Who won the most seats in the Local Elections 1945?

The Labour Party won the most seats in the Local Elections 1945, with 1,896 of 3,441 seats filled.

When was the Local Elections 1945?

The Local Elections 1945 was held on 1 November 1945.

Local Elections 1945

Local Elections 1945 was held on 1 November 1945. 3,441 seats were filled across 1,141 wards and divisions in 238 councils, from 6,931 candidates. The Labour Party won 1,896, Independent won 651 and Municipal Reform Party (London, 1906-1946) won 315.

Date: 1 November 1945
Seats filled: 3,441
Candidates: 6,931
Councils: 238

Local Elections 1945: seats and votes by party
Party	Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote share
The Labour Party	2,852	1,896	3,645,176	50.5%
Independent	1,389	651	1,045,414	14.5%
Municipal Reform Party (London, 1906-1946)	923	315	1,284,952	17.8%
Unknown / not stated	356	175	214,659	3.0%
Conservative Party	376	155	380,004	5.3%
The Liberal Party	123	32	79,324	1.1%
R.A	43	27	40,280	0.6%
Rpa	33	23	29,547	0.4%
Prog	55	20	47,759	0.7%
Communist	106	18	70,645	1.0%
LIB	78	15	50,309	0.7%
I.Prog	25	12	22,607	0.3%
Mod	14	9	6,921	0.1%
W.A	20	8	9,148	0.1%
Anti-Socialist	10	7	16,410	0.2%
RL	21	7	13,934	0.2%
Ratepayers	70	6	17,629	0.2%
IndProg	10	6	11,440	0.2%
MEA	12	5	13,791	0.2%
CofC	5	5	7,342	0.1%
Ex.Ser	24	4	13,853	0.2%
AS-Rp	14	4	12,649	0.2%
B.D	7	4	7,832	0.1%
Co-op	7	3	8,120	0.1%
BL	9	3	6,649	0.1%
B.L	8	3	4,918	0.1%
Isleworth Local Labour Party	3	3	3,486	0.0%
CSLab	5	3	2,873	0.0%
Other	97	2	29,997	0.4%
PDF	5	2	3,429	0.0%
Welsh Nationalist	2	2	1,623	0.0%
Cit	4	2	1,369	0.0%
COMM	24	1	16,258	0.2%
Cit.L	8	1	14,008	0.2%
OO	6	1	4,245	0.1%
Ratepayers Protection	5	1	3,912	0.1%
Traders	3	1	3,339	0.0%
ILP	2	1	3,316	0.0%
Ex-S	2	1	3,309	0.0%
I.Cit	3	1	2,188	0.0%

