Home General Elections 5 July 1945 Middlesbrough West

UK Polling History: Election of 5 July 1945 – Middlesbrough West

Result summary

Parties
Labour Liberal
Votes 20,071 17,458
Votes gained +7,307 +3,769
Share of votes 53.5% 46.5%
Share of eligible voters 41.3% 35.9%
Gain in share of votes +19.7% +10.3%
Gain in share of eligible voters +14.5% +7.2%
Total votes: 37,529
Electorate: 48,595
Turnout: 77.2%
Outcome: Labour gain from Liberal
Swing: 4.7% Labour from Liberal

Polling history

Plot

List of contests

Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal National
Labour		 National
Liberal		 Others
Date Type Parties
Labour Conservative Liberal National
Labour		 National
Liberal		 Others
18 June 1970 General Election 21,986 22,374 0
31 March 1966 General Election 23,649 19,756 0
15 October 1964 General Election 19,904 18,759 5,816 0
6 June 1962 By Election 15,095 12,825 9,829 306
8 October 1959 General Election 15,892 24,602 4,336 0
26 May 1955 General Election 18,134 25,495 0
25 October 1951 General Election 22,525 24,622 0
23 February 1950 General Election 21,593 17,760 7,273 0
5 July 1945 General Election 20,071 17,458 0
14 November 1935 General Election 12,764 13,689 11,387 0
27 October 1931 General Election 13,040 26,011 0
30 May 1929 General Election 13,328 8,137 14,674 0
29 October 1924 General Election Uncontested 0
6 December 1923 General Election 7,413 16,837 0
15 November 1922 General Election 16,811 7,422 0
14 December 1918 General Election 5,350 10,958 0

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