1945 Stretford Municipal Borough Council Election

1945 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
12 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1945 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; No overall control

One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council. These were the first local elections held in Stretford since the outbreak of the Second World War.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	12,578 (37.5%)		3 (25.0%)	3 / 12	5	13 (40.6%)	13 / 32
Labour Party	15,939 (47.5%)		7 (58.3%)	7 / 12	5	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Liberal Party	2,820 (8.4%)		2 (16.7%)	2 / 12		9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Independent	1,458 (4.3%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 12		1 (3.1%)	1 / 32
Independent Labour Party	760 (2.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 12	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Full council

↓
9	9	1	13

Aldermen

↓
1	3	1	3

Councillors

↓
8	6	10

Ward results

Clifford

Clifford (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Kirkbright	1,107	50.6
	Labour	G. Ney	1,101	50.3
	Conservative	T. Butterworth*	1,091	49.9
	Conservative	W. W. Smith*	1,075	49.2
Majority			10	0.5
Turnout			2,187
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cornbrook

Cornbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	F. Ellison*	1,131	57.8
	Labour	J. Stoddart	827	42.2
Majority			304	15.6
Turnout			1,958
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longford

Longford (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Forbes*	2,247	59.8
	Conservative	R. T. Lee	1,911	50.8
	Labour	D. C. Moody	1,443	38.4
	Labour	A. Burrows	1,336	35.5
	Independent	F. P. Fay	582	15.5
Majority			468	12.4
Turnout			3,760
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Park (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. F. Fox	1,691	62.4
	Labour	H. Ney	1,534	56.6
	Independent	H. Maunders	876	32.3
	Conservative	G. Wakerley	874	32.3
	Ind. Labour Party	W. Hall	260	9.6
	Ind. Labour Party	F. G. Barton	182	6.7
Majority			658	24.3
Turnout			2,709
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stretford

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Trythall*	1,404	55.7
	Labour	E. Alcock	1,118	44.3
Majority			286	11.4
Turnout			2,522
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talbot North

Talbot North (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Reid	1,693	54.0
	Labour	W. Fearnhead	1,579	50.4
	Conservative	B. Davidson	1,432	45.7
	Conservative	T. Davies*	1,248	39.8
	Ind. Labour Party	J. J. Vivian	160	5.1
	Ind. Labour Party	L. Flash	158	5.0
Majority			147	4.7
Turnout			3,135
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Talbot South

Talbot South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E. Hall	1,551	54.5
	Conservative	R. P. Wheeler	1,296	45.5
Majority			255	9.0
Turnout			2,847
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Trafford

Trafford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. Thorpe*	1,689	63.8
	Labour	A. Ward	959	36.2
Majority			730	27.6
Turnout			2,648
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

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