1945 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the council was up for election, although there were several additional vacancies. The council went into no overall control.

Election result

Ward results

All Saints

All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Evans	1,261	52.9
	Conservative	A. Holberry*	1,093	45.8
	Independent	F. R. Phillips	31	1.3
Majority			168	7.1
Turnout			2,385	24.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. McGrath*	2,537	51.8
	Conservative	T. Dobbins	2,362	48.2
Majority			175	3.6
Turnout			4,899	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Beswick


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W Winstanley	3,831	75.0%
	Labour	T Farrell	3,758	73.5%
	Conservative	J McGuiness	1,279	25.0%
Majority
Turnout			5,110	34.2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackley


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	E Cruse	3,898	43.8
	Labour	R Prain	3,821	43.0
	Conservative	P Chadwick	3,637	40.9
	Conservative	G Bryant	3,426	38.5
	Liberal	J H Culley	1,358	15.3
	Liberal	S Critchley	1,246	14.0
Majority
Turnout			8,893	44.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Malcolm*	4,163	74.9
	Conservative	E. Griffiths	1,395	25.1
Majority			2,768	49.8
Turnout			5,558	31.63
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H Goldstone	3,752	53.8
	Labour	F Micklewright	3,578	51.3
	Conservative	H Lorimer	1,753	25.2
	Conservative	W Goodfellow	1,748	25.1
	Liberal	Sydney Needoff	1,465	21.0
	Liberal	Richard Phelan	784	11.3
Majority
Turnout			6,970	44.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M Whittaker	6,981	66.9%
	Conservative	R Turley	6,979	66.9%
	Labour	F Kelsall	3,453	33.1
	Labour	W Brightman	3,280	31.4%
Majority
Turnout			10,434	31.6%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B Langton	1,237	46.2
	Labour	R Finkel	1,174	43.9
	Liberal	Michael M Fidler	590	22.0
	Conservative	G Fitzsimmons	555	20.7
	Conservative	A Less	526	19.7
	Independent	J Gouldman	295	11.0
Majority
Turnout			2,677	43.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Collyhurst


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Malcolm	1,962	55.1%
	Labour	M Tylecote	1,925	54.0%
	Conservative	T Smith	804	22.6%
	Conservative	S Wild	796	22.4%
Majority
Turnout			3,562
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Crumpsall


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J Jennings	3,091	38.9
	Conservative	G Roberts	3,032	38.2
	Conservative	R Renshaw	3,021	38.0
	Labour	H Broderick	2,986	37.6
	Liberal	Charles Hughes	1,824	22.9
Majority
Turnout			7,947	43.01
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Hill*	5,807	62.4
	Labour	F. Taylor	3,494	37.6
Majority			2,313	24.8
Turnout			9,301	40.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. E. Bird*	253	88.8
	Labour	M. C. Toner	32	11.2
Majority			221	77.6
Turnout			285	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorton North


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F Lord	4,660	75.03%
	Labour	C Bentley	4,610	74.2%
	Conservative	C Parker	1,551	25.0%
Majority
Turnout			6,211	39.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G Leslie	4,417	73.3%
	Labour	E Kirkman	4,388	72.8%
	Conservative	R Fieldhouse	1,610	26.7%
Majority
Turnout			6,027	31.9%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. P. J. Hinderer	3,408	55.7
	Conservative	C. F. Howarth*	2,713	44.3
Majority			695	11.4
Turnout			6,121	46.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Bowes	3,821	35.2
	Conservative	O Lodge	3,786	34.9
	Liberal	C R de la Wyche, jnr.	3,721	34.3
	Labour	C Bamber	2,801	25.83
	Labour	M Geliher	2,754	25.4
	Labour	V Wilson	2,613	24.1
	Ind. Labour Party	F Hatton	499	4.6
	Ind. Labour Party	W Kelly	323	3.0
Majority
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%
	Conservative	H Sharp	3,892	49.7%
	Labour	D Rock	3,820	48.8%
	Labour	G Whalley	3,732	47.7%
Majority
Turnout			7,826	41.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Littlemore*	1,611	58.2
	Conservative	C Brewster	991	34.6
	Independent	R Frere	266	9.3
Majority			620	21.6
Turnout			2,868
	Labour hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. F. Irvine*	2,627	64.3
	Conservative	A. H. Ball	1,461	35.7
Majority			1,166	28.5
Turnout			4,088	39.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Knowles	1,914	51.4
	Conservative	H. A. E. Ramsden*	1,389	37.3
	Independent	A. M Edwards	423	11.3
Majority			525	14.1
Turnout			3,726	31.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	N. G. Atkinson	2,235	45.6
	Conservative	D. Gosling	2,055	41.9
	Independent	G. J. Playford	397	8.1
	Independent	A. C. Halliday	213	4.4
Majority			180	3.7
Turnout			4,900	34.5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Moston

