| Election Name: | 1945 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1938 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1938 |
| Next Election: | 1946 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1946 |
| Seats For Election: | 56 of 144 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 73 |
| 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: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 55 |
| Seats1: | 35 |
| Seats After1: | 69 |
| Popular Vote1: | 155,143 |
| Percentage1: | 54.0% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 67 |
| Seats2: | 19 |
| Seats After2: | 58 |
| Popular Vote2: | 108,826 |
| Percentage2: | 37.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 20 |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seats After3: | 15 |
| Popular Vote3: | 18,221 |
| Percentage3: | 6.3% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1945. One third of the councillors seats 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] These were the first local elections held in Manchester since the outbreak of the Second World War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 155,143 (54.0%) | 11.6 | 35 (62.5%) | 14 | 69 (47.9%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 108,826 (37.9%) | 8.8 | 19 (33.9%) | 9 | 58 (40.3%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 18,221 (6.3%) | 0.4 | 2 (3.6%) | 5 | 15 (10.4%) | |||||
| Communist | 796 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | ||||||
| Residents | 496 (0.2%) | 0.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | ||||||
| Independent | 3,062 (1.2%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent Labour Party | 822 (0.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| 1 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 58 |