Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± AldermenConservative 66 -6 24Labour 44+11 8Liberal 2 -4 4Protestant 4+1 1Independent 3 -1 2
Election result
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor
As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.
Abercromby
Aigburth
Allerton
Anfield
Breckfield
Brunswick
Castle Street
Childwall
Croxteth
Dingle
Edge Hill
Everton
Exchange
Fairfield
Fazakerley
Garston
Granby
Great George
Kensington
Kirkdale
Little Woolton
Low Hill
Much Woolton
Netherfield
North Scotland
Old Swan
Prince's Park
Sandhills
St. Anne's
St. Domingo
St. Peter's
Sefton Park East
Sefton Park West
South Scotland
Vauxhall
Walton
Warbreck
Wavertree
Wavertree West
West Derby
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1945 Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946
Aldermanic elections
At the meeting of the City Council on 9 November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years. Alderman re-elected
PartyAldermanConservative Thomas Henry Burton *Conservative John Case *Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *Conservative Alexander Critchley *Conservative Harold Edward Davies *Conservative Thomas Dowd *Labour Patrick Fay *Conservative Mabel Fletcher *Conservative Robert Duncan French *Labour Alexander Griffin *Labour Bertie Victor Kirby M.P.Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *Conservative Alfred Levy *Labour David Gilbert Logan M.P.Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *Conservative George Miller Platt *Conservative James Graham Reece *Labour William Albert Robinson *Conservative George Alfred Srong *Conservative Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 7
By-elections
Netherfield, 29 January 1946
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1938). Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 208
Dingle 19 February 1946
Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1937).
Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 278
Breckfield, 9 May 1946
Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 346
Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 347
Aigburth, 16 May 1946
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1937).
South Scotland
Alderman Patrick Fay died on 16 April 1946. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 424
Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labour, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 427
Childwall Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1937) died on 18 May 1946. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1945-1946 pg 492
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