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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control. These were the first local elections held in Manchester since the outbreak of the Second World War.
Election result
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 155,143 (54.0%) | 11.6 | 35 (62.5%) | 35 / 56 | 14 | 69 (47.9%) | 69 / 144 | |||
Conservative Party | 108,826 (37.9%) | 8.8 | 19 (33.9%) | 19 / 56 | 9 | 58 (40.3%) | 58 / 144 | |||
Liberal Party | 18,221 (6.3%) | 0.4 | 2 (3.6%) | 2 / 56 | 5 | 15 (10.4%) | 15 / 144 | |||
Communist | 796 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 56 | 1 (0.7%) | 1 / 144 | ||||
Residents | 496 (0.2%) | 0.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 56 | 1 (0.7%) | 1 / 144 | ||||
Independent | 3,062 (1.2%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 56 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 | ||||
Independent Labour Party | 822 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 56 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 |
Full council
1 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 58 |
Ward results
All Saints'
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Evans | 1,261 | 52.9 | +18.5 | |
Conservative | A. Holberry* | 1,093 | 45.8 | −18.8 | |
Independent | F. R. Phillips | 31 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 168 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,385 | 24.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McGrath* | 2,537 | 51.8 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | T. Dobbins | 2,362 | 48.2 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 175 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,899 | 40.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Beswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Winstanley* | 3,831 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Labour | T. W. Farrell | 3,758 | 73.5 | N/A | |
Independent | J. McGuiness | 1,279 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,479 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,110 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | E. Cruse | 3,898 | 43.8 | +1.6 | |
Labour | R. B. Prain | 3,821 | 43.0 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | P. Chadwick* | 3,637 | 40.9 | −16.9 | |
Conservative | G. W. Bryant | 3,426 | 38.5 | −19.3 | |
Liberal | J. H. Culley | 1,358 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | S. Critchley | 1,246 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 184 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,893 | 44.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Malcolm* | 4,163 | 74.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Griffiths | 1,395 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,768 | 49.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,558 | 31.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Goldstone | 3,752 | 53.8 | +31.2 | |
Labour | F. H. A. Micklewright | 3,578 | 51.3 | +28.7 | |
Conservative | H. G. S. Lorimer* | 1,753 | 25.2 | −22.0 | |
Conservative | W. L. Goodfellow | 1,748 | 25.1 | −22.1 | |
Liberal | S. Needoff* | 1,465 | 21.0 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | R. Phelan | 784 | 11.3 | −18.9 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 26.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,970 | 44.3 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. S. Whittaker* | 6,981 | 66.9 | −8.0 | |
Conservative | R. Turley* | 6,979 | 66.9 | −8.0 | |
Labour | F. Kelsall | 3,453 | 33.1 | +8.0 | |
Labour | W. H. Brightman | 3,280 | 31.4 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 3,526 | 33.8 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,434 | 31.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. S. Langton | 1,237 | 46.2 | +34.3 | |
Labour | R. Finkel | 1,174 | 43.9 | +32.0 | |
Liberal | M. Fidler | 590 | 22.0 | −17.6 | |
Conservative | G. W. G. Fitzsimmons | 555 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Lees* | 526 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Independent | J. R. Gouldman | 295 | 11.0 | −37.5 | |
Majority | 584 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,677 | 43.3 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Collyhurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Malcolm* | 1,962 | 55.1 | −32.5 | |
Labour | M. Tylecote* | 1,925 | 54.0 | −33.6 | |
Conservative | T. Smith | 804 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Communist | S. Wild | 796 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,121 | 31.4 | −43.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,562 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. P. Jennings | 3,091 | 38.9 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | G. C. Roberts* | 3,032 | 38.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Renshaw | 3,021 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Broderick | 2,986 | 37.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | C. Hughes* | 1,824 | 22.9 | −46.1 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,947 | 43.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Hill* | 5,807 | 62.4 | −5.9 | |
Labour | F. Taylor | 3,494 | 37.6 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 2,313 | 24.8 | −11.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,301 | 40.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. E. Bird* | 253 | 88.8 | N/A | |
Labour | M. C. Toner | 32 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 221 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 285 | 71.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Lord* | 4,660 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Bentley* | 4,610 | 74.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | C. Parker | 1,551 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,059 | 49.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,211 | 39.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. R. Leslie* | 4,417 | 73.3 | −20.6 | |
Labour | E. Kirkman | 4,388 | 72.8 | −21.1 | |
Conservative | R. A. Fieldhouse | 1,610 | 26.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,778 | 46.1 | −41.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,027 | 31.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. P. J. Hinderer | 3,408 | 55.7 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | C. F. Howarth* | 2,713 | 44.3 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 695 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,121 | 46.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Bowes* | 3,821 | 35.2 | −27.0 | |
Conservative | O. Lodge* | 3,786 | 34.9 | −27.3 | |
Liberal | C. R. de la Wyche* | 3,721 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Bamber | 2,801 | 25.8 | −12.0 | |
Labour | M. Geliher | 2,754 | 25.4 | −12.4 | |
Labour | V. Wilson | 2,613 | 24.1 | −13.7 | |
Ind. Labour Party | F. Hatton | 499 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | W. Kelly | 323 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 920 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 10,842 | 72.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Elliot* | 4,006 | 51.2 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | H. Sharp* | 3,892 | 49.7 | −9.6 | |
Labour | D. Rock | 3,820 | 48.8 | +8.1 | |
Labour | G. Whalley | 3,732 | 47.7 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 72 | 0.9 | −17.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,826 | 41.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Littlemore* | 1,611 | 58.2 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | C. Brewster | 991 | 34.6 | −11.9 | |
