1946 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election
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The 1946 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election took place in 1946 to elect members of Bebington Municipal Borough Council in England.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ? | ? | |
Labour | ? | ? | |
Residents | ? | ? | |
Independent | ? | ? | |
Ex-service | ? | ? | |
Ind. Conservative | ? | ? |
Election results[edit]
Overall election result[edit]
Overall result compared with 1945.
Bebington Municipal Borough Council election results, 1946 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 9 | 5 | ? | ? | ? | 43.3 | 40.9 | 7,240 | 27.5 | ||||||
Labour | 12 | 4 | ? | ? | ? | 33.3 | 37.3 | 6,613 | 1.1 | ||||||
Residents | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | ? | 20.0 | 10.9 | 1,927 | 7.7 | ||||||
Independent | 2 | 1 | ? | ? | ? | 3.3 | 8.5 | 1,503 | 6.4 | ||||||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 0.0 | 2.0 | 349 | New | ||||||
Communist | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | ? | 0.0 | 0.4 | 74 | New |
Ward results[edit]
Eastham[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | T. Jarman | 1,025 | 68.6 | 10.1 | |
Labour | W. Walker | 470 | 31.4 | 2.5 | |
Majority | 555 | 37.2 | 7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,545 | ||||
Residents hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Higher Bebington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Jones | 1,219 | 60.7 | 7.2 | |
Independent | S. Williams | 430 | 21.4 | New | |
Labour | F. Starkey | 358 | 17.8 | 10.1 | |
Majority | 789 | 39.3 | 13.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,679 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.9 |
Lower Bebington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Williams | 996 | 62.6 | 32.1 | |
Labour | T. Greens | 595 | 37.4 | 5.3 | |
Majority | 401 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,532 | ||||
Conservative gain from ? | Swing | 13.4 |
New Ferry[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Whiteside | 854 | 65.6 | 12.0 | |
Conservative | R. Frankman | 448 | 34.4 | New | |
Majority | 406 | 31.2 | 23.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,272 | ||||
Labour gain from ? | Swing | 12.0 |
North Bromborough[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. Kilburn [n 2] | 757 | 54.4 | 23.0 | |
Labour | S. Littlewood | 561 | 40.3 | 13.0 | |
Communist | R. Burrows | 74 | 5.3 | New | |
Majority | 196 | 14.1 | 10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,038 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 5.0 |
Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Birch | 782 | 52.2 | 13.3 | |
Conservative | T. Dodd | 715 | 47.8 | 2.4 | |
Majority | 67 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,237 | ||||
Labour gain from ? | Swing | 5.5 |
Poulton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residents | C. Griffith | 902 | 69.1 | 21.5 | |
Labour | H. Davies | 403 | 30.9 | 2.7 | |
Majority | 499 | 38.2 | 18.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,045 | ||||
Residents gain from ? | Swing | 9.4 |
South Bromborough[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Dodd [n 3] | 1,073 | 35.6 | New | |
Conservative | J. Dixey [n 4] | 977 | 32.5 | New | |
Labour | R. Gill [n 5] | 960 | 31.9 | 18.1 | |
Conservative | A. Noel | 923 | – | – | |
Labour | F. Lover | 830 | – | – | |
Labour | J. Engle | 741 | – | – | |
Majority | 96 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,540 | ||||
Independent gain from ? | Swing | 1.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Ex-service | Swing | – | |||
Labour gain from ? | Swing | – |
Sunlight[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Robey | 861 | 50.0 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | F. Statham | 860 | 50.0 | New | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,222 | ||||
Labour gain from ? | Swing | 2.5 |
Woodhey[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Trench | 1,268 | 53.1 | 7.0 | |
Labour | E. McNee | 769 | 32.2 | 11.9 | |
Liberal | H. Audas | 349 | 14.6 | New | |
Majority | 499 | 20.9 | 18.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,566 | ||||
Conservative gain from ? | Swing | 9.5 |
Notes[edit]
• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate