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

Plymouth Devonport — Reigate

Renfrew Eastern — Rothwell

Plymouth Devonport
[E] Labour gain

M Foot	Labour	13,395	54.06%
L Hore-Belisha	National	11,382	45.94%

Electorate: 34,845; {Civ: 29,181; Bus: 35; Serv: 5,629};
Turnout: 71.11%; Majority: 2,013 (8.12%)

Plymouth Drake
[E] Labour gain

HM Medland	Labour	15,070	50.87%
H Guest	Conservative	12,871	43.45%
E Trout	Common Wealth	1,681	5.67%

Electorate: 41,380; {Civ: 35,454; Bus: 117; Serv: 5,809};
Turnout: 71.59%; Majority: 2,199 (7.42%)

Plymouth Sutton
[E] Labour gain

L Middleton	Labour	15,417	51.65%
LD Grand	Conservative	10,738	35.97%
JA Gaved	Liberal	3,695	12.38%

Electorate: 41,493; {Civ: 35,855; Bus: 57; Serv: 5,581};
Turnout: 71.94%; Majority: 4,679 (15.68%)

Pontefract
[E] Labour hold

PG Barstow	Labour	24,690	60.61%
K Hargreaves	Conservative	16,048	39.39%

Electorate: 54,250; {Civ: 49,616; Bus: 8; Serv: 4,626};
Turnout: 75.09%; Majority: 8,642 (21.21%)

Pontypool
[W] Labour hold

A Jenkins	Labour	27,455	77.28%
JG Weeple	Conservative	8,072	22.72%

Electorate: 46,039; {Civ: 42,838; Bus: 4; Serv: 3,197};
Turnout: 77.17%; Majority: 19,383 (54.56%)

Pontypridd
[W] Labour hold

A Pearson	Labour	27,823	68.62%
CG Traherne	Conservative	7,260	17.91%
JE Williams	Liberal	5,464	13.48%

Electorate: 53,346; {Civ: 49,386; Bus: 0; Serv: 3,960};
Turnout: 76.01%; Majority: 20,563 (50.71%)

Poplar South
[E] Labour hold

WH Guy	Labour	11,620	89.23%
J Vickers	Conservative	1,403	10.77%

Electorate: 19,667; {Civ: 17,337; Bus: 56; Serv: 2,274};
Turnout: 66.22%; Majority: 10,217 (78.45%)

Portsmouth Central
[E] Labour gain

JW Snow	Labour	14,745	55.33%
REB Beaumont	Conservative	11,345	42.57%
WRC Foster	Democratic Party	561	2.10%

Electorate: 36,255; {Civ: 30,997; Bus: 59; Serv: 5,199};
Turnout: 73.51%; Majority: 3,400 (12.76%)

Portsmouth North
[E] Labour gain

DWT Bruce	Labour	15,352	51.09%
G Howard	Conservative	14,310	47.62%
JEV Keast	Democratic Party	388	1.29%

Electorate: 39,873; {Civ: 33,833; Bus: 72; Serv: 5,968};
Turnout: 75.36%; Majority: 1,042 (3.47%)

Portsmouth South
[E] Conservative hold

J Lucas	Conservative	15,810	55.29%
JF Blitz	Labour	12,783	44.71%

Electorate: 38,150; {Civ: 32,556; Bus: 76; Serv: 5,518};
Turnout: 74.95%; Majority: 3,027 (10.59%)

Preston (2)
[E] Labour gains

S Segal	Labour	33,053	24.24%
JW Sunderland	Labour	32,889	24.12%
R Churchill	Conservative	29,129	21.36%
J Amery	Conservative	27,885	20.45%
JM Toulmin	Liberal	8,251	6.05%
PJ Devine	Communist	5,168	3.79%

Electorate: 88,378; {Civ: 80,923; Bus: 110; Serv: 7,345};
Turnout: 77.15%; Majority: 3,760 (3.67%)

Pudsey & Otley
[E] Conservative hold

M Stoddart-Scott	Conservative	22,755	43.38%
DW Healey	Labour	21,104	40.24%
T Clarke	Liberal	8,592	16.38%

Electorate: 66,540; {Civ: 60,770; Bus: 20; Serv: 5,750};
Turnout: 78.83%; Majority: 1,651 (3.15%)

Putney
[E] Conservative hold

HN Linstead	Conservative	16,356	48.54%
PD Stewart	Labour	12,469	37.00%
R Acland	Common Wealth	2,686	7.97%
IJ Hyam	Liberal	2,041	6.06%
E Tennant	Ind	144	0.43%

Electorate: 45,796; {Civ: 40,886; Bus: 50; Serv: 4,860};
Turnout: 73.58%; Majority: 3,887 (11.54%)

Reading
[E] Labour gain

I Mikardo	Labour	30,465	48.84%
WEC McIlroy	National	24,075	38.60%
RNT James	Liberal	7,834	12.56%

Electorate: 84,827; {Civ: 76,651; Bus: 72; Serv: 8,104};
Turnout: 73.53%; Majority: 6,390 (10.24%)

Reigate
[E] Conservative hold

GC Touche	Conservative	27,419	57.07%
CJ Garnsworthy	Labour	20,623	42.93%

Electorate: 65,884; {Civ: 59,510; Bus: 40; Serv: 6,334};
Turnout: 72.92%; Majority: 6,796 (14.15%)

