1975_Manchester_City_Council_election
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]
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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% | |
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After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Alexandra
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Ardwick
Baguley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Barlow Moor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Beswick
Blackley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Bradford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Brooklands
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. A. O'Connor* | 2,752 | 60.7 | +5.0 | |
Labour | E. Mellor | 1,785 | 39.3 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 967 | 21.4 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,537 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
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Burnage
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Charlestown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hood | 1,640 | 52.4 | +12.0 | |
Labour | S. Silverman* | 1,488 | 47.6 | -12.0 | |
Majority | 152 | 4.8 | -14.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,128 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.0 | |||
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Cheetham
Chorlton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Collegiate Church
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Crossacres
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Crumpsall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Didsbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 47.8 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,524 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
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Gorton North
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Halstead | 1,332 | 54.9 | -12.1 | |
Conservative | R. J. Beale | 1,093 | 45.1 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 239 | 9.8 | -24.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,425 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.1 | |||
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Gorton South
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Harpurhey
Hulme
Levenshulme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Lightbowne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Lloyd Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Longsight
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Miles Platting
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Moss Side
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Moston
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Newton Heath
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Northenden
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Old Moat
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Rusholme
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Withington
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Woodhouse Park
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Berry* | 1,914 | 58.5 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | A. Farmer | 1,356 | 41.5 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 558 | 17.0 | -14.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,270 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
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- Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).