1947_Preston_Municipal_Borough_Council_election

1947 Preston Municipal Borough Council election

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Elections to Preston Municipal Borough council were held in late 1947.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Hearn	2,698	90.3
	Communist	D Archer	290	9.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Wignall	1,452	50.3
	Conservative	E Kent	1,433	49.7

	Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	H Beaumont	4,129	55.0
Labour	R Gillies	3,299	43.9
Communist	G Woods	82	1.1

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	H Catterall	2,275	50.7
Labour	R Smith	2,252
Independent	N Howard	2,215	49.3
Independent	R Duckworth	2,131

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B Ryder	2,529	52.7
	Conservative	H Sharples	2,269	47.3

Moorbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Gardner	2,053	52.0
	Labour	C Tragen	1,892	48.0

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A Wiles	2,614	51.3
	Labour	G Gardner	2,483	48.7

Ribbleton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Hoskin	3,171	52.6
	Conservative	J Howson	2,860	47.4

St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Slinger	2,432	54.5
	Labour	J Henery	2,033	45.5

Results