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MPs elected in the UK general election, 1945

MPs elected in the UK general election, 1945

37th Parliament (1935)
38th Parliament (1945)
39th Parliament (1950)

This is a complete list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 5 July, 1945, for the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom.


Table of contents:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By-elections Changes

A

Constituency MP Party
Aberavon William Cove Labour
Aberdare George Henry Hall Labour
Aberdeen, North Hector Hughes Labour
Aberdeen, South Sir Douglas Thomson Conservative
Aberdeenshire, Central Maj. H R Spence Conservative
Aberdeenshire, East Robert Boothby Conservative
Abertillery George Daggar Labour
Abingdon Sir Ralph Glyn Conservative
Accrington Capt. Walter Scott-Elliot Labour
Aldershot Oliver Lyttelton Conservative
Altrincham and Sale Col. Frederick James Erroll Conservative
Anglesey Lady Megan Lloyd George Liberal
Antrim (2 seats) Sir Hugh O'Neill Ulster Unionist
Antrim (2 seats) Maj. S G Haughton Ulster Unionist
Armagh Sir William Allen Ulster Unionist
Argyll Maj. Duncan McCallum Conservative
Ashford Edward Percy Smith Conservative
Ashton-under-Lyne Sir William Jowitt Labour
Aylesbury Sir Stanley Reed Conservative
Ayr Sir Thomas Moore Conservative
Ayrshire, South Alexander Sloan Labour

B

Balham & Tooting Capt. H R Adams Labour
Banbury Col. Douglas Dodds-Parker Labour
Banff W S Duthie Conservative
Barking Dr. Somerville Hastings Labour
Barkston Ash Col. Leonard Ropner Conservative
Barnard Castle S Lavers Labour
Barnet Dr Stephen James Lake Taylor Labour
Barnsley Frank Collindridge Labour
Barnstaple Capt. C H M Peto Conservative
Barrow-in-Furness Walter Monslow Labour
Basingstoke Sqn. Ldr. Patrick Donner Conservative
Bassetlaw Fred Bellenger Labour
Bath James Pitman Conservative
Batley & Morley H Beaumont Labour
Battersea, North Francis Campbell Ross Douglas Labour
Battersea, South Caroline Ganley Labour
Bedford Lt. Thomas Skeffington-Lodge Labour
Bedfordshire, Mid Alan Lennox-Boyd Conservative
Bedwellty Sir Charles Edwards Labour
Belfast, East T L Cole Ulster Unionist
Belfast, North William Frederick Neill Ulster Unionist
Belfast, South Lt.-Col. C H Gage Ulster Unionist
Belfast, West John Beattie Irish Labour
Belper George Brown Labour
Berwick-on-Tweed Lt.-Col. R A F Thorpe Conservative
Bethnal Green, North-East D Chater Labour
Bethnal Green, South-West Percy Holman Labour
Bexley Jennie Adamson Labour
Bermondsey, West R Sargood Labour
Berwick and Haddington John Robertson Labour
Bewdley Maj. Roger Conant Conservative
Bilston Will Nally Labour
Birkenhead, East Frank Soskice Labour
Birkenhead, West Percy Collick Labour
Birmingham, Acock's Green Henry Usborne Labour
Birmingham, Aston Maj. Woodrow Wyatt Labour
Birmingham, Deritend Fred Longden Labour
Birmingham, Duddeston Edith Wills Labour
Birmingham, Edgbaston Sir Peter Bennett Conservative
Birmingham, Erdington Julius Silverman Labour
Birmingham, Handsworth H Roberts Conservative
Birmingham, King's Norton Capt. Raymond Blackburn Labour
Birmingham, Ladywood Victor Yates Labour
Birmingham, Moseley Sir Patrick Hannon Conservative
Birmingham, Sparkbrook Percy Shurmer Labour
Birmingham, West C J Simmons Labour
Birmingham, Yardley Wesley Perrins Labour
Bishop Auckland Hugh Dalton Labour
Blackburn (2 seats) L J Edwards Labour
Blackburn (2 seats) Barbara Castle Labour
Blackpool, North Brig. Toby Low Conservative
Blackpool, South Wg. Cdr. J R Robinson Conservative
Blaydon William Whiteley Labour
Bodmin Cmdr. Douglas Marshall Conservative
Bolton (2 seats) John Henry Jones Labour
Bolton (2 seats) John Lewis Labour
Bootle J Kinley Labour
Bosworth Arthur Allen Labour
Bothwell John Timmons Labour
Bournemouth Sir Leonard Lyle Conservative
Bow and Bromley Charles Key Labour
Bradford, Central Maurice Webb Labour
Bradford, East Frank McLeavy Labour
Bradford, North Muriel Nichol Labour
Bradford, South Meredith Farrar Titterington Labour
Brecon & Radnor Tudor Elwyn Watkins Labour
Bridgwater Vernon Bartlett Independent
Brigg Thomas Williamson Labour
Brighton (2 seats) Flt. Lt. William Teeling Conservative
Brighton (2 seats) Lt.-Col. A A H Marlowe Conservative
Bristol, Central Stan Awbery Labour
Bristol, East Sir Stafford Cripps Labour
Bristol, North Will Coldrick Labour
Bristol, South W A Wilkins Labour
Bristol, West Col. Oliver Stanley Conservative
Brixton Lt.-Col. Maurice Lipton Labour
Bromley Sir Edward Campbell ° Conservative
Broxtowe Seymour Cocks Labour
Buckingham Flt. Lt. Aidan Crawley Labour
Bucklow Lt. William Shepherd Conservative
Buckrose W A Burke Liberal
Burnley W A Burke Labour
Burton W Lyne Labour
Bury Walter Fletcher Conservative
Bury St. Edmunds Lt.-Col. G B Clifton-Brown Conservative
Bute & North Ayrshire Sir Charles MacAndrew Conservative

