1959 Manchester City Council election

Local election in Manchester, England

← 1958 7 May 1959 (1959年05月07日) 1960 →

38 of 152 seats
to Manchester City Council
73 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	26 seats, 53.7%	14 seats, 37.8%	0 seats, 7.7%
Seats before	95	54	3
Seats won	21	17	0
Seats after	92	57	3
Seat change	Decrease3	Increase3	Steady
Popular vote	76,856	74,294	16,973
Percentage	45.4%	43.9%	10.0%
Swing	Decrease8.3%	Increase6.1%	Increase2.3%

Map of results of 1959 election

Leader of the Council before election

Labour

Leader of the Council after election

Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1959. 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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. Ward*	3,413	61.6	+10.0
Liberal	L. Thornton Smith	1,314	23.7	−8.9
Labour	H. Conway	817	14.7	−1.1
Majority			2,099	37.9	+18.9
Turnout			5,544
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	F. P. Evans*	1,810	72.7	−4.8
Conservative	R. W. Phillips	679	27.3	+4.8
Majority			1,131	45.4	−9.6
Turnout			2,489
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	V. Wilson*	2,216	63.2	+0.2
Conservative	G. Taylor	1,288	36.8	−0.2
Majority			928	26.4	+0.4
Turnout			3,504
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	F. H. Price*	3,066	51.9	−8.1
Conservative	W. Fuller	2,836	48.1	+8.1
Majority			230	3.8	−16.2
Turnout			5,902
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	A. Hooley*	1,945	64.5	+5.4
Labour	S. E. Tucker	1,070	35.5	−5.3
Majority			875	29.0	+10.6
Turnout			3,015
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	H. S. Gatley*	2,414	50.5	−8.6
Conservative	A. Williamson	2,225	46.5	+7.4
Communist	M. Taylor	141	3.0	+1.2
Majority			189	4.0	−16.0
Turnout			4,780
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	J. G. Birtles*	2,785	80.6	−3.3
Conservative	H. L. W. Glover	672	19.4	+3.3
Majority			2,113	61.2	−6.6
Turnout			3,457
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	J. A. Lynch*	3,398	47.6	−3.7
Labour	E. McGinty	2,459	34.4	−14.3
Liberal	D. A. Green	1,281	18.0	N/A
Majority			939	13.2	+10.6
Turnout			7,138
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	G. McCall*	2,865	71.8	−7.3
Conservative	J. Mitton	1,124	28.2	+7.3
Majority			1,741	43.6	−14.6
Turnout			3,989
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. Platt*	3,115	50.3	−10.1
Labour	W. S. Spink	1,900	30.7	−11.5
Liberal	H. Tobias	1,178	19.0	N/A
Majority			1,215	19.6	+3.4
Turnout			6,193
Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	M. P. Pariser*	1,650	45.5	−8.8
Liberal	S. Needoff	1,614	44.5	−1.2
Conservative	F. Hargreaves	360	10.0	N/A
Majority			36	1.0	−7.6
Turnout			3,624
Labour hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	G. W. G. Fitzsimons*	3,942	77.2	+5.2
Labour	R. Grills	1,167	22.8	−5.2
Majority			2,775	54.4	+10.4
Turnout			5,109
Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E. Mendell*	1,780	80.9	−7.9
Conservative	K. Edis	288	13.1	+7.1
Communist	A. Gadian	133	6.0	+2.7
Majority			1,492	67.8	−13.5
Turnout			2,201
Labour hold		Swing

