1938 Salford City Council election

1938 Salford City Council election
â 1937 1 November 1938 1945 â
16 of 64 seats on Salford City Council; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1938 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; ; No overall control

Elections to Salford City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1938. One-third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office.

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Annual local elections were suspended from 1939 to 1945. Under the Local Elections and Register of Electors (Temporary Provisions) Act 1939 the term of office of all members of the council was extended by one year and casual vacancies among members of the council were filled by the choice of the council rather than by election. Local Elections and Register of Electors Acts of 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944 each further extended the term of office of all members of the council by a year.

The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	18,671 (44.3%)	1.1	7 (43.8%)	7 / 16		29 (45.3%)	29 / 64
Conservative Party	21,516 (51.1%)	7.3	7 (43.8%)	7 / 16		27 (42.2%)	27 / 64
Independent	0 (0.0%)	9.8	1 (6.3%)	1 / 16	1	6 (9.4%)	6 / 64
Liberal Party	1,930 (4.6%)	1.6	1 (6.3%)	1 / 16	1	2 (3.1%)	2 / 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Clarke*	1,432	61.5	â1.0
	Labour	W. McLoughlin	895	38.5	+1.0
Majority			537	23.0	â2.0
Turnout			2,327
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	S. W. Davis*	1,916	58.1	+5.1
	Conservative	W. Soar	1,381	41.9	N/A
Majority			535	16.2	+7.4
Turnout			3,297
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. Pugh	1,930	54.2	+16.2
	Conservative	T. Worrall	1,628	45.8	+1.8
Majority			302	8.4
Turnout			3,558
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	Ald. J. F. Crane	1,511	53.2	+14.3
	Conservative	W. G. Faulkner*	1,327	46.8	â14.3
Majority			184	6.4
Turnout			2,838
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1938 Salford City Council election

Election result

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Albert Park

Charlestown

Claremont

Crescent

Docks

Kersal

Langworthy

Mandley Park

Ordsall Park

Regent

St. Matthias'

St. Paul's

St. Thomas'

Seedley

Trinity

Weaste

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1938 and 1939

Appointment of Councillors between 1939 and 1945

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	H. Johnson*	1,603	57.9	+1.7
	Labour	H. Ingle	1,166	42.1	â1.7
Majority			437	15.8	+3.4
Turnout			2,769
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Mellor*	1,400	63.4	â9.6
	Labour	E. A. Wilkinson	807	36.6	+9.6
Majority			593	26.8	â19.2
Turnout			2,207
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	C. R. V. Haynes*	1,759	51.7	+2.9
	Labour	F. Lee	1,642	48.3	â2.9
Majority			117	3.4
Turnout			3,401
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Whiteley*	1,586	52.5	+0.5
	Labour	T. C. Loftus	1,435	47.5	â0.5
Majority			151	5.0	+1.0
Turnout			3,021
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	T. James*	1,603	52.6	â0.3
	Conservative	A. Eccleshall	1,443	47.4	+0.3
Majority			160	5.2	â0.6
Turnout			3,046
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	A. Millwood*	1,795	52.3	+3.6
	Conservative	J. E. Gearey	1,635	47.7	â3.6
Majority			160	4.6
Turnout			3,430
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	R. Headon*	1,564	54.6	+0.1
	Conservative	J. Clancy	1,301	45.4	â0.1
Majority			263	9.2	+0.2
Turnout			2,865
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	B. H. Rainbird	1,292	51.9	+4.9
	Labour	M. C. Whitehead	1,196	48.1	â4.9
Majority			96	3.8
Turnout			2,488
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	D. F. Higgins	1,203	52.0	+2.2
	Conservative	J. F. Norbury	1,110	48.0	â2.2
Majority			93	4.0
Turnout			2,313
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	W. F. Cuttiford*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Weaste
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	A. G. Wild*	1,538	68.1	+5.0
	Labour	N. Barrow	720	31.9	â5.0
Majority			818	36.2	+10.0
Turnout			2,258
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	J. T. Tattersall*	1,218	53.0	+16.9
	Conservative	J. A. Chaloner	1,081	47.0	N/A
Majority			137	6.0
Turnout			2,299
	Labour hold		Swing