Elections in The 1940s
| General Election 1945: Blackpool South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Wing-Co. John Roland Robinson | 27,957 | 56.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Fl-Lt. Charles Stanley Hilditch | 11,914 | 24.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Lt. Adrian John Liddell Hart | 9,359 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 16,043 | 32.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 49,230 | 72.3 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Read more about this topic: Blackpool South (UK Parliament Constituency)
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