1964 Manchester City Council election

1964 Manchester City Council election
← 1963 7 May 1964 1965 →
42 of 152 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 77 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1964 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Labour	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. 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]

Quick facts 42 of 152 seats to Manchester City Council 77 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Party	Votes	Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	72,417 (47.0%)		0.5	27 (64.3%)	27 / 42	3	96 (63.2%)	96 / 152
Conservative Party	56,051 (36.4%)		5.5	14 (33.3%)	14 / 42	2	48 (31.6%)	48 / 152
Liberal Party	23,910 (15.5%)		4.2	1 (2.4%)	1 / 42	1	8 (5.3%)	8 / 152
Communist	1,375 (0.9%)		0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 42		0 (0.0%)	0 / 152
Independent Labour Party	111 (0.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 42	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 152
Union Movement	96 (0.1%)		0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 42		0 (0.0%)	0 / 152

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Bailey*	2,937	51.2	+0.6
	Liberal	A. Whiteland	1,681	29.3	−5.4
	Labour	A. Flanaghan	1,020	17.8	+4.4
	Union Movement	R. J. Marsden	96	1.7	+0.3
Majority			1,256	21.9	+6.0
Turnout			5,734
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Thomas*	1,014	73.5	−8.5
	Conservative	R. W. Phillips	366	26.5	+8.5
Majority			648	47.0	−17.0
Turnout			1,380
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Parkinson*	1,475	67.0	−12.3
	Conservative	J. A. Staton	726	33.0	+12.3
Majority			749	34.0	−24.6
Turnout			2,201
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Lloyd*	2,984	50.0	−2.4
	Conservative	I. K. Paley	2,168	36.3	+4.9
	Liberal	E. Page	818	13.7	−2.5
Majority			816	13.7	−7.4
Turnout			5,970
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Jones	1,563	41.7	−3.5
	Conservative	J. D. Cheetham	1,356	36.1	+3.0
	Labour	G. Hayward	831	22.2	+0.5
Majority			207	5.6	−6.5
Turnout			3,750
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Brown	2,304	46.7	−5.9
	Conservative	D. L. Cooke*	2,013	40.8	+10.7
	Liberal	J. Glithero	523	10.6	−5.0
	Communist	M. Taylor	96	1.9	+0.2
Majority			291	5.9	−16.6
Turnout			4,936
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Dean*	2,469	85.3	−1.4
	Conservative	S. Mottram	427	14.7	+8.3
Majority			2,042	70.6	−9.2
Turnout			2,896
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Burrows*	2,590	42.2	+1.8
	Labour	A. Haslam	2,314	37.7	+1.0
	Liberal	M. F. Giblin	1,154	18.8	−4.0
	Communist	I. W. Luft	81	1.3	N/A
Majority			276	4.5	+0.8
Turnout			6,139
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Massey*	2,312	72.0	−3.3
	Conservative	H. J. Caulfield	753	23.4	+1.9
	Communist	S. Cole	147	4.6	+1.4
Majority			1,559	48.6	−5.2
Turnout			3,212
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Lord*	2,617	47.1	+9.7
	Labour	B. Smith	1,721	31.0	+0.1
	Liberal	A. T. Parkinson	1,219	21.9	−9.8
Majority			896	16.1	+10.4
Turnout			5,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Creveul	1,385	47.4	−1.3
	Liberal	M. Needoff*	1,145	39.2	0
	Conservative	A. Niman	390	13.4	+1.3
Majority			240	8.2	−1.3
Turnout			2,920
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Sanders	2,786	51.1	+12.7
	Liberal	J. Hartley	1,414	25.9	−5.3
	Labour	J. Moore	1,254	23.0	+2.9
Majority			1,372	25.2	+18.0
Turnout			5,454
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Davis*	960	77.7	−2.0
	Conservative	R. J. Chronnell	176	14.2	+1.3
	Communist	K. Bloch	100	8.1	+0.7
Majority			784	63.5	−3.3
Turnout			1,236
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. J. Balcombe*	3,590	47.5	+6.6
	Conservative	E. Taylor	2,669	35.3	+0.9
	Liberal	A. F. Sullivan	1,292	17.2	−7.5
Majority			921	12.2	+5.7
Turnout			7,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. R. Crawford*	3,163	58.5	+9.2
	Liberal	T. MacInerney	1,464	27.1	−9.1
	Labour	H. Barrett	781	14.4	−0.1
Majority			1,699	31.4	+18.3
Turnout			5,408
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorton South (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. J. Batson*	1,685	70.3	+3.5
	Labour	G. Conquest	1,489	62.1	−4.7
	Liberal	W. M. Drape	893	37.2	+4.0
	Conservative	J. K. McGregor	729	30.4	N/A
Majority			596	24.9	−8.7
Turnout			2,398
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Waddicor*	1,994	62.8	−4.7
	Conservative	J. Egan	1,179	37.2	+4.7
Majority			815	25.6	−9.4
Turnout			3,173
	Labour hold		Swing

