List of MPs elected in the 1945 United Kingdom general election information
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Overview
Legislative body
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Term
26 July 1945 (1945-07-26) – 23 February 1950 (1950-02-23)
Election
1945 United Kingdom general election
Government
First Attlee ministry
House of Commons
Members
640
Speaker
Douglas Clifton Brown
Leader
Herbert Morrison James Chuter Ede
Prime Minister
Clement Attlee
Leader of the Opposition
Winston Churchill
Third-party leader
Clement Davies
House of Lords
Lord Chancellor
Earl Jowitt
This is a complete list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1945 general election, held on 5 July 1945. See also, Constituency election results in the 1945 United Kingdom general election. 324 MPs were elected for the first time which is the record turnover of new members as of 2024.[1]
Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Michael Stewart, George Brown, Hartley Shawcross, Barbara Castle, Bessie Braddock, Richard Crossman, Michael Foot, George Thomas, George Wigg, Woodrow Wyatt, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Hugh Gaitskell, Derick Heathcoat-Amory and Selwyn Lloyd.
^"Parliamentary Candidates - Future MPs - A list and insight". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
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