1945 Liverpool City Council election


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:

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election
- Party of former Councillor
As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.

Childwall

Garston

Netherfield

Sefton Park East

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 elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.
  • Alderman re-elected

By-elections

Netherfield, 29 January 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark.

Dingle 19 February 1946

Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie.

Breckfield, 9 May 1946

Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946.
Councillor Ada Martha Burton was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy.

Aigburth, 16 May 1946

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier.

South Scotland

Alderman Patrick Fay died on 16 April 1946.
Councilor Joseph Harrington was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy.

Childwall

Councillor Stanley Foster died on 18 May 1946.