1973_Manchester_City_Council_election

1973 Manchester City Council election

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The first elections to the new Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. The election created the entire 99-member council (three councillors to each ward), which shadowed its predecessor corporation before taking over its functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate was appointed to a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate had a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate served a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.

The Labour Party gained overall control of the council.^[1]

Ward results

Detailed below are the results for each ward. Successful candidates are highlighted in bold.

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Manchester City Council Election Results (2nd ed.), Swarbrick, 1993.

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	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	59	59.6	45.9	50,226	N/A
Conservative	40	40.4	44.8	49,022	N/A
Liberal	0	0.0	5.0	5,448	N/A
Ratepayers	0	0.0	1.7	1,931	N/A
Independent	0	0.0	1.1	1,244	N/A
Communist	0	0.0	1.0	1,094	N/A
British Campaign to Stop Immigration	0	0.0	0.3	368	N/A
Freedom to Choose Group	0	0.0	0.1	160	N/A

Party		Seats
	Labour	59
	Conservative	40
	Labour gain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Flynn	2,298	51.2	N/A
	Conservative	N. Thompson	2,236
	Conservative	R. Rodgers	2,163
	Liberal	D. Hewitt	1,625	36.2	N/A
	Liberal	P. Davis	1,532
	Liberal	C. G. Sinclair	1,444
	Labour	J. M. Bradley	568	12.6	N/A
	Labour	J. H. Parish	529
	Labour	P. J. Salts	513
Majority			538	15.0	N/A
Turnout			4,491		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Barrett	1,537	78.5	N/A
	Labour	F. Dale	1,472
	Labour	N. Finley	1,456
	Conservative	J. Kershaw	420	21.4	N/A
	Conservative	S. M. Lindsay	393
	Conservative	D. H. G. Penney	346
Majority			1,036	57.1	N/A
Turnout			1,957		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. H. Price	2,458	54.8	N/A
	Labour	A. P. Marino	2,349
	Labour	C. R. Muir	2,331
	Conservative	M. Malbon	2,025	45.2	N/A
	Conservative	E. J. Whelan	1,983
	Conservative	B. H. Farrow	1,853
Majority			306	9.6	N/A
Turnout			4,483		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

1973_Manchester_City_Council_election

1973 Manchester City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Alexandra

Ardwick

Baguley

Barlow Moor

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Brooklands

Burnage

Charlestown

Cheetham

Chorlton

Collegiate Church

Crossacres

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Hulme

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Lloyd Street

Longsight

Miles Platting

Moss Side

Moston

Newton Heath

Northenden

Old Moat

Rusholme

Withington

Woodhouse Park

By-elections between 1973 and 1975

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Tucker	1,968	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	B. Moore	1,611
	Conservative	N. Wood	1,566
	Labour	R. Grainger	1,131	29.5	N/A
	Labour	D. A. Parker	1,047
	Labour	A. J. Bateman	1,004
	Liberal	D. R. Mellor	735	19.2	N/A
Majority			435	21.8	N/A
Turnout			3,834		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Dean	1,528	85.8	N/A
	Labour	S. Corless	1,514
	Labour	K. Eastham	1,485
	Conservative	J. C. J. Cavill	252	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Cartland	238
	Conservative	W. Whitmore	235
Majority			1,233	71.7	N/A
Turnout			1,780		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. I. Owen	1,859	57.4	N/A
	Labour	A. A. Johnson	1,850
	Labour	F. Hatton	1,740
	Conservative	J. Yates	1,380	42.6	N/A
	Conservative	D. G. Sparrow	1,350
	Conservative	H. P. Cummins	1,228
Majority			360	14.8	N/A
Turnout			3,239		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gilmore	2,271	64.7	N/A
	Labour	Bill Egerton	2,230
	Labour	E. Grant	2,100
	Conservative	C. R. Ashton	1,239	35.3	N/A
	Conservative	H. Pickles	1,169
	Conservative	G. M. Farmer	1,161
Majority			861	29.4	N/A
Turnout			3,510		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Y. Emery	2,592	55.6	N/A
	Conservative	G. W. G. Fitzsimons	2,548
	Conservative	A. A. O'Connor	2,509
	Labour	F. Firth	2,067	44.3	N/A
	Labour	D. Healey	2,054
	Labour	E. Mellor	2,025
Majority			442	11.3	N/A
Turnout			4,659		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Howarth	2,487	64.5	N/A
	Conservative	W. L. Lund	2,477
	Conservative	H. Platt	2,455
	Labour	A. Burns	1,367	35.5	N/A
	Labour	J. McKinnon	1,347
	Labour	L. R. Williams	1,328
Majority			29.0	1,088	N/A
Turnout			3,854		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Kelly	1,720	59.6	N/A
	Labour	N. Morris	1,660
	Labour	S. Silverman	1,609
	Conservative	D. F. Silverman	1,166	40.4	N/A
	Conservative	N. Green	1,120
	Conservative	A. E. Cleworth	1,052
Majority			443	19.2	N/A
Turnout			2,886		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Broderick	1,182	67.8	N/A
	Labour	D. G. Ford	1,158
	Labour	S. Shaw	1,101
	Conservative	J. Bonsu	561	32.2	N/A
	Conservative	K. A. Hunt	561
	Conservative	R. A. Price	521
Majority			540	35.6	N/A
Turnout			1,743		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Sanders	2,109	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	M. Vince	2,078
	Conservative	A. D. Ashley	1,842
	Liberal	C. H. Hughes	979	24.7	N/A
	Liberal	M. Calder	977
	Liberal	W. S. Kenyon	974
	Labour	V. Stevens	878	22.1	N/A
	Labour	G. Collins	704
	Labour	K. Hull	660
Majority			863	28.5	N/A
Turnout			3,966		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Balcombe	721	67.9	N/A
	Labour	S. Ogden	618
	Labour	J. B. Ogden	612
	Liberal	J. Laslett	193	18.2	N/A
	Liberal	C. Addison	171
	Conservative	J. Carson	147	13.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. R. Cawley	132
	Conservative	W. Porter	116
Majority			419	49.7	N/A
Turnout			1,061		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Beswick By-Election 27 June 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Jackson	1,298	70.9	-14.9
	Liberal	W. J. Ellwood	248	13.6	+13.6
	Conservative	D. Porter	173	9.5	-4.6
	National Front	S. McKenzie	111	6.1	+6.1
Majority			1,050	57.4	-14.3
Turnout			1,830
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.2