Renfrew Eastern
[S] Conservative hold

EGR Lloyd	Conservative	42,310	53.59%
D McArthur	Labour	36,634	46.41%

Electorate: 116,962; {Civ: 107,140; Bus: 38; Serv: 9,784};
Turnout: 67.50%; Majority: 5,676 (7.19%)

Renfrew Western
[S] Labour gain

T Scollan	Labour	15,050	48.80%
HJ Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Conservative	13,836	44.86%
RB Wilkie	Scottish Nationalist	1,955	6.34%

Electorate: 44,026; {Civ: 40,846; Bus: 10; Serv: 3,170};
Turnout: 70.05%; Majority: 1,214 (3.94%)

Rhondda East
[W] Labour hold

WH Mainwaring	Labour	16,733	48.34%
H Pollitt	Communist	15,761	45.53%
JK Davies	Welsh Nationalist	2,123	6.13%

Electorate: 41,832; {Civ: 38,685; Bus: 0; Serv: 3,147};
Turnout: 82.75%; Majority: 972 (2.81%)

Rhondda West
[W] Labour hold

W John

Labour

Unopposed

—%

Electorate: 39,652; {Civ: 36,980; Bus: 2; Serv: 2,670};
Turnout: —%; Majority: — (—%)

Richmond (Surrey)
[E] Conservative hold

GS Harvie Watt	Conservative	24,085	52.79%
D Stark Murray	Labour	15,760	34.54%
GAD Gordon	Liberal	5,029	11.02%
D Frank	Common Wealth	753	1.65%

Electorate: 59,490; {Civ: 53,444; Bus: 22; Serv: 6,024};
Turnout: 76.70%; Majority: 8,325 (18.25%)

Richmond (Yorks)
[E] Conservative hold

T Dugdale	Conservative	18,332	52.87%
MW Darwin	Liberal	9,427	27.19%
GH Metcalfe	Labour	6,104	17.60%
RN Chesterton	Common Wealth	813	2.34%

Electorate: 50,709; {Civ: 46,891; Bus: 23; Serv: 3,795};
Turnout: 68.38%; Majority: 8,905 (25.68%)

Ripon
[E] Conservative hold

C York	Conservative	29,674	61.32%
R Hartley	Labour	12,599	26.03%
M Cowley	Liberal	6,122	12.65%

Electorate: 69,373; {Civ: 63,814; Bus: 6; Serv: 5,553};
Turnout: 69.76%; Majority: 17,075 (35.28%)

Rochdale
[E] Labour hold

HB Morgan	Labour	22,047	44.89%
EM Nicol	Conservative	16,852	34.31%
CGC Harvey	Liberal	10,211	20.79%

Electorate: 60,869; {Civ: 55,753; Bus: 54; Serv: 5,062};
Turnout: 80.68%; Majority: 5,195 (10.58%)

Romford
[E] Labour hold

T Macpherson	Labour	16,979	52.83%
AM Berryman	Conservative	11,202	34.86%
HJG Hare	Liberal	3,957	12.31%

Electorate: 43,070; {Civ: 37,873; Bus: 11; Serv: 5,186};
Turnout: 74.62%; Majority: 5,777 (17.98%)

Ross & Cromarty
[S] Liberal National hold

J MacLeod	Liberal National	10,061	62.80%
A Mackintosh	Labour	5,959	37.20%

Electorate: 25,655; {Civ: 23,572; Bus: 1; Serv: 2,082};
Turnout: 62.44%; Majority: 4,102 (25.61%)

Rossendale
[E] Labour gain

GH Walker	Labour	15,741	43.61%
R Cross	Conservative	10,153	28.13%
AW Jones	Liberal	8,542	23.66%
W Whittaker	Communist	1,663	4.61%

Electorate: 43,402; {Civ: 39,487; Bus: 7; Serv: 3,908};
Turnout: 83.17%; Majority: 5,588 (15.48%)

Rotherham
[E] Labour hold

W Dobbie	Labour	35,654	74.16%
EH Phillips	Liberal National	12,420	25.84%

Electorate: 62,635; {Civ: 58,377; Bus: 8; Serv: 4,250};
Turnout: 76.75%; Majority: 23,234 (48.33%)

Rotherhithe
[E] Labour hold

B Smith	Labour	9,741	79.08%
NC Runge	Conservative	2,577	20.92%

Electorate: 18,035; {Civ: 15,600; Bus: 116; Serv: 2,319};
Turnout: 68.30%; Majority: 7,164 (58.16%)

Rother Valley
[E] Labour hold

D Griffiths	Labour	44,499	75.21%
JH Bull	Conservative	14,669	24.79%

Electorate: 78,528; {Civ: 73,115; Bus: 0; Serv: 5,413};
Turnout: 75.35%; Majority: 29,830 (50.42%)

Rothwell
[E] Labour hold

TJ Brooks	Labour	43,829	74.04%
A Pilkington	Conservative	15,370	25.96%

Electorate: 78,471; {Civ: 71,906; Bus: 7; Serv: 6,558};
Turnout: 75.44%; Majority: 28,459 (48.07%)

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