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

Northampton — Oswestry

Oxford — Plaistow

Northampton
[E] Labour gain

RT Paget	Labour	27,681	56.36%
GS Summers	Conservative	20,684	42.11%
JE Bugby	Ind	749	1.53%

Electorate: 65,038; {Civ: 58,665; Bus: 111; Serv: 6,262};
Turnout: 75.52%; Majority: 6,997 (14.25%)

Northwich
[E] Conservative hold

JG Foster	Conservative	20,198	41.35%
RST Chorley	Labour	20,183	41.32%
F Brunner	Liberal	8,460	17.32%

Electorate: 62,541; {Civ: 57,401; Bus: 10; Serv: 5,130};
Turnout: 78.09%; Majority: 15 (0.03%)

Norwich (2)
[E] Labour gains

Lady Noel-Buxton	Labour	31,553	27.93%
J Panton	Labour	31,229	27.65%
G Shakespeare	Liberal National	25,945	22.97%
HG Strauss	Conservative	24,225	21.45%

Electorate: 77,684; {Civ: 68,786; Bus: 143; Serv: 8,755};
Turnout: 72.70%; Majority: 5,284 (6.20%)

Norwood
[E] Labour gain

R Chamberlain	Labour	16,667	47.28%
D Sandys	Conservative	14,644	41.54%
AD Wintle	Liberal	3,944	11.19%

Electorate: 49,445; {Civ: 43,429; Bus: 94; Serv: 5,922};
Turnout: 71.30%; Majority: 2,023 (5.74%)

Nottingham Central
[E] Labour gain

G de Freitas	Labour	13,681	48.39%
F Sykes	Conservative	10,947	38.72%
DC Griffiths	Liberal	3,644	12.89%

Electorate: 38,270; {Civ: 34,292; Bus: 593; Serv: 3,385};
Turnout: 73.88%; Majority: 2,734 (9.67%)

Nottingham East
[E] Labour gain

J Harrison	Labour	12,075	40.21%
LH Gluckstein	Conservative	11,227	37.38%
APW Seely	Liberal	5,658	18.84%
G Twells	Ind	1,072	3.57%

Electorate: 41,734; {Civ: 37,505; Bus: 212; Serv: 4,017};
Turnout: 71.96%; Majority: 848 (2.82%)

Nottingham South
[E] Labour gain

HN Smith	Labour	15,316	50.46%
SF Markham	National	10,766	35.47%
RJ Blindell	Liberal	4,272	14.07%

Electorate: 39,989; {Civ: 36,334; Bus: 82; Serv: 3,573};
Turnout: 75.91%; Majority: 4,550 (14.99%)

Nottingham West
[E] Labour hold

T O'Brien	Labour	24,887	59.56%
BS Townroe	Conservative	9,711	23.24%
SAJ Young	Liberal	7,184	17.19%

Electorate: 54,755; {Civ: 49,186; Bus: 52; Serv: 5,517};
Turnout: 76.31%; Majority: 15,176 (36.32%)

Nuneaton
[E] Labour hold

FG Bowles	Labour	30,587	58.47%
JM Fitzroy-Newdegate	Conservative	12,267	23.45%
P Calvocoressi	Liberal	8,986	17.18%
L Melling	Ind	468	0.89%

Electorate: 66,459; {Civ: 61,590; Bus: 20; Serv: 4,849};
Turnout: 78.71%; Majority: 18,320 (35.02%)

Ogmore
[W] Labour hold

EJ Williams	Labour	32,715	76.43%
OG Davies	National	7,712	18.02%
T Morgan	Welsh Nationalist	2,379	5.56%

Electorate: 56,552; {Civ: 52,575; Bus: 1; Serv: 3,976};
Turnout: 75.69%; Majority: 25,003 (58.41%)

Oldham (2)
[E] Labour gains

F Fairhurst	Labour	31,704	23.88%
L Hale	Labour	31,327	23.59%
HW Kerr	Conservative	26,911	20.27%
JS Dodd	Liberal National	24,199	18.23%
JT Middleton	Liberal	10,365	7.81%
TDF Powell	Liberal	8,264	6.22%

Electorate: 88,989; {Civ: 81,803; Bus: 58; Serv: 7,128};
Turnout: 74.60%; Majority: 4,416 (5.37%)

Orkney & Shetland
[S] Conservative hold

B Neven-Spence	Conservative	6,304	36.05%
J Grimond	Liberal	5,975	34.17%
PJL Smith	Labour	5,208	29.78%

Electorate: 31,468; {Civ: 29,501; Bus: 1; Serv: 1,966};
Turnout: 55.57%; Majority: 329 (1.88%)

Ormskirk
[E] Labour gain

JH Wilson	Labour	30,126	46.29%
AC Greg	Conservative	23,104	35.50%
S King-Hall	Ind	11,848	18.21%

Electorate: 93,702; {Civ: 84,942; Bus: 13; Serv: 8,747};
Turnout: 69.45%; Majority: 7,022 (10.79%)

Orpington
[E] Conservative win (new constituency)

W Smithers	Conservative	20,388	48.66%
AR Mais	Labour	15,846	37.82%
ER Goodfellow	Liberal	5,140	12.27%
GC Milner	Ind	528	1.26%

Electorate: 57,625; {Civ: 51,040; Bus: 17; Serv: 6,568};
Turnout: 72.71%; Majority: 4,542 (10.84%)

