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</TR> <TR> <TD><A HREF="/hi/english/static/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/1945_results.stm" CLASS="nav"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/whitearrow.gif" WIDTH=4 HEIGHT=7 HSPACE=2 VSPACE=2 BORDER=0 ALT=""><FONT SIZE="2"><B>Results</B></FONT></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE>  </TD> <TD WIDTH="305" VALIGN="top" CLASS="caption"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/1945attlee_atdesk.jpg" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=180 BORDER=0 ALT="1945: Attlee at his desk"><BR>Clement Attlee was the shock victor in 1945<P></TD> <TD WIDTH="150" ROWSPAN="2" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1"> <TABLE WIDTH="150" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#990000"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF"><B>Watch and listen 1945</B></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000033"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=4 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#663399" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/audio.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=11 BORDER=0 ALT="" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="2"></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#663399"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC">The BBC Home Service reports the election results</FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1">real <A HREF="/olmedia/cta/events01/ukpol/election/archive/1945/45news_results.ram" CLASS="audiovideo">28k</A></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000033"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=4 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#663399" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/audio.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=11 BORDER=0 ALT="" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="2"></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#663399"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC">The first ever postal ballot is sent out to soldiers serving overseas</FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1">real <A HREF="/olmedia/cta/events01/ukpol/election/archive/1945/45army_ballot.ram" CLASS="audiovideo">28k</A></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000033"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=4 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#663399" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/audio.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=11 BORDER=0 ALT="" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="2"></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#663399"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC">The end of the war in Europe as reported by the BBC Home Service</FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1">real <A HREF="/olmedia/cta/events01/ukpol/election/archive/1945/45news_veday.ram" CLASS="audiovideo">28k</A></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000033"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=4 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#663399" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/audio.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=11 BORDER=0 ALT="" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="2"></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#663399"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC">Winston Churchill attacks "Gestapo" socialism</FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1">real <A HREF="/olmedia/cta/events01/ukpol/election/archive/1945/45churchill_gestapo.ram" CLASS="audiovideo">28k</A></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" BGCOLOR="#000033"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=4 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#663399" VALIGN="top"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/audio.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=11 BORDER=0 ALT="" VSPACE="2" HSPACE="2"></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#663399"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC">Labour leader Clement Attlee replies: "such a travesty" of Labour Party policy</FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="12" BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><IMG SRC="/furniture/nothing.gif" WIDTH=12 HEIGHT=1 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> <TD BGCOLOR="#9966CC"><DIV CLASS="audiotext"><FONT SIZE="1">real <A HREF="/olmedia/cta/events01/ukpol/election/archive/1945/45attlee_reply.ram" CLASS="audiovideo">28k</A></FONT></DIV></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD VALIGN="top"> </TD> <TD><DIV CLASS="maintext"><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P> In the first general election for more than 10 years, Winston Churchill found himself and his Conservative Party flattened by a shock Labour landslide. <P> Despite leading the UK through much of the Second World War, the charismatic prime minister was resoundingly rejected by the voters as their choice for peacetime leader. <P> Instead Labour leader Clement Attlee - Churchill抯 deputy PM in the wartime coalition government - was given the job of leading the country into the post-war future. <P> His party抯 socialist programme of radical social reform and the nationalisation of key industries was backed so heavily by the voters it gave Labour its first ever majority government - with a commanding 146-seat lead over the other parties - while the Liberals took just 12 seats. <P> </FONT></DIV><P><DIV CLASS="topictext"><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF"><A HREF="#top">^^ Back to top</A></FONT></DIV><P><A HREF="/hi/english/static/copyright.htm"><IMG SRC="/furniture/vote2001/in_depth/election_battles/bbc_copyright.gif" WIDTH=76 HEIGHT=18 BORDER=0 ALT=""></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>