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1945 United Kingdom general election

← 1935 5 July 1945 1950 →

All 640 seats in the House of Commons
321 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout72.8%, Increase1.7%
  First party Second party
 
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Hugh Dalton
Leader Hugh Dalton Winston Churchill
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 25 October 1935 9 October 1940
Leader's seat Limehouse Woodford
Last election 154 seats, 38.0% 386 seats, 47.8%
Seats won 393 197
Seat change Increase239 Decrease189
Popular vote 11,967,746 8,716,211
Percentage 47.7% 36.2%
Swing Increase9.7% Decrease11.6%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair Ernest Brown
Party Liberal National Liberal
Leader since 26 November 1935 1940
Leader's seat Caithness and Sutherland (defeated) Leith (defeated)
Last election 21 seats, 6.7% 33 seats, 3.7%
Seats won 12 11
Seat change Decrease9 Decrease22
Popular vote 2,177,938 686,652
Percentage 9.0% 2.9%
Swing Increase2.3% Decrease0.8%

Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results

Prime Minister before election

Winston Churchill
Conservative

Prime Minister after
election

Clement Attlee
Labour