Blackley By-Election 27th June 1974)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Risby	1,975	54.5	-2.9
	Labour	S. Smith	1,908
	Conservative	J. Hood	1,354	37.4	-5.2
	Conservative	P. Cummins	1,340
	Liberal	C. Cloran	292	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal	J. Laslett	282
Majority			554	17.1	+2.3
Turnout			3,621
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Harpurhey By-Election 25th July 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Reid	1,119	62.6	-0.2
	Conservative	D. Porter	343	19.2	-18.0
	Liberal	R. Addison	325	18.2	+18.2
Majority			776	43.4	+17.9
Turnout			1,787
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. L. Griffiths	2,461	53.1	N/A
	Labour	A. Roberts	2,353
	Labour	K. Collis	2,269
	Ratepayers	R. R. Dilworth	1,271	27.4	N/A
	Ratepayers	K. A. Edis	1,267
	Ratepayers	W. A. McCall	1,251
	Conservative	W. Foster	756	16.3	N/A
	Conservative	K. Nolan	745
	Conservative	G. Scudder	684
	Communist	M. Taylor	145	3.1	N/A
Majority			998	25.7	N/A
Turnout			4,633		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Fildes	2,027	63.5	N/A
	Conservative	A. Clapham	2,026
	Conservative	F. W. Lever	2,022
	Labour	A. T. Gray	1,165	36.5	N/A
	Labour	H. Gregory	1,105
	Labour	P. A. Sless	1,082
Majority			857	27.0	N/A
Turnout			3,192		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hill	3,289	72.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Duke	3,233
	Conservative	M. R. Crawford	3,216
	Labour	W. Murray	1,036	22.7	N/A
	Labour	R. V. Pierson	976
	Labour	D. Cox	959
	Communist	A. J. Hunt	230	5.0	N/A
Majority			2,180	49.4	N/A
Turnout			4,555		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Conquest	2,070	67.1	N/A
	Labour	C. Brierley	2,001
	Labour	P. Bednarski	1,975
	Conservative	J. B. Bullough	1,016	32.9	N/A
	Conservative	W. Slowe	995
	Conservative	T. J. S. Duke	983
Majority			959	34.1	N/A
Turnout			3,086		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Conway	1,422	50.0	N/A
	Labour	D. Barker	1,350
	Labour	K. Franklin	1,317
	Conservative	E. A. Duffy	760	26.7	'N/A
	Conservative	P. T. Heywood	749
	Conservative	A. Farmer	734
	Ratepayers	D. E. Lindsay	660	23.2	N/A
Majority			557	23.3	N/A
Turnout			2,842		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Litherland	951	62.8	N/A
	Labour	A. Nicholson	951
	Labour	R. F. Delahunty	927
	Conservative	G. Cleworth	564	37.2	N/A
	Conservative	A. P. Osborn	556
	Conservative	M. Withers	532
Majority			363	25.5	N/A
Turnout			1,515		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. V. Marshall	1,290	77.6	N/A
	Labour	T. Thomas	1,273
	Labour	W. Smith	1,226
	Conservative	A. Edwards	289	17.4	N/A
	Conservative	R. E. Gilham	260
	Conservative	E. Draycott	255
	Communist	D. J. Heywood	83	5.0	N/A
Majority			937	60.2	N/A
Turnout			1,662		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. K. Barber	2,414	59.2	N/A
	Conservative	W. Carlton	2,253
	Conservative	S. Alexander	2,239
	Labour	E. H. Spencer	1,663	40.8	N/A
	Labour	F. Done	1,646
	Labour	J. Flanagan	1,597
Majority			576	18.4	N/A
Turnout			4,077		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. T. Lee	1,618	33.6	N/A
	Labour	R. A. Reddington	1,570
	Conservative	E. Jones	1,569	32.6	N/A
	Conservative	E. D. Kirkup	1,558
	Labour	S. Smith	1,547
	Conservative	D. Porter	1,511
	Independent	I. Lindsay	865	17.9	N/A
	Liberal	R. Jackson	765	15.9	N/A
	Liberal	I. Garrard	655
	Liberal	G. Garrard	627
