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1957 Manchester City Council election
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9 May 1957 (1957-05-09)
1958 →
38 of 152 seats
to Manchester City Council
77 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election 28 seats,
53.1%		 14 seats,
43.0%		 0 seats,
3.1%
Seats before 88 61 3
Seats won 24 14 0
Seats after 89 60 3
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1 Steady
Popular vote 85,104 65,947 6,653
Percentage 53.7% 41.6% 4.2%
Swing Increase0.6% Decrease1.4% Increase1.1%
Map of results of 1957 election
Leader of the Council before election


Labour

 Leader of the Council after election


Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1957. 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]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 85,104 (53.7%)
Increase 0.6 24 (63.1%)
24 / 38
 Increase 1 89 (58.6%)
89 / 152
Conservative Party 65,947 (41.6%)
Decrease 1.4 14 (36.8%)
14 / 38
 Decrease 1 60 (39.5%)
60 / 152
Liberal Party 6,653 (4.2%)
Increase 1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 Steady 3 (2.0%)
3 / 152
Independent 493 (0.3%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Communist 332 (0.2%)
Decrease 0.3 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

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89 3 60

Aldermen

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21 3 14

Councillors

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68 46

Ward results

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Alexandra Park

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Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Thompson 3,107 53.9 −6.1
Liberal G. E. Sharpe 1,487 25.8 +3.2
Labour A. A. Dandy 1,166 20.3 +2.9
Majority 1,620 28.1 −9.3
Turnout 5,760
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

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All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Hatton* 2,224 70.8 +6.5
Conservative W. J. Geddes 917 29.2 −8.1
Majority 1,307 41.6 +17.8
Turnout 3,141
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Taylor* 2,461 70.4 +7.2
Conservative G. Jackson 1,033 29.6 −7.2
Majority 1,428 40.8 +14.4
Turnout 3,494
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Stuart-Cole* 3,485 60.0 +0.8
Conservative R. J. Payne 2,325 40.0 −0.8
Majority 1,160 20.0 +1.6
Turnout 5,810
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Harker* 1,727 57.8 −2.9
Labour S. E. Tucker 1,263 42.2 +2.0
Majority 464 15.6 −4.0
Turnout 2,990
Conservative hold Swing

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. L. Griffiths* 2,710 58.6 +0.7
Conservative E. Birley 1,911 41.4 +2.4
Majority 799 17.2 +1.0
Turnout 4,621
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

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Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. W. Farrell* 3,013 84.8 +7.6
Conservative W. M. Hall 541 15.2 −9.9
Majority 2,472 69.6 +22.1
Turnout 3,554
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Chadwick* 3,301 56.2 −3.1
Labour A. J. Fahey 2,571 43.8 +3.1
Majority 730 12.4 −6.2
Turnout 5,872
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Taylor* 3,776 81.8 +6.6
Conservative A. P. Osborn 841 18.2 −6.6
Majority 2,935 63.6 +13.2
Turnout 4,617
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. J. Edwards* 3,000 55.4 −5.5
Labour W. S. Spink 2,414 44.6 +5.5
Majority 586 10.8 −11.0
Turnout 5,414
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. B. Prain* 1,883 51.0 +0.7
Liberal S. Needoff 1,807 49.0 +14.9
Majority 76 2.0 −14.2
Turnout 3,690
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Ralphs* 3,168 73.0 −10.1
Labour R. P. Greenwood 1,169 27.0 +10.1
Majority 1,999 46.0 −20.2
Turnout 4,337
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Finkel* 1,613 85.3 +5.9
Conservative F. Hargreaves 189 10.0 −2.6
Communist M. I. Druck 90 4.7 −3.3
Majority 1,424 75.3 +8.5
Turnout 1,892
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Mawdsley* 3,162 53.2 −3.5
Labour K. Franklin 2,785 46.8 +3.5
Majority 377 6.4 −7.0
Turnout 5,947
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. White* 2,633 53.3 −3.2
Liberal M. MacInerney 1,802 35.8 +2.9
Labour J. Platt 629 12.5 +0.9
Majority 831 16.1 −6.5
Turnout 5,064
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Roddy* 3,567 75.7 +3.6
Conservative B. H. Farrow 1,142 24.3 −3.6
Majority 2,425 51.4 +7.2
Turnout 4,709
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Kirkman* 2,229 68.3 −0.4
Conservative T. Brownrigg 1,033 31.7 +0.4
Majority 1,196 36.6 −0.8
Turnout 3,262
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. O'Toole* 2,702 64.2 +6.2
Conservative J. C. Brearley 1,504 35.8 −6.2
Majority 1,198 28.4 +12.4
Turnout 4,206
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

