1956 Manchester City Council election

1956 Manchester City Council election
10 May 1956 (1956-05-10)
42 of 152 seats
to Manchester City Council
77 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 20 seats,
47.2% 		18 seats,
50.8% 		0 seats,
1.5%
Seats before 86 63 3
Seats won 28 14 0
Seats after 87 62 3
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 86,102 69,717 5,070
Percentage 53.1% 43.0% 3.1%
Swing 5.9% 7.8% 1.6%
Map of results of 1956 election
Leader of the Council before election


Labour

Leader of the Council after election


Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1956. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 86,102 (53.1%)
5.9 28 (66.7%)
28 / 42
 1 87 (57.2%)
87 / 152
Conservative Party 69,717 (43.0%)
7.8 14 (33.3%)
14 / 42
 1 62 (40.8%)
62 / 152
Liberal Party 5,070 (3.1%)
1.6 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 3 (2.0%)
3 / 152
Communist 788 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Independent 436 (0.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

↓
87 3 62

Aldermen

↓
20 3 15

Councillors

↓
67 47

Ward results

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Ward* 2,838 60.0 −21.1
Liberal G. E. Sharpe 1,071 22.6 N/A
Labour H. W. Bliss 821 17.4 −1.5
Majority 1,767 37.4 −24.8
Turnout 4,730
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

All Saints' (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. P. Evans 1,818 64.3 +4.3
Labour J. H. Parish* 1,728 61.1 +1.1
Conservative W. J. Geddes 1,056 37.3 −2.7
Majority 672 23.8 +3.8
Turnout 2,829
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Wilson* 2,319 63.2 +0.6
Conservative G. Jackson 1,352 36.8 −0.6
Majority 967 26.4 +1.2
Turnout 3,671
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Gallacher* 3,000 59.2 +5.3
Conservative H. T. Fairclough 2,068 40.8 −5.3
Majority 932 18.4 +10.6
Turnout 5,068
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Hooley* 1,574 59.8 −9.9
Labour E. Wood 1,059 40.2 +9.9
Majority 515 19.6 −19.8
Turnout 2,633
Conservative hold Swing