Majority			12	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,817		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Collins	2,128	56.4	N/A
	Labour	K. McKeon	2,084
	Labour	A. S. Wood	1,982
	Conservative	J. E. Higham	1,642	43.5	N/A
	Conservative	E. Bevan	1,604
	Conservative	L. H. Nield	1,553
Majority			340	12.9	N/A
Turnout			3,770		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Malpas	1,565	49.2	N/A
	Labour	R. W. Ford	1,454	45.7	N/A
	Conservative	G. Taylor	1,412
	Labour	S. N. M. Moxley	1,392
	Conservative	M. Delayen	1,389
	Labour	D. Anderson	1,369
	Freedom To Choose Group	J. Kedward	160	5.0	N/A
Majority			20	3.5	N/A
Turnout			3,179		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Crank	1,240	67.9	N/A
	Labour	R. Latham	1,209
	Labour	E. Donnoghue	1,194
	British Campaign To Stop Immigration	M. R. Goucher	368	20.1	N/A
	Conservative	A. Chappell	219	12.0	N/A
	Conservative	H. Lee	214
	Conservative	M. Howells	182
Majority			826	47.8	N/A
Turnout			1,827		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. E. Talbot	928	60.5	N/A
	Labour	H. Paget	889
	Labour	W. A. Downward	789
	Conservative	M. J. Duffy	515	33.6	N/A
	Conservative	H. W. Meadowcroft	515
	Conservative	C. Toft	409
	Communist	W. Woolery	90	5.9	N/A
Majority			274	26.9	N/A
Turnout			1,533		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. E. Bowden	2,266	50.6	N/A
	Conservative	K. E. Goulding	2,207	49.3	N/A
	Labour	C. C. Lamb	2,123
	Labour	W. Risby	2,095
	Conservative	A. W. Ash	2,041
	Conservative	G. I. Jones	1,909
Majority			82	1.3	N/A
Turnout			4,473		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. J. Taylor	1,914	62.5	N/A
	Labour	C. Tomlinson	1,902
	Labour	J. Smith	1,826
	Conservative	A. E. Walsh	1,148	37.5	N/A
	Conservative	A. R. Leeke	1,080
	Conservative	T. B. Hegarty	1,060
Majority			678	25.0	N/A
Turnout			3,062		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Leigh	2,978	53.5	N/A
	Conservative	C. H. Box	2,737
	Conservative	D. Mountford	2,730
	Labour	H. Brown	2,244	40.3	N/A
	Labour	H. Reid	2,114
	Labour	J. M. Wilson	2,097
	Communist	G. F. Taylor	341	6.1	N/A
Majority			486	13.2	N/A
Turnout			5,563		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. F. Lavin	2,479	64.0	N/A
	Conservative	D. G. Massey	2,319
	Conservative	T. E. Murphy	2,262
	Labour	E. Richards	1,395	36.0	N/A
	Labour	A. J. Spencer	1,392
	Labour	A. E. Jones	1,368
Majority			867	28.0	N/A
Turnout			3,874		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pierce	2,221	59.8	N/A
	Conservative	K. Ollerenshaw	2,191
	Conservative	S. Tucker	2,173
	Labour	A. H. Fender	1,115	30.0	N/A
	Labour	M. A. Naqui	1,091
	Labour	H. Rowley	1,090
	Independent	F. A. Melling	379	10.2	N/A
Majority			1,058	29.8	N/A
Turnout			3,715		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. R. Coker	1,864	48.1	N/A
	Conservative	G. W. Young	1,801
	Conservative	W. Crabtree	1,793
	Liberal	J. Edwards	1,151	29.7	N/A
	Liberal	R. A. Bell	1,107
	Liberal	W. J. Ellwood	1,102
	Labour	J. Wilner	858	22.1	N/A
	Labour	M. Moss	855
	Labour	R. Ames	797
Majority			642	18.4	N/A
Turnout			3,873		N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Hall	1,721	61.8	N/A
	Labour	T. Farrell	1,678
	Labour	G. Berry	1,616
	Conservative	J. A. Graham	856	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	G. Parry	849
	Conservative	F. Kennan	802
	Communist	J. V. Hamer	205	7.4	N/A
Majority			760	31.1	N/A
Turnout			2,782		N/A
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)