1945–1950 Parliament of the United Kingdom | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||||
Term | 26 July 1945 | – 23 February 1950||||
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.
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