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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:

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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 Bère	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

31 January Preston --Wing Cdr Edward Shackleton (Lab) replacing deceased John Sunderland
7 February South Ayrshire --Emrys Hughes (Lab) replacing deceased Alexander Sloan
12 February Glasgow, Cathcart --J Henderson (Con) replacing Francis Beattie
21 February Heywood & Radcliffe --Ft.Lt. Anthony Greenwood (Lab) replacing J E Whittaker (committed suicide)
22 February Hemsworth --Horace Holmes (Lab) replacing G Griffiths
18 March Combined English Universities --Henry Strauss (Con) replacing deceased Eleanor Rathbone
4 June Ogmore --J Evans (Lab) replacing resigned Edward Williams
6 June Down --Lt. C H Mullan (UU) replacing Rev. Dr. James Little
22 July Dartford, Bexley --Major Ernest Ashley Bramall (Lab) replacing resigned Jennie Adamson
23 July Pontypool --Daniel Granville West (Lab) replacing Arthur Jenkins
25 July Battersea, North --Douglas Jay (Lab) replacing resigned Francis Douglas
29 August Glasgow, Bridgeton --James Carmichael (ILP) replacing James Maxton
19 November Rotherhithe --Robert Mellish (Lab) replacing Sir Benjamin Smith
20 November Paddington, North --William Field (Lab) replacing Lt-Gen Sir Noel Mason-Macfarlane
26 November Aberdeen, South --Priscilla Grant (Con) replacing resigned Sir James Wishart Thomson
27 November Combined Scottish Universities --Walter Elliot Elliot (Con) replacing resigned John Boyd Orr
5 December Aberdare --D Emlyn Thomas (Lab) replacing George Henry Hall
5 December Kilmarnock --William Ross (Lab) replacing Clarice Shaw

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

28 January Glasgow, Camlachie --Charles McFarlane (Con) replacing deceased Rev Campbell Stephen
18 February Paisley --Douglas Johnston (Lab) replacing Viscount Corvedale (succeeded as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)
4 March Wigan --R W Williams (Lab) replacing W Foster
5 March Armagh --Major J R Harden (UUP) replacing deceased Sir William Allen
11 March Croydon, North --Fred Harris (Con) replacing resigned Henry Willink
24 March Brigg --Lance Mallalieu (Lab) replacing resigned Thomas Williamson
29 April Southwark, Central --Roy Jenkins (Lab) replacing resigned John Hanbury Martin
30 September Glasgow, Gorbals --Alice Cullen (Lab) replacing resigned George Buchanan
7 October Stirling and Falkirk --Malcolm MacPherson (Lab) replacing deceased Joseph Westwood
13 November Edmonton --Austen Albu (Lab) replacing deceased Evan Durbin (drowned in swimming accident)
25 November Glasgow, Hillhead --Tam Galbraith (Con) replacing James Reid

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

References

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

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