1969 Manchester City Council election

UK local government election

← 1968 8 May 1969 (1969年05月08日) 1970 →

39 of 152 seats
to Manchester City Council
77 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	33 seats, 62.4%	8 seats, 29.3%
Seats before	93	59
Seats won	24	15
Seats after	99	53
Seat change	Increase6	Decrease6
Popular vote	82,538	38,785
Percentage	62.4%	29.3%

Map of results of 1969 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1969. One third of the councillors seats 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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	N. Thompson*	3,405	69.3	−1.5
Liberal	E. O. Tomlinson	1,125	22.9	−0.5
Labour	K. McKeon	489	9.7	+1.8
Majority			2,280	45.4	0
Turnout			5,019
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	F. Hatton*	448	60.8	+8.5
Conservative	F. Hewerdine	289	39.2	−8.5
Majority			159	21.6	+17.0
Turnout			737
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	H. Barrett*	686	51.9	+9.8
Conservative	A. E. Welsby	636	48.1	−9.8
Majority			50	3.8
Turnout			1,322
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	G. I. Woolard	3,013	55.5	−3.0
Labour	R. A. Reddington*	2,413	44.5	+9.5
Majority			600	11.0	−12.5
Turnout			5,426
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. Tucker*	2,049	59.6	+1.7
Liberal	A. J. Markin	789	22.9	−4.9
Labour	W. A. Moody	600	17.5	+3.2
Majority			1,260	36.7	+6.6
Turnout			3,438
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	N. Pritchard*	2,921	59.6	−1.8
Labour	R. L. Griffiths	1,860	38.0	+2.2
Communist	M. Taylor	120	2.4	−0.4
Majority			1,061	21.6	−4.0
Turnout			4,901
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	K. Eastham*	994	67.5	+5.3
Conservative	E. M. Bevan	478	32.5	−5.3
Majority			516	35.0	+10.6
Turnout			1,472
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	E. D. Kirkup*	2,503	62.4	−9.6
Labour	A. E. Bowden	752	18.7	+2.7
Liberal	J. M. Ashley	701	17.5	+5.6
Communist	I. W. Luft	57	1.4	N/A
Majority			1,751	43.6	−12.4
Turnout			4,013
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Taylor*	2,404	59.7	+15.3
Conservative	A. W. Ash	1,623	40.3	−12.7
Majority			781	19.4
Turnout			4,027
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	W. L. Lund*	2,788	61.2	−7.3
Labour	S. H. Higgins	1,082	23.7	+4.4
Liberal	P. J. Brindle	689	15.1	+2.9
Majority			1,706	37.5	−11.7
Turnout			4,559
Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	A. Fildes	1,118	51.7	−6.9
Labour	B. Lawson*	932	43.1	+8.0
Communist	H. Ogden	113	5.2	−1.1
Majority			186	8.6	−14.9
Turnout			2,163
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	M. A. Vince*	3,395	83.0	−3.3
Labour	S. C. Silverman	696	17.0	+3.3
Majority			2,699	66.0	−6.6
Turnout			4,091
Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	S. A. Ogden*	522	66.9	+12.7
Conservative	R. J. R. Lomas	212	27.2	−13.6
Communist	E. A. Whinney	46	5.9	+0.9
Majority			310	39.7	+26.3
Turnout			780
Labour hold		Swing