C

Caernarvon Boroughs Lt.-Col. David Archibald Price-White Conservative
Caerphilly Ness Edwards Labour
Caithness and Sutherland Eric Gander-Dower Conservative
Camberwell, North Cecil Manning Labour
Camberwell, North-West Freda Corbet Labour
Camborne Cmdr. Peter Garrett Agnew Conservative
Cambridge Maj. Leslie Symonds Labour
Cambridgeshire Albert Ernest Stubbs Labour
Cambridge University (2 seats) Kenneth Pickthorn Conservative
Cambridge University (2 seats) H Wilson Harris Independent
Cannock Jennie Lee Labour
Canterbury Maj. John Baker White Conservative
Cardiff, Central George Thomas Labour
Cardiff, East Prof. Hilary Adair Marquand Labour
Cardiff, South Lt. James Callaghan Labour
Cardiganshire Capt. Roderic Bowen Labour
Carlisle E Grierson Labour
Carmarthen Rhys Hopkin-Morris Liberal
Carshalton Brig. Anthony Henry Head Conservative
Chatham Arthur Bottomley Labour
Chelmsford Ernest Rogers Millington Common Wealth
Chelsea Cmdr. Allan Noble Conservative
Cheltenham D L Lipson Independent Conservative
Chertsey Capt. Arthur Marsden Conservative
Chesterfield George Benson Labour
Chester-le-Street Jack Lawson Labour
Chichester Lt.-Cmdr. Lancelot Joynson-Hicks Conservative
Chippenham David Eccles Conservative
Chislehurst George Douglas Wallace Labour
Chorley Clifford Kenyon Labour
Cirencester & Tewkesbury William Shepherd Morrison Conservative
City of Chester Maj. Basil Nield Conservative
City of London (2 seats) Sir Andrew Duncan National
City of London (2 seats) Sir George Broadbridge Conservative
Clackmannan & East Stirlingshire Arthur Woodburn Labour
Clapham John Battley Labour
Clay Cross Harold Neal Labour
Cleveland O G Willey Labour
Clitheroe Harry Enos Randall Labour
Coatbridge Jean Mann Labour
Colchester Capt. Charles George Percy Smith Labour
Colne Valley Glenvil Hall Labour
Combined English Universities (2 seats) Eleanor Rathbone Independent
Combined English Universities (2 seats) Kenneth Martin Lindsay Independent
Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats) Sir John Anderson National
Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats) Sir John Boyd Orr Independent
Combined Scottish Universities (3 seats) Sir John Graham Kerr Conservative
Cornwall, North Tom Horabin Liberal
Consett J E Glanville Labour
Coventry, East Richard Crossman Labour
Coventry, West Maurice Edelman Labour
Crewe Schofield Allen Labour
Croydon North Henry Willink Conservative
Croydon South Lt. Col. David Rees-Williams Labour
Cumberland, North Wilfred Roberts Liberal

