Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1982. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council. [1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 19 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 57.6 | 47.8 | 61,969 | +2.7% | |
Conservative | 14 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 42.4 | 45.3 | 58,717 | -2.3% | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 7,708 | -0.4% | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 636 | +0.5% | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 277 | +0.1% | |
Socialist Unity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 139 | +0.1% | |
Workers Revolutionary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | +0.0% | |
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:
Party | Seats | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 53 | -1 | |
Conservative | 46 | +1 | |
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Flynn* | 2,895 | 59.9 | -1.4 | |
Labour | G. M. Gorton | 1,249 | 25.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | D. Hewitt | 689 | 14.3 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 1,646 | 34.1 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,833 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Barrett* | 2,102 | 70.5 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | W. R. Swan | 783 | 26.3 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | D. Nicholson | 96 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 1,319 | 44.2 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,981 | 27.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Done | 3,536 | 56.4 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | P. Fitzsimons | 2,737 | 43.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 799 | 12.8 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,273 | 46.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Tucker* | 2,136 | 63.9 | +7.7 | |
Labour | A. Manning | 1,208 | 36.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 928 | 27.8 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,344 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | S. Silverman | 1,746 | 77.3 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | J. Cartland | 370 | 16.4 | -2.8 | |
National Front | A. Tatton | 81 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | J. Thomson | 63 | 2.8 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 1,376 | 60.9 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,260 | 27.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Loxley | 2,508 | 52.2 | +6.5 | |
Labour | J. I. Owen* | 2,143 | 44.6 | -9.7 | |
Liberal | V. Towers | 153 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 365 | 7.6 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,804 | 43.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Gilmore* | 2,398 | 58.8 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | L. Hockey | 1,490 | 36.6 | -6.4 | |
National Front | J. Hulse | 139 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Communist | M. Murray | 49 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 908 | 22.3 | +11.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,076 | 33.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Y. Emery* | 3,027 | 56.8 | +7.3 | |
Labour | J. Wilner | 2,298 | 43.2 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 729 | 13.6 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,325 | 40.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. Howarth* | 2,647 | 60.6 | +1.1 | |
Labour | K. Robinson | 1,724 | 39.4 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 950 | 21.7 | -5.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,371 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Kelly* | 2,146 | 48.4 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | C. Maffei | 2,002 | 45.2 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | N. Towers | 155 | 3.5 | -2.6 | |
National Front | W. E. Caffrey | 91 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Communist | S. Cole | 40 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 144 | 3.2 | -6.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,434 | 44.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Broderick* | 1,482 | 66.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | F. Meaden | 743 | 33.4 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 739 | 33.2 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,225 | 28.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | L. Sanders* | 2,769 | 62.0 | -2.9 | |
Labour | K. Cropper | 1,387 | 31.1 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | J. Commons | 308 | 6.9 | -3.3 | |
Majority | 1,382 | 31.0 | -8.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,464 | 38.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | F. Balcombe* | 843 | 63.1 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | S. R. Newth | 416 | 31.1 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | M. A. Plesch | 78 | 5.8 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 427 | 32.0 | -5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,337 | 28.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. L. Griffiths* | 2,877 | 59.5 | -0.1 | |
Conservative | A. Spencer | 1,418 | 29.3 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | H. Griffiths | 537 | 11.1 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,459 | 30.2 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,832 | 35.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Fildes* | 2,183 | 53.9 | -3.6 | |
Labour | G. Stringer | 1,517 | 37.5 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | J. Cookson | 286 | 7.1 | -1.9 | |
Communist | S. Ward | 61 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 666 | 16.5 | -7.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,047 | 35.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Hill* | 3,902 | 68.0 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Eddie Newman | 1,304 | 22.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | J. T. Mitchell | 534 | 9.3 | -4.7 | |
Majority | 2,598 | 45.3 | -0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,740 | 44.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. O. Hamnett* | 1,856 | 56.7 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | E. Leadbetter | 1,184 | 36.2 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | J. Ashley | 231 | 7.1 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 672 | 20.5 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,271 | 37.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Conway* | 1,619 | 55.4 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | D. Heywood | 1,174 | 40.2 | -3.0 | |
National Front | N. J. Mead | 97 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Workers Revolutionary | A. Willams | 34 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 445 | 15.2 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,924 | 33.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Litherland* | 1,341 | 62.5 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | J. Harding | 804 | 37.5 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 537 | 25.0 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,145 | 30.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. V. Marshall* | 1,488 | 57.5 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | P. Thompson | 523 | 20.2 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | W. H. Cox | 386 | 14.9 | -3.7 | |
Socialist Unity | B. Crossman | 139 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Communist | R. W. Gwilt | 54 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 965 | 37.4 | -11.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,590 | 29.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. K. Barber* | 2,001 | 40.7 | -10.9 | |
Labour | S. Loughlin | 1,827 | 37.2 | -1.0 | |
Liberal | K. Whitmore | 1,085 | 22.1 | +13.7 | |
Majority | 174 | 3.5 | -9.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,913 | 38.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. T. Lee* | 2,560 | 55.5 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | N. McHardy | 2,051 | 44.5 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 509 | 11.0 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,611 | 43.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | H. Collins* | 2,364 | 53.2 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | A. D. Neville | 1,867 | 42.0 | -2.0 | |
Liberal | P. Davis | 212 | 4.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 497 | 11.2 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,443 | 35.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | V. Stevens | 2,007 | 54.1 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | A. Malpas* | 1,516 | 40.9 | -7.3 | |
Liberal | C. R. Brammer | 184 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 491 | 13.2 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,707 | 34.4 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Conquest | 1,417 | 76.3 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | A. E. Halliday | 337 | 18.1 | -2.6 | |
National Front | N. T. G. Wallace | 103 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 1,080 | 58.2 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,857 | 24.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. E. Talbot* | 1,360 | 70.0 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | S. Hussain | 364 | 18.7 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | L. Ford | 220 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Majority | 996 | 51.2 | +24.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,944 | 27.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Hurley | 2,867 | 55.2 | -6.7 | |
Labour | A. E. Bowden* | 2,327 | 44.8 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 540 | 10.4 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,194 | 44.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. J. Taylor* | 2,165 | 57.0 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | L. Clarke | 1,636 | 43.0 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 529 | 14.0 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,801 | 39.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Leigh* | 2,697 | 46.3 | -5.2 | |
Labour | A. J. Spencer | 2,546 | 43.8 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | L. Griffiths | 576 | 9.9 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 151 | 2.6 | -7.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,819 | 46.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. F. Lavin* | 2,314 | 58.7 | +6.1 | |
Labour | S. Jean | 1,558 | 39.5 | +2.2 | |
Communist | N. J. Gilroy | 73 | 1.9 | -0.0 | |
Majority | 756 | 19.2 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,945 | 38.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Pierce* | 2,289 | 55.0 | -9.2 | |
Labour | L. Byrne | 1,585 | 38.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | M. J. Hodgson | 286 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 704 | 16.9 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,160 | 29.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. R. Coker* | 1,971 | 42.6 | -12.4 | |
Liberal | A. Jones | 1,492 | 32.2 | +13.5 | |
Labour | F. Yaffe | 1,169 | 25.2 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 479 | 10.3 | -19.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,632 | 38.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -12.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Hall* | 2,820 | 67.5 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | J. C. Ridgard | 1,233 | 29.5 | -3.2 | |
National Front | T. J. Hansen | 125 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 1,587 | 38.0 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,178 | 37.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Audrey Jones | 2,137 | 52.8 | +20.6 | |
Conservative | James Hill | 1,297 | 32.1 | -10.5 | |
Labour | Alfred Home | 610 | 15.1 | -10.1 | |
Majority | 840 | 20.8 | +10.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,044 | 33.9 | -4.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.5 | |||
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