Parliamentary Election 1945 in Essex

The 1945 General Election was held on the 5th July, with the results not declared until the 26th July and the following days, to allow time to transport the votes of those serving overseas. The result was an unexpected landslide victory for Clement Attlee's Labour Party, over Winston Churchill's Conservatives. The 12.0% national swing from the Conservative Party to the Labour Party remains the largest ever achieved in a British general election. The Labour majority was 145 seats.

Looking at the results for Essex it is apparent that the majority of the seats before the election were held by Labour (compare this to the current position after the 2017 election).

The results for Essex were:

Chelmsford
Wing Cmdr. E. Millington
Commonwealth
No change
Colchester
Capt. C. Smith
Labour
Labour gain
East Ham (N)
P. Daines
Labour
Labour Gain
East Ham (S)
A. J. Barnes
Labour
No change
Epping
Mrs Leah Manning
Labour
Labour Gain
Harwich
Sir Stanley Holmes
Lib. Nat.
No change
Ilford (N)
Mrs. M. Rideleagh
Labour
Labour gain
Ilford (S)
J. Ranger
Labour
New constituency
Leyton (E)
A. E. Bechervaise
Labour
Labour gain
Leyton (W)
Rev. R. W. Sorensen
Labour
No change
Maldon
T. Driberg
Labour
No change
Plaistow
Major E. Jones
Labour
No change
Romford
T. Macpherson
Labour
No change
Silvertown
Dr. L. Comyns
Labour
No change
Stratford
H. R. Nicholls
Lab
No change
Southend
H. Channon
Conservative
No change
Saffron Walden
Rt. Hon. R.A. Butler
Conservative
No change
South Eastern
Capt. R. J. Gunter
Labour
Labour gain
Thurrock
L.J. Solley
Labour
New constituency
Upton
A.W. Lewis
Labour
No change
Walthamstow (E)
H. W. Wallace
Labour
Labour gain
Walthamstow (W)
V. L. McEntee
Labour
No change
Woodford
Rt. Hon W.S. Churchill
Conservative
New constituency