contexts: United Kingdom general election , 1945 ← 1935 5 July 1945 1950 → ← outgoing members elected members → All 640 seats in the House of Commons 321 seats needed for a majority Turnout 72.8 % ( 1.7 % ) First party Second party Leader Clement Attlee Winston Churchill Party Labour Conservative Leader since 25 October 1935 9 October 1940 Leader 's seat Limehouse Woodford Last election 154 seats , 38.0 % 386 seats , 47.8 % Seats won 393 197 Seat change 239 189 Popular vote 11,967,746 8,716,211 Percentage 47.7 % 36.2 % Swing 9.7 % 11.6 % Third party Fourth party Leader Archibald Sinclair Ernest Brown Party Liberal Liberal National Leader since 26 November 1935 1940 Leader 's seat Caithness and Sutherland ( Defeated ) Leith ( Defeated ) Last election 21 seats , 6.7 % 33 seats , 3.7 % Seats won 12 11 Seat change 9 22 Popular vote 2,177,938 686,652 Percentage 9.0 % 2.9 % Swing 2.3 % 0.8 % Colours denote the winning party , as shown in the main table of results . ( Insert shows results in the Parliamentary County of London . Map excludes Northern Ireland ) Prime Minister before election Winston Churchill Conservative Appointed Prime Minister Clement Attlee Labour
name: United Kingdom general election, 1945
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answers.span_text: Labour
questions.input_text: in 1945 which party came into power in england