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1958 Manchester City Council election
← 1957 8 May 1958 (1958-05-08) 1959 →
40 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 24 seats,
53.7% 		14 seats,
41.6% 		0 seats,
4.2%
Seats before 90 58 4
Seats won 26 14 0
Seats after 95 54 3
Seat change Increase5 Decrease4 Decrease1
Popular vote 89,450 62,977 12,770
Percentage 53.7% 37.8% 7.7%
Swing Steady Decrease3.8% Increase3.5%
Map of results of 1958 election
Leader of the Council before election


Labour

Leader of the Council after election


Labour

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 8 May 1958. 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]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 89,450 (53.7%)
Steady 26 (65.0%)
26 / 40
 Increase 5 95 (62.5%)
95 / 152
Conservative Party 62,977 (37.8%)
Decrease 3.8 14 (35.0%)
14 / 40
 Decrease 4 54 (35.5%)
54 / 152
Liberal Party 12,770 (7.7%)
Increase 3.5 0 (0.0%)
0 / 40
 Decrease 1 3 (2.0%)
3 / 152
Communist 695 (0.4%)
Increase 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 40
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Independent 458 (0.3%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 40
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Union Movement 101 (0.1%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 40
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

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95 3 54

Aldermen

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21 3 14

Councillors

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74 40

Ward results

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Alexandra Park

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Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Bailey* 2,839 51.6 −2.3
Liberal G. E. Sharpe 1,791 32.6 +6.8
Labour A. A. Dandy 869 15.8 −4.5
Majority 1,048 19.0 −9.1
Turnout 5,499
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

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All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Thomas 1,980 77.5 +6.7
Conservative W. J. Geddes 574 22.5 −6.7
Majority 1,406 55.0 +13.4
Turnout 2,554
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. M. Parkinson* 1,582 63.0 −7.4
Conservative G. Taylor 929 37.0 +7.4
Majority 653 26.0 −14.8
Turnout 2,511
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

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Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. H. Jenkins* 3,227 60.0 0
Conservative W. Fuller 2,152 40.0 0
Majority 1,075 20.0 0
Turnout 5,379
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

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Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. J. Pegge* 1,775 59.2 +1.4
Labour S. E. Tucker 1,222 40.8 −1.4
Majority 553 18.4 +2.8
Turnout 2,997
Conservative hold Swing

Benchill

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Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Lloyd* 2,456 59.1 +0.5
Conservative E. Birley 1,623 39.1 −2.3
Communist G. Taylor 75 1.8 N/A
Majority 833 20.0 +2.8
Turnout 4,154
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

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Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Malcolm* 2,623 83.9 −0.9
Conservative D. E. Logan 505 16.1 +0.9
Majority 2,118 67.8 −1.8
Turnout 3,128
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Burrows 3,193 51.3 −4.9
Labour L. Kelly 3,032 48.7 +4.9
Majority 161 2.6 −9.8
Turnout 6,225
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Lomas* 3,081 79.1 −2.7
Conservative D. Mawe 816 20.9 +2.7
Majority 2,265 58.2 −5.4
Turnout 3,897
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

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Burnage (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Lord* 3,284 60.4 +5.0
Conservative H. Platt 3,176 58.4 +3.0
Labour W. S. Spink 2,294 42.2 −2.4
Labour H. Rowley 2,121 39.0 −5.6
Majority 882 16.2 +5.4
Turnout 5,438
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Goldstone* 2,095 54.3 +3.3
Liberal S. Needoff 1,765 45.7 −3.3
Majority 330 8.6 +6.6
Turnout 3,860
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. Whittaker* 3,283 72.0 −1.0
Labour R. P. Greenwood 1,278 28.0 +1.0
Majority 2,005 44.0 −2.0
Turnout 4,561
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. S. Langton* 2,047 88.8 +3.5
Conservative T. E. Dillon 172 7.5 −2.5
Communist K. Bloch 85 3.7 −1.0
Majority 1,875 81.3 +6.0
Turnout 2,304
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. J. Balcombe 4,055 54.0 +7.2
Conservative S. Tomlinson* 3,458 46.0 −7.2
Majority 597 8.0
Turnout 7,513
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. R. Crawford 2,714 46.1 −7.2
Liberal M. MacInerney* 2,601 44.2 +8.4
Labour F. Firth 572 9.7 −2.8
Majority 113 1.9 −14.2
Turnout 5,887
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Gorton North

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Gorton North (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour N. Leech* 3,361 85.3 +9.6
Labour W. Higgins 3,294 83.6 +7.9
Conservative S. Bancroft 614 15.6 −8.7
Majority 2,680 68.0 +16.6
Turnout 3,942
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. J. Batson* 2,234 66.6 −1.7
Conservative H. Woodman 1,118 33.4 +1.7
Majority 1,116 33.2 −3.4
Turnout 3,352
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. P. J. Hinderer* 2,466 67.0 +2.8
Conservative D. Simms 1,212 33.0 −2.8
Majority 1,254 34.0 +5.6
Turnout 3,678
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

