# 1946 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Labour Party | 93,691 (45.6%) | 8.4 | 20 (55.6%) | 20 / 36 | 6 | 79 (54.9%) | 79 / 144 |
| Conservative Party | 85,186 (41.5%) | 3.6 | 15 (41.7%) | 15 / 36 | 3 | 55 (38.2%) | 55 / 144 |
| Liberal Party | 20,861 (10.2%) | 3.9 | 1 (2.8%) | 1 / 36 | 1 | 10 (6.9%) | 10 / 144 |
| Communist | 2,897 (1.4%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 36 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 |
| Independent | 1,222 (0.6%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 36 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 |
| Residents | 1,124 (0.5%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 36 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 |
| Independent Labour Party | 473 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 36 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144 |

### Full council

| 79 | 10 | 55 |

### Aldermen

| 15 | 8 | 13 |

### Councillors

| 64 | 2 | 42 |

## Ward results
### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. W. Biggs* | 1,729 | 51.1 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | H. C. Moorcroft | 1,511 | 44.6 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal | M. Pickles | 146 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,386 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Humphreys | 2,974 | 51.2 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | N. Beer* | 2,836 | 48.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 2.4 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,810 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Baldwin* | 3,383 | 68.2' | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | R. S. Smith | 1,577 | 31.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,806 | 36.4 | −12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,960 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. Lee* | 5,606 | 61.8 | +46.5 |
| | Labour | J. Howard | 3,471 | 38.2 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,135 | 23.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,077 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Frankland* | 3,633 | 63.3 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | W. Rose | 2,105 | 36.7 | +11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,528 | 26.6 | −23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,738 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. P. Pariser | 2,547 | 38.5 | −15.3 |
| | Conservative | P. Chadwick | 2,093 | 31.7 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal | S. Needoff | 1,278 | 19.3 | −1.7 |
| | Communist | B. J. Gershman | 693 | 10.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 454 | 6.8 | −19.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,611 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Somerville* | 8,225 | 57.5 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | A. Harvey | 3,984 | 27.9 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal | J. T. Chapman | 2,093 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,241 | 29.7 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,302 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. S. Moss* | 1,544 | 55.1 | +8.9 |
| | Independent | A. Gouldman | 719 | 25.7 | +14.7 |
| | Liberal | F. Charlesworth | 281 | 10.0 | −12.0 |
| | Communist | M. Jenkins | 256 | 9.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 825 | 29.4 | +7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,800 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Collyhurst

Collyhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Collingson* | 2,102 | 60.4 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | W. H. Cox | 1,115 | 32.0 | +9.4 |
| | Communist | S. Wild | 262 | 7.6 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 987 | 28.4 | −3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,479 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Lomax | 3,760 | 46.2 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | H. Broderick | 2,763 | 34.0 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal | R. F. Read | 1,293 | 15.9 | −7.0 |
| | Communist | S. Waring | 313 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 997 | 12.1 | +12.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,129 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. P. Dawson* | 5,619 | 53.3 | −9.1 |
| | Labour | F. Siddall | 2,833 | 26.9 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal | W. H. Wynn | 1,943 | 18.4 | N/A |
| | Communist | M. Mandell | 151 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,786 | 26.4 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,546 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. A. Higson* | 221 | 93.6 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | M. Gouldman | 15 | 6.4 | −4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 206 | 87.2 | +9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 236 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. H. Hitchburn* | 4,112 | 66.9 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | G. Mowbray | 1,599 | 26.0 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | J. T. Barker | 436 | 7.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,513 | 40.9 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,147 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Sutton* | 3,830 | 68.3 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | T. Brownrigg | 1,420 | 25.3 | −1.4 |
| | Liberal | B. Riggs | 358 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,410 | 43.0 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,608 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Barnacott* | 3,007 | 48.3 | −7.4 |
| | Conservative | C. F. Howarth | 2,693 | 43.3 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal | J. Mountford | 361 | 5.8 | N/A |
| | Communist | T. Royle | 159 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 5.0 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,220 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levensulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. A. Fieldhouse | 2,895 | 37.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | C. Madden | 2,262 | 28.9 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal | C. R. de la Wyche* | 2,194 | 28.0 | −6.3 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | F. Hatton | 473 | 6.1 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 633 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,824 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Sharp* | 4,437 | 52.3 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | J. W. Upland | 3,683 | 43.4 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal | A. Foxton | 364 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 754 | 8.9 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,484 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Medlock Street

