1949_Preston_Municipal_Borough_Council_election

1949 Preston Municipal Borough Council election

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Elections to the Preston Municipal Borough Council were held in late 1949.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Taylor	2,802	68.6
	Labour	K Sharples	1,284	31.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E Fisher	1,998	63.6
	Labour	S Whiteside	1,143	36.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Henerey	1,428	51.9
	Conservative	R Rainford	1,321	48.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H Yates	3,750	50.7
	Labour	R Quigley	3,651	49.3

	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	E Hewitt	2,426	54.3
Conservative	H Sharples	1,961
Communist	T Barnes	82	1.8

Maudland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Hagan	2,500	52.0
	Conservative	J Hopkinson	2,307	48.0

Moorbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Grenfell	2,049	53.8
	Labour	F Phipps	1,758	46.2

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Hall	2,495	50.3
	Conservative	J Hothersall	2,469	49.7

St Johns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F Phillips	2,319	51.5
	Labour	H Eccleston	2,181	48.5

Results