/a
Common Wealth Thomas Sargant6,60018.5n/a
Majority12,56935.2−22.9
Turnout 64.4+1.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Rugby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Brown 18,61540.4n/a
Conservative John Lakin17,04937.0−24.6
Labour Ronald Lewis 10,47022.7−15.8
Majority1,5663.4n/a
Turnout 46,14473.6−0.2
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
Thirsk and Malton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Turton 20,48360.1n/a
Common Wealth Edward Moeran 13,57239.8n/a
Majority6,91120.3n/a
Turnout 65.5n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Wallasey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Marples 18,44842.94+9.74
Independent George Reakes 14,63834.07−24.53
Labour Co-op Thomas Findley9,87922.99−9.57
Majority3,8108.87
Turnout 42,96575.23
Conservative gain from Independent Swing 17.13

Scotland

Scottish burghs

Aberdeen North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hector Hughes 26,75369.7+21.0
Unionist Grant of Monymusk9,62325.1−15.1
SNP Austin William Walker2,0215.3n/a
Majority17,13044.6+36.1
Turnout 67.5+1.6
Labour hold Swing +18.0
Edinburgh East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Pethick-Lawrence 19,30056.4+13.2
Unionist William Angus Sinclair 12,77137.3−2.3
SNP Frederick Cameron Yeaman2,1496.3n/a
Majority6,52919.1+15.5
Turnout 69.6+1.0
Labour hold Swing +7.7
Glasgow Kelvingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Williams 12,27346.0−2.1
Unionist Walter Elliot 12,18545.7−3.0
SNP Hugh MacDiarmid 1,3144.9n/a
Liberal Charles John Edwin Morgan9193.4+0.2
Majority880.3+0.9
Turnout 61.7−10.8
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.4
Kirkcaldy Burghs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hubbard 15,40145.0−11.3
Unionist Christopher Guest 10,09929.5−14.2
SNP Douglas Young 5,81117.0n/a
Communist John McArthur2,8988.47n/a
Majority5,30215.5+2.9
Turnout 34,20976.4−3.5
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Scottish shires

Galloway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Unionist John Mackie 13,64740.7n/a
Labour Robert Neale Hales11,82235.3new
Unionist Bernard Edward Fergusson8,03224.0
Majority1,8255.4n/a
Turnout 33,50170.1
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist Swing
West Fife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Communist Willie Gallacher 17,63642.1+4.7
Labour Willie Hamilton 15,58037.3+1.6
National Liberal Robert Scott Stevenson8,59720.6−6.3
Majority2,0564.8+3.1
Turnout 41,81375.4−2.4
Communist hold Swing
Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Anderson 15,83152.7+2.0
SNP Robert McIntyre 8,02226.7n/a
Unionist John d'Henin Hamilton6,19720.6−28.7
Majority7,80926.0+24.7
Turnout 72.8−3.1
Labour hold Swing n/a
Perth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Alan Gomme-Duncan 22,48463.1−10.6
Labour William Hughes 11,61732.6+6.3
SNP James Blair Brown1,5474.3n/a
Majority10,86730.5+16.9
Turnout 65.7+1.6
Unionist hold Swing −8.5
Renfrewshire West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Scollan 15,05048.9+10.1
Unionist Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn 13,83644.9−4.8
SNP Robert Blair Wilkie1,9956.3−5.2
Majority1,2143.914.8
Turnout 30,84170.0−11.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +7.4

Wales

Caernarvon Boroughs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Price-White 11,43232.9−0.5
Liberal Seaborne Davies 11,09632.0−34.6
Labour Elwyn Jones 10,62530.6n/a
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 1,5604.5n/a
Majority3360.934.1
Turnout 34,71373.8+15.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 22,04355.3+10.8
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,63739.3−9.3
Plaid Cymru Ambrose Bebb 2,1525.4−1.5
Majority6,40616.120.1
Turnout 77.7+2.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +10.0
Carmarthen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rhys Hopkin Morris 19,78351.7+17.9
Labour Moelwyn Hughes 18,50448.3+0.8
Majority1,2793.4n/a
Turnout 38,28676.1−3.2
Liberal gain from Labour Swing
Merioneth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Emrys Roberts 8,49535.8−4.2
Labour Huw Morris Jones 8,38335.4+0.2
Conservative Craig Parry Hughes4,37418.5−6.3
Plaid Cymru Gwynfor Evans 2,44810.3n/a
Majority1120.4−4.5
Turnout 82.2+0.6
Liberal hold Swing −2.2
Neath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. J. Williams 37,95775.8n/a
National Liberal David J Bowen8,46616.9n/a
Plaid Cymru Wynne Samuel 3,6597.3n/a
Majority29,49158.9n/a
Turnout 75.7n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Ogmore [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Williams 32,71576.4n/a
NationalOwen Glyndwr Davies7,71218.0n/a
Plaid Cymru Trefor Richard Morgan 2,3795.6n/a
Majority25,00358.4n/a
Turnout 75.7n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Mainwaring 16,73348.4−13.4
Communist Harry Pollitt 15,76145.5+ 7.3
Plaid Cymru James Kitchener Davies 2,1236.1n/a
Majority9722.9−20.7
Turnout 82.8+ 2.0
Labour hold Swing −10.3

Northern Ireland

Belfast South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ulster Unionist Conolly Gage 24,28252.2n/a
Commonwealth Labour Harry Midgley 14,09630.3new
NI Labour James Morrow 8,16617.5new
Majority10,18621.9n/a
Turnout 46,54466.4n/a
Ulster Unionist hold Swing n/a

Universities

Cambridge University (2 seats)
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 46.1810,202   
Independent Wilson Harris 16.183,5744,709 5,185 6,556
Independent Progressive J. B. Priestley 22.825,0415,128 5,238 5,745
Independent Charles Hill 10.132,2383,092 3,595 eliminated
National Ernest Leslie Howard-Williams4.691,0361,798 eliminated
Electorate: 42,012  Valid: 22,091  Quota: 7,364  Turnout: 52.58  
    Combined English Universities (2 seats)
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Independent Progressive Eleanor Rathbone 53.311,176    
    Independent Kenneth Lindsay 9.21,9233,503 3,856 4,528 5,826
    Independent Labour Stanley Wormald15.33,2123,973 4,081 4,473 4,675
    National Eric Cuthbert Arden11.62,4333,073 3,389 3,829 eliminated
    Independent John Henry Richardson 5.31,1241,995 2,341 eliminated  
    Independent A. Russell Foxall5.31,1051,437 eliminated   
    Electorate: 41,976  Valid: 20,973  Quota: 6,992  Turnout: 50.0  
      London University
      PartyCandidateVotes%±%
      National Ernest Graham-Little 7,61850.5−19.1
      Independent Progressive Mary Stocks 7,46949.5new
      Majority1491.0−38.2
      Turnout 15,08763.0−8.7
      National hold Swing n/a
      University of Wales
      PartyCandidateVotes%±%
      Liberal William John Gruffydd 5,23975.5+4.2
      Plaid Cymru Gwenan Jones 1,69624.5n/a
      Majority3,54351.0+28.4
      Turnout 6,93558.5−3.8
      Liberal hold Swing n/a

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