1945 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. It was the first local election in which all those who qualified for a parliamentary vote could vote.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election

(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

As this was the first election since the disruption caused by the Second World War no comparisons are made.

Aldermanic elections
At the meeting of the City Council on 9 November 1945 the terms of office of twenty of the forty Aldermen expired and the councilors (but not the sitting aldermen) elected twenty Aldermen to fill the vacant positions for a term of six years.
 * Alderman re-elected

Netherfield, 29 January 1946
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Matthew Clark (Labour, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1938).

Dingle 19 February 1946
Caused by the death of Councillor George William Gillespie (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1937).

Breckfield, 9 May 1946
Alderman Thomas Dowd died on 19 March 1946.

Councillor Ada Martha Burton (Conservative, elected for the Breckfield ward 1 November 1938) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 3 April 1946 to fill this vacancy.

Aigburth, 16 May 1946
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Edward Stirling Napier (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1937).

South Scotland
Alderman Parick Fay died on 16 April 1946.

Councilor Joseph Harrington (Labour, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1937) was elected by the councillors as an alderman to fill this vacancy.

Childwall
Councillor Stanley Foster (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1937) died on 18 May 1946.