1953 Manchester City Council election

1953 Manchester City Council election
← 1952 7 May 1953 1954 →
36 of 144 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 73 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1953 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; No overall control	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. 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 gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Quick facts 36 of 144 seats to Manchester City Council 73 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	105,916 (50.9%)	3.9	21 (58.3%)	21 / 36	4	74 (51.4%)	74 / 144
Conservative Party	98,104 (47.2%)	3.4	15 (41.7%)	15 / 36	4	66 (45.8%)	66 / 144
Liberal Party	2,520 (1.2%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		4 (2.8%)	4 / 144
Independent	976 (0.5%)	0.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144
Communist	368 (0.2%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Ward*	4,434	75.9	+4.3
	Labour	I. Atkinson	1,406	24.1	−4.7
Majority			3,028	51.8	+9.3
Turnout			5,840
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. H. Parish	2,816	61.2	−2.9
	Conservative	A. Thornhill*	1,787	38.8	+2.9
Majority			1,029	22.4	−5.8
Turnout			4,603
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	V. Wilson*	3,502	60.9	0
	Conservative	L. Hogg	2,248	39.1	0
Majority			1,254	21.8	0
Turnout			5,750
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hooley*	2,331	63.3	+6.2
	Labour	F. O'Rourke	1,354	36.7	−6.2
Majority			977	26.6	+12.4
Turnout			3,685
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Baldwin*	3,499	76.4	+0.8
	Conservative	H. Broderick	1,083	23.6	−0.8
Majority			2,416	52.8	+1.6
Turnout			4,582
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Lynch*	4,672	56.2	+6.0
	Labour	E. Dell	3,639	43.8	−6.0
Majority			1,033	12.4	+12.0
Turnout			8,311
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. McCall*	4,291	71.6	−0.7
	Conservative	J. Andrews	1,705	28.4	+0.7
Majority			2,586	43.2	−1.4
Turnout			5,996
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. W. Biggs*	4,220	59.1	+3.0
	Labour	L. L. Hanbridge	2,918	40.9	−3.0
Majority			1,302	18.2	+6.0
Turnout			7,138
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. P. Pariser*	2,455	48.9	−14.1
	Conservative	E. Mawdsley	1,634	32.5	−4.5
	Liberal	S. Needoff	935	18.6	N/A
Majority			821	16.4	−9.6
Turnout			5,024
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. W. G. Fitzsimons*	4,471	79.3	+5.6
	Labour	C. E. Bedgood	1,166	20.7	−5.6
Majority			3,305	58.6	+11.2
Turnout			5,637
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Mendell*	2,760	78.1	−2.5
	Conservative	R. E. Talbot	591	16.7	+0.7
	Communist	M. I. Druck	184	5.2	+1.8
Majority			2,169	61.4	−3.2
Turnout			3,535
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Collier*	4,189	58.5	+4.1
	Labour	E. Mellor	2,972	41.5	−4.1
Majority			1,217	17.0	+8.2
Turnout			7,161
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. K. Lee*	4,265	79.9	+2.8
	Labour	A. Gregory	1,075	20.1	−2.8
Majority			3,190	59.8	+5.6
Turnout			5,340
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Siddall*	4,692	70.3	−4.0
	Conservative	A. P. Osborn	1,801	27.0	+4.0
	Communist	J. Kay	184	2.7	0
Majority			2,891	43.3	−8.0
Turnout			6,677
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Sutton*	3,020	64.6	−4.7
	Conservative	L. J. Naden	1,657	35.4	+4.7
Majority			1,363	29.2	−9.4
Turnout			4,677
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Grant*	3,617	54.4	−7.2
	Conservative	P. H. Craig	3,038	45.6	+7.2
Majority			579	8.8	−14.4
Turnout			6,655
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. A. Fieldhouse*	3,115	48.0	−9.1
	Labour	F. Hatton	2,371	36.6	−6.3
	Liberal	G. P. Robinson	1,001	15.4	N/A
Majority			744	11.4	−2.8
Turnout			6,487
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Sharp*	3,161	55.1	+1.8
	Labour	J. Davis	1,996	35.8	−2.2
	Liberal	F. N. Wedlock	584	10.1	+0.4
Majority			1,265	20.3	+4.0
Turnout			5,741
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Piggott*	4,742	56.1	+9.8
	Labour	G. Halstead	3,709	43.9	−3.0
Majority			1,033	12.2	+11.6
Turnout			8,451
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. C. Chadwick*	2,840	70.3	−2.6
	Conservative	M. V. Sparks	1,200	29.7	+2.6
Majority			1,640	40.6	−5.2
Turnout			4,040
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. V. Wood	2,661	48.6	−10.4
	Conservative	G. J. Playford*	2,235	40.9	−0.1
	Independent	C. Cuffin	575	10.5	N/A
Majority			426	7.7	−10.3
Turnout			5,471
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Lawson	2,833	50.2	−1.4
	Conservative	C. Brewster*	2,813	49.8	+2.8
Majority			20	0.4	−4.2
Turnout			5,646
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. M. McGuirk*	4,033	53.1	−7.2
	Conservative	W. H. T. Quick	3,560	46.9	+7.2
Majority			473	6.2	−14.4
Turnout			7,603
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Murray*	2,580	65.8	−0.8
	Conservative	E. Griffiths	1,339	34.2	+4.2
Majority			1,241	31.6	−5.0
Turnout			3,919
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Bates	3,375	66.8	−2.8
	Conservative	W. H. Priestnall	1,679	33.2	+2.8
Majority			1,696	33.6	−5.6
Turnout			5,054
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. B. Ogden*	3,091	77.0	−4.7
	Conservative	A. Gregory	925	23.0	+4.7
Majority			2,166	54.0	−9.4
Turnout			4,016
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. C. Hewlett*	4,432	60.4	+13.8
	Labour	W. Gallagher	2,904	39.6	−1.2
Majority			1,528	20.8	+15.0
Turnout			7,336
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Sharp*	3,366	63.6	+5.8
	Labour	W. A. Dove	1,928	36.4	−5.8
Majority			1,438	27.2	+11.6
Turnout			5,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Alexandra Park

