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The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on Thursday 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some days, and the counting of votes was delayed until 26 July to provide time for overseas votes to be brought to Britain.
This is a summary of the electoral history of Winston Churchill, who served in a multitude of ministerial positions between 1908 and 1955, including as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, and as a Member of Parliament (MP) for five different constituencies between 1900 and 1964, except for a break in 1922–24.
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 end of World War II in Europe and the defeat of Hitler and Nazi Germany in early May 1945 turned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill into the world’s most eminent statesman. He was ...
Churchill formed a national government and oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort against the Axis powers, resulting in victory in 1945. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition.
Churchill with American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery at a meeting of NATO in October 1951, shortly before Churchill became Prime Minister for a second time. Following his defeat in the 1945 general election, Churchill became the Leader of the Opposition.
26 July – general election results are announced; Winston Churchill resigns as prime minister after his Conservative Party is soundly defeated by the Labour Party, who have a majority of 146 seats, and Clement Attlee becomes the new prime minister. However, Churchill will remain as Leader of the Conservative Party, in opposition.
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. ... "Rallying his country to defeat Nazi Germany in the Second World War has to be set against his ...