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	D. K. Lee*	3,275	53.4	+7.3
Liberal	M. MacInerney	2,400	39.1	−5.1
Labour	A. Williams	462	7.5	−1.2
Majority			875	14.3	+12.4
Turnout			6,137
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	R. Collier*	3,709	45.5	−0.5
Labour	S. N. M. Moxley*	2,998	36.8	−17.2
Liberal	I. Savage	1,440	17.7	N/A
Majority			711	8.7
Turnout			8,147
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Higgins*	3,628	68.7	−16.6
Conservative	C. N. Clark	1,654	31.3	+15.7
Majority			1,974	37.4	−30.6
Turnout			5,282
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	H. Wimbury*	2,254	61.3	−5.3
Conservative	H. Woodman	1,422	38.7	+5.3
Majority			832	22.6	−10.6
Turnout			3,676
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	E. Grant*	2,473	61.2	−5.8
Conservative	A. Jones	1,568	38.8	+5.8
Majority			905	22.4	−11.6
Turnout			4,041
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	J. B. Ogden*	2,076	75.5	−7.9
Conservative	I. Burgess	492	17.9	+5.5
Communist	E. Cohen	180	6.6	+2.4
Majority			1,584	57.6	−13.4
Turnout			2,748
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	R. A. Fieldhouse*	2,602	47.6	+2.7
Labour	A. E. Bowden	1,508	27.6	−4.5
Liberal	G. E. Sharp	1,357	24.8	+1.8
Majority			1,094	20.0	+7.2
Turnout			5,467
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. Piggott	3,399	46.9	+15.7
Labour	L. Kelly	2,688	37.1	−9.6
Liberal	F. N. Wedlock	1,153	16.0	−6.1
Majority			711	9.8	−5.7
Turnout			7,240
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	H. Sharp*	2,490	60.6	+1.3
Labour	R. E. Talbot	1,619	39.4	−1.3
Majority			871	21.2	+2.6
Turnout			4,109
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	C. R. Morris*	1,716	67.0	−6.1
Conservative	J. Hall	847	33.0	+6.1
Majority			869	34.0	−12.2
Turnout			2,563
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. A. Downward*	2,080	53.4	−6.3
Conservative	J. Lang	1,681	43.1	+6.5
Communist	T. Wright	136	3.5	−0.2
Majority			399	10.2	−12.9
Turnout			3,897
Labour hold		Swing

Election result

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

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 elections

By-elections between 1959 and 1960

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	J. Bodden	2,885	59.0	+10.5
Labour	B. Lawson*	1,868	38.2	−0.6
Union Movement	G. A. Webb	135	2.6	+0.3
Majority			1,017	20.8	+11.1
Turnout			4,888
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	K. E. Goulding	2,990	42.0	−0.2
Labour	W. McGuirk*	2,928	41.2	−16.6
Liberal	P. L. Marron	1,195	16.8	N/A
Majority			62	0.8
Turnout			7,113
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Murray*	1,251	76.0	−1.7
Conservative	M. Buckley	396	24.0	+1.7
Majority			855	52.0	−3.4
Turnout			1,647
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Lister*	2,275	58.2	−12.3
Conservative	A. Johnson	1,631	41.8	+12.3
Majority			644	16.4	−24.6
Turnout			3,906
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	E. A. Walmsley	2,648	39.6	+8.4
Labour	R. Sheldon	2,608	39.0	−8.3
Liberal	R. H. Hargreaves	1,434	21.4	−0.1
Majority			40	0.6
Turnout			6,690
Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	W. Sharp*	2,119	51.0	+3.9
Labour	R. P. Greenwood	1,145	27.6	−9.6
Liberal	P. McGregor	890	21.4	+5.7
Majority			974	23.4	+13.5
Turnout			4,154
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	M. E. Morley*	3,233	68.6	−11.0
Conservative	P. Collins	1,323	28.1	+11.3
Communist	H. Holland	159	3.3	−0.3
Majority			1,910	40.5	−22.3
Turnout			4,715
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	K. Ollerenshaw*	3,066	70.0	+6.5
Labour	K. Graham	1,317	30.0	−6.5
Majority			1,749	40.0	+13.0
Turnout			4,383
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	G. Mann*	2,044	75.2	−6.7
Conservative	D. Meakin	675	24.8	+6.7
Majority			1,369	50.4	−13.4
Turnout			2,719
Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Labour	W. Massey*	1,835	50.2	−9.0
Conservative	W. Crabtree	1,573	43.0	+2.2
Independent Labour	H. Rowley	249	6.8	N/A
Majority			262	7.2	−11.2
Turnout			3,657
Labour hold		Swing