Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1966. 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

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Labour Party 52,327 (45.1%)
Increase 10.9 21 (55.3%)
21 / 38
 Decrease 3 87 (57.2%)
87 / 152
Conservative Party 56,055 (48.3%)
Increase 0.4 17 (44.7%)
17 / 38
 Increase 4 62 (40.8%)
62 / 152
Liberal Party 6,249 (5.4%)
Decrease 7.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 Decrease 1 3 (2.0%)
3 / 152
Communist 1,134 (1.0%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152
Independent 356 (0.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 38
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 152

Full council

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87 3 62

Aldermen

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23 2 13

Councillors

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64 1 49

Ward results

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Thompson* 3,040 61.7 +3.4
Liberal E. O. Tomlinson 1,194 24.2 −3.1
Labour G. Hayward 691 14.1 −0.3
Majority 1,846 37.5 +6.5
Turnout 4,925
Conservative hold Swing

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Hatton* 668 68.5 +12.4
Conservative P. Clemerson 307 31.5 −12.4
Majority 361 37.0 +24.8
Turnout 975
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Taylor* 603 59.3 +3.1
Conservative D. Taylor 414 40.7 +1.6
Majority 189 18.6 +1.6
Turnout 1,017
Labour hold Swing

Baguley

Baguley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. A. Reddington* 2,690 52.4 +9.4
Conservative R. A. McIlroy 2,448 47.6 +1.4
Majority 242 4.8
Turnout 5,138
Labour hold Swing

Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Tucker* 1,930 64.4 +21.4
Labour R. L. Griffiths 1,067 35.6 +18.4
Majority 863 28.8 +25.6
Turnout 2,997
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Benchill

Benchill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Pritchard 2,630 50.4 +1.1
Labour J. Hussey* 2,467 47.3 +5.4
Communist M. Taylor 123 2.3 +0.2
Majority 163 3.1 −4.3
Turnout 5,220
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Eastham* 1,605 80.4 +6.1
Conservative N. A. Green 392 19.6 −6.1
Majority 1,213 60.8 +12.2
Turnout 1,997
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. D. Kirkup* 2,666 55.8 +3.7
Labour R. Pickering 1,993 41.7 +11.1
Communist I. W. Luft 119 2.5 +0.8
Majority 673 14.1 −7.4
Turnout 4,778
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Taylor* 1,974 68.7 +8.5
Conservative L. D. Gann 823 28.6 −6.7
Communist S. Cole 76 2.7 −1.9
Majority 1,151 40.1 +15.2
Turnout 2,873
Labour hold Swing

Burnage

Burnage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. J. Edwards* 2,826 60.1 +5.0
Labour C. Stewart 1,879 39.9 +11.0
Majority 947 20.2 −6.0
Turnout 4,705
Conservative hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour B. Lawson* 1,052 48.8 +7.3
Conservative F. E. Meaden 586 27.2 +2.2
Liberal A. F. Sullivan 450 20.9 −12.6
Communist M. Jones 68 3.1 N/A
Majority 466 21.6 +13.6
Turnout 2,156
Labour hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. A. Vince* 2,632 63.0 +2.4
Labour H. Barrett 864 20.7 +1.1
Liberal F. E. Hartley 685 16.3 −3.2
Majority 1,768 42.3 +1.4
Turnout 4,181
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. A. Ogden* 653 69.9 −7.2
Conservative G. R. Berry 153 16.4 −1.6
Communist H. Ogden 128 13.7 +8.8
Majority 500 53.5 −5.6
Turnout 934
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. H. Taylor 2,682 52.5 +3.5
Labour A. Zolkwer* 2,423 47.5 +12.8
Majority 259 5.0 −9.3
Turnout 5,105
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative N. Coe* 3,333 79.6 +5.0
Labour E. Wood 855 20.4 +8.0
Majority 2,478 59.2 −2.4
Turnout 4,188
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Roddy* 2,314 63.5 +0.6
Conservative H. V. J. Straker 1,212 33.1 +0.1
Communist B. J. Bush 117 3.2 −0.7
Majority 1,102 30.2 +0.5
Turnout 3,643
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Barker* 1,440 63.6 +5.1
Conservative D. E. Lindsey 824 36.4 −5.1
Majority 616 27.2 +10.2
Turnout 2,264
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. O'Toole* 1,463 55.9 +4.6
Conservative K. Allday 1,153 44.1 −4.6
Majority 310 11.8 +9.2
Turnout 2,616
Labour hold Swing

Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Humphries* 723 77.3 +10.2
Conservative L. S. Smythe 212 22.7 −5.4
Majority 511 54.6 +15.6
Turnout 935
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. R. Robb* 2,478 61.9 +1.4
Labour H. N. Ebrey 1,526 38.1 +10.8
Majority 952 23.8 −9.3
Turnout 4,004
Conservative hold Swing

Lightbowne

Lightbowne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour L. Kelly* 2,012 41.8 +10.5
Conservative A. Tetlow 1,935 40.2 −5.5
Liberal H. Roche 815 17.0 −4.0
Communist F. J. Keeney 48 1.0 −1.0
Majority 77 1.6
Turnout 4,810
Labour hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. Dunn* 1,494 56.1 −10.4
Labour A. Davidson 1,034 38.8 +8.8
Independent V. J. Watson 87 3.3 N/A
Communist H. Johnson 49 1.8 −1.7
Majority 460 17.3 −19.2
Turnout 2,664
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. V. Hughes* 820 56.8 +4.6
Conservative G. Fildes 623 43.2 −1.8
Majority 197 13.6 +6.4
Turnout 1,443
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. J. Bateman* 1,275 55.2 +7.7
Conservative S. Mottram 1,036 44.8 −1.4
Majority 239 10.4 +9.1
Turnout 2,311
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. H. Burlin 1,804 58.6 +0.7
Labour R. E. Talbot 1,272 41.4 +7.5
Majority 532 17.2 −6.8
Turnout 3,076
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Wray* 2,644 55.2 +3.7
Labour J. I. Owen 2,149 44.8 −3.7
Majority 495 10.4 +7.4
Turnout 4,793
Conservative hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Crank* 970 74.8 +2.6
Conservative F. K. Miles 326 25.2 −2.6
Majority 644 49.6 +5.2
Turnout 1,296
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. B. Prain 1,523 59.5 +6.6
Conservative K. E. Goulding 934 36.5 −5.6
Communist J. B. Cross 101 4.0 −1.0
Majority 589 23.0 +12.2
Turnout 2,558
Labour hold Swing

Northenden

Northenden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. T. Rollins 2,575 43.9 −2.3
Labour F. Firth* 2,365 40.3 +5.3
Liberal J. E. Hargreaves 931 15.8 −2.0
Majority 210 3.6 −6.6
Turnout 5,871
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Old Moat

Old Moat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. G. Massey* 1,921 49.6 +0.2
Labour K. Roberts 1,480 38.2 +11.3
Liberal A. Burns 473 12.2 −15.7
Majority 441 11.4 −7.9
Turnout 3,874
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. O. Hamnett* 1,937 65.0 +3.1
Conservative E. Eccles 970 32.5 −6.4
Communist H. Holland 74 2.5 −2.5
Majority 967 32.5 +16.4
Turnout 2,981
Labour hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. W. Harrison* 1,997 70.9 +8.8
Labour A. E. Jones 821 29.1 +7.2
Majority 1,176 41.8 +1.6
Turnout 2,818
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour K. Collis* 451 72.5 +9.3
Conservative A. V. Cookson 171 27.5 −9.3
Majority 280 45.0 +18.6
Turnout 622
Labour hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. A. Warby* 916 68.1 +3.7
Conservative M. Pierce 366 27.2 −1.6
Communist W. Cross 63 4.7 −2.1
Majority 550 40.9 +5.3
Turnout 1,345
Labour hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. T. Morgan 1,468 67.1 +3.0
Conservative A. E. Welsby 451 20.6 −15.3
Independent R. C. Allison 269 12.3 N/A
Majority 1,017 46.5 +18.3
Turnout 2,188
Labour hold Swing

St. Peter's

St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. Baron* 720 71.0 −11.1
Labour P. T. Taylor 294 29.0 +11.1
Majority 426 42.0 −22.2
Turnout 1,014
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. R. Coker* 2,150 47.8 −0.8
Liberal J. S. Alldridge 1,701 37.8 −2.1
Labour A. A. Smith 645 14.4 +2.9
Majority 449 10.0 +1.3
Turnout 4,496
Conservative hold Swing

Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. H. Hall* 2,134 64.5 +5.4
Conservative M. S. Burgoyne 1,008 30.5 +0.9
Communist E. Holt 168 5.0 +2.9
Majority 1,126 34.0 +4.5
Turnout 3,310
Labour hold Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic election, 2 November 1966

