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Elections to Londonderry Borough Council were held on 16 October 1946. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) retained their majority with Sir Basil McFarland continuing as Mayor of Londonderry. The elections were postponed from the original February date due to an unusually large number of objections to the list of electors. [1]
The election was held following the passage of the 1946 Elections and Franchise Act (Northern Ireland) by the Parliament of Northern Ireland which limited the voting franchise to only ratepayers and their wives and granted business owners the rights to cast up to six business votes (depending on the size of their business.) [2] The boundaries for the election had also been reviewed by the Londonderry Corporation and drawn by the Parliament of Northern Ireland. [2]
Controversy arose during the calling of the election. On 20 January 1946, the Londonderry Corporation called the election to be held on 10 February and only gave candidates 11 days to file for candidacy. No reason was given for this by Sir Basil though it was speculated in the United States House of Representatives by the Montana 1st representative Mike Mansfield that it was only called so that the old electoral register with its unionist majority would be used rather than a new one that was due to come into effect six weeks later. This would have had the effect of disenfranchising younger nationalist voters which would have given nationalists a majority. [3]
Éamon de Valera, the Taoiseach of the Irish Free State, held a meeting at Mansion House, Dublin with nationalist party leaders from Northern Ireland as well as Irish Free State parties. Collectively, they released a statement condemning the move calling it "electoral manipulation" and encouraged nationalists in the Londonderry Borough Council area to legally object. [3] Owing to the controversies and challenges to the electors' eligibility, the election was delayed until 16 October. [1] During pre-election hustings, William Henry McLaughlin, who was standing for election for the UUP in Waterside, declared that he had only ever employed one Roman Catholic in forty-eight years and that was only due to a case of mistaken identity. [4]
Four parties ultimately contested the election: [5]
The election was won by the UUP with a majority of 12 seats. The Nationalist Party and the Derry Labour Party won 4 seats each. The UUP won 3 aldermen with the Nationalists and Derry Labour Party winning 1 each. [6] In the North Ward, the UUP won all 6 available seats while in the South Ward, the Nationalists and Derry Labour Party won 3 seats each. In Waterside, 3 UUP members were returned in an uncontested election for the ward. [6]
Elections were held in every ward for both alderman and councillors. No aldermen elections were contested, resulting in all candidates being returned:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulster Unionist | James C. Hamilton | 3,203 | 71.21 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Gerald Stanley Glover | 3,200 | 71.14 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | S. Dowds | 3,195 | 71.03 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | J. J. Hill | 3,188 | 70.88 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Sir Basil McFarland | 3,180 | 70.70 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | A. McGowan | 3,148 | 69.99 | ||
| NI Labour | A. H. Halliday | 1,247 | 27.72 | ||
| NI Labour | J. Campbell | 1,220 | 27.12 | ||
| NI Labour | F. Moorehead | 1,159 | 25.77 | ||
| NI Labour | M. T. Mulhearn | 1,132 | 25.17 | ||
| Turnout | 4,498 | 80.01 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derry Labour Party | W. Barr | 3,751 | 73.23 | ||
| Nationalist / Anti-Partition | T. Doherty | 3,730 | 72.82 | ||
| Derry Labour Party | James Deeney | 3,727 | 72.76 | ||
| Nationalist / Anti-Partition | Daniel Barr | 3,727 | 72.76 | ||
| Nationalist / Anti-Partition | Patrick J. Downey | 3,675 | 71.75 | ||
| Derry Labour Party | W. Mullan | 3,538 | 69.07 | ||
| NI Labour | Stephen McGonagle | 1,236 | 24.13 | ||
| NI Labour | G. Hamill | 1,233 | 24.08 | ||
| NI Labour | J. Sharkey | 1,099 | 21.46 | ||
| NI Labour | W. McLeery | 1,093 | 21.34 | ||
| Turnout | 5,122 | 68.59 | |||
Only the UUP put up candidates in Waterside ward, resulting in all three being elected unopposed: [6]
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