Manchester City Council election, 1975
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Manchester since it received its new Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Corporation) in 1974. The Labour Party retained overall control of the Council.[1]
Election result
Manchester Council Election Result 1975 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 19 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 55.9 | 50.1 | 53,378 | +5.3% | ||
Labour | 15 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 44.1 | 38.8 | 41,341 | -7.1% | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 9,937 | +4.3% | ||
Ratepayers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 717 | -1.0% | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 517 | -0.6% | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 279 | -0.8% | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 246 | +0.2% | ||
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
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Labour | 54 | -5 | |
Conservative | 45 | +5 | |
Labour hold |
Ward results
Alexandra
Alexandra | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | R. Rodgers* | 2,929 | 61.5 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | K. Summerfield | 1,005 | 21.1 | -15.1 | |
Labour | J. Comyn-Platt | 832 | 17.5 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 341 | 40.4 | +25.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,766 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.7 | |||
Ardwick
Ardwick | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | N. I. Finley* | 1,082 | 67.8 | -10.8 | |
Conservative | L. H. Nield | 515 | 32.2 | +10.8 | |
Majority | 567 | 35.5 | -21.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.8 | |||
Baguley
Baguley (2 vacancies) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | M. Malbon | 2,572 | 53.9 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | J. V. Oatway | 2,526 | |||
Labour | H. Brown | 2,202 | 46.1 | -8.7 | |
Labour | C. B. Muir* | 2,143 | |||
Majority | 324 | 7.8 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,774 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Barlow Moor
Barlow Moor | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | H. D. Moore* | 2,083 | 64.4 | +13.1 | |
Labour | J. Winer | 1,150 | 35.6 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 933 | 28.9 | +7.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,233 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Beswick
Beswick | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | K. Eastham* | 1,282 | 79.0 | -6.8 | |
Conservative | J. R. Cawley | 341 | 21.0 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 941 | 58.0 | -13.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,623 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.8 | |||
Blackley
Blackley | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | H. P. Cummins | 1,532 | 53.7 | +11.1 | |
Labour | S. Smith* | 1,321 | 46.3 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 211 | 7.4 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,853 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Bradford
Bradford | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | E. Grant* | 1,525 | 48.7 | -16.0 | |
Conservative | C. R. Ashton | 1,454 | 46.4 | +11.1 | |
Communist | M. Pearce | 83 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | J. Hulse | 72 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 71 | 2.3 | -27.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,134 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -13.5 | |||
Brooklands
Brooklands | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | A. A. O'Connor* | 2,752 | 60.7 | +5.0 | |
Labour | E. Mellor | 1,785 | 39.3 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 967 | 21.3 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,537 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Burnage
Burnage | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | H. Platt* | 2,405 | 51.4 | -13.1 | |
Labour | E. H. Spencer | 1,518 | 32.4 | -3.0 | |
Liberal | F. Turner | 759 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Majority | 887 | 18.9 | -10.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,682 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.0 | |||
Charlestown
Charlestown | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | J. Hood | 1,640 | 52.4 | +12.0 | |
Labour | S. Silverman* | 1,488 | 47.6 | -12.0 | |
Majority | 152 | 4.9 | -14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,128 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Cheetham
Cheetham | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | S. Shaw* | 1,130 | 62.2 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | N. Green | 687 | 37.8 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 443 | 24.4 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,817 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Chorlton
Chorlton | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | C. Franks | 2,655 | 62.1 | +8.9 | |
Labour | A. Smith | 865 | 20.2 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | W. S. Kenyon | 657 | 15.4 | -9.3 | |
National Front | T. A. Golds | 97 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 1,790 | 41.9 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,274 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |||
Collegiate Church
Collegiate Church | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. B. Ogden* | 389 | 59.8 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | D. H. Philip | 179 | 27.5 | +13.7 | |
Liberal | J. Laslett | 82 | 12.6 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 210 | 32.3 | -17.4 | ||
Turnout | 650 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
Crossacres
Crossacres | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | K. Collis* | 2,017 | 46.5 | -6.6 | |
Conservative | R. W. Munn | 934 | 21.5 | +5.2 | |
Ratepayers | K. A. Edis | 717 | 16.5 | -13.9 | |
Liberal | H. Griffiths | 605 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Communist | M. Taylor | 64 | 1.5 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 25.0 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,337 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Crumpsall
Crumpsall | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | F. W. Lever* | 2,236 | 60.3 | -3.2 | |
Labour | S. Caron | 1,054 | 28.4 | -8.0 | |
Liberal | A. E. Griffiths | 418 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 1,182 | 31.9 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,708 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Didsbury
Didsbury | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | M. R. Crawford* | 3,636 | 65.8 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | R. Johnson | 993 | 18.0 | +18.0 | |
Labour | A. J. Bateman | 802 | 14.5 | -8.2 | |
