This is a complete list of Members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the

1945 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1945. Africa * 1945 South-West African legislative election Asia * 1945 Indian general election Australia * 1945 Fremantle by-election Europe * 1945 Albanian parliamentary election * 1945 Bulgaria ...

, held on 5 July 1945. See also,

Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election This is an incomplete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election, held in July 1945. Notes *Change in % vote and swing is calculated between the winner and second ...

. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Michael Stewart,

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, Hartley Shawcross, Barbara Castle, Bessie Braddock,

Richard Crossman Richard Howard Stafford Crossman (15 December 1907 – 5 April 1974) was a British Labour Party politician. A university classics lecturer by profession, he was elected a Member of Parliament in 1945 and became a significant figure among the ...

, Michael Foot, George Thomas, George Wigg, Woodrow Wyatt,

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

James Callaghan Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is ...

Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, h ...

, Derick Heathcoat-Amory and Selwyn Lloyd.

Composition

This diagram show the composition of the parties in the 1945 general election. Composition of the Commons in 1945

Note: This is not the official seating plan of the House of Commons, which has five rows of benches on each side, with the government party to the right of the Speaker and opposition parties to the left, but with room for only around two-thirds of MPs to sit at any one time. The

Commons Chamber The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable Earth. These resources are held in common even when owned privately or publicly. Commons c ...

was hit by bombs and the roof of Westminster Hall was set on fire. The fire service said that it would be impossible to save both, so it was decided to concentrate on saving the Hall. The Commons Chamber was entirely destroyed by the fire which spread to the Members' Lobby and caused the ceiling to collapse. By the following morning, all that was left of the Chamber was a smoking shell. As the Commons Chamber was totally destroyed and the Lords Chamber was damaged, both Houses moved to the Church House annexe and sat there from 13 May. From late June 1941 until October 1950, the Commons met in the Lords Chamber, while the Lords met in the Robing Room (a fact which was kept secret during the war). ° ''Sir Edward Campbell died on 17 July and

Leslie Pym Leslie Ruthven Pym (24 May 1884 – 17 July 1945) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. The son of the Right Reverend Walter Ruthven Pym, Bishop of Bombay, Pym was educated at Bedford School and Magdalene College, Camb ...

died on 18 July 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.

Mark Hewitson Captain Mark Hewitson (15 December 1897 – 27 February 1973) was a British trade union official and Labour Party politician. He was chosen at the last minute to stand for Parliament, and eventually served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for nine ...

was elected in a postponed poll in August.

By-elections

See the list of United Kingdom by-elections.

Changes

*1946 –

Ernest Millington Ernest Rogers Millington (15 February 19169 May 2009) was a British Common Wealth and later Labour Member of Parliament (MP). Following the death of John Profumo on 10 March 2006, Millington was the only living former MP from the 38th Parl ...

(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 Thomas Lewis Horabin (28 December 1896 – 26 April 1956) was a British Liberal Party politician who defected to the Labour Party. He sat in the House of Commons from 1939 to 1950. Early life Horabin was born in Merthyr Tydfil and educate ...

(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 – John Mackie (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 Edwards (Middlesbrough East) defects from the Labour Party to the Conservative Party over iron and steel nationalisation *1948 –

John Platts-Mills John Faithful Fortescue Platts-Mills, (4 October 1906 – 26 October 2001) was a British barrister and left-wing politician. He was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Finsbury from 1945 to 1948, when he was expelled from the party effect ...

(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 Leslie Judah Solley (15 December 1905 – 9 January 1968) was a British politician and barrister. Solley was born in London and educated at Davenant Foundation School then the University of London. He worked as a scientist and then a barrister. ...

(Thurrock) expelled from Labour Party over opposition to NATO and foreign policy; sits as Labour Independent *May 1949 –

Lester Hutchinson Hugh Lester Hutchinson (13 December 1904 – February 1983) was a Labour politician who was elected to represent Manchester Rusholme in the 1945 General Election, winning the seat by ten votes. Early life and background Hutchinson was born in ...

(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

References

* ''The Times House of Commons 1945'' (1945), ''The Times'', London. * {{UnitedKingdomMPs

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