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22 of the women standing in the 1923 general election This is a list of women who stood in general elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom up to and including the 1945 general election . Summary of general election candidates
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.
Shares of the vote in general elections since 1832 received by Conservatives [note 1] (blue), Liberals/Liberal Democrats [note 2] (orange), Labour (red) and others (grey) [1] [2] [3] In 1801, the right to vote in the United Kingdom was severely restricted. Universal suffrage, on an equal basis for men and women over the age of 21, was ...
This is a list of women who have been elected as ... to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. 1918 to 1935 ... 1929 & 1945: 1931 & 1970: Defeated & defeated ...
This is a complete list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election, held on 5 July 1945.See also, Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election. 324 MPs were elected for the first time which is the record turnover of new members as of 2024.
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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1931 and 1950, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, yellow for an SNP gain and grey for any other gain.