# 1945 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Stretford Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council. These were the first local elections held in Stretford since the outbreak of the Second World War.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 12,578 (37.5%) | | 3 (25.0%) | 3 / 12 | 5 | 13 (40.6%) | 13 / 32 |
| Labour Party | 15,939 (47.5%) | | 7 (58.3%) | 7 / 12 | 5 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 |
| Liberal Party | 2,820 (8.4%) | | 2 (16.7%) | 2 / 12 | | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 |
| Independent | 1,458 (4.3%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 12 | | 1 (3.1%) | 1 / 32 |
| Independent Labour Party | 760 (2.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 12 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 |

### Full council

| 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 |

### Aldermen

| 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |

### Councillors

| 8 | 6 | 10 |

## Ward results
### Clifford

Clifford (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Kirkbright | 1,107 | 50.6 |
| | Labour | G. Ney | 1,101 | 50.3 |
| | Conservative | T. Butterworth* | 1,091 | 49.9 |
| | Conservative | W. W. Smith* | 1,075 | 49.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,187 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Cornbrook

Cornbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | F. Ellison* | 1,131 | 57.8 |
| | Labour | J. Stoddart | 827 | 42.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,958 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Longford

Longford (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | E. Forbes* | 2,247 | 59.8 |
| | Conservative | R. T. Lee | 1,911 | 50.8 |
| | Labour | D. C. Moody | 1,443 | 38.4 |
| | Labour | A. Burrows | 1,336 | 35.5 |
| | Independent | F. P. Fay | 582 | 15.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 | 12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,760 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Park

Park (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | H. F. Fox | 1,691 | 62.4 |
| | Labour | H. Ney | 1,534 | 56.6 |
| | Independent | H. Maunders | 876 | 32.3 |
| | Conservative | G. Wakerley | 874 | 32.3 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | W. Hall | 260 | 9.6 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | F. G. Barton | 182 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 658 | 24.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,709 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Stretford

Stretford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | A. Trythall* | 1,404 | 55.7 |
| | Labour | E. Alcock | 1,118 | 44.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | 11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,522 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Talbot North

Talbot North (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | E. Reid | 1,693 | 54.0 |
| | Labour | W. Fearnhead | 1,579 | 50.4 |
| | Conservative | B. Davidson | 1,432 | 45.7 |
| | Conservative | T. Davies* | 1,248 | 39.8 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | J. J. Vivian | 160 | 5.1 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | L. Flash | 158 | 5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 147 | 4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,135 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Talbot South

Talbot South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | E. Hall | 1,551 | 54.5 |
| | Conservative | R. P. Wheeler | 1,296 | 45.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,847 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Trafford

Trafford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | W. Thorpe* | 1,689 | 63.8 |
| | Labour | A. Ward | 959 | 36.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 730 | 27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,648 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |