1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

1970 English local government election 1970 Urmston Urban District Council election England parliamentary no 1969 Urmston Urban District Council election 1969 1970 05 07 y 1971 Urmston Urban District Council election 1971 7 of 21 seats to Urmston Urban District 11 Urmston 1970.png Map of results of 1970 election Leader of the Council Conservative Party (UK) Leader of the Council after election Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 20 7 20 6,860 62.9% Residents Association 1 0 1 0 0.0% Elections to Urmston Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors 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.Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16Lancashire and Cheshire, The Guardian, May 8, 1970, p.7 Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilConservative Party6,860 (62.9%)62.9 Conservative Party (UK) 7 (100.0%)7 7 Conservative Party (UK) 20 (95.2%)20 21 Conservative Party (UK)Residents0 (0.0%)0.0 Residents Association 0 (0.0%)0 7 Residents Association 1 (4.8%)1 21 Residents AssociationLabour Party4,043 (37.1%)37.1 Labour Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 7 Labour Party (UK) 0 (0.0%)0 21 Labour Party (UK) + ↓ 1 20 Ward results Davyhulme East Davyhulme East Conservative Party (UK) F. H. Eadie 951 67.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Phillips 466 32.9 485 34.2 1,417 Conservative Party (UK) Davyhulme West Davyhulme West Conservative Party (UK) G. H. Carnall* 1,228 66.5 Labour Party (UK) L. M. Seex 618 33.5 610 33.0 1,846 Conservative Party (UK) Flixton Central Flixton Central Conservative Party (UK) A. L. Brown* 980 62.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Jackson 580 37.2 400 25.6 1,560 Conservative Party (UK) Flixton East Flixton East Conservative Party (UK) H. Vaughan* 937 70.6 Labour Party (UK) F. Owen 390 29.4 547 41.2 1,327 Conservative Party (UK) Flixton West Flixton West Conservative Party (UK) R. F. Leech 952 52.7 Labour Party (UK) B. Elliott 855 47.3 97 5.4 1,807 Conservative Party (UK) Urmston East Urmston East Conservative Party (UK) J. J. Ward* 899 53.4 Labour Party (UK) A. M. Jones 784 46.6 115 6.8 1,683 Conservative Party (UK) Urmston West Urmston West Conservative Party (UK) E. J. Boardman* 913 72.3 Labour Party (UK) H. Seex 350 27.7 563 44.6 1,263 Conservative Party (UK) References expanded Category:1970 English local elections 1970 Category:20th century in Cheshire Category:1970s in Lancashire