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1945 general election

West Midlands: 1945 general election results

How West Midlands voted at the 1945 general election: Labour won 34 of 50 seats with 51.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.

West Midlands: results by party
PartySeatsChangeVotesShareChangeShare barCandidates
Labour34+241,069,58351.2%+14.148
Conservative15−19748,30935.8%−15.646
Others1+122,3061.1%03
Liberal0−1160,2547.7%+3.621
National0new40,2091.9%—2
National Liberal0−134,0741.6%−1.02
4 other parties and independents16,2220.8%

Change compared with the 1935 general election in West Midlands.

Constituencies

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ConstituencyWinnerMajority%TurnoutResult
Birmingham Acock'S GreenLab4,15410.372.1%
Birmingham AstonLab5,76723.767.6%
Birmingham DeritendLab4,57730.763.0%
Birmingham DuddestonLab4,95430.063.5%
Birmingham EdgbastonCon8,61821.469.1%
Birmingham ErdingtonLab12,32921.568.8%
Birmingham HandsworthCon1,4653.672.4%
Birmingham King'S NortonLab12,29821.273.9%
Birmingham LadywoodLab2,84611.869.9%
Birmingham MoseleyCon9932.369.7%
Birmingham SparkbrookLab5,63423.166.5%
Birmingham West BirminghamLab5,38627.166.7%
Birmingham YardleyLab17,32131.069.1%
Coventry EastLab18,74933.071.1%
Coventry WestLab15,01324.466.1%
DudleyLab6,28325.673.7%
Herefordshire HerefordCon9,08027.069.2%
Herefordshire LeominsterCon6382.374.4%
Newcastle under LymeLab17,52344.877.1%
Shropshire LudlowCon7,57029.671.1%
Shropshire OswestryCon8,30523.871.7%
Shropshire ShrewsburyCon4,59413.572.9%
Shropshire the WrekinLab5,03112.672.3%
SmethwickLab9,88531.772.4%
Staffordshire BurtonLab7602.166.8%
Staffordshire CannockLab19,63425.171.3%
Staffordshire KingswinfordLab19,01038.373.7%
Staffordshire LeekLab16,66334.476.7%
Staffordshire LichfieldLab16,57121.471.5%
Staffordshire StaffordLab1,4234.179.5%
Staffordshire StoneCon2,1064.572.6%
Stoke on Trent BurslemLab10,16730.778.7%
Stoke on Trent HanleyLab11,60236.073.6%
Stoke on Trent StokeLab16,34838.275.7%
WalsallLab4,1277.976.2%
Warwickshire NuneatonLab18,32035.078.4%
Warwickshire RugbyOth1,5663.473.5%
Warwickshire SolihullCon5,04910.471.9%
Warwickshire Sutton ColdfieldCon9,96420.574.5%
Warwickshire Warwick and LeamingtonCon17,63429.269.0%
WednesburyLab15,93536.375.8%
West BromwichLab15,95139.972.5%
Wolverhampton BilstonLab16,80235.773.0%
Wolverhampton EastLab6,55717.673.3%
Wolverhampton WestLab7,01019.874.8%
WorcesterCon40.075.9%
Worcestershire BewdleyCon3,17010.067.5%
Worcestershire EveshamCon9,98629.963.3%
Worcestershire KidderminsterLab7,17411.670.7%
Worcestershire StourbridgeLab15,93322.174.2%

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Questions and answers

Who won in West Midlands at the 1945 general election?

Labour won 34 of the 50 seats in West Midlands, with 51.2% of the vote.

How many seats were there in West Midlands in 1945?

50 constituencies.

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