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:

	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

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		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

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Ward results[edit]

Eastham[edit]

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

^[1]

Higher Bebington[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

^[1]

South Bromborough[edit]

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[edit]

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

^[1]

Woodhey[edit]

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

^[1]

Notes[edit]

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

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "1946". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

[wards-2] % of total refers to % of wards won.

[3] Compared with Ind. Conservative.

[four-4] Elected to serve a 4-year term.

[three-5] Elected to serve a 3-year term.

[one-6] Elected to serve a 1-year term.

[local-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "1946". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

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