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United Kingdom general election, 1940

24 October 1940
481 of the 615 seats in the House of Commons 241 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	51.1%, 25.3%
First party Second party   Leader Viscount Halifax Clement Attlee Party Conservative (Peace) Labour (War) Leader since 12 May 1940 30 September 1940 Leader's seat Did not stand Limehouse Last election 473 seats, 55.0% 52 seats, 30.8% Seats won 387 154 Seat change 83 102 Popular vote 10,025,083 7,984,988 Percentage 47.8% 38.0% Swing 7.2% 7.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Oswald Mosley George Lansbury Party Peace Union Labour (Peace) Leader since 5 October 1940 1931 Leader's seat Spen Valley Darwen (defeated) Last election 35 seats, 3.7% 33 seats, 6.5% Seats won 64 21 Seat change 64 12 Popular vote 784,608 1,414,010 Percentage 11.2% 6.7% Swing 11.2% 0.2%
Colours denote the winning party—as shown in § Results
Prime Minister before election Stanley Baldwin National Appointed Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin National

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Buxton Britain
1940–1947
Flagc Coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Motto: "By the grace of God"
Anthem: "God save the King" (official) Comrades, the voices (unofficial)
The United Kingdom in 1944:   United Kingdom   United Kingdom, German military occupation zone
Status	Client state of Germany (1940–45) Puppet government of Germany (1945–47)
Capital	Buxton (de facto) Londona (de jure)
Capital-in-exile	Gehrden (1946–47)
Common languages	English
Government	One-party fascist regencyb
Lord-Lieutenant of Great Britain
• 1940–1947	David Lloyd George, Duke of Cardigan
Prime Minister
• 1940–1942	Samuel Hoare
• 1942–1946	Patrick Boyle, 8th Earl of Glasgow†
• 1946-1947	Alexander Raven Thomson
Legislature	Parliament
Historical era	World War II
• Lloyd George asked to seek peace by Rump Parliament (1940)	14 October 1940
• Treaty of Kettering	18 October 1940
• Operation Empress	9 June 1945
• Case Heinrich	11 July 1945
• London declared open city	28 February 1946
• Disestablished	1947
• Capture of the Gehrden enclave	5 August 1947
Currency	Pound sterling
Preceded by Succeeded by United Kingdom Provisional Authority of the United Kingdom Ulster Protectorate
London remained the formal capital of the United Kingdom, although the Buxton government never operated from there. Although the Buxton government claimed continuity of government and monarchy from the United Kingdom, Lloyd George reigned as a de facto regent through the constitutional authority granted by the new title of Lord-Lieutenant of Great Britain. George VI was treated as a hostage of a foreign power and his radio broadcasts from Radio Ottawa first ignored then described as "the result of duress". Despite repeated private requests to Hitler, Edward VIII was never restored to the throne. Though technically the personal standard of Lloyd George as Lord-Lieutenant of Great Britain, this flag was universally used abroad to distinguish Buxton Britain from Free Britain, which also claimed to be 'the United Kingdom'. By 1944, it was being flown in Buxton Britain more regularly than the Union Jack.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Free Britain
1940–1946
Flag Coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Status	Government in exile, provisional government over unoccupied and liberated territories
Capital	London
Capital-in-exile	Ottawa (1940–45) Truro (1945) Winchester (1945–46)
King
Prime Minister
Field Marshal
• 1940–1946	Bernard Montgomery
Historical era	World War II
• The King's Address	29 October 1940
• "And The Empire Answers"	December 1940
• Battle of Iceland	March 1943
• Battle of the Coasts	1943–1945
• Operation Empress	5 June 1945
• Liberation of Britain	spring 1946
Preceded by Succeeded by United Kingdom Provisional Authority of the United Kingdom