Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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]
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41 of 152 seats to Manchester City Council 76 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of results of 1968 election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 82,538 (62.4%) | 33 (80.5%) | 33 / 41
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11 | 91 (59.9%) | 91 / 152
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Labour Party | 38,785 (29.3%) | 8 (19.5%) | 8 / 41
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11 | 61 (40.1%) | 61 / 152
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Liberal Party | 9,465 (7.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Communist Party | 1,175 (0.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Union Movement | 183 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Independent | 63 (0.01%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Full council
edit61 | 91 |
Ward results
editAlexandra Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. B. Chapman | 3,475 | 69.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Flynn | 3,428 | 68.3 | ||
Liberal | E. O. Tomlinson | 1,147 | 22.9 | ||
Liberal | F. Griffiths | 1,104 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | E. McKeon | 394 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 2,281 | 45.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,016 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
All Saints'
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Conway* | 309 | 52.3 | ||
Conservative | F. Hewerdine | 282 | 47.7 | ||
Majority | 27 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 591 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ardwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Taylor | 666 | 57.9 | ||
Labour | K. J. Hill* | 484 | 42.1 | ||
Majority | 182 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,150 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Baguley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | I. K. Paley* | 3,438 | 58.5 | ||
Labour | F. H. Price | 2,055 | 35.0 | ||
Liberal | K. N. Medhurst | 379 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | 1,383 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,872 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Barlow Moor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Moore* | 1,977 | 57.9 | ||
Liberal | R. H. Hargreaves | 948 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | D. G. Ford | 490 | 14.3 | ||
Majority | 1,029 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,415 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Benchill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Williams* | 3,112 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | R. L. Griffiths | 1,815 | 35.8 | ||
Communist | M. Taylor | 142 | 2.8 | ||
Majority | 1,297 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,069 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Beswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. G. Birtles* | 922 | 62.2 | ||
Conservative | R. Lilley | 560 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | 362 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,482 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Harper* | 2,798 | 72.0 | ||
Labour | A. E. Halliday | 623 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal | J. M. Ashley | 463 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 2,175 | 56.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,884 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Silverman | 1,963 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | J. E. Jackson* | 1,645 | 44.4 | ||
Communist | D. Maher | 97 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 318 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,705 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Burnage
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Platt* | 2,842 | 68.5 | ||
Labour | J. F. Lilley | 799 | 19.3 | ||
Liberal | S. B. Downs | 508 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 2,043 | 49.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,149 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheetham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. J. Walker | 1,171 | 58.6 | ||
Labour | J. Broderick* | 702 | 35.1 | ||
Communist | H. Ogden | 126 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 469 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,999 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. D. Ashley* | 3,843 | 86.3 | ||
Labour | A. Holland | 609 | 13.7 | ||
Majority | 3,234 | 72.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,452 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. F. Delahunty* | 712 | 54.2 | ||
Conservative | V. Taylor | 535 | 40.8 | ||
Communist | E. A. Whinney | 66 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 177 | 13.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crumpsall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. R. Butler* | 3,794 | 60.0 | ||
Labour | F. Balcombe | 2,528 | 40.0 | ||
Majority | 1,266 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,322 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Lee* | 4,207 | 78.2 | ||
Labour | D. Beetham | 637 | 11.8 | ||
Liberal | S. Rose | 540 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 3,570 | 66.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,384 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. H. Gilbertson | 2,172 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | W. Lister | 1,786 | 43.2 | ||
Communist | R. Felton | 179 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 386 | 9.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,137 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Gorton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. H. Nield | 1,764 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | G. Conquest* | 1,343 | 43.2 | ||
Majority | 421 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,107 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Harpurhey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. F. Thornhill | 1,332 | 59.0 | ||
Labour | E. Grant* | 924 | 41.0 | ||
Majority | 408 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,256 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Hugh Oldham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. B. Ogden* | 562 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | V. R. Catton | 347 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal | J. R. Clements | 58 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 215 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 967 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. K. Barber* | 2,997 | 74.2 | ||
Labour | S. Rimmer | 691 | 17.1 | ||
Liberal | R. P. Shippen | 350 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 2,306 | 57.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,038 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lightbowne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Pigott* | 2,946 | 61.9 | ||
Labour | K. Franklin | 1,703 | 35.7 | ||
Communist | R. Cole | 114 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | 1,243 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,763 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Longsight
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Malpas* | 1,748 | 78.1 | ||
Labour | W. F. Lister | 301 | 13.5 | ||
Communist | H. Johnson | 110 | 4.9 | ||
Union Movement | J. R. Marsden | 78 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 1,447 | 64.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,237 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. W. Lever | 983 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | J. S. Goldstone* | 888 | 47.5 | ||
Majority | 95 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,871 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Moss Side East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. F. Ridley | 1,382 | 55.8 | ||
Labour | W. A. Downward* | 938 | 37.9 | ||
Liberal | M. Howard | 157 | 6.3 | ||
Majority | 444 | 17.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,477 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Moss Side West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Alexander* | 1,622 | 76.3 | ||
Labour | S. N. Moxley | 329 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal | L. J. Howard | 176 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,293 | 60.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,127 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. H. Hine* | 3,099 | 68.4 | ||
Labour | G. Halstead | 1,432 | 31.6 | ||
Majority | 1,667 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Donaghue* | 903 | 58.1 | ||
Conservative | A. Hawkins | 650 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 253 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,553 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Northenden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Old Moat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Openshaw
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Rusholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
St. George's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Mann* | 375 | 58.6 | ||
Conservative | J. L. Traynor | 265 | 41.4 | ||
Majority | 110 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 640 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Clinton | 908 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | W. Massey* | 860 | 48.6 | ||
Majority | 48 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,768 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Mark's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | N. Morris* | 1,191 | 49.1 | ||
Conservative | A. Welsby | 1,065 | 43.9 | ||
Union Movement | D. S. Lawson | 105 | 4.3 | ||
Independent | A. W. King | 63 | 2.6 | ||
Majority | 126 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,424 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. J. Rubery | 810 | 69.7 | ||
Conservative | J. Carson* | 792 | 68.2 | ||
Labour | C. B. Muir | 264 | 22.7 | ||
Labour | A. S. Goldstone | 228 | 19.6 | ||
Liberal | J. E. Hargreaves | 88 | 7.8 | ||
Majority | 528 | 45.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,162 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Withington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. W. Young* | 2,496 | 57.3 | ||
Liberal | K. Pinnock | 1,258 | 28.9 | ||
Labour | D. G. Clark | 603 | 13.8 | ||
Majority | 1,238 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,357 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woodhouse Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. S. Burgoyne | 2,411 | 46.4 | ||
Labour | M. J. Taylor* | 2,309 | 44.4 | ||
Liberal | P. Grinyer | 367 | 7.1 | ||
Communist | E. Holt | 114 | 2.2 | ||
Majority | 102 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,201 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |