1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election
8 of 32 seats ; to Stretford Municipal Borough Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1946 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; ; No overall control

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	7,643 (35.2%)	2.3	4 (50.0%)	4 / 8		13 (40.6%)	13 / 32
Labour Party	9,328 (43.0%)	4.5	1 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	10 (31.3%)	10 / 32
Liberal Party	4,393 (20.3%)	11.9	2 (25.0%)	2 / 8	1	9 (28.1%)	9 / 32
Communist Party	123 (0.6%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Independent Labour Party	116 (0.5%)	1.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32
Independent	81 (0.4%)	3.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 8		0 (0.0%)	0 / 32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Cavanagh	962	52.5	+1.9
	Liberal	H. H. Eckersall	788	43.0	N/A
	Independent	A. Dillon	81	4.4	N/A
Majority			174	9.5	+9.0
Turnout			1,831
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. S. Holt*	1,207	56.4	N/A
	Labour	J. Stoddart	932	43.6	+1.4
Majority			275	12.8
Turnout			2,139
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. M. Robinson*	1,914	57.8	−2.0
	Labour	H. Pyper	1,396	42.2	+3.8
Majority			518	15.6	+3.2
Turnout			3,310
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. S. Armitage	1,535	56.7	−5.7
	Conservative	W. P. Downes	1,171	43.3	+11.0
Majority			364	13.4	−10.9
Turnout			2,706
	Labour hold		Swing

1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

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Aldermen

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Hewerdine	1,880	61.3	+5.6
	Labour	G. H. Evans	1,185	38.7	−5.6
Majority			695	22.6	+11.2
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Grieve*	1,471	48.0	+2.3
	Labour	G. R. Parker	1,411	46.0	−8.0
	Communist	R. Watts	123	4.0	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	L. Flash	62	2.0	−3.1
Majority			60	2.0
Turnout			3,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Hargreaves*	1,580	56.2	N/A
	Labour	W. E. Dutton	1,179	41.9	−12.6
	Ind. Labour Party	F. G. Barton	54	1.9	N/A
Majority			401	14.3
Turnout			2,813
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Thomason*	2,025	73.6	+9.8
	Labour	A. Wilcox	728	26.4	−9.8
Majority			1,297	47.2	+19.4
Turnout			2,753
	Liberal hold		Swing

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