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The first elections to the new ] City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. The election created the entire 99-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which shadowed its predecessor corporation before taking over its functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the ]. Each 1st-placed candidate was appointed to a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate had a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate served a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975. The first elections to the new ] City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. The election created the entire 99-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which shadowed its predecessor corporation before taking over its functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the ]. Each 1st-placed candidate was appointed to a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate had a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate served a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.


The ] gained overall control of the council.<ref>"Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).</ref> The ] gained overall control of the council.<ref>{{citation |title=Manchester City Council Election Results |edition=2nd |publisher=Swarbrick |year=1993}}.</ref>


After the election, the composition of the council was as follows: After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Revision as of 19:12, 28 June 2011

The first elections to the new Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1973. The election created the entire 99-member council (3 councillors to each ward), which shadowed its predecessor corporation before taking over its functions on 1 April 1974, as specified in the Local Government Act 1972. Each 1st-placed candidate was appointed to a five-year term of office, expiring in 1978. Each 2nd-placed candidate had a three-year term of office, expiring in 1976. Each 3rd-placed candidate served a two-year term of office, expiring in 1975.

The Labour Party gained overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:

Party Seats
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 59
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative 40
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour gain

Ward results

Detailed below are the results for each ward. Successful candidates are highlighted in bold.

