South East: 1945 general election results
How South East voted at the 1945 general election: the Conservatives won 37 of 55 seats with 48.5% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 37 | −11 | 1,180,942 | 48.5% | −16.7 | ||
| Labour | 14 | +14 | 937,970 | 38.5% | +11.3 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 230,705 | 9.5% | +4.5 | ||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 25,026 | 1.0% | +0.7 | ||
| National | 0 | new | 24,075 | 1.0% | — | ||
| Common Wealth | 0 | new | 22,476 | 0.9% | — | ||
| National Liberal | 0 | 0 | 12,392 | 0.5% | −1.8 | ||
| 2 other parties and independents | 2,969 | 0.1% | |||||
Change compared with the 1935 general election in South East.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Abingdon | Con | 4,988 | 13.1 | 67.4% | |
| Berkshire Newbury | Con | 8,709 | 18.7 | 65.4% | |
| Berkshire Windsor | Con | 10,481 | 21.1 | 67.9% | |
| Bournemouth | Con | 20,312 | 32.6 | 71.2% | |
| Brighton | 2-member seat: not split by party in the source | — | — | 65.9% | |
| Buckinghamshire Aylesbury | Con | 8,092 | 15.8 | 69.5% | |
| Buckinghamshire Buckingham | Lab | 3,845 | 9.4 | 71.6% | |
| Buckinghamshire Eton and Slough | Lab | 2,424 | 4.3 | 71.9% | |
| Buckinghamshire Wycombe | Lab | 2,536 | 5.6 | 71.9% | |
| Dartford | Lab | 19,715 | 36.8 | 74.9% | |
| Hampshire Aldershot | Con | 5,021 | 14.8 | 68.9% | |
| Hampshire Basingstoke | Con | 4,937 | 12.1 | 66.4% | |
| Hampshire Fareham | Con | 3,381 | 4.9 | 71.0% | |
| Hampshire New Forest and Christchurch | Con | 9,410 | 15.0 | 71.3% | |
| Hampshire Petersfield | Con | 12,569 | 35.2 | 64.4% | |
| Hampshire Winchester | Lab | 3,031 | 5.3 | 71.7% | |
| Hastings | Con | 3,525 | 12.9 | 75.3% | |
| Hythe | Con | 1,957 | 11.3 | 73.3% | |
| Isle of Wight | Con | 2,784 | 5.9 | 75.8% | |
| Kent Ashford | Con | 6,225 | 17.2 | 71.0% | |
| Kent Canterbury | Con | 10,167 | 25.8 | 68.7% | |
| Kent Dover | Lab | 1,682 | 5.1 | 73.0% | |
| Kent Faversham | Lab | 2,465 | 5.5 | 73.1% | |
| Kent Gravesend | Lab | 7,056 | 17.1 | 74.5% | |
| Kent Isle of Thanet | Con | 2,948 | 9.6 | 68.9% | |
| Kent Maidstone | Con | 3,025 | 7.6 | 71.0% | |
| Kent Sevenoaks | Con | 3,946 | 9.5 | 73.5% | |
| Kent Tonbridge | Con | 6,491 | 14.0 | 72.9% | |
| Middlesex Spelthorne | Lab | 8,339 | 15.4 | 70.3% | |
| Oxford | Con | 2,863 | 9.1 | 69.1% | |
| Oxfordshire Banbury | Con | 1,826 | 4.0 | 70.6% | |
| Oxfordshire Henley | Con | 2,829 | 5.4 | 66.3% | |
| Portsmouth Central | Lab | 3,400 | 12.8 | 73.5% | |
| Portsmouth North | Lab | 1,042 | 3.5 | 75.4% | |
| Portsmouth South | Con | 3,027 | 10.6 | 74.9% | |
| Reading | Lab | 6,390 | 10.2 | 73.3% | |
| Rochester Chatham | Lab | 3,716 | 10.7 | 72.1% | |
| Rochester Gillingham | Lab | 1,856 | 6.5 | 71.3% | |
| Southampton | 2-member seat: not split by party in the source | — | — | 72.6% | |
| Surrey Chertsey | Con | 12,262 | 17.1 | 71.0% | |
| Surrey Eastern | Con | 13,409 | 23.0 | 74.5% | |
| Surrey Epsom | Con | 6,548 | 12.1 | 74.6% | |
| Surrey Farnham | Con | 11,544 | 22.4 | 68.6% | |
| Surrey Guildford | Con | 11,302 | 17.1 | 74.8% | |
| Surrey Reigate | Con | 6,796 | 14.2 | 72.9% | |
| Sussex (East) East Grinstead | Con | 15,754 | 31.8 | 70.9% | |
| Sussex (East) Eastbourne | Con | 5,536 | 16.2 | 77.2% | |
| Sussex (East) Lewes | Con | 7,659 | 15.0 | 71.8% | |
| Sussex (East) Rye | Con | 12,287 | 36.5 | 70.8% | |
| Sussex (West) Chichester | Con | 17,319 | 30.5 | 67.9% | |
| Sussex (West) Horsham | Con | 10,150 | 25.6 | 68.0% | |
| Sussex (West) Worthing | Con | 19,767 | 40.0 | 72.0% | |
| Woodford | Con | 17,200 | 45.1 | 65.5% |
South East at every election →
Questions and answers
Who won in South East at the 1945 general election?
The Conservatives won 37 of the 55 seats in South East, with 48.5% of the vote.
How many seats were there in South East in 1945?
55 constituencies.
Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data