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Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Langan 2,260 83.4 −2.5
Conservative J. Wilkinson 337 12.4 +1.9
Communist E. Cohen 114 4.2 +0.6
Majority 1,923 71.0 −4.4
Turnout 2,711
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Bowes* 2,341 44.9 −19.2
Labour A. E. Bowden 1,672 32.1 −3.8
Liberal G. W. Oliver 1,198 23.0 N/A
Majority 1,143 12.8 −15.4
Turnout 5,211
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

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Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Franklin 3,305 46.7 +3.7
Conservative J. Chatterton* 2,210 31.2 −11.3
Liberal F. N. Wedlock 1,563 22.1 +7.6
Majority 1,095 15.5 +15.0
Turnout 7,078
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. G. Hopkins* 2,360 59.3 +6.4
Labour R. E. Talbot 1,618 40.7 −6.4
Majority 742 18.6 +12.8
Turnout 3,978
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

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Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. P. Hughes 1,888 73.1 +3.6
Conservative A. Gilbert 693 26.9 −3.6
Majority 1,195 46.2 +7.2
Turnout 2,581
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

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Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. E. Bedgood 2,022 59.7 −1.9
Conservative H. Boff 1,240 36.6 −1.8
Communist T. Wright 127 3.7 N/A
Majority 782 23.1 −0.1
Turnout 3,389
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moss Side West

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Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. Buckley* 2,128 48.5 +2.7
Labour H. Conway 1,705 38.8 −5.4
Independent G. J. Playford 458 10.4 +0.4
Union Movement N. Kennedy 101 2.3 N/A
Majority 423 9.7 +8.1
Turnout 4,392
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. C. Lamb* 3,600 57.8 +3.3
Conservative W. Quick 2,626 42.2 −3.3
Majority 974 15.6 +6.6
Turnout 6,226
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

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New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Blackwell* 1,471 77.7 +6.1
Conservative L. Hampson 421 22.3 −6.1
Majority 1,050 55.4 +12.2
Turnout 1,892
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Logan* 2,660 70.5 −1.3
Conservative A. Johnson 1,112 29.5 +1.3
Majority 1,548 41.0 −2.6
Turnout 3,772
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

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Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Davis 3,232 47.3 −4.9
Conservative A. Williamson* 2,134 31.2 −16.6
Liberal R. H. Hargreaves 1,469 21.5 N/A
Majority 1,098 16.1 +7.7
Turnout 6,835
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Old Moat

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Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. P. Humphris* 1,767 47.1 −3.1
Labour K. Edwards 1,397 37.2 +3.3
Liberal R. H. Hargreaves 591 15.7 −0.2
Majority 370 9.9 −6.4
Turnout 3,755
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

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Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Thomas* 3,428 79.6 +4.9
Conservative J. Mitton 723 16.8 −5.5
Communist J. Hodgson 157 3.6 +0.6
Majority 2,705 62.8 +10.4
Turnout 4,308
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Stockdale* 2,563 63.5 −3.0
Labour H. Reid 1,472 36.5 +3.0
Majority 1,091 27.0 −6.0
Turnout 4,035
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Mellor* 2,267 81.9 +10.1
Conservative J. Logan 501 18.1 −10.1
Majority 1,766 63.8 +20.2
Turnout 2,768
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. C. Rimmer 2,226 59.2 +3.6
Conservative R. D. Doherty 1,531 40.8 −3.6
Majority 695 18.4 +7.2
Turnout 3,757
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. Mark's

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St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Shaw* 2,781 77.9 +4.6
Conservative W. H. Fleetwood 791 22.1 −4.6
Majority 1,990 55.8 +9.2
Turnout 3,572
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

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St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. G. Westbrook* 1,145 72.7 +1.2
Labour V. Loran 429 27.3 −1.2
Majority 716 45.4 +2.4
Turnout 1,574
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

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Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. McGrath* 2,247 48.0 −26.9
Liberal A. Share 1,792 38.3 N/A
Labour J. Platt 645 13.7 −11.4
Majority 455 9.7 −40.1
Turnout 4,684
Conservative hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

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Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Smith* 3,483 81.2 +2.5
Conservative F. W. Harrison 670 15.6 −4.7
Communist E. Holt 137 3.2 N/A
Majority 2,813 65.6 +8.2
Turnout 4,290
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

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By-elections between 1958 and 1959

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References

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  1. ^ HOW THE VOTES WERE CAST, Manchester Evening News, May 9, 1958, p.7
  2. ^ TIGHTER HOLD ON MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 9, 1958, p.4
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