1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election

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1945 Sale Municipal Borough Council election
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  1938 1 November 1945 (1945-11-01) 1946  

9 of 32 seats
to Sale Municipal Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election2 seats,
32.2%
1 seats,
25.7%
2 seats,
25.7%
Seats before11412
Seats won431
Seats after1377
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote6,2285,9273,544
Percentage31.3%29.8%17.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.9%Increase2.svg4.1%Increase2.svg1.4%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Residents Chamber of Trade
Last election0 seats,
0.0%
Seats before41
Seats won10
Seats after41
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,6170
Percentage18.2%0.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.5%Steady2.svg

Sale 1945.png
Map of results of 1945 election

Leader of the Council before election


No overall control

Leader of the Council after election


No overall control

Elections to Sale 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 council remained under no overall control. [1] [2] These were the first local elections held in Sale since the outbreak of the Second World War.

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 6,228 (31.3%)
Decrease2.svg 0.94 (44.4%)
4 / 9
Increase2.svg 213 (40.6%)
13 / 32
Labour Party 5,927 (29.8%)
Increase2.svg 4.13 (33.3%)
3 / 9
Increase2.svg 37 (21.9%)
7 / 32
Independent 3,544 (17.8%)
Increase2.svg 1.41 (11.1%)
1 / 9
Decrease2.svg 57 (21.9%)
7 / 32
Residents 3,617 (18.2%)
Decrease2.svg 7.51 (11.1%)
1 / 9
Steady2.svg4 (12.5%)
4 / 32
Chamber of Trade 0 (0.0%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
Steady2.svg1 (3.1%)
1 / 32
Communist Party 598 (3.0%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 9
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 32

Full council

747113

Aldermen

35

Councillors

44718

Ward results

Brooklands

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. G. Steel1,11445.2
Residents W. Hanley92337.4
Labour T. Heywood42817.4
Majority1917.7
Turnout 2,465
Conservative gain from Residents Swing

Mersey

Mersey (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. A. Jones1,21548.0
Labour C. Mapp 89735.4
Conservative H. H. Cunliffe87034.4
Labour J. T. Hills77930.8
Residents R. C. Lynden61624.3
Residents T. Marriott-Moore41216.3
Majority220.9
Turnout 2,531
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St. Anne's

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent T. F. Hampson*1,33861.7+2.9
Labour R. G. Thomas83138.3-2.9
Majority50723.4+5.8
Turnout 2,169
Independent hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. B. Taylor*1,54372.1
Communist J. Dodd59827.9
Majority94544.1
Turnout 2,141
Conservative hold Swing

St. Martin's

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. A. Costello*88942.8+7.2
Residents J. Kershaw62830.2-34.2
Labour E. H. Dorber56026.7N/A
Majority26112.6
Turnout 2,077
Conservative hold Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Residents E. Lee1,03847.2-3.5
Conservative G. H. Jolley59727.2-22.1
Independent L. Stockdale56225.6N/A
Majority44120.0+18.6
Turnout 2,197
Residents gain from Independent Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Driver1,36365.4+8.0
Independent J. F. Barnes*72034.6-8.0
Majority64330.8+16.0
Turnout 2,083
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Sale Moor

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. M. Phillips1,06956.2+13.4
Independent B. Flinter*83443.8N/A
Majority23512.4
Turnout 1,903
Labour gain from Independent Swing

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References

  1. Rawtenstall, Blackburn, and Oldham All Go Labour, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1945, p.6
  2. "NORTH OF ENGLAND BOROUGHS". Manchester Guardian. 2 November 1945. Retrieved 3 March 2024.{{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)