Medlock Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Conway | 1,540 | 49.6 | −8.6 |
| | Conservative | A. Lees | 1,257 | 40.5 | +5.9 |
| | Communist | L. C. Walker | 178 | 5.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal | H. K. Dawson | 127 | 4.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 9.1 | −12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,102 | | |
| | Labour gain from Communist | Labour gain from Communist | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. C. Chadwick* | 2,973 | 60.4 | −3.9 |
| | Conservative | W. L. Goodfellow | 1,948 | 39.6 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,025 | 20.8 | −7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,921 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. A. Downward | 1,757 | 39.5 | −11.9 |
| | Conservative | H. A. E. Ramsden | 1,569 | 35.3 | −2.0 |
| | Residents | A. R. Edwards* | 1,124 | 25.4 | +14.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 4.2 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,450 | | |
| | Labour gain from Residents | Labour gain from Residents | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. C. Brewster* | 2,535 | 43.2 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | E. Mendell | 2,370 | 40.3 | −5.3 |
| | Independent | G. J. Playford | 493 | 8.4 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal | R. Frere | 476 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,874 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Onions* | 4,613 | 50.2 | −8.3 |
| | Conservative | M. Dunn | 3,777 | 41.1 | +14.0 |
| | Liberal | H. Kevin Armitage | 805 | 8.8 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 836 | 9.1 | −22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,195 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Murray | 2,050 | 71.9 | −16.6 |
| | Conservative | T. Smith | 801 | 28.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,249 | 43.8 | −33.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,851 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. E. P. Stott* | 3,213 | 59.3 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | W. H. Priestnall | 2,207 | 40.7 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,006 | 18.6 | −11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,420 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Nally* | 2,825 | 69.5 | −10.2 |
| | Conservative | C. Parker | 1,004 | 24.7 | +4.5 |
| | Communist | T. Rowlandson | 237 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,821 | 44.8 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,066 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Oxford

Oxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. B. Walker* | 350 | 89.5 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | F. Donion | 41 | 10.5 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | 79.0 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 391 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. C. Rodgers* | 5,029 | 65.4 | +10.6 |
| | Labour | B. Chamberlain | 2,663 | 34.6 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,366 | 30.8 | +16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,692 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Ann's

St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Gosling | 443 | 71.0 | −19.0 |
| | Liberal | A. Bradley | 156 | 25.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Fern | 25 | 4.0 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | 46.0 | −34.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 624 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Clement's

St. Clement's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. E. Fitzsimons* | 345 | 72.8 | +28.7 |
| | Labour | W. Sampey | 119 | 25.1 | +7.2 |
| | Independent | F. R. Phillips | 10 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 47.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 474 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Gordon | 2,426 | 57.1 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | R. B. Breeze* | 1,819 | 42.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 607 | 14.2 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,245 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. E. Tylecote* | 539 | 62.4 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | L. J. Fallon | 208 | 24.1 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | N. Randolph | 117 | 13.5 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | 38.3 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 864 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. V. Jarvis* | 2,354 | 49.4 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | W. Wilson | 2,019 | 42.4 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal | J. E. Moore | 392 | 8.2 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,765 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. W. Ellershaw* | 3,172 | 62.0 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | W. Sharp | 1,779 | 34.8 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal | A. McCann | 172 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,393 | 27.2 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,114 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. M. McGuirk | 1,692 | 80.0 | +1.4 |
| | Liberal | L. Cromwell | 422 | 20.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,270 | 60.0 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,114 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. H. Scholfield* | 9,233 | 54.4 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | F. H. Robinson | 5,984 | 35.3 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal | A. J. Higson | 1,750 | 10.3 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,249 | 19.1 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,967 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. S. Gatley | 6,438 | 49.7 | −13.2 |
| | Conservative | J. J. Shawe | 5,873 | 45.3 | +8.2 |
| | Communist | W. Prince | 648 | 5.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 4.4 | −21.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,959 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |