1962 Manchester City Council election

1962 Manchester City Council election
10 May 1962 (1962-05-10)
38 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 22 seats,
44.0% 		15 seats,
41.3% 		1 seats,
13.6%
Seats before 78 70 4
Seats won 22 11 4
Seats after 80 64 8
Seat change 2 6 4
Popular vote 70,394 56,275 32,287
Percentage 42.8% 34.2% 19.6%
Swing 1.2% 7.1% 6.0%
Map of results of 1962 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 1962. 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 70,394 (42.8%)
1.2 22 (57.9%)
22 / 38
 2 80 (52.6%)
80 / 152
Conservative Party 56,275 (34.2%)
7.1 11 (28.9%)
11 / 38
 6 64 (42.1%)
64 / 152
Liberal Party 32,287 (19.6%)
6.0 4 (10.5%)
4 / 38
 4 8 (5.3%)
8 / 152
Ratepayers 2,631 (1.6%)
0.9 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Union Movement 1,904 (1.2%)
1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Communist 1,062 (0.6%)
0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

↓
80 8 64

Ward results

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Alexander 2,538 44.1 +9.1
Conservative H. Ward* 2,454 42.7 −11.5
Labour G. Hayward 468 8.1 −2.7
Ratepayers B. Shields 153 2.7 N/A
Union Movement N. Kennedy 138 2.4 N/A
Majority 84 1.4
Turnout 5,751
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. P. Evans* 1,488 74.0 +2.5
Conservative R. W. Phillips 392 19.5 −9.0
Union Movement M. Kennedy 131 6.5 N/A
Majority 1,096 54.5 +11.5
Turnout 2,011
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour V. Wilson* 1,842 69.9 −2.3
Conservative G. Taylor 794 30.1 +2.3
Majority 1,048 39.8 −4.8
Turnout 2,636
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Price* 3,349 48.2 −5.0
Conservative A. G. Oatway 2,195 31.6 −15.2
Liberal G. A. Ruscoe 1,400 20.2 N/A
Majority 1,154 16.6 +10.2
Turnout 6,944
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal P. W. Goldstone 1,765 43.2 +0.7
Conservative A. Hooley* 1,272 31.1 −11.3
Labour J. L. Shelmerdine 668 16.3 +1.2
Ratepayers T. Johnson 384 9.4 N/A
Majority 493 12.1 +12.0
Turnout 4,089
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Benchill

Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. S. Gatley* 3,303 51.8 +3.4
Conservative B. Moore 1,890 29.6 −19.9
Liberal J. Glithero 1,037 16.3 N/A
Communist M. Taylor 151 2.3 +0.2
Majority 1,413 22.1
Turnout 6,381
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. G. Birtles* 2,341 84.0 +7.3
Conservative S. Mottram 266 9.5 −13.8
Union Movement D. E. Hesketh 181 6.5 N/A
Majority 2,075 74.5 +21.1
Turnout 2,788
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. A. Lynch* 2,763 42.5 −5.4
Labour S. N. M. Moxley 1,945 29.9 −0.3
Liberal W. Wren 1,656 25.5 +3.6
Communist I. W. Luft 137 2.1 N/A
Majority 818 12.6 −5.1
Turnout 6,501
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Jackson* 2,649 73.1 −1.1
Conservative M. R. Chandler 974 26.9 +1.1
Majority 1,675 46.2 −2.2
Turnout 3,623
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Platt* 2,224 38.8 −7.9
Liberal W. Thorpe 2,149 37.6 +8.8
Labour H. Conway 1,349 23.6 −0.9
Majority 75 1.2 −16.7
Turnout 5,722
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. Pariser* 1,723 48.9 −3.1
Liberal M. Needoff 1,571 44.6 −3.4
Conservative K. Rydings 185 5.2 N/A
Union Movement T. J. Kay 47 1.3 N/A
Majority 152 4.3 +0.3
Turnout 3,526
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. W. G. Fitzsimons* 2,655 44.6 −3.5
Liberal M. Cheers 2,108 35.4 +12.2
Labour H. P. D. Paget 762 12.8 +0.4
Ratepayers T. A. Harper 400 6.7 −9.6
Union Movement L. J. Hyland 29 0.5 N/A
Majority 547 9.2 −15.7
Turnout 5,954
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Mendell* 1,163 77.3 −2.8
Conservative W. J. Pepper 178 11.8 −1.9
Communist K. Bloch 111 7.4 +1.2
Union Movement A. Tunnacliffe 52 3.5 N/A
Majority 985 65.5 −0.9
Turnout 1,503
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. R. Butler 2,947 35.8 −3.9
Labour A. Zolkwer 2,904 35.2 −12.0
Liberal A. F. Sullivan 2,389 29.0 +15.9
Majority 43 0.6
Turnout 8,240
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Lee* 2,753 48.2 −11.6
Liberal T. MacInerney 2,433 42.6 +11.7
Labour A. Haslam 525 9.2 −0.1
Majority 320 5.6 −23.3
Turnout 5,711
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Higgins* 3,243 73.1 +4.1
Conservative J. Whitwell 1,191 26.9 −4.1
Majority 2,052 46.2 +8.2
Turnout 4,434
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Wimbury* 2,362 63.6 +5.3
Conservative C. M. Clarke 1,351 36.4 −5.3
Majority 1,011 27.2 +10.6
Turnout 3,713
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Grant* 2,115 64.6 +9.8
Conservative R. Hardy 1,092 33.4 −11.8
Union Movement R. Kershaw 67 2.0 N/A
Majority 1,023 31.2 +21.6
Turnout 3,274
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. B. Ogden* 1,441 78.2 +7.1
Conservative M. J. K. McGregor 245 13.3 −8.6
Communist E. Cohen 115 6.2 −0.8
Union Movement E. Keeling 43 2.3 N/A
Majority 1,196 64.9 +15.7
Turnout 1,844
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Fieldhouse* 2,139 38.2 +0.9
Labour A. Hardisty 1,349 24.1 +6.0
Ratepayers J. A. Gannon 1,057 18.9 −10.2
Liberal S. W. Chinn 1,043 18.6 +3.1
Union Movement W. Hesketh 51 0.9 N/A
Majority 790 14.1 +5.9
Turnout 5,593
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Pigott* 2,633 38.6 −0.6
Labour G. Halstead 2,394 35.1 −6.4
Liberal E. Platt 1,551 22.7 +3.6
Ratepayers E. Alderton 247 3.6 N/A
Majority 239 3.5
Turnout 6,825
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Sharp* 2,121 57.3 +4.7
Labour A. Smith 1,334 36.0 +9.0
Communist H. Johnson 155 4.2 +1.0
Union Movement F. Dewhurst 93 2.5 N/A
Majority 787 21.3 −4.3
Turnout 3,703
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. R. Morris* 1,803 65.6 +5.3
Conservative J. H. Tresman 872 31.8 −8.1
Union Movement C. D. Draffin 71 2.6 N/A
Majority 931 33.8 +13.2
Turnout 2,746
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. A. Downward* 1,763 47.0 +2.0
Conservative A. H. Burlin 1,600 42.7 −12.3
Ratepayers G. J. Playford 208 5.5 N/A
Union Movement M. E. Hesketh 119 3.2 N/A
Communist L. B. Johnson 60 1.6 N/A
Majority 163 4.3 −5.7
Turnout 3,750
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. D. Alexander 1,763 42.9 −6.1
Labour R. E. Talbot 1,208 29.4 −4.7
Liberal M. McCann 1,048 25.5 N/A
Union Movement G. A. Webb 94 2.2 −2.2
Majority 555 13.5 −1.4
Turnout 4,113
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Latham 3,271 46.3 +0.2
Conservative K. E. Goulding* 2,341 33.1 −4.3
Liberal J. Bulmer 1,451 20.6 +4.1
Majority 930 13.2 +4.5
Turnout 7,063
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Murray* 1,238 80.9 +7.7
Conservative D. C. Cooper 203 13.3 −13.5
Union Movement J. J. Boyle 88 5.8 N/A
Majority 1,035 67.7 +21.3
Turnout 1,529
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Lister* 2,219 66.1 +10.6
Conservative K. A. Edis 1,038 30.9 −11.3
Union Movement C. Gee 98 3.0 N/A
Majority 1,181 35.2 +21.9
Turnout 3,355
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. L. Griffiths 2,680 34.6 +0.1
Liberal R. H. Hargreaves 2,633 34.0 +6.5
Conservative E. Walmsley* 2,441 31.4 −6.6
Majority 47 0.5
Turnout 7,754
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. Kay 1,793 41.9 +4.2
Conservative W. Sharp* 1,560 36.5 −6.9
Labour R. B. Davies 924 21.6 +2.7
Majority 233 5.4
Turnout 4,277
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. E. Morley* 2,775 72.6 +5.7
Conservative H. Woodman 876 22.9 −7.1
Communist H. Holland 123 3.2 +0.1
Union Movement W. D. Hesketh 49 1.3 N/A
Majority 1,899 49.7 +12.8
Turnout 3,823
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. Ollerenshaw* 2,020 46.9 −9.6
Liberal F. N. Wedlock 1,148 26.6 +4.0
Labour D. A. Warby 958 22.2 +1.3
Ratepayers J. H. Edward 182 4.2 N/A
Majority 872 20.3 −13.6
Turnout 4,308
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Mann* 1,918 71.9 +2.5
Conservative N. P. Delayen 624 23.4 −7.2
Union Movement N. Edwards 124 4.7 N/A
Majority 1,294 48.5 +9.7
Turnout 2,666
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Massey* 1,896 63.7 +9.8
Conservative W. Ricketts 981 33.0 −7.6
Union Movement P. Edwards 99 3.3 N/A
Majority 915 30.7 +17.4
Turnout 2,976
Labour hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Morris* 2,416 69.8 +5.6
Conservative E. Geddes 1,047 30.2 −5.6
Majority 1,369 39.6 +11.2
Turnout 3,463
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Carson* 912 50.0 −11.1
Labour J. Davis 582 31.9 −7.0
Union Movement G. S. Gee 330 18.1 N/A
Majority 330 18.1 −4.1
Turnout 1,824
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. S. Alldridge 2,574 47.2 +4.3
Conservative W. H. Scholfield* 2,357 43.2 −3.7
Labour A. H. Bateman 523 9.6 −0.6
Majority 217 4.0
Turnout 5,454
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Reid* 3,503 75.5 +2.4
Conservative A. Thurston 926 20.0 −6.9
Communist E. Holt 210 4.5 N/A
Majority 2,577 55.5 +9.3
Turnout 4,639
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic election

By-elections between 1962 and 1963

References

  1. ^ Swinging... the left wing triumphs in the cities, Manchester Evening News, May 11, 1962, p.30
  2. ^ FOUR LIBERAL GAINS IN MANCHESTER, The Guardian, May 11, 1962, p.14
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