D

Dagenham John Parker Labour
Darlington David Hardman Labour
Dartford Norman Dodds Labour
Darwen Capt. Stanley Prescott Conservative
Daventry Reginald Manningham-Buller Conservative
Denbigh Sir Henry Morris-Jones National Liberal
Deptford John Wilmot Labour
Derby (2 seats) Gp. Capt. C A B Wilcock Labour
Derby (2 seats) Philip Noel-Baker Labour
Derbyshire, North-East H White Labour
Derbyshire, South A J Champion Labour
Derbyshire, West C F White Labour
Devizes Sqn. Ldr. Christopher Hollis Conservative
Dewsbury Will Paling Labour
Doncaster Evelyn Walkden Labour
Don Valley Tom Williams Labour
Dorset, East Lt.-Col. M J Wheatley Conservative
Dorset, North Lt.-Col. Charles Frank Byers Liberal
Dorset, South Viscount Hinchingbrooke Conservative
Dorset, West Maj. Simon Wingfield Digby Conservative
Dover J R Thomas Labour
Down (2 seats) Rev. Dr. James Little Independent Ulster Unionist
Down (2 seats) Sir Walter Smiles Ulster Unionist
Dudley Lt.-Col. George Wigg Labour
Dulwich Maj. W F Vernon Labour
Dumbarton Burghs David Kirkwood Labour
Dumbartonshire Adam McKinlay Labour
Dumfriesshire Maj. Niall MacPherson National Liberal
Dundee (2 seats) Thomas Cook Labour
Dundee (2 seats) Wg. Cdr. John Strachey Labour
Dunfermline Burghs W M Watson Labour
Durham Charles Grey Labour

E

Ealing, East Sir Frank Sanderson Conservative
Ealing, West J H Hudson Labour
Eastbourne Charles Taylor Conservative
East Grinstead Col. R S Clarke Conservative
East Ham, North Percy Daines Conservative
East Ham, South Alfred Barnes Labour
Ebbw Vale Aneurin Bevan Labour
Eccles W T Proctor Labour
Eddisbury Sir John Barlow National Liberal
Edinburgh Central Andrew Gilzean Labour
Edinburgh East Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence Labour
Edinburgh North E Willis Labour
Edinburgh South Sir William Darling Conservative
Edinburgh West Lt.-Cmdr. Ian Clark Hutchison Conservative
Edmonton Evan Durbin Labour
Elland F A Cobb Labour
Enfield Ernest Davies Labour
Epping Leah Manning Labour
Epsom Sir Archibald Southby Conservative
Essex, South-East Capt. Ray Gunter Labour
Eton & Slough Lt. Benn Wolfe Levy Labour
Evesham Rupert de la Bčre Conservative
Exeter J C Maude Conservative
Eye Edgar Granville Liberal

F

Fareham Sir Dymoke White Conservative
Farnham Godfrey Nicholson Conservative
Farnworth George Tomlinson Labour
Faversham Percy Wells Labour
Fermanagh & Tyrone (2 seats) P Cunningham Irish Nationalist
Fermanagh & Tyrone (2 seats) Anthony Mulvey Irish Nationalist
Fife, East James Henderson Stewart Liberal National
Fife, West William Gallacher Communist
Finsbury John Platts-Mills Labour
Flintshire Lt.-Col. Nigel Birch Conservative
Forest of Dean Morgan Philips Price Labour
Forfarshire Maj. Simon Ramsay Conservative
Frome Walter Farthing Labour
Fulham East Maj. Michael Stewart Labour
Fulham West Dr. Edith Summerskill Labour
Fylde Lt.-Col. Claude Granville Lancaster Conservative

G

Gainsborough Capt. Harry Crookshank Conservative
Galloway John Mackie Independent Conservative
Gateshead Konni Zilliacus Labour
Gillingham J Binns Labour
Glasgow, Bridgeton James Maxton Independent Labour Party
Glasgow, Camlachie Rev Campbell Stephen Independent Labour Party
Glasgow, Cathcart F Beattie Conservative
Glasgow, Central Lt.-Col. James Hutchison Conservative
Glasgow, Gorbals George Buchanan Labour
Glasgow, Govan Neil Maclean Labour
Glasgow, Hillhead James Reid Conservative
Glasgow, Kelvingrove John Lloyd Williams Labour
Glasgow, Maryhill W Hannan Labour
Glasgow, Partick Arthur Young Conservative
Glasgow, Pollok Thomas Dunlop Galbraith Conservative
Glasgow, St Rollox W Leonard Labour
Glasgow, Shettleston John McGovern Independent Labour Party
Glasgow, Springburn John Forman Labour
Glasgow, Tradeston J Rankin Labour
Gloucester M Turner-Samuels Labour
Gower David Grenfell Labour
Grantham William Denis Kendall Independent
Gravesend Garry Allighan Labour
Great Yarmouth Sqn. Ldr. Ernest Kinghorn Labour
Greenock Hector McNeil Labour
Greenwich Joseph Reeves Labour
Grimsby Maj. Kenneth Younger Labour
Guildford Sir John Jarvis Conservative

