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The 1945 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 5 July 1945. [b] With the war still fresh in voter's minds, the opposition Labour Party under the leadership of Clement Attlee won in a landslide victory with a majority of 146 seats, defeating the incumbent Conservative-led government under Prime Minister Winston Churchill amidst growing concerns by the public over the future of ...
The 1945 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 July 1945 to elect 640 members of the House of Commons, of which 510 constituencies were in England.It was the first general election held since the conclusion of the Second World War and nearly 10 years since the last general election in November 1935.
The election due by 1940 was not held due to the Second World War (1939–1945). [25] 1945 37th 5 July 1945 Clement Attlee: Labour 47.7% 146 640 72.8% 1950 38th 23 February 1950 46.1% 5 625 83.9% 1951 39th 25 October 1951 Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 48.0% [e] 17 625 82.6% (Sir Anthony Eden) Elizabeth II; 1955 40th 26 May 1955
This diagram show the composition of the parties in the 1945 general election. Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time.
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
This article lists the Labour Party's election results from the 1945 United Kingdom general election until 1955, including by-elections. All candidates were sponsored, in some cases by the Divisional Labour Party (noted as "Constituency").
2 January – General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference at Zonhoven describing his contribution to the Battle of the Bulge.; 23 January – announcement of the establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC; predecessor of 3i) by the Bank of England and the major commercial banks to provide long-term investment funding for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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