1949 Manchester Borough Council election

Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held in 1949. One third of the council was up for election, the council stayed under Labour Party control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour Party (Labour)
• Liberal Party (Liberal)
• Independent Candidates (Ind, Ind1, Ind2...)
• Conservative Party (Cons)

Candidates and Ward Results

Below is a list of the 36 individual wards with the candidates standing in those wards and the number of votes the candidates acquired.

Ward results

Crumpsall

Electorate 19,663 Turnout 51.2% Voters 10,092

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N McDowell	4,682	46.39	gain
	Labour	J Jennings	3,801	37.66	loss
	Liberal	Francis Merryweather	1,609	15.94
Majority			881	8.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Moloney
	Liberal	Lillian May Tomlinson
	Labour	W. Morrissey
Majority			51
	Conservative hold		Swing