Independent | R. Frere | 266 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 620 | 21.6 | +16.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. F. Irvine* | 2,627 | 64.3 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | A. H. Ball | 1,461 | 35.7 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 1,166 | 28.6 | +23.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,088 | 39.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Knowles | 1,914 | 51.4 | +16.0 | |
Conservative | H. A. E. Ramsden* | 1,389 | 37.3 | −0.4 | |
Residents | A. M. Edwards | 423 | 11.3 | −15.6 | |
Majority | 525 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,726 | 31.7 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Moss Side West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. G. Atkinson | 2,235 | 45.6 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | D. Gosling* | 2,055 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Independent | G. J. Playford | 397 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Independent | A. C. Halliday | 213 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 180 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,900 | 34.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. C. Lamb | 5,225 | 58.5 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | H. F. Johnston* | 2,417 | 27.1 | −19.3 | |
Liberal | H. Kevin Armitage | 1,285 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,808 | 31.5 | +24.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,927 | 42.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
New Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. M. Lever* | 3,011 | 88.5 | +53.1 | |
Independent | J. A. Gannon | 393 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,618 | 76.9 | +75.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,404 | 39.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Eyres* | 3,743 | 65.2 | +11.6 | |
Labour | J. Hellier* | 3,708 | 64.6 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | W. H. Priestnall | 1,999 | 34.8 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | A. Turner | 1,936 | 33.7 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 1,709 | 29.8 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,742 | 37.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Openshaw
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Moss* | 3,614 | 79.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | L. H. Nesbitt | 917 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,697 | 59.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,531 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. B. Cary | 401 | 85.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. A. Gradwell* | 397 | 84.5 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Starkie | 69 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Thomas | 69 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 328 | 69.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 470 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Stockdale | 3,402 | 54.8 | −8.8 | |
Labour | A. B. Horan | 2,479 | 40.0 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | A. E. Sherlock* | 322 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 923 | 14.8 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,203 | 39.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Ann's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Marshall* | 515 | 90.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. J. Pegge* | 515 | 90.0 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Beaven | 57 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Labour | N. Randolph | 57 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 458 | 80.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 572 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Clement's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. L. Cobon* | 338 | 44.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. E. Smith* | 291 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Newton | 137 | 17.9 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Palethorpe | 128 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 20.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 766 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. E. Thomas* | 2,293 | 57.3 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | J. R. Sorenson | 1,518 | 38.0 | −15.4 | |
Independent | H. B. Frere | 174 | 4.4 | N/A | |
Independent | L. Weathers | 14 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 775 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,999 | 35.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. E. Burgess* | 598 | 63.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Harker | 515 | 54.4 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Clarkson | 208 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Wain | 189 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | G. Davies* | 141 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | F. E. Doran | 115 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 307 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 947 | 55.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Luke's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Ball | 1,842 | 45.5 | +10.2 | |
Labour | J. H. Alsop | 1,832 | 45.2 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | C. V. Jarvis* | 1,661 | 41.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | J. H. Willis | 1,624 | 40.1 | −3.6 | |
Liberal | O. Heggs* | 548 | 13.5 | −6.6 | |
Liberal | J. E. Moore | 512 | 12.6 | −7.5 | |
Residents | E. Hutchinson | 73 | 1.8 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 171 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,051 | 27.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
St Mark's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. M. Larrad* | 3,238 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Labour | H. Eastwood | 3,067 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Sharp | 1,738 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,329 | 26.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,976 | 37.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Donovan* | 1,964 | 78.6 | +32.2 | |
Conservative | S. Taylor | 536 | 21.4 | −25.0 | |
Majority | 1,428 | 57.2 | +56.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,500 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Lord* | 6,555 | 44.2 | −16.5 | |
Conservative | H. Bentley* | 6,297 | 42.5 | −18.2 | |
Labour | F. H. Robinson | 6,178 | 41.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | E. C. Gates | 5,909 | 39.8 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | C. A. Curtis | 2,101 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | F. R. Cann | 1,918 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 119 | 0.8 | −20.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,834 | 40.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wythenshawe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Frost* | 7,303 | 62.9 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | W. Walton | 4,300 | 37.1 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 3,003 | 25.8 | +24.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,603 | 41.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Aldermanic election
By-elections between 1945 and 1946
References
- Rawtenstall, Blackburn, and Oldham All Go Labour, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1945, p.6
- MORE LABOUR VICTORIES IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1945, p.6
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