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1945 general election

University seats: 1945 general election results

How University seats voted at the 1945 general election: the Conservatives won 1 of 12 seats with 11.6% of the vote. Every constituency result.

University seats: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Conservative1−113,48611.6%−39.03
National Independent1new11,0879.6%—3
Liberal107,1116.1%+2.62
Others0−261,87853.4%+32.67
National0new16,01113.8%—1
Labour006,2745.4%−9.82

Change compared with the 1935 general election in University seats.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Cambridge University2-member seat: not split by party in the source——52.6%
Combined English Universities2-member seat: not split by party in the source——50.0%
Combined Scottish Universities3-member seat: not split by party in the source——51.6%
London UniversityNat Ind1491.063.0%
Oxford University2-member seat: not split by party in the source——53.1%
Queen'S University of BelfastCon1,19545.151.6%
University of WalesLib3,54351.158.5%

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Questions and answers

Who won in University seats at the 1945 general election?

The Conservatives won 1 of the 12 seats in University seats, with 11.6% of the vote.

How many seats were there in University seats in 1945?

12 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