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Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Humphris* 2,476 85.9 +13.1
Conservative J. Jones 303 10.5 −9.9
Communist E. Cohen 103 3.6 −3.2
Majority 2,173 75.4 +23.0
Turnout 2,882
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative O. Lodge* 2,748 64.1 −1.2
Labour D. Barker 1,536 35.9 +1.2
Majority 1,212 28.2 −2.4
Turnout 4,284
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Halstead 2,889 43.0 +3.9
Conservative D. Piggott* 2,852 42.5 −7.9
Liberal F. N. Wedlock 973 14.5 +4.0
Majority 37 0.5
Turnout 6,714
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. Dunn* 2,217 52.9 −4.1
Labour J. Davis 1,977 47.1 +4.1
Majority 240 5.8 −8.2
Turnout 4,194
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

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Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. H. F. Eccles* 1,809 69.5 +0.2
Conservative M. V. Sparks 794 30.5 −0.2
Majority 1,015 39.0 +0.4
Turnout 2,603
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

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Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Dell* 2,266 61.6 +5.9
Conservative H. Boff 1,415 38.4 −3.9
Majority 851 23.2 +9.8
Turnout 3,681
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side West

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Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Lescure 2,242 45.8 +0.6
Labour K. Pollitt* 2,163 44.2 −1.1
Independent G. J. Playford 493 10.0 +0.5
Majority 79 1.6
Turnout 4,898
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Latham* 3,490 54.5 +0.9
Conservative R. B. Crompton 2,908 45.5 −0.9
Majority 582 9.0 +1.8
Turnout 6,398
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

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New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Crank* 1,526 71.6 +0.4
Conservative A. Johnson 606 28.4 −1.6
Majority 920 43.2 +5.2
Turnout 2,132
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Binns* 2,698 71.8 +2.3
Conservative E. Collingwood 1,062 28.2 −2.3
Majority 1,636 43.6 +4.6
Turnout 3,760
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. S. Goldstone 3,424 52.2 +0.6
Conservative C. G. Tilley 3,135 47.8 −0.6
Majority 289 4.4 +1.2
Turnout 6,559
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. A. Earley* 1,832 50.2 −6.1
Labour H. Conway 1,237 33.9 +5.8
Liberal R. H. Hargreaves 584 15.9 +0.3
Majority 595 16.3 −11.9
Turnout 3,653
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

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Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Jolly* 3,452 74.7 +3.0
Conservative E. D. Lowe 1,032 22.3 −1.9
Communist J. Hodgson 139 3.0 −1.1
Majority 2,420 52.4 +4.9
Turnout 3,623
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. T. Barratt* 2,835 66.5 −2.8
Labour A. H. Green 1,426 33.5 +2.8
Majority 1,409 33.0 −5.6
Turnout 4,261
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Collis* 1,995 71.8 −2.3
Conservative J. Logan 783 28.2 +2.3
Majority 1,212 43.6 −4.6
Turnout 2,778
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Conway* 2,240 55.6 −2.2
Conservative W. Crabtree 1,792 44.4 +2.2
Majority 448 11.2 −4.4
Turnout 4,032
Labour hold Swing

St. Mark's

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St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Conlan* 2,621 73.3 +7.4
Conservative R. Jones 954 26.7 −7.4
Majority 1,667 46.6 +14.8
Turnout 3,575
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

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St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Beer* 1,344 71.5 −0.1
Labour C. E. Bedgood 535 28.5 +0.1
Majority 809 43.0 −0.2
Turnout 1,879
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. A. Stovell* 2,522 74.9 +3.4
Labour A. Haslam 844 25.1 −3.4
Majority 1,678 49.8 +6.8
Turnout 3,366
Conservative hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. H. Hall* 3,840 78.7 −0.7
Conservative F. W. Harrison 1,037 21.3 +0.7
Majority 2,803 57.4 −1.4
Turnout 4,877
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