H

Hackney, Central Henry Hynd Labour
Hackney, North H E Goodrich Labour
Hackney, South H W Butler Labour
Halifax Dryden Brook Labour
Hamilton Tom Fraser Labour
Hammersmith, North Denis Nowell Pritt Independent Labour
Hammersmith, South W T Adams Labour
Hampstead Flt. Lt. Charles Challen Conservative
Harborough Humphrey Cooper Attewell Labour
Harrow, East F W Skinnard Labour
Harrow, West Norman Adolph Henry Bower Conservative
The Hartlepools D T Jones Labour
Harwich Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes National Liberal
Hastings Maj. Neill Cooper-Key Conservative
Hemel Hempstead Viscountess Davidson Conservative
Hemsworth G Griffiths Labour
Hendon, North Barbara Ayrton Gould Labour
Hendon, South Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth Conservative
Henley Sir Gifford Fox Conservative
Hereford James Purdon Lewes Thomas Conservative
Hertford Lt.-Col. Derek Colclough Walker-Smith Conservative
Heston & Isleworth W R Williams Labour
Hexham Col. Douglas Clifton Brown Conservative
Heywood and Radcliffe John Whittaker Labour
High Peak Hugh Molson Conservative
Hitchin Maj. P A Jones Labour
Holborn Gp. Capt. Max Aitken Conservative
Holderness Lt.-Cmdr. Joseph Gurney Braithwaite Conservative
Holland-with-Boston Herbert Butcher National Liberal
Honiton C Drewe Conservative
Horncastle Cmdr. John Maitland Conservative
Hornchurch Capt. Geoffrey Bing Labour
Hornsey Capt. L D Gammans Conservative
Horsham Earl Winterton Conservative
Houghton-le-Spring William Reid Blyton Labour
Howdenshire Clifford William Hudson Glossop Conservative
Huddersfield Lt. Joseph Mallalieu Labour
Hull, Central Capt. M Hewitson × Labour
Hull, East Cmdr. Harry Pursey Labour
Hull, North-West Ronald Mackay Labour
Hull, South-West S H Smith Labour
Huntingdonshire Maj. David Lockhart-Mure Renton Conservative
Hythe Col. Harry Ripley Mackeson Conservative

I

Ilford, North Mabel Ridealgh Labour
Ilford, South Jim Ranger Labour
Ilkeston G H Oliver Labour
Ince Tom Brown Labour
Inverness-shire Sir Murdo Macdonald National Liberal
Ipswich Richard Stokes Labour
Isle of Ely Maj. Harry Legge-Bourke Conservative
Isle of Thanet Lt. Edward Carson Conservative
Isle of Wight Peter Macdonald Conservative
Islington, East Eric Fletcher Labour
Islington, North Dr. Leslie Haden Guest Labour
Islington, South W S Cluse Labour
Islington, West Frederick Montague Labour

J

Jarrow Ellen Wilkinson Labour

K

Keighley Ivor Thomas Labour
Kennington C W Gibson Labour
Kensington, North George Rogers Labour
Kensington, South Sir William Davison Conservative
Kettering Maj. Gilbert Mitchison Labour
Kidderminster L Tolley Labour
Kilmarnock Clarice Shaw Labour
Kincardine & West Aberdeenshire Col. Colin Thornton-Kemsley Conservative
Kingston-upon-Thames Maj. John Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Conservative
Kingswinford Maj. Arthur Henderson Labour
Kinross & West Perthshire William McNair Snadden Conservative
Kirkcaldy Thomas Frederick Hubbard Labour
Knutsford Lt.-Col. Walter Bromley-Davenport Conservative

