Who won the most seats in the Local elections 1 Nov 1946?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local elections 1 Nov 1946, with 631 of 1,254 seats filled.

Local elections 1 Nov 1946

Name: Local elections 1 Nov 1946 results
Creator: Psephology.AI

Local elections 1 Nov 1946 was held on 1 November 1946. 1,254 seats were filled across 1,180 wards and divisions in 86 councils, from 2,634 candidates. The Labour Party won 631, Conservative Party won 321 and Independent won 106.

Date: 1 November 1946
Seats filled: 1,254
Candidates: 2,634
Councils: 86

Local elections 1 Nov 1946: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	1,167	631	1,869,421	47.0%
Conservative Party	608	321	1,123,170	28.2%
Independent	234	106	250,019	6.3%
The Liberal Party	196	64	230,703	5.8%
Prog	106	46	184,241	4.6%
R.A	64	30	105,496	2.7%
Cit	35	17	75,236	1.9%
MRG	14	10	17,417	0.4%
Municipal Action Group (Hull)	18	7	30,229	0.8%
Municipal Alliance (London metropolitan boroughs)	11	6	16,670	0.4%
Independent Labour Party	14	4	6,033	0.2%
I.Prog	4	3	6,629	0.2%
Mod	2	2	1,259	0.0%
E.A	1	1	5,262	0.1%
PROT	1	1	2,729	0.1%
I.Con	2	1	2,500	0.1%
RES	1	1	2,247	0.1%
Peop	1	1	1,260	0.0%
Anti-Socialist	1	1	952	0.0%
Lib.Nat	1	1	841	0.0%
Communist	113	0	32,111	0.8%
RRA	11	0	5,761	0.1%
I.Lab	7	0	3,412	0.1%
Residents	3	0	2,194	0.1%
CW	1	0	953	0.0%
Independent Conservative	1	0	828	0.0%
RPL	1	0	721	0.0%
ESM	1	0	517	0.0%
Vig	6	0	470	0.0%
SWF	1	0	443	0.0%
BHL	1	0	350	0.0%
AESA	1	0	274	0.0%
ESWP	2	0	126	0.0%
M.R	1	0	118	0.0%
SOSG	2	0	99	0.0%
I. Lab	1	0	78	0.0%

Local elections 1 Nov 1946: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Altrincham Borough Council	7	8	Independent	7
Barnsley County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	7
Barrow County Borough Council	8	9	Labour	7
Bath County Borough Council	14	14	Prog	6
Birkenhead County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	10
Birmingham County Borough Council	34	35	Labour	20
Blackburn County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	8
Blackpool County Borough Council	14	15	Conservative	13
Bolton County Borough Council	16	24	Labour	13
Bootle County Borough Council	6	12	Labour	7
Bournemouth County Borough Council	15	16	Independent	8
Bradford County Borough Council	20	20	Labour	12
Brighton County Borough Council	19	19	MRG	10
Bristol County Borough Council	28	31	Labour	17
Burnley County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Burton upon Trent County Borough Council	8	8	Independent	6
Bury County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	7
Canterbury County Borough Council	3	6	Independent	6
Cardiff County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	6
Carlisle County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	8
Chester County Borough Council	6	11	Conservative	4
Coventry County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Croydon County Borough Council	15	16	R.A	10
Darlington County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Derby County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	11
Dewsbury County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Doncaster County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	6
Dudley County Borough Council	7	10	Labour	6
East Ham County Borough Council	10	11	Labour	10
Eastbourne County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	5
Exeter County Borough Council	17	17	Conservative	6
Gateshead County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	6
Gloucester County Borough Council	10	10	Conservative	4
Great Yarmouth County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	5
Grimsby County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	6
Halifax County Borough Council	15	15	The Liberal Party	7
Hastings County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Huddersfield County Borough Council	15	16	The Liberal Party	8
Ipswich County Borough Council	6	12	Labour	8
Kingston upon Hull County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	11
Leeds County Borough Council	26	28	Labour	19
Leicester County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	9
Lincoln County Borough Council	7	7	Independent	4
Liverpool County Borough Council	39	40	Conservative	23
Manchester County Borough Council	36	36	Labour	20
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	7
Middlesbrough County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	7
Newcastle upon Tyne County Borough Council	19	19	Prog	9
Newport County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Northampton County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	7
Norwich County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	10
Nottingham County Borough Council	16	17	Labour	11
Oldham County Borough Council	12	12	Conservative	6
Oxford County Borough Council	7	15	Conservative	11
Plymouth County Borough Council	21	21	Labour	12
Portsmouth County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	6
Preston County Borough Council	12	12	Labour	8
Reading County Borough Council	13	13	Labour	7
Rochdale County Borough Council	12	12	The Liberal Party	6
Rotherham County Borough Council	10	10	Labour	8
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	7
Salford County Borough Council	16	16	Labour	10
Sheffield County Borough Council	25	26	Labour	18
Smethwick County Borough Council	8	8	Labour	6
South Shields County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	12
Southampton County Borough Council	17	17	Labour	10
Southend-on-Sea County Borough Council	13	13	Independent	6
Southport County Borough Council	15	15	Conservative	10
St Helens County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
Stockport County Borough Council	18	18	Conservative	10
Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council	28	28	Labour	22
Stretford Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Sunderland County Borough Council	18	18	Labour	12
Swansea County Borough Council	15	16	Labour	11
Tynemouth County Borough Council	9	9	Independent	6
Wakefield County Borough Council	11	11	Labour	6
Wallasey County Borough Council	16	16	Conservative	10
Walsall County Borough Council	10	10	Independent	6
Warrington County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	6
West Bromwich County Borough Council	9	9	Labour	7
West Ham County Borough Council	16	18	Labour	17
West Hartlepool County Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	4
Wigan County Borough Council	14	14	Labour	12
Wolverhampton County Borough Council	15	15	Labour	8
Worcester County Borough Council	6	13	Conservative	5
York County Borough Council	13	13	Conservative	8