All Saints'

Ardwick

Barlow Moor

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Burnage

Cheetham

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Collegiate Church

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Longsight

Miles Platting

Moss Side East

Moss Side West

Moston

New Cross

Newton Heath

Newtown

Northenden

Old Moat

Openshaw

Rusholme

St. George's

St. Luke's

St. Mark's

St. Peter's

Withington

Wythenshawe

Moss Side East, 2 July 1953

Gorton North, 10 December 1953

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Nally*	4,295	70.6	−3.9
	Conservative	L. Lescure	1,788	29.4	+3.9
Majority			2,507	41.2	−7.8
Turnout			6,083
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. C. Rodgers*	3,832	70.0	+4.9
	Labour	B. Conlan	1,640	30.0	−4.9
Majority			2,192	40.0	+9.8
Turnout			5,472
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Mann	3,273	65.0	−6.1
	Conservative	H. Spencer	1,763	35.0	+6.1
Majority			1,510	30.0	−12.2
Turnout			5,036
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. P. Evans	2,755	50.5	−6.6
	Conservative	W. E. A. Yates*	2,698	49.5	+2.4
Majority			57	1.0	−3.0
Turnout			5,453
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. W. Ellershaw*	3,709	67.4	−0.1
	Conservative	E. A. Leggett	1,791	32.6	+0.1
Majority			1,918	34.8	−0.2
Turnout			5,500
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. D. Parks*	1,886	63.5	0
	Labour	H. W. Bliss	1,083	36.5	0
Majority			803	27.0	0
Turnout			2,969
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Scholfield*	3,689	80.4	+12.5
	Labour	R. L. Griffiths	899	19.6	+0.6
Majority			2,790	60.8	+11.9
Turnout			4,588
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. S. Gatley*	8,759	63.3	−6.7
	Conservative	A. Williamson	4,684	33.8	+3.8
	Independent	F. Frost	401	2.9	N/A
Majority			4,075	29.5	−10.5
Turnout			13,844
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Dell	2,629	51.5	+2.9
	Conservative	G. J. Playford	2,107	41.3	+0.4
	Independent	C. Cuffin	424	8.2	−2.3
Majority			522	10.2	+2.5
Turnout			5,160
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Roddy	3,183	69.4	−0.9
	Conservative	C. N. Clarke	1,292	28.2	+1.2
	Communist	J. Kay	114	2.4	−0.3
Majority			1,891	41.2	−2.1
Turnout			4,589
	Labour hold		Swing