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1971 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 13 May 1971. Due to boundary changes, which reduced the number of wards by five, all 99 councillors seats were up for election. In all wards, each first-placed candidate was set to serve a three-year term, expiring in 1974, second-placed candidates were set to serve a two-year term, expiring in 1973, and third-placed candidates were to serve a one-year term, expiring in 1972. However, due the replacement of the corporation by the Local Government Act 1972, only one set of these scheduled elections ever took place.

1971 Manchester City Council election
← 1970 13 May 1971 (1971-05-13) 1972 →
99 of 132 seats
to Manchester City Council
76 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 93 57
Seats won 81 18
Seats after 108 24
Seat change Decrease9 Increase8
Popular vote 57,758 64,790
Percentage 39.1% 43.9%
Map of results of 1971 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Labour

The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party, winning the largest share of seats on the council in its history up to that point.[1][2][3]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 57,758 (39.1%)
81 (81.8%)
81 / 99
   9 108 (81.8%)
108 / 132
Conservative Party 64,790 (43.9%)
18 (18.2%)
18 / 99
   8 24 (18.2%)
24 / 132
Liberal Party 17,024 (11.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 132
Communist Party 760 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 132
Independent Labour 760 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 132
Independent 760 (0.5%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 132
Residents 7,243 (4.9%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 132
Union Movement 89 (0.1%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 99
   0 (0.0%)
0 / 132

Full council

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108 24

Aldermen

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27 6

Councillors

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81 18

Ward results

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Alexandra Park

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Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Flynn* 2,979 62.5
Conservative N. Thompson* 2,973 62.4
Conservative J. B. Chapman* 2,857 59.9
Labour K. McKeon 1,264 26.5
Labour S. M. Miller 1,235 25.9
Labour G. M. Morton 1,210 25.4
Liberal L. J. Howard 545 11.4
Liberal W. S. Kenyon 531 11.1
Liberal S. Lowe 504 10.6
Communist A. Fleetwood 201 4.2
Majority 1,593 33.4
Turnout 4,766
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. S. Goldstone* 2,887 81.9
Labour F. Dale 2,843 80.6
Labour H. Barrett* 2,669 75.7
Conservative D. Harrison 677 19.2
Conservative D. Taylor 655 18.6
Conservative G. Taylor 596 16.9
Communist R. Hughes 253 7.2
Majority 1,992 56.5
Turnout 3,527
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. H. Price* 4,432 67.9
Labour C. B. Muir 4,249 65.0
Labour H. Brown 3,964 60.7
Conservative G. I. Woolard* 2,364 36.2
Conservative M. Malbon* 2,175 33.3
Conservative A. Farmer 2,134 32.7
Communist R. Burns 279 4.3
Majority 1,600 24.5
Turnout 6,532
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Grainger 1,780 44.8
Labour D. A. Parker 1,743 43.9
Labour W. A. Moody 1,738 43.8
Conservative H. Tucker* 1,653 41.6
Conservative B. Moore* 1,594 40.1
Conservative N. Wood 1,557 39.2
Liberal P. Jones 667 16.8
Liberal D. R. Mellor 555 14.0
Liberal P. J. Brindle 479 12.1
Communist A. J. Hunt 146 3.7
Majority 85 2.1
Turnout 3,971
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Beswick

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Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Dean* 2,609 89.8
Labour K. Eastham 2,517 86.6
Labour J. G. Birtles* 2,280 78.5
Conservative D. Eastwood 585 20.1
Conservative A. Bradshaw 326 11.2
Conservative J. R. Cawley 310 10.7
Communist J. Coupe 92 3.2
Majority 1,695 58.3
Turnout 2,906
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. A. Johnson 3,396 68.1
Labour J. E. Jackson 3,344 67.0
Labour J. L. Owen 3,280 65.7
Conservative E. D. Kirkup* 1,688 33.8
Conservative D. F. Silverman* 1,554 31.1
Conservative N. Pritchard* 1,547 31.0
Communist I. W. Luft 157 3.1
Majority 1,592 31.9
Turnout 4,989
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour I. Gilmore* 4,662 78.2
Labour J. Taylor* 4,433 74.4
Labour W. Egerton* 4,302 72.2
Conservative D. Lear 1,568 26.3
Conservative A. P. Osborn 1,345 22.6
Conservative M. Withers 1,303 21.9
Communist E. R. Prior 269 4.5
Majority 2,734 45.9
Turnout 5,961
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brooklands

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Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Healy 3,960 61.1
Labour F. Firth 3,938 60.7
Labour E. Mellor 3,667 56.5
Conservative Y. I. Emery 2,599 40.1
Conservative A. A. O'Connor 2,502 38.6
Conservative B. B. Williams* 2,487 38.3
Communist E. Mellor 306 4.7
Majority 1,068 16.5
Turnout 6,486
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Burnage

