Home General Elections 5 July 1945 Combined Scottish Universities |
UK Polling History: Election of 5 July 1945 – Combined Scottish Universities
Result summary
Parties | |||||
National | Other | Labour | Liberal | Conservative | |
Votes | 16,011 | 10,685 | 2,860 | 1,872 | 1,361 |
Votes gained | – | +6,820 | +169 | -4,826 | -14,370 |
Share of votes | 48.8% | 32.6% | 8.7% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
Share of eligible voters | 25.2% | 16.8% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
Gain in share of votes | – | +18.3% | -2.0% | -21.0% | -53.8% |
Gain in share of eligible voters | – | +9.5% | -1.7% | -12.6% | -27.6% |
Total votes: | 32,789 | |
Electorate: | 63,581 | |
Turnout: | 51.6% | |
Outcome: | National gain from Conservative | |
Swing: | 36.1% | Other from Conservative |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities, Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities 14 December 1918 |
Last contested 23 February 1950 |
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Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
Conservative | National | Other | Liberal | Labour | National Liberal |
Coalition Labour |
Date | Type | Parties | ||||||
Conservative | National | Other | Liberal | Labour | National Liberal |
Coalition Labour |
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5 July 1945 | General Election | 1,361 | 16,011 | 10,685 | 1,872 | 2,860 | ||
14 November 1935 | General Election | 15,731 | 3,865 | 7,529 | ||||
27 October 1931 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||
30 May 1929 | General Election | 15,714 | 6,698 | 2,691 | ||||
29 October 1924 | General Election | 10,969 | 5,011 | 1,639 | ||||
6 December 1923 | General Election | Uncontested | Uncontested | |||||
15 November 1922 | General Election | Uncontested | Uncontested | |||||
14 December 1918 | General Election | 7,005 | 1,581 | 3,499 |