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.
← 1935 1950 → Change compared with the 1935 general election in West Midlands.
Constituency Winner Majority % Turnout Result
Birmingham Acock'S Green Lab4,154 10.3 72.1%
Birmingham Aston Lab5,767 23.7 67.6%
Birmingham Deritend Lab4,577 30.7 63.0%
Birmingham Duddeston Lab4,954 30.0 63.5%
Birmingham Edgbaston Con8,618 21.4 69.1%
Birmingham Erdington Lab12,329 21.5 68.8%
Birmingham Handsworth Con1,465 3.6 72.4%
Birmingham King'S Norton Lab12,298 21.2 73.9%
Birmingham Ladywood Lab2,846 11.8 69.9%
Birmingham Moseley Con993 2.3 69.7%
Birmingham Sparkbrook Lab5,634 23.1 66.5%
Birmingham West Birmingham Lab5,386 27.1 66.7%
Birmingham Yardley Lab17,321 31.0 69.1%
Coventry East Lab18,749 33.0 71.1%
Coventry West Lab15,013 24.4 66.1%
Dudley Lab6,283 25.6 73.7%
Herefordshire Hereford Con9,080 27.0 69.2%
Herefordshire Leominster Con638 2.3 74.4%
Newcastle under Lyme Lab17,523 44.8 77.1%
Shropshire Ludlow Con7,570 29.6 71.1%
Shropshire Oswestry Con8,305 23.8 71.7%
Shropshire Shrewsbury Con4,594 13.5 72.9%
Shropshire the Wrekin Lab5,031 12.6 72.3%
Smethwick Lab9,885 31.7 72.4%
Staffordshire Burton Lab760 2.1 66.8%
Staffordshire Cannock Lab19,634 25.1 71.3%
Staffordshire Kingswinford Lab19,010 38.3 73.7%
Staffordshire Leek Lab16,663 34.4 76.7%
Staffordshire Lichfield Lab16,571 21.4 71.5%
Staffordshire Stafford Lab1,423 4.1 79.5%
Staffordshire Stone Con2,106 4.5 72.6%
Stoke on Trent Burslem Lab10,167 30.7 78.7%
Stoke on Trent Hanley Lab11,602 36.0 73.6%
Stoke on Trent Stoke Lab16,348 38.2 75.7%
Walsall Lab4,127 7.9 76.2%
Warwickshire Nuneaton Lab18,320 35.0 78.4%
Warwickshire Rugby Oth1,566 3.4 73.5%
Warwickshire Solihull Con5,049 10.4 71.9%
Warwickshire Sutton Coldfield Con9,964 20.5 74.5%
Warwickshire Warwick and Leamington Con17,634 29.2 69.0%
Wednesbury Lab15,935 36.3 75.8%
West Bromwich Lab15,951 39.9 72.5%
Wolverhampton Bilston Lab16,802 35.7 73.0%
Wolverhampton East Lab6,557 17.6 73.3%
Wolverhampton West Lab7,010 19.8 74.8%
Worcester Con4 0.0 75.9%
Worcestershire Bewdley Con3,170 10.0 67.5%
Worcestershire Evesham Con9,986 29.9 63.3%
Worcestershire Kidderminster Lab7,174 11.6 70.7%
Worcestershire Stourbridge Lab15,933 22.1 74.2%
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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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