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Elections to Stretford Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. 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]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 7,643 (35.2%) |  2.3 | 4 (50.0%) | 4 / 8 |  | 13 (40.6%) | 13 / 32 | |||
| Labour Party | 9,328 (43.0%) | 4.5 | 1 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 |  1 | 10 (31.3%) | 10 / 32 | |||
| Liberal Party | 4,393 (20.3%) | 11.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 2 / 8 | 1 | 9 (28.1%) | 9 / 32 | |||
| Communist Party | 123 (0.6%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| Independent Labour Party | 116 (0.5%) | 1.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| Independent | 81 (0.4%) | 3.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 8 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 32 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 13 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | E. Cavanagh | 962 | 52.5 | +1.9 | |
| Liberal | H. H. Eckersall | 788 | 43.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | A. Dillon | 81 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 174 | 9.5 | +9.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,831 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. S. Holt* | 1,207 | 56.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | J. Stoddart | 932 | 43.6 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 275 | 12.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,139 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. M. Robinson* | 1,914 | 57.8 | −2.0 | |
| Labour | H. Pyper | 1,396 | 42.2 | +3.8 | |
| Majority | 518 | 15.6 | +3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,310 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | H. S. Armitage | 1,535 | 56.7 | −5.7 | |
| Conservative | W. P. Downes | 1,171 | 43.3 | +11.0 | |
| Majority | 364 | 13.4 | −10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 2,706 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Hewerdine | 1,880 | 61.3 | +5.6 | |
| Labour | G. H. Evans | 1,185 | 38.7 | −5.6 | |
| Majority | 695 | 22.6 | +11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,065 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Grieve* | 1,471 | 48.0 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | G. R. Parker | 1,411 | 46.0 | −8.0 | |
| Communist | R. Watts | 123 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Ind. Labour Party | L. Flash | 62 | 2.0 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 60 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 3,067 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | E. Hargreaves* | 1,580 | 56.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | W. E. Dutton | 1,179 | 41.9 | −12.6 | |
| Ind. Labour Party | F. G. Barton | 54 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 401 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,813 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | P. Thomason* | 2,025 | 73.6 | +9.8 | |
| Labour | A. Wilcox | 728 | 26.4 | −9.8 | |
| Majority | 1,297 | 47.2 | +19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,753 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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