UK Polling History: Election of 5 July 1945 – Hackney South
Result summary
| Parties | |||
| Labour | National Liberal |
Communist | |
| Votes | 10,432 | 4,901 | 4,891 |
| Votes gained | -5,398 | – | +4,560 |
| Share of votes | 51.6% | 24.2% | 24.2% |
| Share of eligible voters | 34.8% | 16.3% | 16.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | -7.7% | – | +23.1% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -2.0% | – | +15.5% |
| Total votes: | 20,224 | |
| Electorate: | 30,006 | |
| Turnout: | 67.4% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 15.4% | Communist from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Independent | Communist | National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal | Independent | Communist | National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
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| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 39,271 | 18,003 | 1,744 | ||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 35,821 | 15,105 | 5,575 | 2,199 | |||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 10,432 | 4,891 | 4,901 | ||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 15,830 | 10,876 | |||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 12,827 | 15,920 | |||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 15,590 | 8,222 | 6,302 | 331 | |||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 11,651 | 13,415 | |||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 9,578 | 6,047 | 6,757 | ||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 9,276 | 14,017 | |||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 11,145 | 2,830 | |||||