1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

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1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  1973 1 May 1975 (1975-05-01) 1976  

22 of 63 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderMike KingBert PyperCecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat St. Martin's Park Brooklands
Last election32 seats,
45.0%
19 seats,
33.1%
12 seats,
20.9%
Seats before331812
Seats won2110
Seats after42138
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg5Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote39,91415,82115,170
Percentage56.1%22.2%21.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg11.1%Decrease2.svg10.9%Increase2.svg0.4%

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Map of results of 1975 election

Leader of the Council before election

Frank Eadie
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Mike King
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1]

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Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 39,914 (56.1%)
Increase2.svg 11.121 (95.5%)
21 / 22
Increase2.svg 942 (66.7%)
42 / 63
Labour Party 15,821 (22.2%)
Decrease2.svg 10.91 (4.5%)
1 / 22
Decrease2.svg 513 (20.6%)
13 / 63
Liberal Party 15,170 (21.3%)
Increase2.svg 0.40 (0.0%)
0 / 22
Decrease2.svg 48 (12.7%)
8 / 63
Communist Party 262 (0.4%)
Decrease2.svg 0.20 (0.0%)
0 / 22
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
13842

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Whitehurst1,14742.9−9.7
Liberal J. B. Kenny80630.1N/A
Labour Robert Crossman72127.0−26.7
Majority 34112.8+12.4
Turnout 2,67441.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Leigh2,01647.7+10.4
Liberal Roy Richardson*1,57437.3−6.0
Labour J. Gregory63215.0−6.8
Majority 44210.5
Turnout 4,22244.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. Harrison1,38747.9+8.0
Liberal Eric Faulkner80327.7−5.8
Labour Barry Jones70424.3−9.9
Majority 58420.2+19.7
Turnout 2,89444.1
Conservative hold Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Robertson1,62647.9+13.4
Labour John Webb1,02630.2−8.7
Liberal C. R. Gibson74121.8−13.6
Majority 60017.7
Turnout 3,39342.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Bannister* 2,069 56.5 +6.4
Liberal Kenneth Humber1,59143.5−9.3
Majority 47813.1+12.5
Turnout 3,66041.4
Conservative hold Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Brownhill*2,27669.1+17.3
Labour J. K. Morgan1,02030.9−23.7
Majority 1,25638.1+33.1
Turnout 3,29630.4
Conservative hold Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Rhodes1,10542.4−2.0
Labour Barry Brotherton*88834.1−23.1
Liberal Michael Wood55021.1N/A
Communist A. H. Burrage612.3−2.4
Majority 1328.3
Turnout 2,60439.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative K. R. Newton1,64247.3+9.1
Liberal Alan Thorpe*1,19534.5−8.2
Labour David Teasdale63118.2−4.6
Majority 44712.9
Turnout 3,46841.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Taylor2,36258.0+9.1
Liberal Sydney Evans*1,37533.7−20.3
Labour E. P. M. Wollaston3388.3N/A
Majority 98724.3
Turnout 4,07545.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clifford Cronshaw*1,40645.6−19.7
Conservative Edward Kelson95030.8−4.8
Liberal T. A. Dixon72923.6N/A
Majority 45614.8−10.7
Turnout 3,08534.9
Labour hold Swing

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Corke1,30957.2+10.3
Labour John Maher98142.8−15.2
Majority 32814.4
Turnout 2,29034.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Kelly*1,84453.2−0.8
Labour K. Silcock1,06430.7−18.2
Liberal J. Stockley55716.1N/A
Majority 78022.5+21.7
Turnout 3,46535.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Walker*1,46863.2−5.5
Labour G. R. Scott58825.3−9.0
Liberal R. K. Sangster26811.5N/A
Majority 88037.9+7.4
Turnout 2,32439.0
Conservative hold Swing

No.14 (Park)

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Schofield1,06142.8+4.8
Labour James Haydock*1,03241.6−20.6
Liberal W. A. Munden32413.1N/A
Communist A. Jarratt612.5−4.9
Majority 291.2
Turnout 2,47840.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Humphreys*2,52071.9−1.5
Liberal G. M. R. Willmott54515.5−21.0
Labour Arthur Johnson44012.6−8.5
Majority 1,97556.4+24.9
Turnout 3,50549.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.16 (Hale)

Hale (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Barrett3,20881.3+13.3
Conservative Roy Godwin*3,05877.5+9.5
Liberal Roy Allen1,04726.5+2.0
Majority 2,01151.0+9.7
Turnout 3,94443.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Barltrop99646.8N/A
Labour C. Younghusband99146.6−27.6
Communist Eileen Wilkinson1406.6−5.0
Majority 50.2
Turnout 2,12727.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Platt1,96854.5+14.3
Labour D. T. Taylor85423.6−2.2
Liberal Gwen Davies*79021.9−16.4
Majority 1,11430.8
Turnout 3,61243.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Lumby*2,36354.5+7.1
Liberal D. J. Gilbert1,12325.9−13.0
Labour C. Nightingale85119.6+1.0
Majority 1,24028.6+23.6
Turnout 4,33747.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Harding2,41458.9+2.4
Labour Laura Seex1,08826.5−20.6
Liberal E. F. Teal59814.6N/A
Majority 1,32632.4+24.9
Turnout 4,10043.0
Conservative hold Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Crosbie*1,12550.1−14.3
Labour W. J. Williams56625.2−12.5
Liberal T. M. Owen55424.7N/A
Majority 55924.9+0.2
Turnout 2,24541.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1975", Trafford M.B.C.(1975).