Benchill

Benchill (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. S. Gatley* 2,467 57.9 +6.3
Labour R. L. Griffiths 2,357 55.3 +3.7
Conservative R. Clarkson 1,665 39.0 −6.6
Conservative E. Birley 1,658 38.9 −6.7
Communist G. Taylor 190 4.5 +1.7
Majority 692 16.2 +10.2
Turnout 4,264
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. G. Birtles* 2,275 77.2 +3.1
Labour R. Malcolm 2,139 72.6 −1.5
Conservative R. B. Crompton 738 25.1 −0.8
Majority 1,401 47.5 −0.7
Turnout 2,945
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. A. Lynch* 3,541 59.3 −4.2
Labour A. J. Fahey 2,431 40.7 +4.2
Majority 1,110 18.6 −8.4
Turnout 5,972
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. McCall* 3,080 75.2 +8.0
Conservative H. J. Caulfield 1,017 24.8 −8.0
Majority 2,063 50.4 +16.0
Turnout 4,097
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. W. Biggs* 3,068 60.9 −3.5
Labour J. S. Goldstone 1,968 39.1 +3.5
Majority 1,100 21.8 −7.0
Turnout 5,036
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. P. Pariser* 1,705 50.3 +2.8
Liberal S. Needoff 1,157 34.1 +4.7
Conservative M. J. McGregor 529 15.6 −7.5
Majority 548 16.2 −1.9
Turnout 3,391
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. W. G. Fitzsimons* 3,366 83.1 +1.5
Labour R. E. Talbot 683 16.9 −1.5
Majority 2,683 66.2 +3.0
Turnout 4,049
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Mendell* 1,668 79.4 +6.0
Conservative F. Hargreaves 264 12.6 −9.3
Communist M. I. Druck 168 8.0 +3.3
Majority 1,404 66.8 +15.3
Turnout 2,100
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Collier* 3,172 56.7 −3.5
Labour K. Franklin 2,420 43.3 +3.5
Majority 752 13.4 −7.0
Turnout 5,592
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. K. Lee* 2,720 55.5 −13.8
Liberal E. Noble 1,616 32.9 +13.9
Labour A. Haslam 569 11.6 −0.1
Majority 1,104 22.6 −27.7
Turnout 4,905
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Siddall* 3,556 72.1 +5.9
Conservative B. H. Farrow 1,376 27.9 −3.4
Majority 2,180 44.2 +9.3
Turnout 4,932
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Wimbury* 2,058 68.7 +16.9
Conservative T. Brownrigg 938 31.3 −16.9
Majority 1,120 37.4 +33.8
Turnout 2,996
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Grant* 2,691 58.0 +4.2
Conservative E. Bland 1,952 42.0 −4.2
Majority 739 16.0 +8.4
Turnout 4,643
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. B. Ogden* 1,691 72.8 +1.6
Conservative J. C. Brearley 475 20.4 −2.8
Communist E. Cohen 157 6.8 +2.2
Majority 1,216 52.4 +5.4
Turnout 2,323
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Fieldhouse* 2,597 65.3 −7.4
Labour W. Pearlman 1,380 34.7 +7.4
Majority 1,217 30.6 −14.8
Turnout 3,977
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Piggott* 3,268 50.4 +0.6
Labour G. Halstead 2,536 39.1 −2.7
Liberal F. N. Wedlock 683 10.5 +2.1
Majority 732 11.3 +3.3
Turnout 6,487
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Sharp* 2,248 57.0 −7.2
Labour J. Davis 1,694 43.0 +7.2
Majority 554 14.0 −14.4
Turnout 3,942
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. R. Morris* 1,878 69.3 +8.9
Conservative T. E. Downes 832 30.7 −8.9
Majority 1,046 38.6 +17.8
Turnout 2,710
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. A. Downward 2,538 55.7 +10.6
Conservative L. V. Roy 1,927 42.3 −10.5
Communist L. B. Johnson 92 2.0 −0.1
Majority 611 13.4
Turnout 4,557
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Lawson* 2,082 45.3 +6.1
Conservative L. Lescure 2,077 45.2 −15.6
Independent G. J. Playford 436 9.5 N/A
Majority 5 0.1
Turnout 4,595
Labour hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. M. McGuirk* 3,105 53.6 +0.9
Conservative M. Dunn 2,684 46.4 −0.9
Majority 421 7.2 +1.8
Turnout 5,789
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Murray* 1,535 71.2 +5.7
Labour E. Crank 1,450 68.0 +2.5
Conservative K. Corless 639 30.0 −4.5
Majority 811 38.0 +7.0
Turnout 2,132
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Lister* 2,437 69.4 +5.6
Conservative F. H. Robinson 1,072 30.6 −5.6
Majority 1,365 39.0 +11.2
Turnout 3,509
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. N. M. Moxley 2,877 51.6 +3.5
Conservative T. C. Hewlett* 2,700 48.4 −3.5
Majority 177 3.2
Turnout 5,577
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Sharp* 1,950 56.3 −13.6
Labour E. H. Jessop 974 28.1 −2.1
Liberal R. H. Hargreaves 543 15.6 N/A
Majority 976 28.2 −11.4
Turnout 3,467
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. E. Morley* 3,157 71.7 +4.0
Conservative E. D. Lowe 1,063 24.2 −5.3
Communist J. Hodgson 181 4.1 +1.3
Majority 2,094 47.5 +9.3
Turnout 4,401
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. Ollerenshaw 2,989 69.3 −2.7
Labour S. C. Rimmer 1,323 30.7 +2.7
Majority 1,666 38.6 −5.4
Turnout 4,312
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Mann* 2,463 74.1 +10.3
Conservative L. C. Hughes 862 25.9 −10.3
Majority 1,601 48.2 +20.6
Turnout 3,325
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Massey 2,280 57.8 +8.2
Conservative N. Kenyon 1,667 42.2 −8.2
Majority 613 15.6
Turnout 3,947
Labour hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Morris 2,932 65.9 −0.9
Conservative R. Jones 1,514 34.1 +0.9
Majority 1,418 31.8 −1.8
Turnout 4,446
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Carson 1,226 71.6 −3.6
Labour C. E. Bedgood 486 28.4 +3.6
Majority 740 43.2 −7.2
Turnout 1,712
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. H. Scholfield* 2,089 71.5 −11.7
Labour N. Selwyn 834 28.5 +11.7
Majority 1,255 43.0 −23.4
Turnout 2,923
Conservative hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Waddicor* 3,638 79.4 +13.2
Conservative C. G. Tilley 946 20.6 −13.2
Majority 2,692 58.8 +26.4
Turnout 4,584
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1956 and 1957

References

  1. ^ SEE HOW THEY POLLED - AT A GLANCE, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1956, p.4
  2. ^ CONSERVATIVES LOSE SEAT IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 11, 1956, p.4
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