Communist | D. Maher | 93 | 1.7 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 2,643 | 38.1 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,524 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
Gorton North
Gorton North | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | G. Halstead | 1,332 | 54.9 | -12.1 | |
Conservative | R. J. Beale | 1,093 | 45.1 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 239 | 9.9 | -24.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,425 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |||
Gorton South
Gorton South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | K. Franklin* | 1,197 | 56.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | T. Brownrigg | 935 | 43.9 | +17.1 | |
Majority | 262 | 12.3 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,132 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Harpurhey
Harpurhey | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | R. F. Delahunty* | 520 | 47.8 | -15.0 | |
Conservative | D. Porter | 421 | 38.7 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | R. Addison | 147 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Majority | 99 | 9.1 | -16.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,088 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
Hulme
Hulme | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | W. Smith* | 1,262 | 67.9 | -9.7 | |
Conservative | G. B. Draycott | 363 | 19.5 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | P. Davis | 194 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Communist | R. H. Vaughan | 39 | 2.1 | -2.9 | |
Majority | 899 | 48.4 | -11.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,858 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.9 | |||
Levenshulme
Levenshulme | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | S. Alexander* | 2,406 | 56.3 | -2.9 | |
Labour | P. Hildrew | 1,432 | 33.5 | -7.3 | |
Liberal | K. Osbourne | 437 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Majority | 974 | 22.8 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,275 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Lightbowne
Lightbowne | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | E. Jones* | 1,546 | 38.4 | +5.8 | |
Labour | F. Done | 1,358 | 33.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | H. Roche | 1,122 | 27.9 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 188 | 4.7 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,026 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Lloyd Street
Lloyd Street | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | A. S. Wood* | 1,683 | 46.0 | -10.4 | |
Conservative | D. Sumberg | 1,553 | 42.5 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | R. Cowe | 419 | 11.5 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 130 | 3.6 | -9.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,655 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
Longsight
Longsight | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | G. Taylor* | 1,453 | 55.0 | +5.8 | |
Labour | A. Burns | 1,189 | 45.0 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 264 | 10.0 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,642 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Miles Platting
Miles Platting | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | E. Donoghue* | 973 | 72.3 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | A. Chappell | 372 | 27.7 | +15.7 | |
Majority | 601 | 44.7 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,345 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
Moss Side
Moss Side | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | R. Grainger | 482 | 39.8 | -20.7 | |
Independent | T. M. McClure | 445 | 36.8 | +36.8 | |
Conservative | W. Guy | 283 | 23.4 | -10.2 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.1 | -23.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,210 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -28.7 | |||
Moston
Moston | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | G. I. Jones | 2,502 | 56.5 | +7.2 | |
Labour | C. C. Lamb* | 1,420 | 32.1 | -18.6 | |
Liberal | I. Garrard | 356 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
National Front | M. R. Goucher | 149 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,082 | 24.4 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,427 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Newton Heath
Newton Heath | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | J. Smith* | 1,449 | 53.9 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | A. Bonson | 1,240 | 46.1 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 209 | 7.8 | -17.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,689 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.6 | |||
Northenden
Northenden | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | D. Mountford* | 2,715 | 53.3 | -0.2 | |
Labour | D. Healey | 1,886 | 37.0 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | H. Hilton | 490 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 829 | 16.3 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,091 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Old Moat
Old Moat | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | T. E. Murphy* | 2,232 | 57.6 | -6.3 | |
Labour | P. Bednarski | 1,106 | 28.6 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | A. A. Parr | 534 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 1,126 | 29.1 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,872 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Rusholme
Rusholme | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | S. Tucker* | 2,196 | 64.8 | +5.0 | |
Labour | P. J. Rowbotham | 785 | 23.2 | -6.8 | |
Liberal | F. A. Melling | 408 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Majority | 1,411 | 41.6 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,389 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Withington
Withington | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | W. Crabtree* | 2,162 | 49.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | J. Edwards | 1,311 | 29.9 | +0.2 | |
Labour | C. Scott | 911 | 20.8 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 851 | 19.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,384 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Woodhouse Park
Woodhouse Park | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | G. Berry* | 1,914 | 58.5 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | A. Farmer | 1,356 | 41.5 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 558 | 17.1 | -14.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,270 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
References
- ↑ "Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
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