Alexandra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Flynn 2,298 51.9
Conservative N. Thompson 2,236 51.9
Conservative R. Rodgers 2,163 51.9
Liberal D. Hewitt 1,625 35.6
Liberal P. Davis 1,532 35.6
Liberal C. G. Sinclair 1,444 35.6
Labour J. M. Bradley 568 12.5
Labour J. H. Parish 529 12.5
Labour P. J. Salts 513 12.5
Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Barrett 1,537 79.4
Labour F. Dale 1,472 79.4
Labour N. Finley 1,456 79.4
Conservative J. Kershaw 420 20.6
Conservative S. M. Lindsay 393 20.6
Conservative D. H. G. Penney 346 20.6
Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. H. Price 2,458 54.9
Labour A. P. Marino 2,349 54.9
Labour C. R. Muir 2,331 54.9
Conservative M. Malbon 2,025 45.1
Conservative E. J. Whelan 1,983 45.1
Conservative B. H. Farrow 1,853 45.1
Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Tucker 1,968 56.8
Conservative B. Moore 1,611 56.8
Conservative N. Wood 1,566 56.8
Labour R. Grainger 1,131 35.1
Labour D. A. Parker 1,047 35.1
Labour A. J. Bateman 1,004 35.1
Liberal D. R. Mellor 735 8.1
Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Dean 1,528 86.2
Labour S. Corless 1,514 86.2
Labour K. Eastham 1,485 86.2
Conservative J. C. J. Cavill 252 13.8
Conservative J. Cartland 238 13.8
Conservative W. Whitmore 235 13.8
Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. I. Owen 1,859 57.9
Labour A. A. Johnson 1,850 57.9
Labour F. Hatton 1,740 57.9
Conservative J. Yates 1,380 42.1
Conservative D. G. Sparrow 1,350 42.1
Conservative H. P. Cummins 1,228 42.1
Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Gilmore 2,271 64.9
Labour W. Egerton 2,230 64.9
Labour E. Grant 2,100 64.9
Conservative C. R. Ashton 1,239 35.1
Conservative H. Pickles 1,169 35.1
Conservative G. M. Farmer 1,161 35.1
Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Y. Emery 2,592 55.4
Conservative G. W. G. Fitzsimons 2,548 55.4
Conservative A. A. O'Connor 2,509 55.4
Labour F. Firth 2,067 44.6
Labour D. Healey 2,054 44.6
Labour E. Mellor 2,025 44.6
Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Howarth 2,487 64.7
Conservative W. L. Lund 2,477 64.7
Conservative H. Platt 2,455 64.7
Labour A. Burns 1,367 35.3
Labour J. McKinnon 1,347 35.3
Labour L. R. Williams 1,328 35.3
Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Kelly 1,720 59.9
Labour N. Morris 1,660 59.9
Labour S. Silverman 1,609 59.9
Conservative D. F. Silverman 1,166 40.1
Conservative N. Green 1,120 40.1
Conservative A. E. Cleworth 1,052 40.1
Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Broderick 1,182 67.7
Labour D. G. Ford 1,158 67.7
Labour S. Shaw 1,101 67.7
Conservative J. Bonsu 561 32.3
Conservative K. A. Hunt 561 32.3
Conservative R. A. Price 521 32.3
Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Sanders 2,109 53.8
Conservative M. Vince 2,078 53.8
Conservative A. D. Ashley 1,842 53.8
Liberal C. H. Hughes 979 26.2
Liberal M. Calder 977 26.2
Liberal W. S. Kenyon 974 26.2
Labour V. Stevens 878 20.0
Labour G. Collins 704 20.0
Labour K. Hull 660 20.0
Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Balcombe 721 72.0
Labour S. Ogden 618 72.0
Labour J. B. Ogden 612 72.0
Liberal J. Laslett 193 13.4
Liberal C. Addison 171 13.4
Conservative J. Carson 147 14.6
Conservative J. R. Cawley 132 14.6
Conservative W. Porter 116 14.6
Crossacres
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. L. Griffiths 2,461 53.7
Labour A. Roberts 2,353 53.7
Labour K. Collis 2,269 53.7
Ratepayers R. R. Dilworth 1,271 28.7
Ratepayers K. A. Edis 1,267 28.7
Ratepayers W. A. McCall 1,251 28.7
Conservative W. Foster 756 16.6
Conservative K. Nolan 745 16.6
Conservative G. Scudder 684 16.6
Communist M. Taylor 145 1.1
Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Fildes 2,027 64.4
Conservative A. Clapham 2,026 64.4
Conservative F. W. Lever 2,022 64.4
Labour A. T. Gray 1,165 35.6
Labour H. Gregory 1,105 35.6
Labour P. A. Sless 1,082 35.6
Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hill 3,289 75.3
Conservative J. Duke 3,233 75.3
Conservative M. R. Crawford 3,216 75.3
Labour W. Murray 1,036 23.0
Labour R. V. Pierson 976 23.0
Labour D. Cox 959 23.0
Communist A. J. Hunt 230 1.8
Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Conquest 2,070 66.9
Labour C. Brierley 2,001 66.9
Labour P. Bednarski 1,975 66.9
Conservative J. B. Bullough 1,016 33.1
Conservative W. Slowe 995 33.1
Conservative T. J. S. Duke 983 33.1
Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Conway 1,422 58.5
Labour D. Barker 1,350 58.5
Labour K. Franklin 1,317 58.5
Conservative E. A. Duffy 760 32.1
Conservative P. T. Heywood 749 32.1
Conservative A. Farmer 734 32.1
Ratepayers D. E. Lindsay 660 9.4
Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Litherland 951 63.1
Labour A. Nicholson 951 63.1
Labour R. F. Delahunty 927 63.1
Conservative G. Cleworth 564 36.9
Conservative A. P. Osborn 556 36.9
Conservative M. Withers 532 36.9
Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. V. Marshall 1,290 81.0
Labour T. Thomas 1,273 81.0
Labour W. Smith 1,226 81.0
Conservative A. Edwards 289 17.2
Conservative R. E. Gilham 260 17.2
Conservative E. Draycott 255 17.2
Communist D. J. Heywood 83 1.8
Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. K. Barber 2,414 58.5
Conservative W. Carlton 2,253 58.5
Conservative S. Alexander 2,239 58.5
Labour E. H. Spencer 1,663 41.5
Labour F. Done 1,646 41.5
Labour J. Flanagan 1,597 41.5
Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. T. Lee 1,618 38.5
Labour R. A. Reddington 1,570 38.5
Conservative E. Jones 1,569 37.8
Conservative E. D. Kirkup 1,558 37.8
Labour S. Smith 1,547 38.5
Conservative D. Porter 1,511 37.8
Independent I. Lindsay 865 7.0
Liberal R. Jackson 765 16.7
Liberal I. Garrard 655 16.7
Liberal G. Garrard 627 16.7
10993
Lloyd Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Collins 2,128 56.3
Labour K. McKeon 2,084 56.3
Labour A. S. Wood 1,982 56.3
Conservative J. E. Higham 1,642 43.7
Conservative E. Bevan 1,604 43.7
Conservative L. H. Nield 1,553 43.7
Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Malpas 1,565 49.9
Labour R. W. Ford 1,454 48.2
Conservative G. Taylor 1,412 49.9
Labour S. N. M. Moxley 1,392 48.2
Conservative M. Delayen 1,389 49.9
Labour D. Anderson 1,369 48.2
Freedom To Choose Group J. Kedward 160 1.8
Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Crank 1,240 78.8
Labour R. Latham 1,209 78.8
Labour E. Donnoghue 1,194 78.8
British Campaign To Stop Immigration M. R. Goucher 368 8.0
Conservative A. Chappell 219 13.3
Conservative H. Lee 214 13.3
Conservative M. Howells 182 13.3
Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. E. Talbot 928 63.0
Labour H. Paget 889 63.0
Labour W. A. Downward 789 63.0
Conservative M. J. Duffy 515 34.8
Conservative H. W. Meadowcroft 515 34.8
Conservative C. Toft 409 34.8
Communist W. Woolery 90 2.2
Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. E. Bowden 2,266 51.3
Conservative K. E. Goulding 2,207 48.7
Labour C. C. Lamb 2,123 51.3
Labour W. Risby 2,095 51.3
Conservative A. W. Ash 2,041 48.7
Conservative G. I. Jones 1,909 48.7
Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. J. Taylor 1,914 63.2
Labour C. Tomlinson 1,902 63.2
Labour J. Smith 1,826 63.2
Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,148 36.8
Conservative A. R. Leeke 1,080 36.8
Conservative T. B. Hegarty 1,060 36.8
Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Leigh 2,978 55.4
Conservative C. H. Box 2,737 55.4
Conservative D. Mountford 2,730 55.4
Labour H. Brown 2,244 42.4
Labour H. Reid 2,114 42.4
Labour J. M. Wilson 2,097 42.4
Communist G. F. Taylor 341 2.2
Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. F. Lavin 2,479 63.0
Conservative D. G. Massey 2,319 63.0
Conservative T. E. Murphy 2,262 63.0
Labour E. Richards 1,395 37.0
Labour A. J. Spencer 1,392 37.0
Labour A. E. Jones 1,368 37.0
Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Pierce 2,221 64.2
Conservative K. Ollerenshaw 2,191 64.2
Conservative S. Tucker 2,173 64.2
Labour A. H. Fender 1,115 32.1
Labour M. A. Naqui 1,091 32.1
Labour H. Rowley 1,090 32.1
Independent F. A. Melling 379 3.7
Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. R. Coker 1,864 48.2
Conservative G. W. Young 1,801 48.2
Conservative W. Crabtree 1,793 48.2
Liberal J. Edwards 1,151 29.7
Liberal R. A. Bell 1,107 29.7
Liberal W. J. Ellwood 1,102 29.7
Labour J. Wilner 858 22.2
Labour M. Moss 855 22.2
Labour R. Ames 797 22.2
7727
Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Hall 1,721 64.9
Labour T. Farrell 1,678 64.9
Labour G. Berry 1,616 64.9
Conservative J. A. Graham 856 32.4
Conservative G. Parry 849 32.4
Conservative F. Kennan 802 32.4
Communist J. V. Hamer 205 2.7

References

  1. Manchester City Council Election Results (2nd ed.), Swarbrick, 1993.
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New council 		Manchester local elections Succeeded by
Manchester Council election, 1975
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