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

Roxburgh & Selkirk — Seaham

Sedgefield — Smethwick

Roxburgh & Selkirk
[S] Conservative hold

Ld W Scott	Conservative	13,232	37.87%
AJF Macdonald	Liberal	11,604	33.21%
LP Thomas	Labour	10,107	28.92%

Electorate: 47,407; {Civ: 43,164; Bus: 3; Serv: 4,240};
Turnout: 73.71%; Majority: 1,628 (4.66%)

Royton
[E] Labour hold

H Sutcliffe	Conservative	15,388	41.86%
H Rhodes	Labour	13,753	37.41%
AM Knight	Liberal	7,618	20.72%

Electorate: 45,310; {Civ: 41,588; Bus: 5; Serv: 3,717};
Turnout: 81.13%; Majority: 1,635 (4.45%)

Rugby
[E] Independent hold

WJ Brown	Ind	18,615	40.35%
J Lakin	Conservative	17,049	36.96%
RH Lewis	Labour	10,470	22.69%

Electorate: 62,696; {Civ: 58,762; Bus: 40; Serv: 3,894};
Turnout: 73.58%; Majority: 1,566 (3.39%)

Rushcliffe
[E] Labour gain

F Paton	Labour	43,303	54.23%
R Assheton	Conservative	36,544	45.77%

Electorate: 103,697; {Civ: 94,147; Bus: 11; Serv: 9,539};
Turnout: 77.00%; Majority: 6,759 (8.46%)

Rutherglen
[S] Labour gain

G McAllister	Labour	24,738	59.65%
A Chapman	Conservative	16,736	40.35%

Electorate: 54,180; {Civ: 49,406; Bus: 76; Serv: 4,698};
Turnout: 76.55%; Majority: 8,002 (19.29%)

Rutland & Stamford
[E] Conservative hold

Ld Willoughby de Eresby	Conservative	15,359	53.74%
A Gray	Labour	13,223	46.26%

Electorate: 39,229; {Civ: 36,509; Bus: 5; Serv: 2,715};
Turnout: 72.86%; Majority: 2,136 (7.47%)

Rye
[E] Conservative hold

WN Cuthbert	Conservative	19,701	58.56%
B Simmons	Labour	7,414	22.04%
R Ogden	Liberal	6,530	19.41%

Electorate: 47,547; {Civ: 43,387; Bus: 5; Serv: 4,155};
Turnout: 70.76%; Majority: 12,287 (36.52%)

Saffron Walden
[E] Conservative hold

RA Butler	Conservative	16,950	46.90%
SS Wilson	Labour	15,792	43.70%
G Edinger	Liberal	3,395	9.39%

Electorate: 48,417; {Civ: 44,839; Bus: 36; Serv: 3,542};
Turnout: 74.64%; Majority: 1,158 (3.20%)

Salford North
[E] Labour gain

W McAdam	Labour	18,327	60.48%
JE Fitzsimons	Conservative	11,977	39.52%

Electorate: 41,811; {Civ: 37,468; Bus: 18; Serv: 4,325};
Turnout: 72.48%; Majority: 6,350 (20.95%)

Salford South
[E] Labour gain

EA Hardy	Labour	13,941	60.37%
MR O'Brien	Conservative	9,150	39.63%

Electorate: 31,915; {Civ: 28,880; Bus: 56; Serv: 2,979};
Turnout: 72.35%; Majority: 4,791 (20.75%)

Salford West
[E] Labour gain

C Royle	Labour	17,010	50.76%
JF Emery	Conservative	13,321	39.75%
R Pugh	Liberal	3,180	9.49%

Electorate: 43,625; {Civ: 39,476; Bus: 17; Serv: 4,132};
Turnout: 76.82%; Majority: 3,689 (11.01%)

Salisbury
[E] Conservative hold

JG Morrison	Conservative	16,742	44.02%
JAD Caunter	Labour	12,344	32.46%
AC Johnson	Liberal	8,946	23.52%

Electorate: 53,710; {Civ: 48,639; Bus: 21; Serv: 5,050};
Turnout: 70.81%; Majority: 4,398 (11.56%)

Scarborough & Whitby
[E] Conservative hold

ACM Spearman	Conservative	20,786	50.93%
LH Razzall	Liberal	10,739	26.31%
DH Curry	Labour	9,289	22.76%

Electorate: 59,001; {Civ: 53,438; Bus: 10; Serv: 5,553};
Turnout: 69.18%; Majority: 10,047 (24.62%)

Scottish Combined Universities (STV: 3)
[S]

J Anderson	National	elected on the first count
J Boyd Orr	Ind	elected on the first count
J Graham Kerr	Conservative	elected on the second count

Electorate: 63,581; Turnout: 51.57%
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Seaham
[E] Labour hold

E Shinwell	Labour	42,942	80.08%
MV Macmillan	Conservative	10,685	19.92%

Electorate: 67,200; {Civ: 62,103; Bus: 4; Serv: 5,093};
Turnout: 79.80%; Majority: 32,257 (60.15%)