L

Lambeth, North George Strauss Labour
Lanark Tom Steele Labour
Lanarkshire, North Margaret Herbison Labour
Lancaster Brig. Fitzroy Maclean Conservative
Leeds, Central G Porter Labour
Leeds, North Osbert Peake Conservative
Leeds, North-East Alice Bacon Labour
Leeds, South Hugh Gaitskell Labour
Leeds, South-East Maj. James Milner Labour
Leeds, West Tom Stamford Labour
Leek Harold Davies Labour
Leicester, East Terence Donovan Labour
Leicester, South Flg. Off. Bert Bowden Labour
Leicester, West Barney Janner Labour
Leigh Harold Boardman Labour
Leith James Hoy Labour
Leominster A E Baldwin Conservative
Lewes Maj. Tufton Beamish Conservative
Leyton, East A E Bechervaise Labour
Leyton, West Rev. Reginald William Sorensen Labour
Lichfield Capt. Cecil Poole Labour
Limehouse Clement Attlee Labour
Lincoln George Deer Labour
Linlithgow George Mathers Labour
Liverpool, East Toxteth Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative
Liverpool, Edge Hill Richard Clitherow Labour
Liverpool, Everton Capt. B V Kirby Labour
Liverpool, Exchange Bessie Braddock Labour
Liverpool, Fairfield A S Moody Labour
Liverpool, Kirkdale W Keenan Labour
Liverpool, Scotland David Logan Labour
Liverpool, Walton James Haworth Labour
Liverpool, Wavertree Victor Raikes Conservative
Liverpool, West Derby Sir David Maxwell Fyfe Conservative
Llandaff and Barry Lynn Ungoed-Thomas Labour
Llanelly James Griffiths Labour
Londonderry Sir Ronald Ross Ulster Unionist
London University Sir Ernest Graham-Little Independent
Lonsdale Sir Ian Fraser Conservative
Loughborough Mont Follick Labour
Lowestoft Edward Evans Labour
Ludlow Lt.-Col. Uvedale Corbett Conservative
Luton William Warbey Labour

M

Macclesfield Air Cdre. Arthur Vere Harvey Conservative
Maidstone Alfred Charles Bossom Conservative
Maldon Tom Driberg Labour
Manchester, Ardwick J Henderson Labour
Manchester, Blackley John Diamond Labour
Manchester, Clayton Harry Thorneycroft Labour
Manchester Exchange Flg. Off. Norman Harold Lever Labour
Manchester Gorton William Oldfield Labour
Manchester Hulme F Lee Labour
Manchester Moss Side Capt. William Griffiths Labour
Manchester Miles Platting Capt. Hugh Delargy Labour
Manchester Rusholme Lester Hutchinson Labour
Manchester Withington Sqn. Ldr. Edward Fleming Conservative
Mansfield Harry Bernard Taylor Labour
Melton Anthony Nutting Conservative
Merioneth Sqn. Ldr. Emrys Roberts Labour
Merthyr Tydfil Stephen Owen Davies Labour
Middlesbrough, East Arthur Edwards Labour
Middlesbrough, West Wg. Cdr. Geoffrey Cooper Labour
Middleton & Prestwich Maj. E E Gates Conservative
Midlothian, North Lt.-Col. Lord John Hope Conservative
Mile End Phil Piratin Communist
Mitcham Tom Braddock Labour
Molton , South Lt-Col. George Lambert National Liberal
Monmouth Leslie Pym ° Conservative
Montgomery Clement Davies Liberal
Montrose John Maclay National Liberal
Moray & Nairn James Stuart Conservative
Morpeth R J Taylor Labour
Mossley Rev. G S Woods Labour
Motherwell Alex Anderson Labour

N

Neath D J Williams Labour
Nelson & Colne Sydney Silverman Labour
Newark Lt.-Col. Sidney Shephard Labour
Newbury Anthony Hurd Conservative
Newcastle-under-Lyme John Mack Labour
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central Maj. L Wilkes Labour
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East Capt. Arthur Blenkinsop Labour
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Sir Cuthbert Headlam Conservative
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, West E Popplewell Labour
New Forest and Christchurch Col. Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre Conservative
Newport Peter Freeman Labour
Newton Sir Robert Young Labour
Normanton Tom Smith Labour
Northwich Brig. John Foster Conservative
Norwich (2 seats) Lady Lucy Noel-Buxton Labour
Norwich (2 seats) John Paton Labour
Nottingham, Central Sqn. Ldr. Geoffrey de Freitas Labour
Nottingham, East J Harrison Labour
Nottingham, South Norman Smith Labour
Nottingham, West Tom O'Brien Labour
Norwood Ron Chamberlain Labour
Nuneaton Francis George Bowles Labour

O

Ogmore Edward Williams Labour
Oldham (2 seats) F Fairhurst Labour
Oldham (2 seats) Leslie Hale Labour
Orkney and Shetland Basil Neven-Spence Conservative
Ormskirk Harold Wilson Labour
Orpington Sir Waldron Smithers Conservative
Oswestry Col. Oliver Poole Conservative
Oxford Quintin Hogg Conservative
Oxford University (2 seats) Sir Arthur Salter Independent
Oxford University (2 seats) Alan Herbert Independent

