1953 Salford City Council election

1953 Salford City Council election
← 1952 7 May 1953 1954 →
16 of 64 seats on Salford City Council; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1953 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Salford 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 retained overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	31,578 (54.3%)	4.8	13 (81.3%)	13 / 16	3	52 (81.3%)	52 / 64
Conservative Party	25,035 (43.1%)	6.1	3 (18.7%)	3 / 16	3	12 (18.7%)	12 / 64
Liberal Party	1,402 (2.4%)	1.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 16		0 (0.0%)	0 / 64
Communist	104 (0.2%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 16		0 (0.0%)	0 / 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Durnford	2,535	52.5	−10.2
	Conservative	F. Cope	2,296	47.5	+10.2
Majority			239	5.0	−20.4
Turnout			4,831
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hardman*	2,108	57.8	−5.2
	Conservative	R. Ranicar	1,435	39.3	+5.6
	Communist	E. Grundy	104	2.9	−0.4
Majority			673	18.5	−10.8
Turnout			3,647
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. F. Carroll*	3,405	62.1	+12.8
	Labour	R. Wiggins	2,076	37.9	+1.5
Majority			1,329	24.2	+11.3
Turnout			5,481
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. W. Thelwell	1,530	58.2	−5.4
	Conservative	N. J. Hockenhull	1,100	41.8	+5.4
Majority			430	16.4	−10.8
Turnout			2,630
	Labour hold		Swing

1953 Salford City Council election

Election result

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

Albert Park

Charlestown

Claremont

Crescent

Docks

Kersal

Langworthy

Mandley Park

Ordsall Park

Regent

St. Matthias'

St. Paul's

St. Thomas'

Seedley

Trinity

Weaste

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1953 and 1954

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Burchill*	2,053	62.0	−4.6
	Conservative	J. T. Callison	1,256	38.0	+4.6
Majority			797	24.0	−9.2
Turnout			3,309
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. C. Hamburger*	2,683	53.6	−1.5
	Conservative	H. Cobden Turner*	2,322	46.4	+1.5
Majority			361	7.2	−3.0
Turnout			5,005
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. M. Marron*	1,804	52.5	−7.8
	Conservative	E. Phillips	1,025	29.8	−2.6
	Liberal	K. Wolstenholme	606	17.7	+10.4
Majority			779	22.7	−5.2
Turnout			3,435
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. M. Cooper*	2,690	60.0	+2.1
	Conservative	R. H. Benham	1,792	40.0	−2.1
Majority			898	20.0	+4.2
Turnout			4,482
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B. Moylan*	2,008	67.5	−6.8
	Conservative	W. Jones	965	32.5	+6.8
Majority			1,043	35.0	−13.6
Turnout			2,973
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Moreton*	2,009	65.5	−5.1
	Conservative	J. Shaw	1,058	34.5	+5.1
Majority			951	31.0	−10.2
Turnout			3,067
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Bramall*	1,659	59.9	−3.4
	Conservative	W. H. Povah	1,109	40.1	N/A
Majority			550	19.8	−6.8
Turnout			2,768
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. A. Barton*	1,775	57.2	−9.7
	Conservative	H. Hines	1,049	33.8	+7.0
	Liberal	E. I. Rifkin	278	9.0	N/A
Majority			726	23.4	−10.4
Turnout			3,102
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Wright*	1,553	64.5	−4.0
	Conservative	W. Parkin	855	35.5	+4.0
Majority			698	29.0	−8.0
Turnout			2,408
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. E. Hargreaves	1,754	46.4	−0.6
	Labour	J. Hill	1,507	39.9	−13.1
	Liberal	A. H. Hill	518	13.7	N/A
Majority			247	6.5
Turnout			3,779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weaste
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. G. Wild*	2,576	51.7	+2.4
	Labour	E. L. Hardcastle	2,402	48.3	−2.4
Majority			174	3.4
Turnout			4,978
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Barton	1,186	53.3	−4.6
	Conservative	M. E. Butler*	1,038	46.7	+4.6
Majority			148	6.6	−9.2
Turnout			2,224
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing