1945_Bebington_Municipal_Borough_Council_election Knowpia

The 1945 Bebington Municipal Borough Council election took place in 1945 to elect members of Bebington Municipal Borough Council in England.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results edit

Bebington Municipal Borough Council election results, 1945

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Labour	21	7	?	?	?	35.0	38.4	6,409	?
	Ex-service	17	3	?	?	?	15.0	23.5	3,924	?
	Residents	6	4	?	?	?	20.0	18.6	3,095	?
	Conservative	8	6	?	?	?	25.0	13.4	2,230	?
	Ind. Conservative	1	1	?	?	?	5.0	4.0	662	?
	Independent	1	0	?	?	?	0.0	2.1	356	?

Eastham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	C. Reid ^{[n 2]}	1,068	58.5	?
	Residents	N. Henesey ^{[n 3]}	1,010	–	–
	Residents	T. Jarman ^{[n 4]}	983	–	–
	Labour	W. Walker	527	28.9	?
	Labour	F. Lever	454	–	–
	Labour	N. King	444	–	–
	Ex-service	R. Thomas	231	12.7	?
Majority			541	29.6	?
Registered electors			3,333
	Residents win
	Residents win
	Residents win

Higher Bebington (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Williams ^{[n 2]}	978	53.5	?
	Conservative	J. Penman ^{[n 3]}	951	–	–
	Conservative	W. Jones ^{[n 4]}	872	–	–
	Labour	F. Starkie	509	27.9	?
	Labour	A. Rice	463	–	–
	Labour	C. Brown	443	–	–
	Ex-service	W. Jones	340	18.6	?
	Ex-service	A. Beer	21	–	–
Majority			469	25.7	?
Registered electors			3,543
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Lower Bebington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Green ^{[n 2]}	546	32.1	?
	Conservative	R. Merry ^{[n 3]}	519	30.5	?
	Labour	J. Engle	495	–	–
	Conservative	A. Byrne	412	–	–
	Residents	J. Auld	380	22.4	?
	Residents	J. Duffin	333	–	–
	Ex-service	L. Anderson	255	15.0	?
	Ex-service	F. Lister	225	–	–
Majority			27	1.6	?
Registered electors			3,312
	Labour win
	Conservative win

New Ferry (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Roberts ^{[n 2]}	843	77.6	?
	Labour	B. Jones ^{[n 3]}	831	–	–
	Ex-service	G. Harvey	244	22.4	?
	Ex-service	A. Holland	216	–	–
Majority			599	55.1	?
Registered electors			3,036
	Labour win
	Labour win

North Bromborough (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	A. Gittens ^{[n 2]}	662	31.4	?
	Labour	S. Littlewood ^{[n 4]}	575	27.3	?
	Ex-service	G. Johnson	515	24.4	?
	Labour	K. Owen	511	–	–
	Independent	J. Dixey	356	16.9	?
Majority			87	4.1	?
Registered electors			2,883
	Ind. Conservative win
	Labour win

Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Williams ^{[n 2]}	775	45.4	?
	Labour	E. Sarson ^{[n 3]}	664	38.9	?
	Labour	L. Birch	574	–	–
	Ex-service	M. Jones	267	15.7	?
	Ex-service	E. Dawkins	182	–	–
Majority			111	6.5	?
Registered electors			3,001
	Conservative win
	Labour win

Poulton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	J. Dodd	669	47.6	?
	Labour	H. Davies	396	28.2	?
	Ex-service	S. Williams	341	24.3	?
Majority			273	19.4	?
Registered electors			3,013
	Residents win

South Bromborough (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ex-service	A. Lyon ^{[n 2]}	708	50.0	?
	Labour	M. Odingo ^{[n 5]}	707	50.0	?
	Labour	T. Owen	705	–	–
	Ex-service	W. Owen	668	–	–
Majority			1	0.1	?
Registered electors			3,346
	Ex-service win
	Labour win

Sunlight (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ex-service	H. Jones ^{[n 2]}	823	52.5	?
	Ex-service	F. McNeill ^{[n 3]}	775	–	–
	Labour	T. Green	746	47.5	?
	Labour	J. Roby	734	–	–
Majority			77	4.9	?
Registered electors			3,075
	Ex-service win
	Labour win

Woodhey (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Brooke ^{[n 2]}	936	46.1	?
	Labour	J. Ward ^{[n 3]}	896	44.1	?
	Conservative	R. Frankham	864	–	–
	Labour	E. Veal	256	–	–
	Ex-service	E. McLeod	200	9.8	?
	Ex-service	J. Richardson	141	–	–
Majority			40	2.0	?
Registered electors			4,429
	Conservative win
	Labour win