Hugh Oldham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Nicholson*	786	81.4	−5.2
	Conservative	T. E. Murphy	180	18.6	+5.2
Majority			606	62.8	−10.4
Turnout			966
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Leech*	2,994	73.5	−18.5
	Conservative	J. L. Traynor	838	20.6	N/A
	Communist	J. Skelton	241	5.9	−2.1
Majority			2,156	52.9	−31.1
Turnout			4,072
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Williamson	2,204	45.0	+0.8
	Labour	J. T. Morgan	1,815	37.0	−2.6
	Liberal	G. S. Norris	883	18.0	+1.8
Majority			389	8.0	+3.4
Turnout			4,902
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	K. Franklin*	2,700	46.1	+3.6
	Conservative	A. Tetlow	2,080	35.5	+2.2
	Liberal	H. Roche	1,080	18.4	−5.8
Majority			620	10.6	+1.4
Turnout			5,860
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Hopkins*	1,902	53.9	+6.1
	Labour	M. Johnson	1,014	28.7	−10.1
	Liberal	F. N. Wedlock	350	9.9	−0.5
	Communist	H. Johnson	261	7.5	+5.0
Majority			888	25.2	+15.2
Turnout			3,527
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. W. Bliss	1,392	64.2	−5.1
	Labour	J. S. Goldstone	1,364	62.9	−6.4
	Conservative	G. Fildes	792	36.5	+5.8
	Conservative	C. Warburton	787	36.3	+5.6
Majority			572	26.4	−12.2
Turnout			2,168
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. P. D. Paget	1,740	53.1	+1.4
	Conservative	P. Whitby*	1,298	39.5	+1.5
	Liberal	M. A. G. Hatton	243	7.4	−2.8
Majority			442	13.1	−0.1
Turnout			3,281
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Buckley*	1,789	47.8	+7.3
	Labour	R. E. Talbot	1,576	42.1	+9.3
	Liberal	S. Rose	290	7.8	−10.9
	Communist	E. Foster	86	2.3	+0.4
Majority			213	5.7	−2.0
Turnout			3,741
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Halstead*	2,419	44.2	−6.6
	Conservative	F. Mountfield	2,020	36.9	+10.5
	Liberal	J. Bulmer	1,034	18.9	+1.7
Majority			399	7.3	−17.1
Turnout			5,473
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Blackwell*	1,134	78.3	−3.9
	Labour	E. Donoghue	1,096	75.7	−6.5
	Conservative	P. Thornley	333	23.0	+5.2
Majority			763	52.7	−11.7
Turnout			1,448
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Logan*	2,075	64.9	+13.2
	Conservative	P. B. Walker	584	18.3	−3.5
	Liberal	R. Jackson	426	13.3	−10.8
	Communist	J. B. Cross	113	3.5	+1.1
Majority			1,491	46.6	+19.0
Turnout			3,198
	Labour hold		Swing

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Alexandra Park

All Saints'

Ardwick

Baguley

Barlow Moor

Benchill

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Burnage

Cheetham

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Collegiate Church

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Hugh Oldham

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Longsight

Miles Platting

Moss Side East

Moss Side West

Moston

New Cross

Newton Heath

Northenden

Old Moat

Openshaw

Rusholme

St. George's

St. Luke's

St. Mark's

St. Peter's

Withington

Woodhouse Park

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Leigh*	2,912	41.0	+13.5
	Labour	D. Healey	2,750	38.8	−0.7
	Liberal	M. Allen	1,427	20.2	−12.8
Majority			162	2.2
Turnout			7,089
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. F. Lavin	1,674	36.7	+3.8
	Labour	E. Wood	1,591	34.9	+1.0
	Liberal	A. Yates	1,294	28.4	−5.2
Majority			83	1.8
Turnout			4,559
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. J. Donoghue*	2,691	69.0	−7.6
	Conservative	E. Eccles	1,061	27.2	+7.0
	Communist	H. Holland	148	3.8	+0.5
Majority			1,630	41.8	−14.6
Turnout			3,900
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Stockdale*	1,961	49.2	+1.8
	Labour	J. L. Shelmerdine	1,172	29.4	+1.0
	Liberal	M. D. Howard	852	21.4	−2.8
Majority			789	19.8	+0.8
Turnout			3,985
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Mellor*	1,383	80.4	+1.6
	Conservative	C. J. Catarall	337	19.6	−1.6
Majority			1,046	60.8	+3.2
Turnout			1,720
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Rimmer*	1,501	68.6	+5.5
	Conservative	M. E. Ford	688	31.4	−5.5
Majority			813	37.2	+11.0
Turnout			2,189
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Shaw*	2,259	76.9	+1.5
	Conservative	I. Goslin	677	23.1	+3.5
Majority			1,582	53.8	−2.0
Turnout			2,936
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. G. Westbrook*	971	80.6	+6.0
	Conservative	T. Baron	926	76.9	+2.3
	Labour	T. Richardson	255	21.2	−4.2
Majority			671	55.7	+6.5
Turnout			1,204
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Crabtree	2,242	45.7	+3.3
	Liberal	A. Angel	2,077	42.4	+1.4
	Labour	W. J. Shaw	582	11.9	−4.7
Majority			165	3.3	+1.9
Turnout			4,901
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Smith*	2,825	61.7	−1.9
	Liberal	K. Hamnett	788	17.2	−6.3
	Conservative	E. McDonald	750	16.4	+6.2
	Ind. Labour Party	B. S. Dean	111	2.4	N/A
	Communist	E. Holt	102	2.2	−0.5
Majority			2,037	44.5	+4.4
Turnout			4,576
	Labour hold		Swing