Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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]
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39 of 152 seats to Manchester City Council 76 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Labour Party | 57,758 (39.1%) | 17 (43.6%) | 17 / 39
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9 | 84 (55.3%) | 84 / 152
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Conservative Party | 64,790 (43.9%) | 21 (53.8%) | 21 / 39
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8 | 65 (42.8%) | 65 / 152
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Liberal Party | 17,024 (11.5%) | 1 (2.6%) | 1 / 39
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1 | 3 (2.0%) | 3 / 152
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Ratepayers | 7,243 (4.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 39
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Communist Party | 760 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 39
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Union Movement | 89 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 39
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152
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Full council
edit84 | 3 | 65 |
Aldermen
edit22 | 2 | 14 |
Councillors
edit62 | 1 | 51 |
Ward results
editAlexandra Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Thompson* | 3,220 | 62.6 | ||
Liberal | A. Alexander | 1,419 | 27.6 | ||
Labour | E. McKeon | 504 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | 1,801 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,143 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
All Saints'
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Hatton* | 1,418 | 68.6 | ||
Conservative | R. W. Phillips | 650 | 31.4 | ||
Majority | 768 | 37.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,068 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ardwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Taylor* | 1,525 | 63.2 | ||
Conservative | G. Taylor | 887 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 638 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,412 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Baguley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. O. Sanders | 3,042 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | W. Frost | 2,888 | 48.7 | ||
Majority | 154 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,930 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Barlow Moor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Harker* | 1,533 | 55.2 | ||
Liberal | A. Newton | 697 | 25.1 | ||
Labour | P. T. Taylor | 545 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 836 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,775 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Benchill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Williamson | 2,441 | 49.9 | ||
Labour | R. L. Griffiths* | 2,339 | 47.8 | ||
Communist | M. Taylor | 116 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 102 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,896 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Beswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. W. Farrell* | 1,779 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | J. Dean | 1,686 | 61.0 | ||
Conservative | K. A. Edis | 986 | 35.7 | ||
Majority | 700 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,765 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. D. Kirkup | 3,046 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | A. J. Fahey* | 1,774 | 31.6 | ||
Liberal | W. Wren | 799 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 1,272 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,619 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Taylor* | 2,306 | 67.5 | ||
Conservative | P. Whitby | 1,109 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 1,197 | 35.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,415 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Burnage
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. J. Edwards* | 2,431 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | W. S. Spink | 1,314 | 28.0 | ||
Liberal | H. Tobias | 947 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 1,117 | 23.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,692 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheetham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | S. Needoff | 2,105 | 59.1 | ||
Labour | R. B. Prain* | 1,458 | 40.9 | ||
Majority | 647 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,999 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Ralphs* | 2,607 | 55.2 | ||
Ratepayers | T. A. Harper | 1,623 | 34.4 | ||
Labour | P. Potts | 490 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 984 | 20.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,720 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Finkel* | 975 | 68.9 | ||
Conservative | W. J. Pepper | 305 | 21.5 | ||
Communist | A. Gadian | 136 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 670 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,416 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crumpsall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Mawdsley* | 3,307 | 51.8 | ||
Labour | S. N. Moxley | 1,843 | 28.9 | ||
Liberal | H. Gilbert | 1,231 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | 1,464 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 6,381 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. White* | 2,598 | 50.4 | ||
Liberal | M. MacInerney | 2,175 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | H. Conway | 378 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 423 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,151 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Roddy* | 2,610 | 66.9 | ||
Conservative | J. Whitwell | 1,292 | 33.1 | ||
Majority | 1,318 | 33.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,902 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Kirkman* | 1,774 | 55.3 | ||
Conservative | C. M. Clarke | 1,436 | 44.7 | ||
