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Elections to Salford City Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1949. One-third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	37,198 (50.2%)	2.9	13 (76.5%)	13 / 17	1	41 (64.1%)	41 / 64
Conservative Party	34,888 (47.1%)	0.9	4 (23.5%)	4 / 17	1	22 (34.4%)	22 / 64
Liberal Party	1,876 (2.5%)	2.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 17		1 (1.6%)	1 / 64
Communist	152 (0.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 17	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 64

Full council

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41	1	22

Aldermen

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11	1	4

Councillors

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30	18

Ward results

Albert Park

Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. W. Bacon*	3,075	52.3	+7.3
	Conservative	J. E. Bedell	2,807	47.7	+4.7
Majority			268	4.6	+2.6
Turnout			5,882
	Labour hold		Swing

Charlestown

Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Calderwood*	2,543	54.3	−1.6
	Conservative	R. Kenyon	1,990	42.5	−1.6
	Communist	E. Grundy	152	3.2	N/A
Majority			553	11.8	0
Turnout			4,685
	Labour hold		Swing

Claremont

Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. E. Clark*	3,730	56.2	+7.5
	Labour	W. Fletcher	1,995	30.1	+0.4
	Liberal	M. Royle	910	13.7	−7.9
Majority			1,735	26.1	+7.1
Turnout			6,635
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crescent

Crescent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. E. Mallinson*	1,637	52.8	+2.9
	Conservative	J. R. Carter	1,463	47.2	−2.9
Majority			174	5.6
Turnout			3,100
	Labour hold		Swing

Docks

Docks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hall	2,218	58.4	+0.9
	Conservative	F. Thompson	1,578	41.6	−0.9
Majority			640	16.8	+1.8
Turnout			3,796
	Labour hold		Swing

Kersal

Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. B. James*	2,795	62.5	+1.1
	Labour	W. J. Emery	1,678	37.5	−1.1
Majority			1,117	25.0	+2.2
Turnout			4,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langworthy

Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Openshaw*	2,396	54.1	+4.7
	Conservative	R. Walling	2,031	45.9	−4.7
Majority			365	8.2
Turnout			4,427
	Labour hold		Swing

Mandley Park

Mandley Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. W. Davis	2,455	50.4	+1.0
	Conservative	T. J. Keegan*	2,419	49.6	−1.0
Majority			36	0.8
Turnout			4,874
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ordsall Park

Ordsall Park (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. H. Hulse	2,701	63.2	+1.5
	Labour	B. Moylan	2,674	62.5	+0.8
	Conservative	T. Mason	1,662	38.9	+0.6
	Conservative	S. Young	1,512	35.4	−2.9
Majority			1,012	23.7	+0.3
Turnout			4,275
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Regent

Regent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. J. Evason*	2,628	60.3	+5.7
	Conservative	J. B. Bebbington	1,732	39.7	−5.7
Majority			896	20.6	+11.4
Turnout			4,360
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Matthias'

St. Matthias'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Wilson*	2,225	53.1	+2.6
	Conservative	W. S. Lappin	1,968	46.9	−2.6
Majority			257	6.2	+5.2
Turnout			4,193
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Paul's

St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. C. Whitehead*	1,948	53.6	+3.5
	Conservative	W. T. Blakemore	1,687	46.4	−3.5
Majority			261	7.2	+7.0
Turnout			3,635
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Thomas'

St. Thomas'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Macfarlane*	1,608	53.3	+2.1
	Conservative	J. Barnes	1,409	46.7	+7.1
Majority			199	6.6	−5.0
Turnout			3,017
	Labour hold		Swing

Seedley

Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Townsend*	2,349	51.6	−0.4
	Labour	E. Barton	1,897	41.7	−0.2
	Liberal	E. Stafford	306	6.7	+1.5
Majority			452	9.9	−0.2
Turnout			4,552
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davis*	1,503	50.6	+4.6
	Conservative	J. Davies	1,468	49.4	−4.6
Majority			35	1.2
Turnout			2,971
	Labour hold		Swing

Weaste

Weaste
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. Fearnley*	2,288	46.1	−1.3
	Labour	N. Openshaw	2,017	40.6	+0.2
	Liberal	R. S. Hawkins	660	13.3	+1.1
Majority			271	5.5	−1.5
Turnout			4,965
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1949 and 1950

References

↑ ONE LABOUR GAIN IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, May 13, 1949, p.8
↑ SALFORD, Manchester Evening News, May 13, 1949, p.1

[1] ONE LABOUR GAIN IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, May 13, 1949, p.8

[2] SALFORD, Manchester Evening News, May 13, 1949, p.1

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