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. C. Lamb	5,225	58.5
	Conservative	H. F. Johnston*	2,417	27.1
	Liberal	H. Kevin Armitage	1,285	14.4
Majority			2,808	31.5
Turnout			8,927	42.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. M. Lever*	3,011	88.5
	Independent	J. A. Gannon	393	11.5
Majority			2,618	76.9
Turnout			3,404	39.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton Heath


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Eyres	3,743	65.2%
	Labour	J Hellier	3,708	64.6%
	Conservative	W Priestnall	1,999	34.8%
	Conservative	A Turner	1,936	33.7%
Majority
Turnout			5,742	37.2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Moss*	3,614	79.7
	Conservative	L. H. Nesbitt	917	20.2
Majority			2,697	59.5
Turnout			4,531	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Cary	401	85.3%
	Conservative	S Cradwell	397	84.5%
	Labour	R Thomas	69	14.7%
	Labour	B Starkie	69	14.7%
Majority
Turnout			470
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusholme


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H Stockdale	3,402	54.8
	Labour	A Horan	2,479	40.0
	Liberal	Amy E Sherlock	322	5.2
Majority
Turnout			6,203	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	H Marshall	515	90.0%
	Conservative	W Pegge	515	90.0%
	Labour	S Beaven	57	10.0%
	Labour	N Randolph	57	10.0%
Majority
Turnout			572
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Cobon	338	44.1
	Liberal	A E Smith	291	38.0
	Labour	W Newton	137	17.9
	Labour	L Palethorpe	128	16.7
Majority
Turnout			766
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. George's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R Thomas	2,293	57.3%
	Conservative	J Sorenson	1,518	38.0%
	Independent	H Frere	174	4.4%
	Independent	L Weathers	14	0.4%
Majority
Turnout			3,999	35.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J Burgess	598	63.2
	Conservative	H Harker	515	54.4
	Labour	J Clarkson	208	22.0
	Labour	F Wain	189	20.0
	Liberal	George Davies	141	14.9
	Liberal	F E Doran	115	11.9
Majority
Turnout			947	55.4

St. Luke's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T Ball	1,842	45.5
	Labour	J Alsop	1,832	45.2
	Conservative	C Jarvis	1,661	41.0
	Conservative	J Willis	1,624	40.1
	Liberal	Oliver Heggs	548	13.5
	Liberal	Jane E Moore	512	12.6
	Independent	E Hutchinson	73	1.8
Majority
Turnout			4,051	27.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mark's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T Larrad	3,238	65.1%
	Labour	H Eastwood	3,067	61.6%
	Conservative	W Sharp	1,738	34.9%
Majority
Turnout			4,976	37.2%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Michaels


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A Donovan	1,964	78.6%
	Conservative	S Taylor	536	21.4%
Majority
Turnout			2,500
	Labour hold		Swing

Withington


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G Lord	6,555	44.2
	Conservative	H Bentley	6,297	42.5
	Labour	F Robinson	6,178	41.7
	Labour	E Gates	5,909	39.8
	Liberal	C A Curtis	2,101	14.2
	Liberal	F R Cann	1,918	12.9
Majority
Turnout			14,834	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wythenshawe


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W Frost	7,303	62.9%
	Conservative	W Walton	4,300	37.1%
Majority
Turnout			11,603	41.2%
	Labour hold		Swing