Manchester Council election, 1945

Elections to Manchester City Council were held in 1945. One third of the council was up for election, although there were several additional vacancies. The council stayed under Labour Party control.

Contents 1 Candidates and Ward Results 1.1 All Saints Ward 1.2 Ardwick Ward 1.3 Beswick Ward 1.4 Blackley Ward 1.5 Bradford Ward 1.6 Cheetham Ward 1.7 Chorlton-cum-Hardy Ward 1.8 Collegiate Church Ward 1.9 Collyhurst Ward 1.10 Crumpsall Ward 1.11 Didsbury Ward 1.12 Exchange Ward 1.13 Gorton North Ward 1.14 Gorton South Ward 1.15 Harpurhey Ward 1.16 Levenshulme Ward 1.17 Longsight Ward 1.18 Medlock Street Ward 1.19 Miles Platting Ward 1.20 Moss Side East Ward 1.21 Moss Side West Ward 1.22 Moston Ward 1.23 New Cross Ward 1.24 Newton Heath Ward 1.25 Openshaw Ward 1.26 Oxford Ward 1.27 Rusholme Ward 1.28 St Anns Ward 1.29 St Clements Ward 1.30 St. Georges Ward 1.31 St.John's Ward 1.32 St Lukes Ward 1.33 St Marks Ward 1.34 St Michaels Ward 1.35 Withington Ward 1.36 Wythenshawe Ward

Candidates and Ward Results

Below is a list of the individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired. The winning candidate per ward is in bold.

All Saints Ward

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

Ardwick Ward

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 Ward

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 Ward

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 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 Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Malcolm	4,163	74.9%
	Conservative	E Griffiths	1,395	25.1%
Majority
Turnout			5,558	31.63%
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham Ward

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	S Needoff	1,465	21.0%
	Liberal	R Phelan	784	11.3%
Majority
Turnout			6,970	44.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy Ward

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 Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Langton	1,237	46.2%
	Labour	R Finkel	1,174	43.9%
	Liberal	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 Ward

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 Ward

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	C Hughes	1,824	22.9%
Majority
Turnout			7,947	43.01	{{{change}}}
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E Hill	5,807	62.43%
	Labour	F Taylor	3,494	37.6%
Majority
Turnout			9,301	40.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T Bird	253	88.8%
	Liberal	M Toner	32	11.2%
Majority
Turnout			285	71.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorton North Ward

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 Ward

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 Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H Hunderer	3,408	55.7%
	Conservative	C Howarth	2,713	44.3%
Majority
Turnout			6,121	46.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Bowes	3,821	35.2%
	Conservative	O Lodge	3,786	34.9%
	Liberal	C de la Wyche	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 Ward

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 Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Littlemore	1,611	58.2%
	Conservative	C Brewster	991	34.6%
	Independent	R Frere	266	9.3%
Majority
Turnout			2,868
	Labour hold		Swing

Miles Platting Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Irvine	2,627	64.3%
	Conservative	A Ball	1,461	35.7%
Majority
Turnout			4,088	39.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Knowles	1,914	51.4%
	Conservative	H Ramsden	1,389	37.3%
	Independent	A Edwards	423	11.3%
Majority
Turnout			3,726	31.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N Atkinson	2,235	45.6%
	Conservative	D Gosling	2,055	41.9%
	Independent	G Playford	397	8.1%
	Independent	A Halliday	213	4.4%
Majority
Turnout			4,900	34.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Moston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C Lamb	5,225	58.5%
	Conservative	H Johnson	2,417	27.1%
	Liberal Democrat	H Kevin-Armitage	1,285	14.4%
Majority
Turnout			8,927	42.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

New Cross Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Lever	3,011	88.5%
	Independent	J Gannon	393	11.5%
Majority
Turnout			3,404	39.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton Heath Ward

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 Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Moss	3,614	79.7%
	Conservative	H Nesbitt	917	20.24%
Majority
Turnout			4,531	35.0%
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford Ward

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 Ward

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

St Anns Ward

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 Clements Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J Cabon	338	44.1%
	Liberal	A 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. Georges Ward

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 Ward

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	G Davies	141	14.9%
	Liberal	F Doran	115	11.9%
Majority
Turnout			947	55.4%

St Lukes Ward

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 Democrat	O Heggs	548	13.5%
	Liberal Democrat	J Moore	512	12.6%
	Independent	E Hutchinson	73	1.8%
Majority
Turnout			4,051	27.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Marks Ward

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 Ward

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

Withington Ward

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 Democrat	G Curtis	2,101	14.2%
	Liberal Democrat	F Cann	1,918	12.9$
Majority
Turnout			14,834	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wythenshawe Ward

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

Preceded by *

Manchester local elections

Succeeded by Manchester Council election, 1946