1945 UK General Election (Albion and Empire)

{{Election Infobox|election_date = 5 July 1945|previous_election = 1935|flag_image = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|flag_size = 30px|next_election = 1949|election_name = United Kingdom General Election, 1949|type = parliamentary|seats_for_election = All 640 seats in the House of Commons 321 seats needed for a majority|turnout = 72.8%|party1 = Labour|ongoing = no|party2 = Conservative|party3 = Liberal|colour1 = FF0000|party_colour = no|image1 = |colour2 = 1874CD|image2 = |colour3 = FFFF00|leader1 = Clement Attlee|leader2 = Anthony Eden|leader3 = Archibald Sinclair|leaders_seat1 = Limehouse|leaders_seat2 = Warwick and Leamington|leaders_seat3 = Caithness and Sutherland|last_election1 = 154 seats, 38.0%|last_election2 = 386 seats, 47.6%|last_election3 = 21 seats, 6.7%|seats_before1 = 154|seats_before2 = 386|seats_before3 = 21|seats1 = 326|seats2 = 300|seats3 = 5|seat_change1 = {{increase}} 172|seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 86|seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 16|popular_vote1 = 9,629,210|popular_vote2 = 9,027,384|popular_vote3 = 1,805,477|percentage1 = 40.0%|percentage2 = 37.5%|percentage3 = 7.5%|swing1 = {{increase}} 2.0%|swing2 = {{decrease}} 10.3%|swing3 = {{increase}} 0.8%|party4 = National Liberal|party5 = Communist|colour4 = CDE5E3|colour5 = 993333|leader4 = Ernest Brown|leader5 = Harry Pollit|leaders_seat4 = Leith|leaders_seat5 = Rhondda East|last_election4 = 33 seats, 3.7%|last_election5 = 1 seat, 0.1%|seats_before4 = 33|seats_before5 = 1|seats4 = 3|seats5 = 3|seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 22|seat_change5 = {{increase} 2|popular_vote4 = 1,203,651|popular_vote5 = 1,011,067|percentage4 = 5.0%|percentage5 = 4,2%|swing4 = {{increase}} 1.3%|swing5 = {{increase}} 4.1%|title = Prime Minister|before_election = Anthony Eden|before_party = Conservative|after_election = Clement Attlee|after_party = Labour}}