1975_Trafford_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
1975 UK local government election
Elections to Trafford 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 Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]
Quick Facts 22 of 63 seats (One Third and one by-election) to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 39,914 (56.1%) | 11.1 | 21 (95.5%) | 21 / 22 |
9 | 42 (66.7%) | 42 / 63 | |||
Labour Party | 15,821 (22.2%) | 10.9 | 1 (4.5%) | 1 / 22 |
5 | 13 (20.6%) | 13 / 63 | |||
Liberal Party | 15,170 (21.3%) | 0.4 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 |
4 | 8 (12.7%) | 8 / 63 | |||
Communist Party | 262 (0.4%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 22 |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 63 |
13 | 8 | 42 |
No.1 (Altrincham South West)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Albert Whitehurst | 1,147 | 42.9 | -9.7 | |
Liberal | J. B. Kenny | 806 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Crossman | 721 | 27.0 | -26.7 | |
Majority | 341 | 12.8 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,674 | 41.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.2 (Altrincham East)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Leigh | 2,016 | 47.7 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | Roy Richardson* | 1,574 | 37.3 | -6.0 | |
Labour | J. Gregory | 632 | 15.0 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 442 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,222 | 44.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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No.3 (Altrincham North)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Harrison | 1,387 | 47.9 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Eric Faulkner | 803 | 27.7 | -5.8 | |
Labour | Barry Jones | 704 | 24.3 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 584 | 20.2 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,894 | 44.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.4 (Timperley)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Robertson | 1,626 | 47.9 | +13.4 | |
Labour | John Webb | 1,026 | 30.2 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | C. R. Gibson | 741 | 21.8 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 600 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,393 | 42.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Reginald Bannister* | 2,069 | 56.5 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Humber | 1,591 | 43.5 | -9.3 | |
Majority | 478 | 13.1 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,660 | 41.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.6 (St. Martin’s)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stanley Brownhill* | 2,276 | 69.1 | +17.3 | |
Labour | J. K. Morgan | 1,020 | 30.9 | -23.7 | |
Majority | 1,256 | 38.1 | +33.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,296 | 30.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.7 (Sale Moor)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Rhodes | 1,105 | 42.4 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Barry Brotherton* | 888 | 34.1 | -23.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Wood | 550 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Communist | A. H. Burrage | 61 | 2.3 | -2.4 | |
Majority | 132 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,604 | 39.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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No.8 (St. Anne’s)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | K. R. Newton | 1,642 | 47.3 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Alan Thorpe* | 1,195 | 34.5 | -8.2 | |
Labour | David Teasdale | 631 | 18.2 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 447 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,468 | 41.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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No.9 (Brooklands)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Taylor | 2,362 | 58.0 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Sydney Evans* | 1,375 | 33.7 | -20.3 | |
Labour | E. P. M. Wollaston | 338 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 987 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,075 | 45.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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No.10 (Talbot North)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clifford Cronshaw* | 1,406 | 45.6 | -19.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Kelson | 950 | 30.8 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | T. A. Dixon | 729 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 456 | 14.8 | -10.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,085 | 34.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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No.11 (Clifford)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roy Corke | 1,309 | 57.2 | +10.3 | |
Labour | John Maher | 981 | 42.8 | -15.2 | |
Majority | 328 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,290 | 34.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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No.12 (Longford)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Kelly* | 1,844 | 53.2 | -0.8 | |
Labour | K. Silcock | 1,064 | 30.7 | -18.2 | |
Liberal | J. Stockley | 557 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 780 | 22.5 | +21.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,465 | 35.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.13 (Stretford)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harry Walker* | 1,468 | 63.2 | -5.5 | |
Labour | G. R. Scott | 588 | 25.3 | -9.0 | |
Liberal | R. K. Sangster | 268 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 880 | 37.9 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,324 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.14 (Park)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Schofield | 1,061 | 42.8 | +4.8 | |
Labour | James Haydock* | 1,032 | 41.6 | -20.6 | |
Liberal | W. A. Munden | 324 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Communist | A. Jarratt | 61 | 2.5 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 29 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,478 | 40.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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No.15 (Bowdon)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Humphreys* | 2,520 | 71.9 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | G. M. R. Willmott | 545 | 15.5 | -21.0 | |
Labour | A. D. Johnson | 440 | 12.6 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 1,975 | 56.4 | +24.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,505 | 49.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.16 (Hale)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Norman Barrett | 3,208 | 81.3 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Godwin* | 3,058 | 77.5 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | Roy Allen | 1,047 | 26.5 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 2,011 | 51.0 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,944 | 43.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.17 (Partington)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Barltrop | 996 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Younghusband | 991 | 46.6 | -27.6 | |
Communist | E. J. Wilkinson | 140 | 6.6 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,127 | 27.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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No.18 (Urmston West East)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Platt | 1,968 | 54.5 | +14.3 | |
Labour | D. T. Taylor | 854 | 23.6 | -2.2 | |
Liberal | Gwen Davies* | 790 | 21.9 | -16.4 | |
Majority | 1,114 | 30.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,612 | 43.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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No.19 (Flixton East Central)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gordon Lumby* | 2,363 | 54.5 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | D. J. Gilbert | 1,123 | 25.9 | -13.0 | |
Labour | C. Nightingale | 851 | 19.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 1,240 | 28.6 | +23.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,337 | 47.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.20 (Flixton West)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Donald Harding | 2,414 | 58.9 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Laura Seex | 1,088 | 26.5 | -20.6 | |
Liberal | E. F. Teal | 598 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,326 | 32.4 | +24.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,100 | 43.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No.21 (Davyhulme East)
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Eric Crosbie* | 1,125 | 50.1 | -14.3 | |
Labour | W. J. Williams | 566 | 25.2 | -12.5 | |
Liberal | T. M. Owen | 554 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 559 | 24.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,245 | 41.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1975", Trafford M.B.C.(1975).