Oswestry
[E] Conservative hold

OBS Poole	Conservative	19,082	54.66%
GDE Boyd-Carpenter	Labour	10,777	30.87%
LC Burcher	Liberal	5,049	14.46%

Electorate: 48,673; {Civ: 45,194; Bus: 17; Serv: 3,462};
Turnout: 71.72%; Majority: 8,305 (23.79%)

Oxford
[E] Conservative hold

Q Hogg	Conservative	14,314	45.26%
F Pakenham	Labour	11,451	36.21%
A Norman	Liberal	5,860	18.53%

Electorate: 47,662; {Civ: 43,807; Bus: 62; Serv: 3,793};
Turnout: 66.35%; Majority: 2,863 (9.05%)

Oxford University (STV: 2)
[E] Independent hold

A Salter	Ind	elected at the first count
AP Herbert	Ind	elected at the first count

See universities page for details

Paddington North
[E] Labour gain

FN Mason-Macfarlane	Labour	16,638	61.16%
B Bracken	Conservative	10,093	37.10%
C Groves	Ind Socialist	472	1.74%

Electorate: 38,255; {Civ: 34,387; Bus: 184; Serv: 3,684};
Turnout: 71.11%; Majority: 6,545 (24.06%)

Paddington South
[E] Conservative hold

EA Taylor	Conservative	13,131	57.76%
CF Wegg-Prosser	Labour	9,601	42.24%

Electorate: 35,377; {Civ: 32,449; Bus: 202; Serv: 2,726};
Turnout: 64.26%; Majority: 3,530 (15.53%)

Paisley
[S] Labour gain

Visc Corvedale	Labour	25,156	55.56%
TGD Galbraith	Conservative	14,826	32.74%
Lady Glen-Coats	Liberal	4,532	10.01%
AR Eagles	Ind	765	1.69%

Electorate: 61,125; {Civ: 55,656; Bus: 75; Serv: 5,394};
Turnout: 74.08%; Majority: 10,330 (22.81%)

Peckham
[E] Labour hold

L Silkin	Labour	12,935	68.69%
RJL O'Connell	Conservative	5,896	31.31%

Electorate: 28,741; {Civ: 25,059; Bus: 34; Serv: 3,648};
Turnout: 65.52%; Majority: 7,039 (37.38%)

Peebles & Southern Midlothian
[S] Labour gain

DJ Pryde	Labour	15,546	55.73%
JL Clyde	Conservative	9,050	32.44%
L Gellatly	Liberal	3,299	11.83%

Electorate: 37,844; {Civ: 34,525; Bus: 5; Serv: 3,314};
Turnout: 73.71%; Majority: 6,496 (23.29%)

Pembroke
[W] Liberal hold

G Lloyd-George	Liberal	22,997	50.18%
W Fienburgh	Labour	22,829	49.82%

Electorate: 63,388; {Civ: 58,232; Bus: 4; Serv: 5,152};
Turnout: 72.29%; Majority: 168 (0.37%)

Penistone
[E] Labour hold

HG McGhee	Labour	40,180	65.82%
R Davis	Conservative	20,869	34.18%

Electorate: 81,079; {Civ: 75,953; Bus: 1; Serv: 5,125};
Turnout: 75.30%; Majority: 19,311 (31.63%)

Penrith & Cockermouth
[E] Conservative hold

AVG Dower	Conservative	9,198	37.80%
NF Newsome	Liberal	6,579	27.04%
LF Browne	Labour	6,350	26.10%
T Mitchell	Ind	2,204	9.06%

Electorate: 30,616; {Civ: 28,325; Bus: 56; Serv: 2,235};
Turnout: 79.47%; Majority: 2,619 (10.76%)

Penryn & Falmouth
[E] Labour gain

EM King	Labour	17,962	43.76%
M Petherick	Conservative	15,169	36.95%
P Harris	Liberal	7,917	19.29%

Electorate: 56,214; {Civ: 50,987; Bus: 29; Serv: 5,198};
Turnout: 73.02%; Majority: 2,793 (6.80%)

Perth
[S] Conservative hold

AG Duncan	Conservative	22,484	63.07%
W Hughes	Labour	11,617	32.59%
JB Brown	Scottish Nationalist	1,547	4.34%

Electorate: 54,250; {Civ: 49,145; Bus: 6; Serv: 5,099};
Turnout: 65.71%; Majority: 10,867 (30.48%)

Peterborough
[E] Labour gain

S Tiffany	Labour	22,056	50.66%
Visc Suirdale	Conservative	21,485	49.34%

Electorate: 59,763; {Civ: 55,500; Bus: 60; Serv: 4,203};
Turnout: 72.86%; Majority: 571 (1.31%)

Petersfield
[E] Conservative hold

G Jeffreys	Conservative	20,838	58.36%
B Goldstone	Liberal	8,269	23.16%
T Sargant	Common Wealth	6,600	18.48%

Electorate: 55,423; {Civ: 50,026; Bus: 16; Serv: 5,381};
Turnout: 64.43%; Majority: 12,569 (35.20%)

Plaistow
[E] Labour hold

FE Jones	Labour	17,351	87.57%
JP Raper	Conservative	2,463	12.43%

Electorate: 28,974; {Civ: 25,141; Bus: 34; Serv: 3,799};
Turnout: 68.39%; Majority: 14,888 (75.14%)

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