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Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Platt* 2,612 53.5
Conservative L. Howarth* 2,570 52.7
Conservative L. Howarth* 2,569 52.7
Labour T. T. Farrell 2,296 47.1
Labour S. Corless 2,256 46.2
Labour P. Bednarski 2,087 42.8
Communist N. J. Gilroy 243 5.0
Majority 273 5.6
Turnout 4,878
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Kelly 2,550 64.0
Labour J. S. Goldstone* 2,466 61.9
Labour S. C. Silverman 2,405 60.4
Conservative L. H. Neild 1,293 32.5
Conservative A. W. Ash 1,256 31.5
Conservative R. E. Doweck 1,207 30.3
Liberal J. M. Ashley 635 15.9
Communist R. L. Cole 138 3.5
Majority 1,112 27.9
Turnout 3,983
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. G. Ford* 2,100 73.6
Labour S. V. Shaw* 2,068 72.4
Labour J. Broderick* 2,018 70.7
Conservative A. Fildes 783 27.4
Conservative F. E. Meaden 772 27.0
Conservative A. E. Welsby 693 24.3
Communist M. E. Hooley 132 4.6
Majority 1,235 43.3
Turnout 2,855
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chorlton

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Chorlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Sanders* 2,747 58.9
Conservative M. A. Vince* 2,714 58.2
Conservative M. Delavan 2,561 54.9
Labour R. J. Williamson 1,933 41.5
Labour G. H. Yeadon 1,906 40.9
Labour J. J. Fanning 1,900 40.7
Communist D. J. Heywood 227 4.9
Majority 628 13.5
Turnout 4,663
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. F. Delahunty* 1,238 84.2
Labour S. A. Ogden* 1,235 84.0
Labour F. J. Balcombe* 1,223 83.2
Conservative J. Cartland 235 16.0
Conservative R. J. R. Lomas 213 14.5
Conservative K. West 192 13.1
Communist T. E. Keenan 75 5.1
Majority 988 67.2
Turnout 1,470
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crossacres

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Crossacres
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Morris* 4,842 79.3
Labour R. L. Griffiths* 4,587 75.1
Labour A. Roberts 4,341 71.1
Conservative J. Jones 1,744 28.6
Conservative D. O'Sullivan 1,285 21.0
Conservative D. R. Westhead 1,251 20.5
Communist M. E. Taylor 265 4.3
Majority 2,597 42.5
Turnout 6,105
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. V. Marshall 2,795 51.0
Labour P. A. Sless 2,789 50.9
Labour H. Brooks 2,649 48.4
Conservative F. R. Butler* 2,511 45.8
Conservative A. S. Daulby 2,444 44.6
Conservative B. H. Taylor* 2,307 42.1
Liberal H. Wiseberg 741 13.5
Communist J. A. Day 195 3.6
Majority 138 2.5
Turnout 5,477
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. R. Crawford* 3,793 65.7
Conservative J. B. W. Hill* 3,791 65.7
Conservative J. Duke* 3,754 65.0
Labour H. Evans 1,986 34.4
Labour M. Pickstone 1,859 32.2
Labour D. Beetham 1,814 31.4
Communist D. P. Devine 322 5.6
Majority 1,768 30.6
Turnout 5,773
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Roddy* 4,389 79.5
Labour T. O. Hammett* 4,330 78.4
Labour G. Conquest* 4,150 75.2
Conservative J. A. Davenport 1,258 22.8
Conservative W. Slowe 1,109 20.1
Conservative A. R. Leeke 1,025 18.6
Communist A. Prior 304 5.5
Majority 2,892 52.4
Turnout 5,522
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Barker* 2,777 69.8
Labour H. Conway* 2,752 69.2
Labour K. Franklin 2,536 63.7
Conservative V. R. Cattan* 1,777 44.7
Conservative D. F. Lindsey 1,030 25.9
Conservative J. R. Hill 930 23.4
Communist M. Cowle 136 3.4
Majority 759 19.1
Turnout 3,979
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Litherland 951 62.8 N/A
Labour A. Nicholson 951
Labour R. F. Delahunty 927
Conservative G. Cleworth 564 37.2 N/A
Conservative A. P. Osborn 556
Conservative M. Withers 532
Majority 363 25.5 N/A
Turnout 1,515 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hulme

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Hulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. V. Marshall 1,290 77.6 N/A
Labour T. Thomas 1,273
Labour W. Smith 1,226
Conservative A. Edwards 289 17.4 N/A
Conservative R. E. Gilham 260
Conservative E. Draycott 255
Communist D. J. Heywood 83 5.0 N/A
Majority 937 60.2 N/A
Turnout 1,662 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. K. Barber 2,414 59.2 N/A
Conservative W. Carlton 2,253
Conservative S. Alexander 2,239
Labour E. H. Spencer 1,663 40.8 N/A
Labour F. Done 1,646
Labour J. Flanagan 1,597
Majority 576 18.4 N/A
Turnout 4,077 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. T. Lee 1,618 33.6 N/A
Labour R. A. Reddington 1,570
Conservative E. Jones 1,569 32.6 N/A
Conservative E. D. Kirkup 1,558
Labour S. Smith 1,547
Conservative D. Porter 1,511
Independent I. Lindsay 865 17.9 N/A
Liberal R. Jackson 765 15.9 N/A
Liberal I. Garrard 655
Liberal G. Garrard 627
Majority 12 1.0 N/A
Turnout 4,817 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lloyd Street