P

Paddington, North Lt-Gen Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane Labour
Paddington, South Vice-Adm. Ernest Augustus Taylor Conservative
Paisley Maj. Viscount Corvedale Labour
Peckham Lewis Silkin Labour
Peebleshire & South Midlothian David Pryde Labour
Pembroke Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George Liberal
Penistone Henry George McGhee Labour
Penrith and Cockermouth Lt.-Col. A V G Dower Conservative
Penryn and Falmouth Lt.-Col. Evelyn King Labour
Perthshire Col. Alan Gomme-Duncan Conservative
Peterborough S Tiffany Labour
Petersfield Sir George Jeffreys Conservative
Plaistow Maj. Elwyn Jones Labour
Plymouth, Devonport Michael Foot Labour
Plymouth, Drake Hubert Moses Medland Labour
Plymouth, Sutton Lucy Middleton Labour
Pontefract P G Barstow Labour
Pontypool Arthur Jenkins Labour
Pontypridd Arthur Pearson Labour
Poplar, South W H Guy Labour
Portsmouth, Central Capt. Julian Ward Snow Labour
Portsmouth, North Maj. Donald William Trevor Bruce Labour
Portsmouth, South Sir Jocelyn Lucas Conservative
Preston (2 seats) Sqn. Ldr. Samuel Segal Labour
Preston (2 seats) John Sunderland Labour
Pudsey & Otley Lt.-Col. Malcolm Stoddart-Scott Conservative
Putney Hugh Linstead Conservative

Q

Queen's University, Belfast Prof. Douglas Lloyd Savory Ulster Unionist

R

Reading Ian Mikardo Labour
Reigate Gordon Cosmo Touche Conservative
Renfrewshire, East Maj. Guy Lloyd Conservative
Renfrewshire, West T Scollan Labour
Rhondda, East William Henry Mainwaring Labour
Rhondda, West Will John Labour
Richmond (North Yorkshire) Sir Thomas Dugdale Conservative
Richmond (Surrey) George Harvie Watt Conservative
Ripon Maj. Christopher York Conservative
Rochdale Dr. Hyacinth Bernard Morgan Labour
Romford Thomas Macpherson Labour
Ross & Cromarty Captain Jack MacLeod National Liberal
Rossendale G H Walker Labour
Rotherham William Dobbie Labour
Rotherhithe Sir Benjamin Smith Labour
Rother Valley D Griffiths Labour
Rothwell T J Brooks Labour
Roxburghshire & Selkirkshire Lt.-Col. Lord William Scott Conservative
Royton Harold Sutcliffe Conservative
Rugby W J Brown Independent
Rushcliffe Florence Paton Labour
Rutherglen Gilbert McAllister Conservative
Rye William Nicolson Cuthbert Conservative

S

Saffron Walden Richard Austen Butler Conservative
St. Albans Cyril Dumpleton Labour
St. Helens Hartley Shawcross Labour
St. Ives Nevil Alexander Beechman National Liberal
St. Marylebone Sir W. Wavell Wakefield Conservative
St. Pancras, North G House Labour
St. Pancras, South-East Dr. Santo Jeger Labour
St. Pancras, South-West Haydn Davies Labour
Salford, North W MacAdam Labour
Salford, South E A Hardy Labour
Salford, West Charles Royle Labour
Salisbury Maj. John Morrison Conservative
Scarborough & Whitby Alexander Spearman Conservative
Seaham Emanuel Shinwell Labour
Sedgefield John Leslie Labour
Sevenoaks Col. Charles Edward Ponsonby Conservative
Sheffield, Attercliffe John Burns Hynd Labour
Sheffield, Brightside F Marshall Labour
Sheffield, Central Lt.-Col. H Morris Labour
Sheffield, Eccleshall Maj. Peter Roberts Conservative
Sheffield, Hallam R Jennings Conservative
Sheffield, Hillsborough A V Alexander Labour
Sheffield, Park T W Burden Labour
Shipley Arthur Creech-Jones Labour
Shoreditch Ernest Thurtle Labour
Shrewsbury Lt.-Cmdr. John Langford-Holt Conservative
Silvertown Dr L Comyns Labour
Skipton Capt. Burnaby Drayson Conservative
Smethwick Alfred Dobbs Labour
Solihull Lt.-Col. Martin Lindsay Conservative
Southall Walter Henry Ayles Labour
Southampton (2 seats) R Morley Labour
Southampton (2 seats) T Lewis Labour
Southend-on-Sea Henry Channon Conservative
Southport Robert Hudson Conservative
South Shields James Chuter Ede Labour
Southwark Central John Hanbury Martin Labour
Southwark North George Isaacs Labour
Southwark South-East T E Naylor Labour
Sowerby John Belcher Labour
Spennymoor James Murray Labour
Spen Valley Lt.-Col. G M Sharp Labour
Stafford Capt. Stephen Swingler Labour
Stalybridge and Hyde Rev. Gordon Lang Labour
Stirling and Falkirk Joseph Westwood Labour
Stirlingshire, West A Balfour Labour
Stockport (2 seats) Sir Arnold Gridley Conservative
Stockport (2 seats) Wg. Cdr. Norman Hulbert Conservative
Stockton on Tees Capt. George Chetwynd Labour
Stoke Newington David Weitzman Labour
Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem Albert Edward Davies Labour
Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley Dr Barnett Stross Labour
Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke Ellis Smith Labour
Stone Maj. Hugh Fraser Conservative
Stourbridge Arthur Moyle Labour
Stratford, West Ham H R Nicholls Labour
Streatham David Robertson Conservative
Stretford Sub.-Lt. H L Austin Labour
Stroud Flt. Lt. Ben Parkin Labour
Sudbury Lt.-Col. R Hamilton Labour
Sunderland (2 seats) Fred Willey Labour
Sunderland (2 seats) R Ewart Labour
Surrey, East Captain Hon. Michael Astor Conservative
Sutton & Cheam Sydney Marshall Conservative
Sutton Coldfield Sir John Mellor Conservative
Swansea, East D L Mort Labour
Swansea, West Percy Morris Labour
Swindon Thomas Reid Labour