Majority | 338 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,210 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. O'Toole* | 1,686 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | A. Jones | 1,456 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 230 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,142 | ||||
Labour gain from | Swing |
Hugh Oldham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Humphries* | 1,665 | 69.8 | ||
Conservative | I. Mallinson | 558 | 23.4 | ||
Communist | E. Cohen | 161 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 1,107 | 46.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,384 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. Lodge* | 1,980 | 40.3 | ||
Ratepayers | J. A. Gannan | 1,633 | 33.2 | ||
Labour | A. E. Bowden | 656 | 13.3 | ||
Liberal | J. Berisford | 646 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | 347 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,915 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lightbowne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Tetlow | 2,766 | 47.0 | ||
Labour | G. Halstead* | 2,122 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal | E. Platt | 1,001 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 644 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,889 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Longsight
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. J. Dunn* | 1,681 | 40.2 | ||
Ratepayers | A. H. Burtin | 1,459 | 34.9 | ||
Labour | R. E. Talbot | 1,043 | 24.9 | ||
Majority | 222 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. V. Hughes | 1,288 | 57.3 | ||
Conservative | J. D. Cheetham | 960 | 42.7 | ||
Majority | 328 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,248 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Lang | 1,343 | 39.2 | ||
Labour | E. Dell* | 1,290 | 37.7 | ||
Ratepayers | J. E. Pheasey | 724 | 21.1 | ||
Communist | T. J. Wright | 66 | 1.9 | ||
Majority | 53 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,423 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Moss Side West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. H. Cox | 1,974 | 55.3 | ||
Labour | W. Gallacher | 936 | 26.2 | ||
Ratepayers | L. J. Howard | 568 | 15.9 | ||
Union Movement | G. A. Webb | 89 | 2.5 | ||
Majority | 1,038 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,567 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. H. Farron | 2,993 | 45.7 | ||
Labour | R. Latham* | 2,765 | 42.2 | ||
Liberal | P. L. Marron | 796 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 228 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,554 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
New Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Crank* | 886 | 70.7 | ||
Conservative | F. Hargreaves | 368 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | 518 | 41.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,254 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Binns* | 1,829 | 53.7 | ||
Conservative | R. Thorpe | 1,580 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 249 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,409 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Northenden
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Tucker | 3,241 | 43.4 | ||
Labour | R. E. Sheldon | 2,743 | 36.7 | ||
Liberal | R. H. Hargreaves | 1,489 | 19.9 | ||
Majority | 498 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,473 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Old Moat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Boff | 1,652 | 52.0 | ||
Liberal | T. Kay | 994 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | F. Vince | 533 | 16.8 | ||
Majority | 658 | 20.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,179 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Openshaw
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Jolly* | 2,428 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | B. Moore | 1,264 | 33.2 | ||
Communist | N. Gilroy | 112 | 3.0 | ||
Majority | 1,164 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,804 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Rusholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. T. Barratt* | 2,284 | 51.1 | ||
Labour | J. S. Goldstone | 953 | 21.3 | ||
Ratepayers | J. B. Mathers | 818 | 18.3 | ||
Liberal | F. N. Wedlock | 412 | 9.2 | ||
Majority | 1,331 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,467 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. George's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | K. Collis* | 1,572 | 68.0 | ||
Conservative | S. Alexander | 741 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 831 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Crabtree | 1,313 | 43.9 | ||
Labour | D. A. Warby | 1,258 | 42.1 | ||
Ratepayers | N. Robinson | 418 | 14.0 | ||
Majority | 55 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,989 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Mark's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Conlan* | 1,809 | 64.8 | ||
Conservative | W. H. Fleetwood | 983 | 35.2 | ||
Majority | 826 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,792 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Beer* | 1,267 | 70.7 | ||
Labour | P. Kelly | 525 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | 742 | 41.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,792 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Withington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. R. Coker | 2,504 | 55.4 | ||
Liberal | A. Share | 1,631 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | J. Platt | 386 | 8.5 | ||
Majority | 873 | 19.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,521 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woodhouse Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. H. Hall | 2,324 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | A. Thurston | 992 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal | T. A. Maher | 682 | 16.4 | ||
Communist | E. Holt | 169 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 1,332 | 32.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,167 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |