UK Polling History: Election of 5 July 1945 – Sunderland
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| Labour | National Liberal |
Conservative | Communist | Others | |
| Votes | 38,165 | 14,934 | 14,451 | 2,509 | 1 |
| Votes gained | +5,487 | -9,774 | -10,225 | – | – |
| Share of votes | 54.5% | 21.3% | 20.6% | 3.6% | 0.0% |
| Share of eligible voters | 42.1% | 16.5% | 15.9% | 2.8% | 0.0% |
| Gain in share of votes | +14.7% | -8.8% | -9.4% | – | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +10.6% | -7.3% | -7.8% | – | – |
| Total votes: | 70,060 | |
| Electorate: | 90,729 | |
| Turnout: | 77.2% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 12.0% | Labour from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
Communist | Others | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
| Conservative | Labour | Liberal | National Liberal |
Coalition Liberal |
Communist | Others | ||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 14,451 | 38,165 | 14,934 | 2,509 | 1 | ||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 24,676 | 32,678 | 24,708 | Uncontested | |||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 53,625 | 30,309 | 1 | ||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 29,290 | 31,830 | 21,520 | 0 | |||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 28,835 | 19,649 | 17,831 | 1 | |||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 23,599 | 13,618 | 22,726 | 0 | |||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 26,721 | 13,769 | 7,584 | 13,081 | 0 | ||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 17,226 | 6,664 | 17,321 | 1 | |||