| Election Name: | 1946 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1945 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1945 |
| Next Election: | 1947 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1947 |
| Seats For Election: | 36 of 144 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 73 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 73 |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seats After1: | 79 |
| Popular Vote1: | 93,691 |
| Percentage1: | 45.6% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 58 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 55 |
| Popular Vote2: | 85,186 |
| Percentage2: | 41.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 11 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 10 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,861 |
| Percentage3: | 10.2% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1946. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 93,691 (45.6%) | 8.4 | 20 (55.6%) | 6 | 79 (54.9%) | |||||
| Conservative Party | 85,186 (41.5%) | 3.6 | 15 (41.7%) | 3 | 55 (38.2%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 20,861 (10.2%) | 3.9 | 1 (2.8%) | 1 | 10 (6.9%) | |||||
| Communist | 2,897 (1.4%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent | 1,222 (0.6%) | 0.6 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Residents | 1,124 (0.5%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | |||||
| Independent Labour Party | 473 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 79 | 10 | 55 |