East Midlands: 1945 general election results
How East Midlands voted at the 1945 general election: Labour won 26 of 38 seats with 52.3% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 26 | +18 | 864,543 | 52.3% | +8.0 | ||
| Conservative | 8 | −16 | 552,515 | 33.4% | −9.4 | ||
| National Liberal | 1 | −1 | 47,793 | 2.9% | −2.0 | ||
| Others | 1 | +1 | 44,189 | 2.7% | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 130,494 | 7.9% | +4.5 | ||
| National | 0 | new | 10,766 | 0.7% | — | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 2,381 | 0.1% | |||||
Change compared with the 1935 general election in East Midlands.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daventry | Con | 1,170 | 3.4 | 75.0% | |
| Derby | 2-member seat: not split by party in the source | — | — | 77.5% | |
| Derbyshire Belper | Lab | 8,881 | 19.3 | 80.2% | |
| Derbyshire Chesterfield | Lab | 12,035 | 25.7 | 77.3% | |
| Derbyshire Clay Cross | Lab | 21,517 | 64.1 | 70.7% | |
| Derbyshire High Peak | Con | 2,659 | 6.7 | 77.8% | |
| Derbyshire Ilkeston | Lab | 18,097 | 45.6 | 81.0% | |
| Derbyshire North Eastern | Lab | 17,006 | 31.2 | 79.0% | |
| Derbyshire Southern | Lab | 22,950 | 27.8 | 78.9% | |
| Derbyshire Western | Lab | 156 | 0.4 | 81.7% | |
| Gainsborough | Con | 1,645 | 5.7 | 75.2% | |
| Grantham | Oth | 15,513 | 32.6 | 75.9% | |
| Holland With Boston | Nat Lib | 5,676 | 11.8 | 72.9% | |
| Horncastle | Con | 6,967 | 26.4 | 70.4% | |
| Kettering | Lab | 6,444 | 11.6 | 75.1% | |
| Leicester East | Lab | 13,232 | 26.5 | 75.9% | |
| Leicester South | Lab | 1,168 | 2.7 | 75.4% | |
| Leicester West | Lab | 7,215 | 18.7 | 76.6% | |
| Leicestershire Bosworth | Lab | 5,297 | 11.3 | 77.6% | |
| Leicestershire Harborough | Lab | 204 | 0.4 | 75.8% | |
| Leicestershire Loughborough | Lab | 8,751 | 22.1 | 74.7% | |
| Leicestershire Melton | Con | 5,393 | 10.4 | 76.6% | |
| Lincoln | Lab | 3,638 | 10.7 | 80.3% | |
| Louth | Con | 4,708 | 13.3 | 71.9% | |
| Northampton | Lab | 6,997 | 14.3 | 75.4% | |
| Nottingham Central | Lab | 2,734 | 9.7 | 73.9% | |
| Nottingham East | Lab | 848 | 2.8 | 72.0% | |
| Nottingham South | Lab | 4,550 | 15.0 | 75.9% | |
| Nottingham West | Lab | 15,176 | 36.3 | 76.3% | |
| Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw | Lab | 12,377 | 25.6 | 78.6% | |
| Nottinghamshire Broxtowe | Lab | 24,201 | 44.1 | 78.3% | |
| Nottinghamshire Mansfield | Lab | 28,811 | 50.2 | 75.8% | |
| Nottinghamshire Newark | Con | 1,132 | 2.8 | 73.0% | |
| Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe | Lab | 6,759 | 8.5 | 76.9% | |
| Peterborough | Lab | 571 | 1.3 | 72.9% | |
| Rutland and Stamford | Con | 2,136 | 7.5 | 72.9% | |
| Wellingborough | Lab | 5,990 | 15.4 | 74.4% |
East Midlands at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in East Midlands at the 1945 general election?
Labour won 26 of the 38 seats in East Midlands, with 52.3% of the vote.
How many seats were there in East Midlands in 1945?
38 constituencies.
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