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Lloyd Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Collins 2,128 56.4 N/A
Labour K. McKeon 2,084
Labour A. S. Wood 1,982
Conservative J. E. Higham 1,642 43.5 N/A
Conservative E. Bevan 1,604
Conservative L. H. Nield 1,553
Majority 340 12.9 N/A
Turnout 3,770 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Malpas 1,565 49.2 N/A
Labour R. W. Ford 1,454 45.7 N/A
Conservative G. Taylor 1,412
Labour S. N. M. Moxley 1,392
Conservative M. Delayen 1,389
Labour D. Anderson 1,369
Freedom To Choose Group J. Kedward 160 5.0 N/A
Majority 20 3.5 N/A
Turnout 3,179 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Miles Platting

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Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Crank 1,240 67.9 N/A
Labour R. Latham 1,209
Labour E. Donnoghue 1,194
British Campaign To Stop Immigration M. R. Goucher 368 20.1 N/A
Conservative A. Chappell 219 12.0 N/A
Conservative H. Lee 214
Conservative M. Howells 182
Majority 826 47.8 N/A
Turnout 1,827 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moss Side

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Moss Side
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. E. Talbot 928 60.5 N/A
Labour H. Paget 889
Labour W. A. Downward 789
Conservative M. J. Duffy 515 33.6 N/A
Conservative H. W. Meadowcroft 515
Conservative C. Toft 409
Communist W. Woolery 90 5.9 N/A
Majority 274 26.9 N/A
Turnout 1,533 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. E. Bowden 2,266 50.6 N/A
Conservative K. E. Goulding 2,207 49.3 N/A
Labour C. C. Lamb 2,123
Labour W. Risby 2,095
Conservative A. W. Ash 2,041
Conservative G. I. Jones 1,909
Majority 82 1.3 N/A
Turnout 4,473 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. J. Taylor 1,914 62.5 N/A
Labour C. Tomlinson 1,902
Labour J. Smith 1,826
Conservative A. E. Walsh 1,148 37.5 N/A
Conservative A. R. Leeke 1,080
Conservative T. B. Hegarty 1,060
Majority 678 25.0 N/A
Turnout 3,062 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Leigh 2,978 53.5 N/A
Conservative C. H. Box 2,737
Conservative D. Mountford 2,730
Labour H. Brown 2,244 40.3 N/A
Labour H. Reid 2,114
Labour J. M. Wilson 2,097
Communist G. F. Taylor 341 6.1 N/A
Majority 486 13.2 N/A
Turnout 5,563 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. J. Spencer 2,470 50.4
Labour A. J. Bateman 2,385 48.7
Conservative T. F. Lavin* 2,381 48.6
Labour A. P. Marino 2,380 48.6
Conservative G. Robinson 2,292 46.8
Conservative D. G. Massey 2,284 46.6
Residents D. R. Brown 337 6,9
Communist D. Maher 177 3.6
Majority 1 0.0
Turnout 4,902
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Pierce 2,221 59.8 N/A
Conservative K. Ollerenshaw 2,191
Conservative S. Tucker 2,173
Labour A. H. Fender 1,115 30.0 N/A
Labour M. A. Naqui 1,091
Labour H. Rowley 1,090
Independent F. A. Melling 379 10.2 N/A
Majority 1,058 29.8 N/A
Turnout 3,715 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. R. Coker* 2,387 46.4
Conservative W. Crabtree* 2,233 43.4
Conservative G. W. Young* 2,140 41.6
Labour R. K. Litherland 1,783 34.7
Labour H. Reid 1,758 34.2
Labour C. W. Warwood 1,689 32.9
Liberal J. S. Allridge 1,247 24.3
Liberal J. L. Edwards 1,044 20.3
Liberal J. A. Hamilton 948 18.4
Communist J. Frankenberg 191 3.7
Majority 357 6.9
Turnout 5,140
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Roberts* 4,569 81.2
Labour W. Smith* 4,476 79.5
Labour G. Hall* 4,151 73.7
Conservative G. Parry 1,024 18.2
Conservative C. R. Moore 1,012 18.0
Conservative F. Keenan 983 17.5
Independent Labour A. Tatton 471 8.4
Communist E. Holt 203 3.6
Majority 3,127 55.5
Turnout 5,630
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Aldermanic election

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By-elections between 1971 and 1972

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References

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  1. ^ Tories toppled in twin cities landslide, Manchester Evening News, May 14, 1971, p.16
  2. ^ Manchester, The Guardian, May 14, 1971, p.9
  3. ^ Council graph shows new records, The Guardian, May 24, 1971, p.6
  4. ^ 42.2pc vote vital factor in council swing, The Guardian, May 15, 1971, p.5
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