1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

1970 Urmston Urban District Council election
7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)
7 of 21 seats
to Urmston Urban District
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Residents
Seats before 20 1
Seats won 7 0
Seats after 20 1
Seat change
Popular vote 6,860 0
Percentage 62.9% 0.0%
Map of results of 1970 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Urmston Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 6,860 (62.9%)
7 (100.0%)
7 / 7
 20 (95.2%)
20 / 21
Residents 0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 7
 1 (4.8%)
1 / 21
Labour Party 4,043 (37.1%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 7
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
↓
1 20

Ward results

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. H. Eadie 951 67.1
Labour R. Phillips 466 32.9
Majority 485 34.2
Turnout 1,417
Conservative hold Swing

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. H. Carnall* 1,228 66.5
Labour L. M. Seex 618 33.5
Majority 610 33.0
Turnout 1,846
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton Central

Flixton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. L. Brown* 980 62.8
Labour C. Jackson 580 37.2
Majority 400 25.6
Turnout 1,560
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton East

Flixton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Vaughan* 937 70.6
Labour F. Owen 390 29.4
Majority 547 41.2
Turnout 1,327
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton West

Flixton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. F. Leech 952 52.7
Labour B. Elliott 855 47.3
Majority 97 5.4
Turnout 1,807
Conservative hold Swing

Urmston East

Urmston East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. J. Ward* 899 53.4
Labour A. M. Jones 784 46.6
Majority 115 6.8
Turnout 1,683
Conservative hold Swing

Urmston West

Urmston West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. J. Boardman* 913 72.3
Labour H. Seex 350 27.7
Majority 563 44.6
Turnout 1,263
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16
  2. ^ Lancashire and Cheshire, The Guardian, May 8, 1970, p.7
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