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	J. Duke	3,604	71.5	−6.7
Liberal	S. B. Downs	846	16.8	+6.8
Labour	H. Brown	589	11.7	−0.1
Majority			2,758	54.7	−11.7
Turnout			5,039
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	B. H. Taylor*	3,409	67.6	+7.6
Labour	W. Egerton	1,632	32.4	−7.6
Majority			1,777	35.2	+15.2
Turnout			5,041
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	P. Roddy*	2,692	56.8	+13.6
Conservative	B. Connell	2,051	43.2	−9.3
Majority			641	13.6
Turnout			4,743
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	V. R. Cattan	1,757	56.8	−6.0
Labour	D. Barker*	1,700	49.2	+6.0
Majority			57	1.6	−12.0
Turnout			3,457
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	V. M. Taylor	1,209	58.5	−0.5
Labour	A. O'Toole*	858	41.5	+0.5
Majority			351	17.0	−1.0
Turnout			2,067
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	S. V. Shaw*	767	55.5	−2.6
Conservative	R. E. Lilley	317	22.9	−13.0
Liberal	L. J. Howard	299	21.6	+15.6
Majority			450	32.6	+10.4
Turnout			1,383
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	C. R. Robb*	2,755	76.5	+2.3
Labour	A. E. Jones	844	23.5	+6.4
Majority			1,911	53.0	−4.1
Turnout			3,599
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	F. Taylor	2,318	46.1	−15.8
Labour	L. Kelly*	1,535	30.5	−5.2
Liberal	H. Roche	1,097	21.8	N/A
Communist	R. Cole	83	1.6	−0.8
Majority			783	15.6	−10.6
Turnout			5,033
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	F. J. Dunn*	1,650	77.5	−0.6
Labour	J. Broderick	291	13.7	+0.2
Union Movement	G. S. Gee	98	4.6	+1.1
Communist	H. Johnson	91	4.3	−0.6
Majority			1,359	63.8	−0.8
Turnout			2,130
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	J. S. Goldstone*	1,484	63.3	+15.8
Conservative	E. Smith	860	36.7	−15.8
Majority			624	26.6	+21.6
Turnout			2,344
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	P. M. Nixon	1,457	59.7	+3.9
Labour	A. J. Bateman*	985	40.3	+2.4
Majority			472	19.4	+1.5
Turnout			2,442
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Election result

Full council

Ward results

Alexandra Park

All Saints'

Ardwick

Baguley

Barlow Moor

Benchill

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Burnage

Cheetham

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Collegiate Church

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Hugh Oldham

Levenshulme

Lightbowne

Longsight

Miles Platting

Moss Side East

Moss Side West

Moston

New Cross

Newton Heath

Northenden

Old Moat

Openshaw

Rusholme

St. George's

St. Luke's

St. Mark's

St. Peter's

Withington

Woodhouse Park

Aldermanic election

By-elections between 1969 and 1970

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	A. H. Burlin*	1,773	75.4	−0.9
Labour	S. N. M. Moxley	464	19.7	+4.2
Communist	W. Woolery	113	4.8	N/A
Majority			1,309	55.7	−5.1
Turnout			2,350
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	J. T. Crawford	3,006	65.6	−2.8
Conservative	A. Wray*	2,894	63.2	−5.2
Labour	K. Franklin	1,736	37.9	+6.3
Labour	J. E. Jackson	1,527	33.3	+1.7
Majority			1,158	25.3	−11.5
Turnout			4,582
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E. Crank*	997	58.1	+8.1
Conservative	R. R. E. Sproston	508	33.8	−8.1
Majority			489	32.4	+16.2
Turnout			1,505
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	J. Foran	1,510	46.7
Labour	C. Tomlinson*	1,452	44.9
Liberal	R. Jackson	272	8.4
Majority			58	1.8
Turnout			3,234
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	T. Mountford*	3,847	62.2
Labour	H. Brown	1,584	25.7
Liberal	J. Williams	749	12.1
Majority			2,263	36.5
Turnout			6,180
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	G. Robinson*	2,527	68.6
Labour	R. K. Litherland	830	22.5
Liberal	A. Burns	326	8.9
Majority			1,697	46.1
Turnout			3,683
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	J. Gilmore*	1,757	48.1
Conservative	J. L. Traynor	1,668	45.7
Communist	N. Gilroy	227	6.2
Majority			89	2.4
Turnout			3,652
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	K. Ollerenshaw*	2,664	77.5
Conservative	A. G. Thornhill	2,442	71.1
Labour	A. E. Jones	456	13.3
Labour	W. Egerton	352	10.2
Liberal	S. Lowe	317	9.2
Liberal	A. J. Markin	258	7.5
Majority			1,896	55.2
Turnout			3,437
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	G. Mann*	375	58.6
Conservative	J. L. Traynor	265	41.4
Majority			110	17.2
Turnout			640
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	T. Clinton	908	51.4
Labour	W. Massey*	860	48.6
Majority			48	2.7
Turnout			1,768
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing