UK General Election, 1945:

Party Vote and Lost deposits

170 candidates in single-member, non-university, seats plus 5 candidates in university seats secured less than 12.5% of the vosts cast and thus should have lost their £150 deposits (see list). However, The Times reported that 168 candidates lost their deposits, including 5 in university seats under STV. Although we agree on all the other parties, The Times reported that 64 Liberals lost their deposits, while my calculations suggest that this figure should be 72. There is a fuller discussion of the problem here.

Party	Number of candidates	Total Votes (non-university)	% of Total Vote achieved	Vote as % of electorate	Vote as % of Total Vote in seats contested	University vote	Number of lost deposits	Total cost

Common Wealth	23	110634	0.44	0.32	11.77		16	£2400
Communist	21	102780	0.41	0.30	11.03		10	£1500
Conservative	541	8673660	34.73	25.27	39.75	11563	5	£750
Democratic Party	5	1809	0.01	0.01	1.06		5	£750
Ind	51	208929	0.84	0.61	10.42	68057	38	£5700
Ind Conservative	5	40948	0.16	0.12	21.66		2	£300
Ind Labour Party	5	46679	0.19	0.14	28.73		1	£150
Ind Socialist	1	472	0.00	0.00	1.74		1	£150
Ind Ulster Unionist	1	46732	0.19	0.14	40.37		0	£0
Irish Nationalist	3	148078	0.59	0.43	52.43		0	£0
Labour	601	11959872	47.88	34.84	49.77	6274	2	£300
Labour Ind	3	50258	0.20	0.15	40.97	3212	1	£150
Liberal	304	2244839	8.99	6.54	17.48	7111	72	£10800
Liberal National	51	759884	3.04	2.21	34.70		0	£0
National	16	142906	0.57	0.42	25.12	16011	5	£750
Scottish Nationalist	8	30594	0.12	0.09	7.64		5	£750
Ulster Unionist	12	392454	1.57	1.14	54.52	1923	0	£0
Welsh Nationalist	7	14751	0.06	0.04	5.39	1696	7	£1050

Total	1658	24976279				115847	170	£25500

Lost Deposits in the university seats were: Independents 5

The 25 candidates in university seats were:
Conservative 2
Independent 15
Labour 3 (inc 1 Labour Ind)
Liberal 2
National 1
Ulster Unionist 1
Welsh Nationalist 1