Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. 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

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 77,772 (47.5%)
Increase 4.7 27 (64.3%)
27 / 42
 Increase 3 96 (63.2%)
96 / 152
Conservative Party 50,680 (30.9%)
Decrease 3.3 14 (33.3%)
14 / 42
 Decrease 2 48 (31.6%)
48 / 152
Liberal Party 32,331 (19.7%)
Increase 0.1 1 (2.4%)
1 / 42
 Decrease 1 8 (5.3%)
8 / 152
Communist 1,232 (0.8%)
Increase 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Ratepayers 890 (0.5%)
Decrease 1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Independent 619 (0.4%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Union Movement 281 (0.2%)
Decrease 1.0 0 (0.0%)
0 / 42
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

↓
96 8 48

Ward results

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Bailey* 2,937 51.2 +0.6
Liberal A. Whiteland 1,681 29.3 −5.4
Labour A. Flanaghan 1,020 17.8 +4.4
Union Movement R. J. Marsden 96 1.7 +0.3
Majority 1,256 21.9 +6.0
Turnout 5,734
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Thomas* 1,014 73.5 −8.5
Conservative R. W. Phillips 366 26.5 +8.5
Majority 648 47.0 −17.0
Turnout 1,380
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Parkinson* 1,475 67.0 −12.3
Conservative J. A. Staton 726 33.0 +12.3
Majority 749 34.0 −24.6
Turnout 2,201
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Lloyd* 2,984 50.0 −2.4
Conservative I. K. Paley 2,168 36.3 +4.9
Liberal E. Page 818 13.7 −2.5
Majority 816 13.7 −7.4
Turnout 5,970
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal P. Jones 1,563 41.7 −3.5
Conservative J. D. Cheetham 1,356 36.1 +3.0
Labour G. Hayward 831 22.2 +0.5
Majority 207 5.6 −6.5
Turnout 3,750
Liberal hold Swing