T

Taunton Victor Collins Labour
Tavistock Maj. Henry Studholme Conservative
Thirsk & Malton Robin Turton Conservative
Thornbury Joseph Herbert Alpass Labour
Thurrock Leslie Solley Labour
Tiverton Lt.-Col. Derick Heathcoat Amory Conservative
Tonbridge Lt.-Cmdr. G Williams Conservative
Torquay Charles Williams Conservative
Totnes Brig. Ralph Rayner Conservative
Tottenham, North Robert Craigmyle Morrison Labour
Tottenham, South Frederick Messer Labour
Twickenham Edward Keeling Conservative
Tynemouth Grace Colman Labour

U

University of Wales Prof. William John Gruffydd Liberal
Upton Arthur Lewis Labour

W

Wakefield Arthur Greenwood Labour
Wallasey Capt. Alfred Ernest Marples Labour
Wallsend J McKay Labour
Wallsall Maj. W T Wells Labour
Walthamstow, East Harry Wallace Labour
Walthamstow, West Valentine McEntee Labour
Wansbeck Alfred Robens Labour
Warrington E Porter Labour
Warwick & Leamington Anthony Eden Conservative
Watford Maj. John Freeman Labour
Wandsworth, Central Ernest Bevin Labour
Waterloo Capt. Malcolm Bullock Conservative
Wednesbury Stanley Norman Evans Labour
Wellingborough George Lindgren Labour
Wells Lt.-Col. D C Boles Conservative
Wembley, North Charles Rider Hobson Labour
Wembley, South Charles Barton Labour
Wentworth Wilfred Paling Labour
West Bromwich John Dugdale Labour
Westbury Robert Grimston Conservative
Western Isles Malcolm MacMillan Labour
Westhoughton Rhys Davies Labour
Westminster Abbey Sir Harold Webbe Conservative
Westminster St. George's Arthur Howard Conservative
Westmorland Lt.-Col. William Fletcher-Vane Conservative
Weston-super-Mare Ian Leslie Orr-Ewing Conservative
Whitechapel W J Edwards Labour
Whitehaven Frank Anderson Labour
Widnes Cmdr. Christopher Shawcross Labour
Wigan W Foster Labour
Willesden, East Maurice Orbach Labour
Willesden, West Samuel Philip Viant Labour
Wimbledon Arthur Palmer Labour
Winchester Capt. George Jeger Conservative
Windsor Charles Mott-Radclyffe Conservative
Wirral Brig. Selwyn Lloyd Conservative
Wolverhampton, East Capt. J Baird Labour
Wolverhampton, West Lt. H D Hughes Labour
Woodbridge John Hugh Hare Conservative
Woodford Winston Churchill Conservative
Wood Green Sir Beverley Baxter Conservative
Woolwich, East George Hicks Labour
Woolwich, West H Berry Labour
Worcester Gp. Capt. George Reginald Ward Conservative
Workington Capt. Fred Peart Labour
Worthing Brig. Otho Prior-Palmer Conservative
The Wrekin I O Thomas Labour
Wrexham R Richards Labour
Wycombe Flt. Lt. John Haire Labour

Y

Yeovil Lt.-Col. W H Kingsmill Labour
York Dr. J Corlett Labour

° Sir Edward Campbell died on July 17 and Leslie Pym died on July 18 before the poll was announced. By-elections were held in the autumn
× The sitting MP for Hull, Central, Walter Windsor , died during the election campaign. M Hewitson was elected in a special election in August.

