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Elections to Preston Municipal Borough council were held in November 1945.

Results

Ashton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J Taylor	2,432	37.3
	Conservative	S Morris	2,110	32.3
	Labour	E Higginson	1,986	30.4
	Labour	C Sedgewick	1,764

Avenham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W Sharples	1,667	56.1
	Conservative	R Heaps	1,513
	Conservative	J Gray	1,505
	Labour	F Hoskins	1,303	43.9
	Labour	B Wilson	1,262
	Labour	H Eccleston	1,117

Christ Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M Wignall	1,411	55.8
	Conservative	N Warburton	1,118

Deepdale (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Quigley	3,681	59.1
	Labour	R Gillies	3,666
	Conservative	W Palmour	2,549	40.9
	Conservative	J Blackburn	2,511

Fishwick (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E Hewitt	2,315	60.3
	Labour	R Smith	2,216
	Independent	N Howard	1,526	39.7
	Independent	R Duckworth	1,441

Maudland (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J O'Hagan	2,900	61.9
	Labour	B Ryder	2,892
	Conservative	R Rainford	1,786	38.1
	Conservative	J Green	1,747

Moorbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F Phipps	2,000	57.5
	Labour	C Tragen	1,950
	Independent	R Heppell	1,480	42.5
	Independent	L Titterington	1,434

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G Gardner	2,879	61.5
	Conservative	R Gray	1,805	38.5

Ribbleton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T Singleton	2,982	59.8
	Labour	A Wilson	2,843
	Conservative	H Attwater	2,006	40.2
	Conservative	W Thew	1,888

St Johns (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Beckett	2,488	62.6
	Labour	J Henry	2,305
	Conservative	Ms. Starkie	1,488	37.4
	Conservative	J Titterington	1,408

St Peters (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Platt	2,314	65.9
	Labour	H Tilley	2,257
	Independent	F Barwick	1,196	34.1
	Independent	A Rodwell	1,143

Trinity (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I Ellison	1,524	62.7
	Labour	J Norris	1,513
	Conservative	E Fisher	907	37.3
	Conservative	S Carvin	903

v t e Council elections in Lancashire
Lancashire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (1938 ←) 1945 United Kingdom local elections (→ 1946)
Borough councils	Bebington Leeds Liverpool Manchester Preston
London boroughs	Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Deptford Finsbury Fulham Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Hampstead Holborn Islington Kensington Lambeth Lewisham Paddington Poplar Shoreditch Southwark St Marylebone St Pancras Stepney Stoke Newington Wandsworth Westminster Woolwich
See also: UK General election

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