| Election Name: | 1946 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Next Election: | 1947 Stretford Municipal Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 1947 |
| Seats For Election: | 8 of 32 seats to Stretford Municipal Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 13 |
| Seats1: | 4 |
| Seats After1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 7,643 |
| Percentage1: | 35.2% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 9 |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 9,328 |
| Percentage2: | 43.0% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 10 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 9 |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,393 |
| Percentage3: | 20.3% |
Elections to Stretford Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 7,643 (35.2%) | 2.3 | 4 (50.0%) | 13 (40.6%) | ||||||
| Labour Party | 9,328 (43.0%) | 4.5 | 1 (25.0%) | 1 | 10 (31.3%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 4,393 (20.3%) | 11.9 | 2 (25.0%) | 1 | 9 (28.1%) | |||||
| Communist Party | 123 (0.6%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent Labour Party | 116 (0.5%) | 1.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent | 81 (0.4%) | 3.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 10 | 9 | 13 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | 10 |