By-elections

1945

  • 1 October Smethwick --Patrick Gordon Walker (Lab) replacing Alfred Dobbs (killed one day after election)
  • 2 October Ashton-under-Lyne --Lt. Col. Hervey Rhodes (Lab) replacing Sir William Jowitt (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 3 October Edinburgh, East --G R Thompson (Lab) replacing Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 31 October Monmouth --Capt. Peter Thorneycroft (Con) replacing deceased Leslie Pym
  • 31 October City of London --Ralph Assheton (Con) replacing Sir George Broadbridge (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 14 November Bromley --Harold Macmillan (Con) replacing deceased Sir Edward Campbell
  • 15 November Bournemouth --Brendan Bracken (Con) replacing Sir Leonard Lyle (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 20 November Kensington, South --Richard Kidston Law (Con) replacing Sir William Davison (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 13 December Tottenham, North --W J Irving (Lab) replacing Robert Craigmyle Morrison (elevated to House of Lords)

1946

1947

  • 11 February Normanton --G O Sylvester (Lab) replacing resigned Tom Smith
  • 7 May Jarrow --Ernest Fernyhough (Lab) replacing deceased Ellen Wilkinson
  • 11 September Liverpool Edge Hill --Major Arthur Irvine (Lab) replacing deceased Richard Clitherow
  • 25 September Islington West --A Evans (Lab) replacing Frederick Montague (elevated to House of Lords)
  • 26 November Gravesend --Sir Richard Acland (Lab) replacing Garry Allighan (expelled for making allegations of corruption)
  • 27 November Edinburgh East --John Wheatley (Lab) replacing G R Thompson (joined Scottish Bench)
  • 27 November Howdenshire --George Odey (Con) replacing resigned Clifford Glossop
  • 4 December Epsom --Malcolm McCorquodale (Con) replacing resigned Sir Archibald Southby

1948

1949

  • 17 February Batley & Morley --Dr Alfred Broughton (Lab) replacing H Beaumont
  • 24 February Hammersmith South --W T Williams (Lab) replacing W T Adams
  • 10 March St Pancras North --Kenneth Robinson (Lab) replacing G House
  • 16 March Sowerby --Douglas Houghton (Lab) replacing John Belcher
  • 21 July Leeds West --Thomas Pannell (Lab) replacing W Stamford
  • 8 December Bradford South --G Craddock (Lab) replacing deceased Meredith Farrar Titterington


Changes

  • 1946 - Ernest Rogers Millington (Chelmsford) joins Labour Party from Common Wealth Party
  • 1947 - Campbell Stephen (Glasgow, Camlachie) joins Labour Party from Independent Labour Party shortly before death
  • 1947 - John McGovern (Glasgow, Shettleston) joins Labour Party from Independent Labour Party
  • 1947 - Tom Horabin (North Cornwall) joins Labour Party from Liberal Party
  • 1948 - James Carmichael (Glasgow, Bridgeton) joins Labour Party from Independent Labour Party (last ILP MP)
  • March 1948 - James McKie (Galloway) rejoins Conservative Party having been deselected in 1945 (stood as an Independent Unionist in 1945 election)
  • 1948 - Ivor Thomas (Keighley) defects from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party over iron and steel nationalisation
  • 1948 - Alfred Thomas (Middlesbrough East) defects from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party over iron and steel nationalisation
  • 1948 - John Platts-Mills (Finsbury) expelled from Labour Party over opposition to foreign policy and support for Italian Socialist Party; sits as Labour Independent
  • May 1949 - Konni Zilliacus (Gateshead) expelled from Labour Party over opposition to NATO and foreign policy; sits as Labour Independent
  • May 1949 - Leslie Solley (Thurrock) expelled from Labour Party over opposition to NATO and foreign policy; sits as Labour Independent
  • May 1949 - Lester Hutchinson (Manchester, Rusholme) expelled from Labour Party over opposition to NATO and foreign policy; sits as Labour Independent
  • 1949 - Konni Zilliacus (Gateshead) breaks with Labour Independent Group over their support for Stalin against Tito

See also

References

  • The Times House of Commons 1945 (1945), The Times, London.
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