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1945 United Kingdom general election
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won
197
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_vote_share
39.8%
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date
26 July 1945
5 July 1945
gptkbp:heldBy
postwar period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
1945 United Kingdom general election
gptkbp:Labour_Party_seats_won
393
gptkbp:Labour_Party_vote_share
47.7%
gptkbp:leader
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Archibald_Sinclair
gptkbp:Liberal_Party_vote_share
9.0%
gptkbp:LiberalSeatsWon
12
gptkbp:losses
gptkb:Conservative_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:majoritySeats
321
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:1950_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:notable_for
first general election after World War II
defeat of Winston Churchill
landslide victory for Labour
first election in which all men and women over 21 could vote
gptkbp:parliament
gptkb:38th_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:previousEdition
gptkb:1935_United_Kingdom_general_election
gptkbp:primeMinister
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:seatingCapacity
640
gptkbp:type
parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout
72.8%
gptkbp:votingSystem
first-past-the-post
gptkbp:winner
gptkb:Labour_Party_(UK)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:The_Labour_Government,_1945–51
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6