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Aldermanic election, 4 September 1957

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Caused by the death on 10 August 1957 of Alderman George Sutton Grindley (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 January 1937).[3][4]

In his place, Councillor Eveline Hill M.P. (Conservative, Didsbury, elected 2 November 1936)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 September 1957.[6]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeEveline Hill M.P.Openshaw1961

Aldermanic election, 8 January 1958

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Caused by the resignation on 11 December 1957 of Alderman John Edward Burgess (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 25 May 1949).[7][8]

In his place, Councillor Lionel Biggs (Conservative, Burnage, elected 19 November 1936)[9] was elected as an alderman by the council on 8 January 1958.[10]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeLionel BiggsDidsbury1961

Aldermanic election, 19 February 1958

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Caused by the resignation on 19 February 1958 of Alderman Harry Frankland (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 31 March 1953).[11][12]

In his place, Councillor Arthur Donovan (Labour, Hugh Oldham, elected 1 March 1944)[13] was elected as an alderman by the council on 19 February 1958.[14]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
LabourArthur DonovanCheetham1961

By-elections between 1957 and 1958

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Didsbury, 17 October 1957

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Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Eveline Hill M.P. (Conservative, Didsbury, elected 2 November 1936)[15] on 4 September 1957[16] following the death on 10 August 1957 of Alderman George Sutton Grindley (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 January 1937).[17][18]

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. MacInerney 2,216 48.0 +12.2
Conservative W. A. Murray 1,995 43.2 −10.1
Labour J. Platt 408 8.8 −3.7
Majority 221 4.8
Turnout 4,619
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

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Blackley, 20 February 1958

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Caused by the death of Councillor Percy Chadwick (Conservative, Blackley, elected 1 November 1947; previously 1944-45)[20] on 2 December 1957.[21]

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. J. Fahey 2,813 54.7 +10.9
Conservative W. Burrows 2,326 45.3 −10.9
Majority 487 9.4
Turnout 5,139
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[22]

References

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  1. ↑ YOUR election results at a glance, Manchester Evening News, May 10, 1957, p.15
  2. ↑ ONE SEAT MORE FOR LABOUR, Manchester Guardian, May 10, 1957, p.4
  3. ↑ DEATHS, Manchester Evening News, August 14, 1957, p.5
  4. ↑ BIGGER EXCHEQUER RATE AID LIKELY, Manchester Evening News, January 6, 1937, p.9
  5. ↑ THE MANCHESTER RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1936, p.13
  6. ↑ UNDERGROUND CAR PARK FIRST, Manchester Guardian, September 5, 1957, p.14
  7. ↑ Alderman quits, Manchester Evening News, December 11, 1957, p.1
  8. ↑ TORIES DEPOSE MANCHESTER ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, May 26, 1949, p.10
  9. ↑ LABOUR LOSES A COUNCIL SEAT, Manchester Guardian, November 20, 1936, p.13
  10. ↑ ALDERMAN NOW, Manchester Guardian, January 8, 1958, p.5
  11. ↑ , Manchester Guardian, February 20, 1958, p.16
  12. ↑ Elected alderman, Manchester Evening News, March 31, 1953, p.10
  13. ↑ LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTIONS, Manchester Guardian, March 2, 1944, p.12
  14. ↑ , Manchester Guardian, February 20, 1958, p.16
  15. ↑ THE MANCHESTER RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1936, p.13
  16. ↑ UNDERGROUND CAR PARK FIRST, Manchester Guardian, September 5, 1957, p.14
  17. ↑ DEATHS, Manchester Evening News, August 14, 1957, p.5
  18. ↑ BIGGER EXCHEQUER RATE AID LIKELY, Manchester Evening News, January 6, 1937, p.9
  19. ↑ LIBERALS WIN DIDSBURY, Manchester Guardian, October 18, 1957, p.20
  20. ↑ LABOUR LOSES CLEAR MAJORITY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, 3 November 1947, p.6
  21. ↑ , Manchester Guardian, December 3, 1957, p.14
  22. ↑ LABOUR GAINS TORY "SAFE" SEAT, Manchester Guardian, February 21, 1958, p.16
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