1946 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election

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:

PartySeats±
Conservative ? ?
Labour ? ?
Residents ? ?
Independent ? ?
Ex-service ? ?
Ind. Conservative ? ?

Election results

Overall election result

Overall result compared with 1945.

Bebington Municipal Borough Council election results, 1946
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 N/A
  Communist 1 0  ?  ?  ? 0.0 0.4 74 N/A

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Ward results

Eastham
Eastham
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

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Higher Bebington
Higher Bebington
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

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Lower Bebington
Lower Bebington
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

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New Ferry
New Ferry
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

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North Bromborough
North Bromborough
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

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Park
Park
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

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Poulton
Poulton
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

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South Bromborough
South Bromborough (3)
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 –

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Sunlight
Sunlight
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

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Woodhey
Woodhey
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

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Notes

• italics denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate

  1. % of total refers to % of wards won.
  2. Compared with Ind. Conservative.
  3. Elected to serve a 4-year term.
  4. Elected to serve a 3-year term.
  5. Elected to serve a 1-year term.

References
  1. "1946". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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