1953 Manchester City Council election

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1953 Manchester City Council election
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←  1952 7 May 1953 (1953-05-07) 1954  →
36 of 144 seats
to Manchester City Council
73 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal
Last election23 seats,
54.8%		15 seats,
43.8%		0 seats,
1.1%
Seats before70704
Seats won21150
Seats after74664
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Popular vote105,91698,1042,520
Percentage50.9%47.2%1.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.9%Increase2.svg3.4%Increase2.svg0.1%
Manchester 1953.png
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]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Labour Party 105,916 (50.9%)
Decrease2.svg 3.921 (58.3%)
21 / 36
Increase2.svg 474 (51.4%)
74 / 144
Conservative Party 98,104 (47.2%)
Increase2.svg 3.415 (41.7%)
15 / 36
Decrease2.svg 466 (45.8%)
66 / 144
Liberal Party 2,520 (1.2%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 36
Steady2.svg4 (2.8%)
4 / 144
Independent 976 (0.5%)
Increase2.svg 0.40 (0.0%)
0 / 36
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 144
Communist 368 (0.2%)
Increase2.svg 0.10 (0.0%)
0 / 36
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 144

Full council

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74466

Aldermen

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16416

Councillors

↓
5850

Ward results

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Ward*4,43475.9+4.3
Labour I. Atkinson1,40624.1−4.7
Majority 3,02851.8+9.3
Turnout 5,840
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. H. Parish2,81661.2−2.9
Conservative A. Thornhill*1,78738.8+2.9
Majority 1,02922.4−5.8
Turnout 4,603
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour V. Wilson*3,50260.90
Conservative L. Hogg2,24839.10
Majority 1,25421.80
Turnout 5,750
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Hooley*2,33163.3+6.2
Labour F. O'Rourke1,35436.7−6.2
Majority 97726.6+12.4
Turnout 3,685
Conservative hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Baldwin*3,49976.4+0.8
Conservative H. Broderick1,08323.6−0.8
Majority 2,41652.8+1.6
Turnout 4,582
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. A. Lynch*4,67256.2+6.0
Labour E. Dell 3,63943.8−6.0
Majority 1,03312.4+12.0
Turnout 8,311
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. McCall*4,29171.6−0.7
Conservative J. Andrews1,70528.4+0.7
Majority 2,58643.2−1.4
Turnout 5,996
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative L. W. Biggs*4,22059.1+3.0
Labour L. L. Hanbridge2,91840.9−3.0
Majority 1,30218.2+6.0
Turnout 7,138
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. P. Pariser*2,45548.9−14.1
Conservative E. Mawdsley1,63432.5−4.5
Liberal S. Needoff93518.6N/A
Majority 82116.4−9.6
Turnout 5,024
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. W. G. Fitzsimons*4,47179.3+5.6
Labour C. E. Bedgood1,16620.7−5.6
Majority 3,30558.6+11.2
Turnout 5,637
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Mendell*2,76078.1−2.5
Conservative R. E. Talbot59116.7+0.7
Communist M. I. Druck1845.2+1.8
Majority 2,16961.4−3.2
Turnout 3,535
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Collier*4,18958.5+4.1
Labour E. Mellor2,97241.5−4.1
Majority 1,21717.0+8.2
Turnout 7,161
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. K. Lee*4,26579.9+2.8
Labour A. Gregory1,07520.1−2.8
Majority 3,19059.8+5.6
Turnout 5,340
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. Siddall*4,69270.3−4.0
Conservative A. P. Osborn1,80127.0+4.0
Communist J. Kay1842.70
Majority 2,89143.3−8.0
Turnout 6,677
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Sutton*3,02064.6−4.7
Conservative L. J. Naden1,65735.4+4.7
Majority 1,36329.2−9.4
Turnout 4,677
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Grant*3,61754.4−7.2
Conservative P. H. Craig3,03845.6+7.2
Majority 5798.8−14.4
Turnout 6,655
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. A. Fieldhouse*3,11548.0−9.1
Labour F. Hatton 2,37136.6−6.3
Liberal G. P. Robinson1,00115.4N/A
Majority 74411.4−2.8
Turnout 6,487
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Piggott*4,74256.1+9.8
Labour G. Halstead3,70943.9−3.0
Majority 1,03312.2+11.6
Turnout 8,451
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Sharp*3,16155.1+1.8
Labour J. Davis1,99635.8−2.2
Liberal F. N. Wedlock58410.1+0.4
Majority 1,26520.3+4.0
Turnout 5,741
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. C. Chadwick*2,84070.3−2.6
Conservative M. V. Sparks1,20029.7+2.6
Majority 1,64040.6−5.2
Turnout 4,040
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour P. V. Wood2,66148.6−10.4
Conservative G. J. Playford*2,23540.9−0.1
Independent C. Cuffin57510.5N/A
Majority 4267.7−10.3
Turnout 5,471
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour B. Lawson2,83350.2−1.4
Conservative C. Brewster*2,81349.8+2.8
Majority 200.4−4.2
Turnout 5,646
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. M. McGuirk*4,03353.1−7.2
Conservative W. H. T. Quick3,56046.9+7.2
Majority 4736.2−14.4
Turnout 7,603
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. Murray*2,58065.8−0.8
Conservative E. Griffiths1,33934.2+4.2
Majority 1,24131.6−5.0
Turnout 3,919
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Bates*3,37566.8−2.8
Conservative W. H. Priestnall1,67933.2+2.8
Majority 1,69633.6−5.6
Turnout 5,054
Labour hold Swing

