1946 Londonderry Borough Council election

Elections to Londonderry Borough Council were held on 16 October 1946. Sir Basil McFarland continued as Mayor.

The elections were postponed by four weeks due to an unusually large number of objections to the list of electors.[1]

Council results
Londonderry Borough Council election, 1946
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 12
  Nationalist 6
  NI Labour 2
  Derry Labour Party 0

Ward results

Aldermen
6 Aldermen[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UUP Captain Thomas Fitzpatrick Cooke
North Ward
UUP Samuel Wallace Kennedy
North Ward
NI Labour Patrick Fox
South Ward
Nationalist Francis Edward McCarroll
South Ward
UUP William James Little
Waterside Ward

North Ward
North Ward[3]
6 Councillors
Electorate: 5,622
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UUP James C. Hamilton 3,203
UUP Gerald Stanley Glover 3,200
UUP S. Dowds 3,195
UUP J. J. Hill 3,188
UUP Sir Basil McFarland 3,180
UUP A. McGowan 3,148
NI Labour A. H. Halliday 1,247
NI Labour J. Campbell 1,220
NI Labour F. Moorehead 1,159
Independent M. T. Mulhearn 1,132
Turnout 4,498 80.01

South Ward
South Ward[3]
6 Councillors
Electorate: 7,468
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist & Labour W. Barr 3,751
Nationalist T. Doherty 3,730
Nationalist James Deeney 3,727
Nationalist Daniel Barr 3,727
Nationalist Patrick J. Downey 3,675
NI Labour W. Mullan 3,538
NI Labour Stephen McGonagle 1,236
NI Labour G. Hamill 1,233
NI Labour J. Sharkey 1,099
NI Labour W. McLeery 1,093
Turnout 5,122 68.59

Waterside Ward
Waterside Ward[2]
3 Councillors
Electorate:
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UUP Robert Graham Unopposed
UUP William Henry MacLoughlin Unopposed
UUP Samuel Orr Unopposed
Turnout Unopposed

References
  1. "Local elections in Derry postponed". Irish Times. 10 August 1946.
  2. Londonderry Sentinel - Saturday 19 October 1946 p.4
  3. Londonderry 1946
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