Local Elections 1945: results by council
Council	Wards / divisions	Seats filled	Largest party	Its seats
Abergavenny Borough Council	3	7	Independent	4
Aberystwyth Borough Council	3	9	Independent	7
Acton Borough Council	4	19	Labour	19
Altrincham Borough Council	7	9	Independent	7
Ashton under Lyne Borough Council	1	5	Labour	5
Ashton-under-Lyne	5	12	Labour	9
Aylesbury	3	9	Labour	6
Banbury	1	12	Labour	7
Bangor Borough Council	4	11	Independent	8
Barnes Borough Council	8	13	Independent	9
Barnstaple Borough Council	2	14	I.Prog	6
Barry Borough Council	7	21	Labour	18
Batley Borough Council	5	15	Labour	10
Beaumaris Borough Council	1	12	Independent	12
Bebington Borough Council	9	20	Labour	7
Beccles	1	9	Unknown	8
Bedford	7	10	Conservative	6
Berwick-upon-Tweed	6	11	Independent	7
BEVERLEY	2	8	Independent	8
Bewdley	1	2	Independent	2
Bewdley Borough Council	2	3	Independent	3
Bideford Borough Council	1	5	Independent	5
Bilston Borough Council	5	9	Labour	5
Blandford Forum Borough Council	2	7	Unknown	6
Blyth Borough Council	6	17	Labour	12
Brackley Borough Council	1	10	Independent	10
Brecon Borough Council	4	6	Labour	2
Brentford & Chiswick Borough Council	9	15	Labour	13
Bridgnorth	2	4	Independent	4
Bridgnorth Borough Council	2	5	Independent	5
Bridgwater Borough Council	2	11	B.D	4
Bridlington Borough Council	7	13	Prog	8
Bridport Borough Council	2	7	Independent	5
Brighouse Borough Council	8	24	Labour	12
Buckingham Borough Council	1	8	Independent	7
Buxton Borough Council	3	5	Cit	2
Caernarvon Borough Council	4	14	Independent	9
Calne Borough Council	2	6	Independent	3
Cambridge	12	19	Labour	11
Cambridge Borough Council	1	2	Conservative	1
Cardigan Borough Council	1	8	Unknown	8
Carmarthen	1	5	Labour	3
Carmarthen Borough Council	1	4	Independent	2
Chard Borough Council	2	8	Unknown	6
Chelmsford	4	17	Labour	10
Cheltenham	6	12	CofC	5
Cheltenham Borough Council	2	4	Conservative	4
Chesterfield	10	15	Labour	10
Chesterfield Borough Council	1	1	Independent	1
Chichester	3	10	Independent	10
Chippenham Borough Council	3	11	Independent	6
Chorley	4	15	Labour	7
Christchurch	4	11	Independent	9
Cleethorpes	2	2	Labour	1
Clitheroe Borough Council	1	9	Labour	6
Colchester	1	3	Independent	2
Colne Borough Council	6	13	Labour	8
Colwyn Bay Borough Council	7	11	Independent	9
Congleton	4	14	Labour	11
Conway Borough Council	5	8	Independent	6
Cowbridge	1	6	Independent	4
Crewe Borough Council	4	8	Labour	8
Crosby Borough Council	11	18	Rpa	9
Dartmouth Borough Council	1	8	Labour	6
Daventry	3	9	Independent	7
Denbigh Borough Council	1	8	Independent	6
Devizes Borough Council	2	11	Independent	10
Dover	7	13	Labour	9
Droitwich Borough Council	1	5	Independent	4
Dukinfield Borough Council	3	9	Labour	5
Durham	6	10	Mod	6
Ealing	10	20	Labour	15
Eccles	7	14	Labour	12
Eccles Borough Council	1	2	Labour	2
Edmonton	4	15	Labour	12
Evesham Borough Council	5	7	Independent	7
Falmouth Borough Council	4	8	Unknown	7
Flint Borough Council	6	11	Labour	7
Fowey Borough Council	1	7	Unknown	7
Glastonbury Borough Council	1	6	Independent	4
Goole Borough Council	6	9	Independent	6
Grantham Borough Council	6	11	Independent	6
Great Torrington Borough Council	1	6	Independent	5
Guildford	8	13	Independent	8
Halesowen Borough Council	5	8	Independent	4
Harrogate	7	21	Conservative	10
Harrogate Borough Council	2	6	Conservative	3
Hartlepool	6	10	Labour	6
Haverfordwest Borough Council	1	8	Independent	8
Hedon Borough Council	1	5	Independent	5
Hereford	5	7	CSLab	2
Hereford Borough Council	2	5	Conservative	2
Heston & Isleworth Borough Council	8	15	Labour	10
Heywood Borough Council	9	11	Labour	5
Higham Ferrers Borough Council	1	6	Independent	3
Honiton Borough Council	3	7	Unknown	5
Hove	2	4	Labour	2
Hove Borough Council	5	12	Unknown	12
Ilkeston Borough Council	6	10	Labour	8
Jarrow Borough Council	7	12	Labour	8
Keighley	8	12	Labour	8
Keighley Borough Council	2	2	Labour	2
Kettering	6	10	Labour	6
Kettering Borough Council	2	3	Labour	2
Kidderminster Borough Council	6	14	Labour	12
Kidwelly Borough Council	1	6	R.A	5
Kingston upon Thames	3	12	Labour	12
Lampeter Borough Council	1	6	Unknown	6
Lancaster	9	14	Labour	8
Lancaster Borough Council	1	1	Independent	1
Launceston Borough Council	1	8	Unknown	8
Leamington Spa Borough Council	4	13	Conservative	10
Leominster	3	9	Independent	6
Lewes	3	13	R.A	13
Lichfield	2	12	Independent	12
Liskeard Borough Council	1	7	Independent	5
Llandovery Borough Council	1	8	Unknown	8
Llanelly Borough Council	3	8	Labour	7
Llanfyllin Borough Council	1	6	Unknown	6
Llanidloes Borough Council	1	10	Independent	5
Lostwithiel Borough Council	1	5	Unknown	5
Loughborough	4	14	Labour	10
Ludlow Borough Council	4	9	Independent	9
Lyme Regis Borough Council	1	11	Unknown	11
Macclesfield	6	19	Conservative	10
Maldon	1	8	Independent	6
Malmesbury Borough Council	1	7	Unknown	7
Mansfield	5	11	Labour	5
Margate Borough Council	9	18	Labour	10
Metropolitan Borough of Battersea	9	55	Labour	49
