1978 Manchester City Council election

1978 UK local government election August 2021 August 2012 1978 Manchester City Council election England Arms of the City of Manchester.svg parliamentary no 1976 Manchester City Council election 1976 1978 05 04 y 1979 Manchester City Council election 1979 33 of 99 seats to Manchester City Council 50 Manchester 1978.png Map of results of 1978 election Leader of the Council Norman Morris Labour Party (UK) Leader of the Council after election Norman Morris Labour Party (UK) Norman Morris Labour Party (UK) 19 seats,45.1% Charlestown 54 19 53 1 61,969 47.8% 2.7% Kathleen Ollerenshaw Conservative Party (UK) Rusholme 14 seats,47.6% 45 14 46 1 58,717 45.3% 2.3% Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1982. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993). Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party Labour Party (UK)61,969 (47.8%)47.8 Labour Party (UK) 2.7 19 (57.6%)19 33 Labour Party (UK) 1 53 (53.4%)53 99 Labour Party (UK)Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK)58,717 (45.3%)45.3 Conservative Party (UK) 2.314 (42.4%)14 33 Conservative Party (UK) 146 (46.5%)46 99 Conservative Party (UK)Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK)7,708 (5.9%)5.9 Liberal Party (UK) 0.4 0 (0.0%)0 33 Liberal Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 99 Liberal Party (UK)National Front National Front (UK)636 (0.5%)0.5 National Front (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 33 National Front (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 99 National Front (UK)Communist Communist Party of Great Britain277 (0.2%)0.2 Communist Party of Great Britain 0.10 (0.0%)0 33 Communist Party of Great Britain 0 (0.0%)0 99 Communist Party of Great BritainSocialist Unity Socialist Unity (UK)139 (0.1%)0.1 Socialist Unity (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 33 Socialist Unity (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 99 Socialist Unity (UK)Workers Revolutionary Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)34 (0.0%)0. Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 33 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) N/A0 (0.0%)0 99 Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) + ↓ 53 46 Ward results Alexandra Alexandra Conservative Party (UK) M. Flynn* 2,895 59.9 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) G. M. Gorton 1,249 25.8 +7.5 Liberal Party (UK) D. Hewitt 689 14.3 -4.9 1,646 34.1 -8.0 4,833 37.6 Conservative Party (UK) Ardwick Ardwick Labour Party (UK) H. Barrett* 2,102 70.5 +1.6 Conservative Party (UK) W. R. Swan 783 26.3 -4.8 Liberal Party (UK) D. Nicholson 96 3.2 +3.2 1,319 44.2 +6.5 2,981 27.7 Labour Party (UK) +3.2 Baguley Baguley Labour Party (UK) F. Done 3,536 56.4 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) P. Fitzsimons 2,737 43.6 +0.5 799 12.8 +3.1 6,273 46.1 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Barlow Moor Barlow Moor Conservative Party (UK) H. Tucker* 2,136 63.9 +7.7 Labour Party (UK) A. Manning 1,208 36.1 +0.1 928 27.8 +7.6 3,344 32.4 Conservative Party (UK) +3.8 Beswick Beswick Labour Party (UK) S. Silverman 1,746 77.3 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Cartland 370 16.4 -2.8 National Front (UK) A. Tatton 81 3.6 +3.6 Liberal Party (UK) J. Thomson 63 2.8 -2.6 1,376 60.9 +4.7 2,260 27.7 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Blackley Blackley Conservative Party (UK) P. Loxley 2,508 52.2 +6.5 Labour Party (UK) J. I. Owen* 2,143 44.6 -9.7 Liberal Party (UK) V. Towers 153 3.2 +3.2 365 7.6 -0.9 4,804 43.2 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) +8.1 Bradford Bradford Labour Party (UK) J. Gilmore* 2,398 58.8 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) L. Hockey 1,490 36.6 -6.4 National Front (UK) J. Hulse 139 3.4 +3.4 Communist Party of Great Britain M. Murray 49 1.2 +1.2 908 22.3 +11.7 4,076 33.3 Labour Party (UK) +5.8 Brooklands Brooklands Conservative Party (UK) Y. Emery* 3,027 56.8 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) J. Wilner 2,298 43.2 -1.8 729 13.6 +9.1 5,325 40.8 Conservative Party (UK) +4.5 Burnage Burnage Conservative Party (UK) L. Howarth* 2,647 60.6 +1.1 Labour Party (UK) K. Robinson 1,724 39.4 +7.1 950 21.7 -5.5 4,371 37.6 Conservative Party (UK) -3.0 Charlestown Charlestown Labour Party (UK) L. Kelly* 2,146 48.4 -3.3 Conservative Party (UK) C. Maffei 2,002 45.2 +3.0 Liberal Party (UK) N. Towers 155 3.5 -2.6 National Front (UK) W. E. Caffrey 91 2.1 +2.1 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Cole 40 0.9 +0.9 144 3.2 -6.3 4,434 44.5 Labour Party (UK) -3.1 Cheetham Cheetham Labour Party (UK) J. Broderick* 1,482 66.6 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) F. Meaden 743 33.4 -4.1 739 33.2 +8.2 2,225 28.5 Labour Party (UK) +4.1 Chorlton Chorlton Conservative Party (UK) L. Sanders* 2,769 62.0 -2.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Cropper 1,387 31.1 +6.2 Liberal Party (UK) J. Commons 308 6.9 -3.3 1,382 31.0 -8.9 4,464 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) -4.5 Collegiate Church Collegiate Church Labour Party (UK) F. Balcombe* 843 63.1 -0.8 Conservative Party (UK) S. R. Newth 416 31.1 +4.5 Liberal Party (UK) M. A. Plesch 78 5.8 -2.1 427 32.0 -5.3 1,337 28.2 Labour Party (UK) -2.6 Crossacres Crossacres Labour Party (UK) R. L. Griffiths* 2,877 59.5 -0.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Spencer 1,418 29.3 +0.5 Liberal Party (UK) H. Griffiths 537 11.1 -0.5 1,459 30.2 -0.6 4,832 35.3 Labour Party (UK) -0.3 Crumpsall Crumpsall Conservative Party (UK) G. Fildes* 2,183 53.9 -3.6 Labour Party (UK) G. Stringer 1,517 37.5 +4.0 Liberal Party (UK) J. Cookson 286 7.1 -1.9 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Ward 61 1.5 +1.5 666 16.5 -7.5 4,047 35.3 Conservative Party (UK) -3.8 Didsbury Didsbury Conservative Party (UK) J. Hill* 3,902 68.0 +2.9 Labour Party (UK) E. Newman 1,304 22.7 +2.9 Liberal Party (UK) J. T. Mitchell 534 9.3 -4.7 2,598 45.3 -0.0 5,740 44.5 Conservative Party (UK) -2.9 Gorton North Gorton North Labour Party (UK) T. O. Hamnett* 1,856 56.7 -2.7 Conservative Party (UK) E. Leadbetter 1,184 36.2 -0.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. M. Ashley 231 7.1 +3.5 672 20.5 -1.8 3,271 37.7 Labour Party (UK) -0.9 Gorton South Gorton South Labour Party (UK) H. Conway* 1,619 55.4 -1.4 Conservative Party (UK) D. Heywood 1,174 40.2 -3.0 National Front (UK) N. J. Mead 97 3.3 +3.3 Workers' Revolutionary Party (UK) A. Willams 34 1.2 +1.2 445 15.2 +1.7 2,924 33.8 Labour Party (UK) +0.8 Harpurhey Harpurhey Labour Party (UK) K. Litherland* 1,341 62.5 +3.9 Conservative Party (UK) J. Harding 804 37.5 +0.9 537 25.0 +3.0 2,145 30.9 Labour Party (UK) +1.5 Hulme Hulme Labour Party (UK) J. V. Marshall* 1,488 57.5 -9.6 Liberal Party (UK) P. Thompson 523 20.2 +5.8 Conservative Party (UK) W. H. Cox 386 14.9 -3.7 Socialist Unity (UK) B. Crossman 139 5.4 +5.4 Communist Party of Great Britain R. W. Gwilt 54 2.1 +2.1 965 37.4 -11.1 2,590 29.4 Labour Party (UK) -7.7 Levenshulme Levenshulme Conservative Party (UK) J. K. Barber* 2,001 40.7 -10.9 Labour Party (UK) S. Loughlin 1,827 37.2 -1.0 Liberal Party (UK) K. Whitmore 1,085 22.1 +13.7 174 3.5 -9.9 4,913 38.4 Conservative Party (UK) -4.9 Lightbowne Lightbowne Labour Party (UK) H. T. Lee* 2,560 55.5 +8.2 Conservative Party (UK) N. McHardy 2,051 44.5 -8.2 509 11.0 +5.5 4,611 43.0 Labour Party (UK) +8.2 Lloyd Street Lloyd Street Labour Party (UK) H. Collins* 2,364 53.2 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. D. Neville 1,867 42.0 -2.0 Liberal Party (UK) P. Davis 212 4.8 +0.5 497 11.2 +4.6 4,443 35.8 Labour Party (UK) +2.3 Longsight Longsight Labour Party (UK) V. Stevens 2,007 54.1 +2.6 Conservative Party (UK) A. Malpas* 1,516 40.9 -7.3 Liberal Party (UK) C. R. Brammer 184 5.0 +5.0 491 13.2 +9.7 3,707 34.4 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +4.9 Miles Platting Miles Platting Labour Party (UK) G. Conquest 1,417 76.3 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) A. E. Halliday 337 18.1 -2.6 National Front (UK) N. T. G. Wallace 103 5.5 +5.5 1,080 58.2 -0.4 1,857 24.0 Labour Party (UK) -0.2 Moss Side Moss Side Labour Party (UK) R. E. Talbot* 1,360 70.0 +17.2 Conservative Party (UK) S. Hussain 364 18.7 -2.7 Liberal Party (UK) L. Ford 220 11.3 +11.3 996 51.2 +24.3 1,944 27.2 Labour Party (UK) +9.9 Moston Moston Conservative Party (UK) G. Hurley 2,867 55.2 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) A. E. Bowden* 2,327 44.8 +6.7 540 10.4 -13.4 5,194 44.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) -6.7 Newton Heath Newton Heath Labour Party (UK) M. J. Taylor* 2,165 57.0 +8.0 Conservative Party (UK) L. Clarke 1,636 43.0 -5.3 529 14.0 +13.3 3,801 39.2 Labour Party (UK) +6.6 Northenden Northenden Conservative Party (UK) G. Leigh* 2,697 46.3 -5.2 Labour Party (UK) A. J. Spencer 2,546 43.8 +2.2 Liberal Party (UK) L. Griffiths 576 9.9 +4.5 151 2.6 -7.3 5,819 46.9 Conservative Party (UK) -3.7 Old Moat Old Moat Conservative Party (UK) T. F. Lavin* 2,314 58.7 +6.1 Labour Party (UK) S. Jean 1,558 39.5 +2.2 Communist Party of Great Britain N. J. Gilroy 73 1.9 -0.0 756 19.2 +3.9 3,945 38.7 Conservative Party (UK) +1.9 Rusholme Rusholme Conservative Party (UK) M. Pierce* 2,289 55.0 -9.2 Labour Party (UK) L. Byrne 1,585 38.1 +5.5 Liberal Party (UK) M. J. Hodgson 286 6.9 +6.9 704 16.9 -14.8 4,160 29.8 Conservative Party (UK) -7.3 Withington Withington Conservative Party (UK) E. R. Coker* 1,971 42.6 -12.4 Liberal Party (UK) A. Jones 1,492 32.2 +13.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Yaffe 1,169 25.2 -0.2 479 10.3 -19.3 4,632 38.8 Conservative Party (UK) -12.9 Woodhouse Park Woodhouse Park Labour Party (UK) G. Hall* 2,820 67.5 +8.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. C. Ridgard 1,233 29.5 -3.2 National Front (UK) T. J. Hansen 125 3.0 +3.0 1,587 38.0 +11.3 4,178 37.3 Labour Party (UK) +5.6 By-elections between 1978 and 1979 Withington, 16 November 1978 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ted Coker (Conservative, Withington, elected 12 May 1960)LIBERAL GAINS SEAT AT 17th ATTEMPT, The Guardian, May 13, 1960, p.12 on 12 October 1978.Tory quits, Manchester Evening News, October 12, 1978, p.1 Withington Liberal Party (UK) Audrey Jones 2,137 52.8 +20.6 Conservative Party (UK) James Hill 1,297 32.1 -10.5 Labour Party (UK) Alfred Home 610 15.1 -10.1 840 20.8 +10.5 4,044 33.9 -4.9 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +15.5 Liberals pull off shock victories, Manchester Evening News, November 17, 1978, p.5 References expanded Category:1978 English local elections 1978 Category:1970s in Manchester