1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

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7 of 21 seats to Urmston Urban District 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Residents Seats before 20 1 Seats won 7 0 Seats after 20 1 Seat change Popular vote 6,860 0 Percentage 62.9% 0.0%
Map of results of 1970 election
Leader of the Council before election Conservative Leader of the Council after election Conservative

Elections to Urmston Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		6,860 (62.9%)			7 (100.0%)	7 / 7		20 (95.2%)	20 / 21
Residents		0 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 7		1 (4.8%)	1 / 21
Labour Party		4,043 (37.1%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 7		0 (0.0%)	0 / 21

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Ward results

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. H. Eadie	951	67.1
	Labour	R. Phillips	466	32.9
Majority			485	34.2
Turnout			1,417
	Conservative hold		Swing

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. Carnall*	1,228	66.5
	Labour	L. M. Seex	618	33.5
Majority			610	33.0
Turnout			1,846
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton Central

Flixton Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. L. Brown*	980	62.8
	Labour	C. Jackson	580	37.2
Majority			400	25.6
Turnout			1,560
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton East

Flixton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Vaughan*	937	70.6
	Labour	F. Owen	390	29.4
Majority			547	41.2
Turnout			1,327
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flixton West

Flixton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. F. Leech	952	52.7
	Labour	B. Elliott	855	47.3
Majority			97	5.4
Turnout			1,807
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston East

Urmston East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. J. Ward*	899	53.4
	Labour	A. M. Jones	784	46.6
Majority			115	6.8
Turnout			1,683
	Conservative hold		Swing

Urmston West

Urmston West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. J. Boardman*	913	72.3
	Labour	H. Seex	350	27.7
Majority			563	44.6
Turnout			1,263
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16
2. Lancashire and Cheshire, The Guardian, May 8, 1970, p.7