1945 Preston Municipal Borough Council election

Elections to Preston Municipal Borough council were held in November 1945.

Results

Ashton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Taylor	2,432	37.3
	Conservative	S Morris	2,110	32.3
	Labour	E Higginson	1,986	30.4
	Labour	C Sedgewick	1,764

Avenham (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Sharples	1,667	56.1
	Conservative	R Heaps	1,513
	Conservative	J Gray	1,505
	Labour	F Hoskins	1,303	43.9
	Labour	B Wilson	1,262
	Labour	H Eccleston	1,117

Christ Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Wignall	1,411	55.8
	Conservative	N Warburton	1,118

Deepdale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Quigley	3,681	59.1
	Labour	R Gillies	3,666
	Conservative	W Palmour	2,549	40.9
	Conservative	J Blackburn	2,511

Fishwick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Hewitt	2,315	60.3
	Labour	R Smith	2,216
	Independent	N Howard	1,526	39.7
	Independent	R Duckworth	1,441

Maudland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J O'Hagan	2,900	61.9
	Labour	B Ryder	2,892
	Conservative	R Rainford	1,786	38.1
	Conservative	J Green	1,747

Moorbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Phipps	2,000	57.5
	Labour	C Tragen	1,950
	Independent	R Heppell	1,480	42.5
	Independent	L Titterington	1,434

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Gardner	2,879	61.5
	Conservative	R Gray	1,805

Ribbleton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Singleton	2,982	59.8
	Labour	A Wilson	2,843
	Conservative	H Attwater	2,006	40.2
	Conservative	W Thew	1,888

St Johns (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Beckett	2,488	62.6
	Labour	J Henry	2,305
	Conservative	Ms. Starkie	1,488	37.4
	Conservative	J Titterington	1,408

St Peters (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Platt	2,314	65.9
	Labour	H Tilley	2,257
	Independent	F Barwick	1,196	34.1
	Independent	A Rodwell	1,143

Trinity (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I Ellison	1,524	62.7
	Labour	J Norris	1,513
	Conservative	E Fisher	907	37.3
	Conservative	S Carvin	903