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1946 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election

The 1946 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election took place in 1946 to elect members of Bebington Municipal Borough Council in England.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Seats ±
Conservative ? ?
Labour ? ?
Residents ? ?
Independent ? ?
Ex-service ? ?
Ind. Conservative ? ?

Election results

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Overall election result

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Overall result compared with 1945.

Bebington Municipal Borough Council election results, 1946
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Conservative 9 5 ? ? ? 43.3 40.9 7,240  27.5
  Labour 12 4 ? ? ? 33.3 37.3 6,613  1.1
  Residents 2 2 ? ? ? 20.0 10.9 1,927  7.7
  Independent 2 1 ? ? ? 3.3 8.5 1,503  6.4
  Liberal 1 0 ? ? ? 0.0 2.0 349 New
  Communist 1 0 ? ? ? 0.0 0.4 74 New

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Ward results

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Eastham

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Eastham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents T. Jarman 1,025 68.6  10.1
Labour W. Walker 470 31.4  2.5
Majority 555 37.2  7.5
Registered electors 3,545
Residents hold Swing  3.8

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Higher Bebington

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Higher Bebington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Jones 1,219 60.7  7.2
Independent S. Williams 430 21.4 New
Labour F. Starkey 358 17.8  10.1
Majority 789 39.3  13.6
Registered electors 3,679
Conservative hold Swing  6.9

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Lower Bebington

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Lower Bebington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Williams 996 62.6  32.1
Labour T. Greens 595 37.4  5.3
Majority 401 25.2 N/A
Registered electors 3,532
Conservative gain from ? Swing  13.4

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New Ferry

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New Ferry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Whiteside 854 65.6  12.0
Conservative R. Frankman 448 34.4 New
Majority 406 31.2  23.9
Registered electors 3,272
Labour gain from ? Swing  12.0

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North Bromborough

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North Bromborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Kilburn [n 2] 757 54.4  23.0
Labour S. Littlewood 561 40.3  13.0
Communist R. Burrows 74 5.3 New
Majority 196 14.1  10.0
Registered electors 3,038
Conservative gain from Labour Swing  5.0

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Park

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Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Birch 782 52.2  13.3
Conservative T. Dodd 715 47.8  2.4
Majority 67 4.4 N/A
Registered electors 3,237
Labour gain from ? Swing  5.5

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Poulton

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Poulton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents C. Griffith 902 69.1  21.5
Labour H. Davies 403 30.9  2.7
Majority 499 38.2  18.8
Registered electors 3,045
Residents gain from ? Swing  9.4

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South Bromborough

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South Bromborough (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent J. Dodd [n 3] 1,073 35.6 New
Conservative J. Dixey [n 4] 977 32.5 New
Labour R. Gill [n 5] 960 31.9  18.1
Conservative A. Noel 923 – –
Labour F. Lover 830 – –
Labour J. Engle 741 – –
Majority 96 3.1 N/A
Registered electors 3,540
Independent gain from ? Swing  1.6
Conservative gain from Ex-service Swing –
Labour gain from ? Swing –

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Sunlight

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Sunlight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Robey 861 50.0  2.5
Conservative F. Statham 860 50.0 New
Majority 1 0.0 N/A
Registered electors 3,222
Labour gain from ? Swing  2.5

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Woodhey

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Woodhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Trench 1,268 53.1  7.0
Labour E. McNee 769 32.2  11.9
Liberal H. Audas 349 14.6 New
Majority 499 20.9  18.9
Registered electors 4,566
Conservative gain from ? Swing  9.5

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Notes

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• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

  1. ^ % of total refers to % of wards won.
  2. ^ Compared with Ind. Conservative.
  3. ^ Elected to serve a 4-year term.
  4. ^ Elected to serve a 3-year term.
  5. ^ Elected to serve a 1-year term.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "1946". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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