Caused by the resignation on 25 October 1966 of Alderman Robert Moss (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 7 May 1947).[3][4]

In his place, Councillor Dr. Patrick Buckley (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 12 May 1955; previously 1947-54)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 November 1966.[6]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeDr. Patrick BuckleyGorton North1970

Aldermanic election, 7 December 1966

Caused by the resignation on 2 November 1966 of Alderman Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 27 July 1938).[7][8]

In her place, Councillor Gerard Fitzsimons (Conservative, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 10 March 1949)[9] was elected as an alderman by the council on 7 December 1966.[10]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeGerard FitzsimonsBenchill1967

Aldermanic election, 3 May 1967

Caused by the resignation on 5 April 1967 of Alderman Bernard McManus (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 April 1944).[11][12]

In his place, Councillor Neil Westbrook (Conservative, St. Peter's, elected 12 May 1949)[13] was elected as an alderman by the council on 3 May 1967.[14]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeNeil WestbrookOpenshaw1970

By-elections between 1966 and 1967

Levenshulme, 23 June 1966

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Arnold Fieldhouse (Conservative, Levenshulme, elected 1 November 1946)[15] on 4 May 1966,[16] following the resignation on 25 April 1966 of Alderman Eveline Hill (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 September 1957).[17][18]

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. K. Barber 1,901 67.8 +5.9
Labour H. N. Ebrey 904 32.2 −5.9
Majority 997 35.6 +11.8
Turnout 2,805
Conservative hold Swing

[19]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 9 March 1967

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Gerard Fitzsimons (Conservative, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 10 March 1949)[20] on 7 December 1966,[21] following the resignation on 2 November 1966 of Alderman Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 27 July 1938).[22][23]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. D. Ashley 3,111 66.1 +3.1
Liberal F. E. Hartley 802 17.0 +0.7
Labour S. V. Shaw 794 16.9 −3.8
Majority 2,309 49.1 +6.8
Turnout 4,707
Conservative hold Swing

[24]

References

  1. ↑ Labour whets its knives in hopes of more slaughter, The Guardian, April 27, 1966, p.22
  2. ↑ Manchester losses no worse than Labour expected, The Guardian, May 13, 1966, p.6
  3. ↑ Ex-Lord Mayor quits council, Manchester Evening News, October 25, 1966, p.5
  4. ↑ Labour Councillor becomes Alderman, Manchester Evening News, May 7, 1947, p.4
  5. ↑ MANCHESTER TORIES TAKE FOUR SEATS FROM LABOUR, Manchester Guardian, May 13, 1955, p.4
  6. ↑ Prodding at the housing wounds, The Guardian, November 3, 1966, p.16
  7. ↑ HONOUR FOR CIVIC CHIEFS, Manchester Evening News, November 3, 1966, p.17
  8. ↑ DEFENCE AGAINST BOMBS, Manchester Guardian, July 28, 1938, p.11
  9. ↑ Holds the seat, Manchester Evening News, March 11, 1949, p.5
  10. ↑ Hope of settlement in dispute about turbanned busmen, The Guardian, December 8, 1966, p.5
  11. ↑ Alderman resigns, Manchester Evening News, April 5, 1967, p.1
  12. ↑ MANCHESTER'S HOUSING, Manchester Guardian, April 6, 1944, p.3
  13. ↑ SIX CONSERVATIVE GAINS IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 13, 1949, p.8
  14. ↑ Fluoride in water rejected again, The Guardian, May 4, 1967, p.16
  15. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1946, p.8
  16. ↑ Full of sound and fury..., The Guardian, May 5, 1966, p.18
  17. ↑ Mrs Hill quits council, Manchester Evening News, April 25, 1966, p.1
  18. ↑ UNDERGROUND CAR PARK FIRST, Manchester Guardian, September 5, 1957, p.14
  19. ↑ , Manchester Evening News, June 24, 1966, p.5
  20. ↑ Holds the seat, Manchester Evening News, March 11, 1949, p.5
  21. ↑ Hope of settlement in dispute about turbanned busmen, The Guardian, December 8, 1966, p.5
  22. ↑ HONOUR FOR CIVIC CHIEFS, Manchester Evening News, November 3, 1966, p.17
  23. ↑ DEFENCE AGAINST BOMBS, Manchester Guardian, July 28, 1938, p.11
  24. ↑ Tories hold seat, The Guardian, March 10, 1967, p.20
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