Newtown

Newtown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. B. Ogden*3,09177.0−4.7
Conservative A. Gregory92523.0+4.7
Majority 2,16654.0−9.4
Turnout 4,016
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. C. Hewlett*4,43260.4+13.8
Labour W. Gallagher2,90439.6−1.2
Majority 1,52820.8+15.0
Turnout 7,336
Conservative hold Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Sharp*3,36663.6+5.8
Labour W. A. Dove1,92836.4−5.8
Majority 1,43827.2+11.6
Turnout 5,294
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. Nally*4,29570.6−3.9
Conservative L. Lescure1,78829.4+3.9
Majority 2,50741.2−7.8
Turnout 6,083
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. C. Rodgers*3,83270.0+4.9
Labour B. Conlan1,64030.0−4.9
Majority 2,19240.0+9.8
Turnout 5,472
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Mann3,27365.0−6.1
Conservative H. Spencer1,76335.0+6.1
Majority 1,51030.0−12.2
Turnout 5,036
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour F. P. Evans2,75550.5−6.6
Conservative W. E. A. Yates*2,69849.5+2.4
Majority 571.0−3.0
Turnout 5,453
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. W. Ellershaw*3,70967.4−0.1
Conservative E. A. Leggett1,79132.6+0.1
Majority 1,91834.8−0.2
Turnout 5,500
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. D. Perks*1,88663.50
Labour H. W. Bliss1,08336.50
Majority 80327.00
Turnout 2,969
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. H. Scholfield*3,68980.4+12.5
Labour R. L. Griffiths89919.6+0.6
Majority 2,79060.8+11.9
Turnout 4,588
Conservative hold Swing

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. S. Gatley*8,75963.3−6.7
Conservative A. Williamson4,68433.8+3.8
Independent F. Frost4012.9N/A
Majority 4,07529.5−10.5
Turnout 13,844
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1953 and 1954

Moss Side East, 2 July 1953

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Edward Pheasey (Conservative, Moss Side East, elected 15 May 1934) [3] on 29 April 1953 [4] following the death on 18 April 1953 of Alderman Harold White (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 October 1937). [5] [6]

Moss Side East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. Dell 2,62951.5+2.9
Conservative G. J. Playford2,10741.3+0.4
Independent C. Cuffin4248.2−2.3
Majority 52210.2+2.5
Turnout 5,160
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

[7]

References

  1. ↑ Labour will restore school cuts, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1953, p.1
  2. ↑ LABOUR SECURES CONTROL IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 8, 1953, p.10
  3. ↑ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 16, 1934, p.13
  4. ↑ Alderman, Manchester Evening News, April 29, 1953, p.4
  5. ↑ ALDERMAN G. H. WHITE, Manchester Guardian, April 20, 1953, p.12
  6. ↑ £900 FLATS PLAN FOR HULME NOT TO PROCEED, Manchester Evening News, October 6, 1937, p.9
  7. ↑ LABOUR HOLDS SEAT, Manchester Guardian, July 3, 1953, p.12
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