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey	12	54	Labour	51
Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green	4	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell	20	60	Labour	51
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea	5	36	Municipal Reform	27
Metropolitan Borough of Deptford	12	36	Labour	34
Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury	11	56	Labour	47
Metropolitan Borough of Fulham	8	40	Labour	34
Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich	9	30	Labour	23
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney	16	48	Labour	47
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith	7	36	Labour	36
Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead	7	42	Municipal Reform	28
Metropolitan Borough of Holborn	9	42	Labour	24
Metropolitan Borough of Islington	11	60	Labour	60
Metropolitan Borough of Kensington	9	60	Municipal Reform	42
Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth	12	60	Labour	57
Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham	15	53	Labour	43
Metropolitan Borough of Paddington	9	60	Labour	34
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar	14	42	Labour	42
Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch	8	42	Labour	42
Metropolitan Borough of Southwark	10	60	Labour	60
Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone	9	60	Municipal Reform	51
Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras	8	60	Labour	54
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney	20	60	Labour	50
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington	6	30	Labour	30
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth	9	60	Labour	43
Metropolitan Borough of Westminster	14	60	Municipal Reform	52
Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich	14	45	Labour	43
Middleton Borough Council	6	10	Conservative	3
Monmouth	1	7	Independent	6
Montgomery Borough Council	1	2	Unknown	2
Morley Borough Council	8	22	Labour	19
Morpeth Borough Council	1	5	Independent	5
Mossley Borough Council	3	8	The Liberal Party	3
Neath	1	3	Independent	1
Neath Borough Council	2	5	Labour	3
Nelson	8	15	Labour	13
NEWARK	3	8	Labour	5
Newcastle-under-Lyme	13	22	Labour	12
Nuneaton Borough Council	6	11	Labour	11
Okehampton Borough Council	1	5	Unknown	5
Oldbury Borough Council	7	9	Labour	9
Ossett Borough Council	4	10	Labour	7
Oswestry	4	6	Independent	4
Oswestry Borough Council	1	1	Independent	1
Pembroke Borough Council	2	10	Independent	6
Penryn Borough Council	1	6	Unknown	6
Penzance Borough Council	4	15	Independent	13
Peterborough	5	12	Labour	8
Pontefract Borough Council	6	7	Labour	6
Poole	10	19	Unknown	9
Port Talbot Borough Council	6	6	Labour	6
Prestwich Borough Council	6	18	Independent	10
Pudsey	7	13	Labour	8
Pwllheli Borough Council	1	8	Independent	8
Ramsgate Borough Council	8	17	Independent	13
Rawtenstall Borough Council	6	13	Labour	10
Redcar Borough Council	6	11	Independent	10
Ripon Borough Council	4	8	Independent	8
Rowley Regis Borough Council	4	9	Labour	9
Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	4	13	AS	7
Rugby	7	10	Labour	8
Rugby Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
Ruthin Borough Council	1	5	Independent	5
Sale Borough Council	8	8	Conservative	3
Salisbury	2	2	Conservative	1
Saltash Borough Council	1	8	Unknown	8
Scarborough	6	9	Conservative	4
Shaftesbury	1	7	Unknown	7
South Molton	1	9	Independent	9
Southall Borough Council	5	12	Labour	8
Stafford	7	20	Labour	14
Stamford Borough Council	3	12	Conservative	5
Stockton on Tees Borough Council	1	1	Labour	1
Stockton-on-Tees	14	25	Labour	20
Stourbridge Borough Council	6	9	Independent	5
Stratford-On-Avon	3	9	Independent	6
Stretford Borough Council	8	12	Labour	7
Sudbury Borough Council	1	6	Independent	5
Surbiton Borough Council	8	17	Labour	6
Sutton Coldfield	6	9	Independent	9
Swindon	5	20	Labour	14
Swindon Borough Council	1	3	Labour	3
Swinton & Pendlebury Borough Council	6	8	Labour	7
Tamworth	3	9	Labour	5
Taunton Borough Council	6	12	Independent	8
Tenby Borough Council	1	9	Independent	8
Tewkesbury	1	8	Conservative	3
Thornaby on Tees Borough Council	5	9	Labour	9
Tipton Borough Council	6	13	Labour	12
Tiverton Borough Council	3	11	Unknown	11
Todmorden Borough Council	6	10	Labour	6
Torquay Borough Council	8	14	Independent	12
Totnes Borough Council	3	8	Unknown	6
Tottenham Borough Council	2	4	Labour	4
Truro Borough Council	1	6	Independent	3
Twickenham Borough Council	3	5	Labour	3
Wallsend Borough Council	8	16	Labour	16
Wareham Borough Council	1	10	Independent	9
Warwick	3	11	Conservative	5
Wednesbury Borough Council	4	6	Labour	5
Wells Borough Council	1	7	Independent	6
Welshpool Borough Council	4	8	Independent	6
Wenlock Borough Council	1	3	Independent	3
Weston-Super-Mare	6	10	Independent	6
Widnes Borough Council	6	10	Labour	6
Worthing	12	29	Independent	18
Wrexham	9	15	LIB	6
YEOVIL	4	9	Independent	5