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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.
United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
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.
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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A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 5 July 1945, [1] and all 74 seats in Scotland were contested. [2] Held less than two months following VE Day, it was the first general election since 1935, as general elections had been suspended by Parliament during the Second World War, and counting was not completed until 26 July (three weeks after polling day) to enable those ...
The 1945 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland was held on 5 July as part of the wider general election.There were ten constituencies, seven single-seat constituencies with elected by FPTP and three two-seat constituencies with MPs elected by bloc voting.