Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held in 1946. One third of the council was up for election, although there were many additional vacancies, however the council stayed under Labour Party control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Below is a list of the 36 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H Lomax | 3,760 | 46.25% | ||
Labour | H Broderick | 2,763 | 33.99% | ||
Liberal | R Read | 1,293 | 15.91% | ||
Communist | S Waring | 313 | 3.85% | ||
Majority | 997 | 12.26 | |||
Turnout | 8,129 | {{{change}}} | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Preceded by Manchester Council election, 1945 |
Manchester local elections | Succeeded by Manchester Council election, 1947 |