UK General Election results July 1945

5th July 1945

The region in which each constituency is situated is indicated in square brackets
A number in parentheses immediately after the constituency name indicates that the seat returns that number of MPs
Where known, the electorate figures are broken down into those on the Civilian Residence Register, those on the Business Premises Register and those on the Service Register, and these are given after the total electorate

Brigg — Burslem

Burton — Cannock

Brigg
[E] Labour hold

T Williamson	Labour	26,771	58.92%
AN Dixon	Conservative	18,667	41.08%

Electorate: 60,897; {Civ: 56,278; Bus: 8; Serv: 4,611};
Turnout: 74.61%; Majority: 8,104 (17.84%)

Brighton (2)
[E] Conservative hold

W Teeling	Conservative	49,339	30.78%
AAH Marlowe	Conservative	49,026	30.59%
JT Huddart	Labour	31,074	19.39%
GH Barnard	Labour	30,844	19.24%

Electorate: 124,361; {Civ: 112,544; Bus: 159; Serv: 11,658};
Turnout: 64.44%; Majority: 17,952 (11.34%)

Bristol Central
[E] Labour gain

S Awbery	Labour	13,045	63.90%
Lady Apsley	Conservative	7,369	36.10%

Electorate: 29,167; {Civ: 25,920; Bus: 927; Serv: 2,320};
Turnout: 69.99%; Majority: 5,676 (27.80%)

Bristol East
[E] Labour hold

S Cripps	Labour	27,975	73.53%
TD Corpe	Conservative	10,073	26.47%

Electorate: 49,845; {Civ: 45,356; Bus: 118; Serv: 4,371};
Turnout: 76.33%; Majority: 17,902 (47.05%)

Bristol North
[E] Labour gain

W Coldrick	Labour	22,819	57.82%
J Britton	Liberal National	16,648	42.18%

Electorate: 53,363; {Civ: 49,014; Bus: 39; Serv: 4,310};
Turnout: 73.96%; Majority: 6,171 (15.64%)

Bristol South
[E] Labour hold

WA Wilkins	Labour	24,929	58.81%
EH Leather	Conservative	12,379	29.20%
DA Jones	Liberal	5,083	11.99%

Electorate: 56,134; {Civ: 50,624; Bus: 101; Serv: 5,409};
Turnout: 75.52%; Majority: 12,550 (29.61%)

Bristol West
[E] Conservative hold

O Stanley	Conservative	32,149	48.59%
WE Balmer	Labour	25,163	38.03%
D Allhusen	Liberal	8,849	13.37%

Electorate: 88,599; {Civ: 81,643; Bus: 118; Serv: 6,838};
Turnout: 74.67%; Majority: 6,986 (10.56%)

Brixton
[E] Labour gain

M Lipton	Labour	15,583	63.58%
NCD Colman	Conservative	8,928	36.42%

Electorate: 37,493; {Civ: 33,226; Bus: 65; Serv: 4,202};
Turnout: 65.37%; Majority: 6,655 (27.15%)

Bromley
[E] Conservative hold

ET Campbell	Conservative	26,108	44.91%
A Bain	Labour	19,849	34.14%
J Sayer	Liberal	12,177	20.95%

Electorate: 81,800; {Civ: 71,938; Bus: 18; Serv: 9,844};
Turnout: 71.07%; Majority: 6,259 (10.77%)

Broxtowe
[E] Labour hold

FS Cocks	Labour	39,545	72.05%
G Bowman	Conservative	15,344	27.95%

Electorate: 69,964; {Civ: 64,724; Bus: 3; Serv: 5,237};
Turnout: 78.45%; Majority: 24,201 (44.09%)

Buckingham
[E] Labour gain

A Crawley	Labour	22,302	54.72%
L Berry	Conservative	18,457	45.28%

Electorate: 56,808; {Civ: 52,683; Bus: 22; Serv: 4,103};
Turnout: 71.75%; Majority: 3,845 (9.43%)

Bucklow
[E] Conservative win (new constituency)

WS Shepherd	Conservative	30,165	57.28%
AW Haycock	Labour	22,497	42.72%

Electorate: 68,905; {Civ: 62,690; Bus: 19; Serv: 6,196};
Turnout: 76.43%; Majority: 7,668 (14.56%)

Buckrose
[E] Liberal gain

G Wadsworth	Liberal	15,934	51.53%
AN Braithwaite	Conservative	14,985	48.47%

Electorate: 43,012; {Civ: 39,446; Bus: 4; Serv: 3,562};
Turnout: 71.88%; Majority: 949 (3.07%)

Burnley
[E] Labour hold

WA Burke	Labour	32,122	63.54%
HM Milnes	Liberal National	18,431	36.46%

Electorate: 62,849; {Civ: 57,267; Bus: 79; Serv: 5,503};
Turnout: 80.44%; Majority: 13,691 (27.08%)

Burslem
[E] Labour gain

AE Davies	Labour	20,044	60.48%
FM Bennett	Liberal National	9,877	29.80%
A MacLaren	Ind	3,223	9.72%