Sedgefield
[E] Labour hold

JR Leslie	Labour	27,051	63.78%
JES Walford	Conservative	15,360	36.22%

Electorate: 54,736; {Civ: 50,742; Bus: 8; Serv: 3,986};
Turnout: 77.48%; Majority: 11,691 (27.57%)

Sevenoaks
[E] Conservative hold

CE Ponsonby	Conservative	18,893	45.61%
J Pudney	Labour	14,947	36.08%
N Muspratt	Liberal	6,906	16.67%
K Thompson	Communist	676	1.63%

Electorate: 56,305; {Civ: 49,931; Bus: 5; Serv: 6,369};
Turnout: 73.57%; Majority: 3,946 (9.53%)

Sheffield Attercliffe
[E] Labour hold

JB Hynd	Labour	23,468	81.36%
B Paddon	Conservative	5,376	18.64%

Electorate: 36,266; {Civ: 33,951; Bus: 54; Serv: 2,261};
Turnout: 79.53%; Majority: 18,092 (62.72%)

Sheffield Brightside
[E] Labour hold

F Marshall	Labour	19,373	61.18%
B Taylor	Conservative	8,177	25.82%
H Hill	Communist	4,115	13.00%

Electorate: 41,836; {Civ: 38,796; Bus: 92; Serv: 2,948};
Turnout: 75.69%; Majority: 11,196 (35.36%)

Sheffield Central
[E] Labour gain

H Morris	Labour	7,954	59.20%
TV Hunt	Conservative	5,481	40.80%

Electorate: 18,642; {Civ: 15,799; Bus: 1,654; Serv: 1,189};
Turnout: 72.07%; Majority: 2,473 (18.41%)

Sheffield Eccleshall
[E] Conservative hold

PG Roberts	Conservative	18,120	54.00%
SG Checkland	Common Wealth	12,045	35.90%
PR Nightingale	Liberal	3,391	10.11%

Electorate: 44,404; {Civ: 40,873; Bus: 78; Serv: 3,453};
Turnout: 75.57%; Majority: 6,075 (18.10%)

Sheffield Hallam
[E] Conservative hold

R Jennings	Conservative	15,874	47.03%
JF Drabble	Labour	13,009	38.55%
G Abrahams	Liberal	2,614	7.75%
G Cree	Communist	2,253	6.68%

Electorate: 44,517; {Civ: 40,940; Bus: 69; Serv: 3,508};
Turnout: 75.81%; Majority: 2,865 (8.49%)

Sheffield Hillsborough
[E] Labour hold

AV Alexander	Labour	24,959	63.41%
RH Hobart	Liberal National	14,404	36.59%

Electorate: 51,733; {Civ: 47,570; Bus: 60; Serv: 4,103};
Turnout: 76.09%; Majority: 10,555 (26.81%)

Sheffield Park
[E] Labour hold

TW Burden	Labour	29,424	64.95%
GP Stevens	Conservative	15,882	35.05%

Electorate: 61,204; {Civ: 55,921; Bus: 282; Serv: 5,001};
Turnout: 74.02%; Majority: 13,542 (29.89%)

Shipley
[E] Labour hold

A Creech Jones	Labour	25,027	50.11%
H Hylton Foster	Conservative	17,097	34.23%
E Robinson	Liberal	7,820	15.66%

Electorate: 62,128; {Civ: 56,390; Bus: 7; Serv: 5,731};
Turnout: 80.39%; Majority: 7,930 (15.88%)

Shoreditch
[E] Labour hold

E Thurtle	Labour	11,592	73.96%
F Boult	Liberal National	4,081	26.04%

Electorate: 27,065; {Civ: 23,579; Bus: 157; Serv: 3,329};
Turnout: 57.91%; Majority: 7,511 (47.92%)

Shrewsbury
[E] Conservative hold

JL Holt	Conservative	15,174	44.41%
SN Chapman	Labour	10,580	30.97%
AS Comyns Carr	Liberal	8,412	24.62%

Electorate: 46,819; {Civ: 42,677; Bus: 4; Serv: 4,138};
Turnout: 72.97%; Majority: 4,594 (13.45%)

Silvertown
[E] Labour hold

L Comyns	Labour	9,358	91.27%
E Elverston	Conservative	494	4.82%
AW Davies	Ind	401	3.91%

Electorate: 15,591; {Civ: 13,467; Bus: 16; Serv: 2,108};
Turnout: 65.76%; Majority: 8,864 (86.45%)

Skipton
[E] Conservative gain

GB Drayson	Conservative	17,905	41.49%
JP Davies	Labour	15,704	36.39%
E Townsend	Liberal	9,546	22.12%

Electorate: 53,877; {Civ: 50,093; Bus: 3; Serv: 3,781};
Turnout: 80.10%; Majority: 2,201 (5.10%)

Smethwick
[E] Labour gain

AJ Dobbs	Labour	20,522	65.86%
GH Edgar	Conservative	10,637	34.14%

Electorate: 43,020; {Civ: 40,119; Bus: 121; Serv: 2,780};
Turnout: 72.43%; Majority: 9,885 (31.72%)

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