Benchill

Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Brown 2,304 46.7 −5.9
Conservative D. L. Cooke* 2,013 40.8 +10.7
Liberal J. Glithero 523 10.6 −5.0
Communist M. Taylor 96 1.9 +0.2
Majority 291 5.9 −16.6
Turnout 4,936
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Dean* 2,469 85.3 −1.4
Conservative S. Mottram 427 14.7 +8.3
Majority 2,042 79.8 +5.3
Turnout 2,896
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Burrows* 2,590 42.2 +1.8
Labour A. Haslam 2,314 37.7 +1.0
Liberal M. F. Giblin 1,154 18.8 −4.0
Communist I. W. Luft 81 1.3 N/A
Majority 276 4.5 +0.8
Turnout 6,139
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Massey* 2,312 72.0 −3.3
Conservative H. J. Caulfield 753 23.4 +1.9
Communist S. Cole 147 4.6 +1.4
Majority 1,559 48.6 −5.2
Turnout 3,212
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Lord* 2,617 47.1 +9.7
Labour B. Smith 1,721 31.0 +0.1
Liberal A. T. Parkinson 1,219 21.9 −9.8
Majority 896 16.1 +10.4
Turnout 5,557
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Crevoul 1,385 47.4 −1.3
Liberal S. Needoff* 1,145 39.2 0
Conservative A. Niman 390 13.4 +1.3
Majority 240 8.2 −1.3
Turnout 2,920
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Sanders 2,786 51.1 +12.7
Liberal J. Hartley 1,414 25.9 −5.3
Labour J. Moore 1,254 23.0 +2.9
Majority 1,372 25.2 +18.0
Turnout 5,454
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Davis* 960 77.7 −2.0
Conservative R. J. Chronnell 176 14.2 +1.3
Communist K. Bloch 100 8.1 +0.7
Majority 784 63.5 −3.3
Turnout 1,236
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. J. Balcombe* 3,590 47.5 +6.6
Conservative E. Taylor 2,669 35.3 +0.9
Liberal A. F. Sullivan 1,292 17.2 −7.5
Majority 921 12.2 +5.7
Turnout 7,551
Labour hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. R. Crawford* 3,163 58.5 +9.2
Liberal T. MacInerney 1,464 27.1 −9.1
Labour H. Barrett 781 14.4 −0.1
Majority 1,699 31.4 +18.3
Turnout 5,408
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Leech* 2,994 73.5 −18.5
Conservative J. L. Traynor 838 20.6 N/A
Communist J. Skelton 241 5.9 −2.1
Majority 2,156 52.9 −31.1
Turnout 4,072
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. J. Batson* 1,685 70.3 +3.5
Labour G. Conquest 1,489 62.1 −4.7
Liberal W. M. Drape 893 37.2 +4.0
Conservative J. K. McGregor 729 30.4 N/A
Majority 596 24.9 −8.7
Turnout 2,398
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Waddicor* 1,994 62.8 −4.7
Conservative J. Egan 1,179 37.2 +4.7
Majority 815 25.6 −9.4
Turnout 3,173
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Nicholson* 786 81.4 −5.2
Conservative T. E. Murphy 180 18.6 +5.2
Majority 606 62.8 −10.4
Turnout 966
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Williamson 2,204 45.0 +0.8
Labour J. T. Morgan 1,815 37.0 −2.6
Liberal G. S. Norris 883 18.0 +1.8
Majority 389 8.0 +3.4
Turnout 4,902
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Franklin* 2,700 46.1 +3.6
Conservative A. Tetlow 2,080 35.5 +2.2
Liberal H. Roche 1,080 18.4 −5.8
Majority 620 10.6 +1.4
Turnout 5,860
Labour hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. G. Hopkins* 1,902 53.9 +6.1
Labour M. Johnson 1,014 28.7 −10.1
Liberal F. N. Wedlock 350 9.9 −0.5
Communist H. Johnson 261 7.5 +5.0
Majority 888 25.2 +15.2
Turnout 3,527
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. W. Bliss 1,392 64.2 −5.1
Labour J. S. Goldstone 1,364 62.9 −6.4
Conservative G. Fildes 792 36.5 +5.8
Conservative C. Warburton 787 36.3 +5.6
Majority 572 26.4 −12.2
Turnout 2,168
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. P. D. Paget 1,740 53.1 +1.4
Conservative P. Whitby* 1,298 39.5 +1.5
Liberal M. Hatton 243 7.4 −2.8
Majority 442 13.1 −0.1
Turnout 3,281
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Buckley 1,789 47.8 +7.3
Labour R. E. Talbot 1,576 42.1 +9.3
Liberal S. Rose 290 7.8 −10.9
Communist E. Foster 86 2.3 +0.4
Majority 213 5.7 −2.0
Turnout 3,741
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Halstead* 2,419 44.2 −6.6
Conservative F. Mountfield 2,020 36.9 +10.5
Liberal J. Bulmer 1,034 18.9 +1.7
Majority 399 7.3 −17.1
Turnout 5,473
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Blackwell* 1,134 78.3 −3.9
Labour E. Donoghue 1,096 75.7 −6.5
Conservative P. Thornley 333 23.0 +5.2
Majority 763 52.7 −11.7
Turnout 1,448
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Logan* 2,075 64.9 +13.2
Conservative P. B. Walker 584 18.3 −3.5
Liberal R. Jackson 426 13.3 −10.8
Communist J. B. Cross 113 3.5 +1.1
Majority 1,491 46.6 +19.0
Turnout 3,198
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Leigh* 2,912 41.0 +13.5
Labour D. Healey 2,750 38.8 −0.7
Liberal M. Allen 1,427 20.2 −12.8
Majority 162 2.2
Turnout 7,089
Conservative hold Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. F. Lavin 1,674 36.7 +3.8
Labour E. Wood 1,591 34.9 +1.0
Liberal A. Yates 1,294 28.4 −5.2
Majority 83 1.8
Turnout 4,559
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. J. Donoghue* 2,691 69.0 −7.6
Conservative E. Eccles 1,061 27.2 +7.0
Communist H. Holland 148 3.8 +0.5
Majority 1,630 41.8 −14.6
Turnout 3,900
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Stockdale* 1,961 49.2 +1.8
Labour J. L. Shelmerdine 1,172 29.4 +1.0
Liberal M. Howard 852 21.4 −2.8
Majority 789 19.8 +0.8
Turnout 3,985
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Mellor* 1,383 80.4 +1.6
Conservative C. J. Catarall 337 19.6 −1.6
Majority 1,046 60.8 +3.2
Turnout 1,720
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Rimmer* 1,501 68.6 +5.5
Conservative M. E. Ford 688 31.4 −5.5
Majority 813 37.2 +11.0
Turnout 2,189
Labour hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Conlan* 2,259 76.9 +1.5
Conservative I. Gosling 677 23.1 +3.5
Majority 1,582 53.8 −2.0
Turnout 2,936
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. G. Westbrook* 971 80.6 +6.0
Conservative T. Haron 926 76.9 +2.3
Labour T. Richardson 255 21.2 −4.2
Majority 671 55.7 +6.5
Turnout 1,204
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Crabtree 2,242 45.7 +3.3
Liberal A. Angel 2,077 42.4 +1.4
Labour W. J. Shaw 582 11.9 −4.7
Majority 165 3.3 +1.9
Turnout 4,901
Conservative hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Smith* 2,825 61.7 −1.9
Liberal K. Hamnett 788 17.2 −6.3
Conservative E. McDonald 750 16.4 +6.2
Ind. Labour Party B. S. Dean 111 2.4 N/A
Communist E. Holt 102 2.2 −0.5
Majority 2,037 44.5 +4.4
Turnout 4,576
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic election

By-elections between 1964 and 1965

References

  1. ^ Ebb & flow at the poll, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1964, p.18
  2. ^ Labour has overall majority of 40, The Guardian, May 8, 1964, p.4
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Manchester_City_Council_election
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