Electorate: 42,121; {Civ: 38,292; Bus: 44; Serv: 3,785};
Turnout: 78.69%; Majority: 10,167 (30.68%)

Burton
[E] Labour gain

W Lyne	Labour	18,288	51.06%
JF Gretton	Conservative	17,528	48.94%

Electorate: 53,587; {Civ: 48,702; Bus: 17; Serv: 4,868};
Turnout: 66.84%; Majority: 760 (2.12%)

Bury
[E] Conservative hold

W Fletcher	Conservative	14,012	39.89%
S Hand	Labour	13,902	39.58%
AW James	Liberal	7,211	20.53%

Electorate: 44,888; {Civ: 40,770; Bus: 27; Serv: 4,091};
Turnout: 78.25%; Majority: 110 (0.31%)

Bury St Edmunds
[E] Conservative hold

GB Clifton Brown	Conservative	15,013	48.71%
C McCall	Labour	9,195	29.83%
HC Drayton	Liberal	5,863	19.02%
EC England	Common Wealth	750	2.43%

Electorate: 45,482; {Civ: 41,500; Bus: 75; Serv: 3,970};
Turnout: 67.77%; Majority: 5,818 (18.88%)

Bute & Northern Ayrshire
[S] Conservative hold

C MacAndrew	Conservative	21,652	52.99%
J Wheatley	Labour	19,209	47.01%

Electorate: 59,529; {Civ: 55,029; Bus: 12; Serv: 4,488};
Turnout: 68.64%; Majority: 2,443 (5.98%)

Caernarvon District
[W] Conservative gain

D Price White	Conservative	11,432	32.93%
DS Davies	Liberal	11,096	31.96%
WE Jones	Labour	10,625	30.61%
JE Daniel	Welsh Nationalist	1,560	4.49%

Electorate: 46,910; {Civ: 43,326; Bus: 19; Serv: 3,565};
Turnout: 74.00%; Majority: 336 (0.97%)

Caernarvonshire
[W] Labour gain

GO Roberts	Labour	22,043	55.34%
G Owen	Liberal	15,637	39.26%
WA Bebb	Welsh Nationalist	2,152	5.40%

Electorate: 51,249; {Civ: 48,084; Bus: 1; Serv: 3,164};
Turnout: 77.72%; Majority: 6,406 (16.08%)

Caerphilly
[W] Labour hold

N Edwards	Labour	29,158	80.22%
J de Courcy	Conservative	7,189	19.78%

Electorate: 47,078; {Civ: 43,832; Bus: 3; Serv: 3,243};
Turnout: 77.21%; Majority: 21,969 (60.44%)

Caithness & Sutherland
[S] Conservative gain

ELG Dower	Conservative	5,564	33.47%
R McInnes	Labour	5,558	33.43%
A Sinclair	Liberal	5,503	33.10%

Electorate: 25,902; {Civ: 23,452; Bus: 0; Serv: 2,450};
Turnout: 64.18%; Majority: 6 (0.04%)

Camberwell North
[E] Labour hold

C Manning	Labour	7,186	76.66%
ER Mayer	Conservative	1,394	14.87%
R Disher	National	794	8.47%

Electorate: 15,460; {Civ: 13,400; Bus: 29; Serv: 2,031};
Turnout: 60.63%; Majority: 5,792 (61.79%)

Camberwell North West
[E] Labour gain

F Corbet	Labour	12,251	69.62%
LA May	Conservative	5,346	30.38%

Electorate: 26,587; {Civ: 23,165; Bus: 34; Serv: 3,388};
Turnout: 66.19%; Majority: 6,905 (39.24%)

Camborne
[E] Conservative hold

PG Agnew	Conservative	12,257	37.06%
FH Hayman	Labour	11,673	35.30%
TR Hill	Liberal	9,141	27.64%

Electorate: 51,407; {Civ: 47,774; Bus: 10; Serv: 3,623};
Turnout: 64.33%; Majority: 584 (1.77%)

Cambridge
[E] Labour gain

AL Symonds	Labour	19,671	50.88%
RL Tufnell	Conservative	18,989	49.12%

Electorate: 55,898; {Civ: 51,295; Bus: 47; Serv: 4,556};
Turnout: 69.16%; Majority: 682 (1.76%)

Cambridgeshire
[E] Labour gain

AE Stubbs	Labour	18,714	42.29%
G Howard	Conservative	18,670	42.19%
LE Goodman	Liberal	6,867	15.52%

Electorate: 63,302; {Civ: 58,737; Bus: 43; Serv: 4,522};
Turnout: 69.90%; Majority: 44 (0.10%)

Cambridge University (STV: 2)
[E]

K Pickthorn	Conservative	elected on the first count
H Wilson Harris	Ind	elected on the fourth count

See universities page for details

Cannock
[E] Labour hold

J Lee	Labour	48,859	62.57%
CW Shelford	Conservative	29,225	37.43%

Electorate: 109,455; {Civ: 102,239; Bus: 5; Serv: 7,211};
Turnout: 71.34%; Majority: 19,634 (25.14%)

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