# 1962 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 10 May 1962. 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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Labour Party | 70,394 (42.8%) | 1.2 | 22 (57.9%) | 22 / 38 | 2 | 80 (52.6%) | 80 / 152 |
| Conservative Party | 56,275 (34.2%) | 7.1 | 11 (28.9%) | 11 / 38 | 6 | 64 (42.1%) | 64 / 152 |
| Liberal Party | 32,287 (19.6%) | 6.0 | 4 (10.5%) | 4 / 38 | 4 | 8 (5.3%) | 8 / 152 |
| Ratepayers | 2,631 (1.6%) | 0.9 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Union Movement | 1,904 (1.2%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Communist | 1,062 (0.6%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |

### Full council

| 80 | 8 | 64 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | A. Alexander | 2,538 | 44.1 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | H. Ward* | 2,454 | 42.7 | −11.5 |
| | Labour | G. Hayward | 468 | 8.1 | −2.7 |
| | Ratepayers | B. Shields | 153 | 2.7 | N/A |
| | Union Movement | N. Kennedy | 138 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,751 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. P. Evans* | 1,488 | 74.0 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | R. W. Phillips | 392 | 19.5 | −9.0 |
| | Union Movement | M. Kennedy | 131 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,096 | 54.5 | +11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,011 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | V. Wilson* | 1,842 | 69.9 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | G. Taylor | 794 | 30.1 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,048 | 39.8 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,636 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. Price* | 3,349 | 48.2 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | A. G. Oatway | 2,195 | 31.6 | −15.2 |
| | Liberal | G. A. Ruscoe | 1,400 | 20.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,154 | 16.6 | +10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,944 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | P. W. Goldstone | 1,765 | 43.2 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Hooley* | 1,272 | 31.1 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | J. L. Shelmerdine | 668 | 16.3 | +1.2 |
| | Ratepayers | T. Johnson | 384 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | 12.1 | +12.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,089 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. S. Gatley* | 3,303 | 51.8 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | B. Moore | 1,890 | 29.6 | −19.9 |
| | Liberal | J. Glithero | 1,037 | 16.3 | N/A |
| | Communist | M. Taylor | 151 | 2.3 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,413 | 22.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,381 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. G. Birtles* | 2,341 | 84.0 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | S. Mottram | 266 | 9.5 | −13.8 |
| | Union Movement | D. E. Hesketh | 181 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,075 | 74.5 | +21.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,788 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. A. Lynch* | 2,763 | 42.5 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | S. N. M. Moxley | 1,945 | 29.9 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal | W. Wren | 1,656 | 25.5 | +3.6 |
| | Communist | I. W. Luft | 137 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | 12.6 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,501 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Jackson* | 2,649 | 73.1 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | M. R. Chandler | 974 | 26.9 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,675 | 46.2 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,623 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Platt* | 2,224 | 38.8 | −7.9 |
| | Liberal | W. Thorpe | 2,149 | 37.6 | +8.8 |
| | Labour | H. Conway | 1,349 | 23.6 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 1.2 | −16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,722 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. Pariser* | 1,723 | 48.9 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal | M. Needoff | 1,571 | 44.6 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative | K. Rydings | 185 | 5.2 | N/A |
| | Union Movement | T. J. Kay | 47 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 4.3 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,526 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. W. G. Fitzsimons* | 2,655 | 44.6 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | M. Cheers | 2,108 | 35.4 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | H. P. D. Paget | 762 | 12.8 | +0.4 |
| | Ratepayers | T. A. Harper | 400 | 6.7 | −9.6 |
| | Union Movement | L. J. Hyland | 29 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 547 | 9.2 | −15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,954 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Mendell* | 1,163 | 77.3 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | W. J. Pepper | 178 | 11.8 | −1.9 |
| | Communist | K. Bloch | 111 | 7.4 | +1.2 |
| | Union Movement | A. Tunnacliffe | 52 | 3.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 985 | 65.5 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,503 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. R. Butler | 2,947 | 35.8 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | A. Zolkwer | 2,904 | 35.2 | −12.0 |
| | Liberal | A. F. Sullivan | 2,389 | 29.0 | +15.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 0.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,240 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Lee* | 2,753 | 48.2 | −11.6 |
| | Liberal | T. MacInerney | 2,433 | 42.6 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | A. Haslam | 525 | 9.2 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 5.6 | −23.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,711 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Higgins* | 3,243 | 73.1 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Whitwell | 1,191 | 26.9 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,052 | 46.2 | +8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,434 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Wimbury* | 2,362 | 63.6 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | C. M. Clarke | 1,351 | 36.4 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,011 | 27.2 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,713 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Grant* | 2,115 | 64.6 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | R. Hardy | 1,092 | 33.4 | −11.8 |
| | Union Movement | R. Kershaw | 67 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,023 | 31.2 | +21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,274 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. B. Ogden* | 1,441 | 78.2 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | M. J. K. McGregor | 245 | 13.3 | −8.6 |
| | Communist | E. Cohen | 115 | 6.2 | −0.8 |
| | Union Movement | E. Keeling | 43 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,196 | 64.9 | +15.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,844 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. A. Fieldhouse* | 2,139 | 38.2 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | A. Hardisty | 1,349 | 24.1 | +6.0 |
| | Ratepayers | J. A. Gannon | 1,057 | 18.9 | −10.2 |
| | Liberal | S. W. Chinn | 1,043 | 18.6 | +3.1 |
| | Union Movement | W. Hesketh | 51 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 790 | 14.1 | +5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,593 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Pigott* | 2,633 | 38.6 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | G. Halstead | 2,394 | 35.1 | −6.4 |
| | Liberal | E. Platt | 1,551 | 22.7 | +3.6 |
| | Ratepayers | E. Alderton | 247 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 3.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,825 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Sharp* | 2,121 | 57.3 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | A. Smith | 1,334 | 36.0 | +9.0 |
| | Communist | H. Johnson | 155 | 4.2 | +1.0 |
| | Union Movement | F. Dewhurst | 93 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 787 | 21.3 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,703 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. R. Morris* | 1,803 | 65.6 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | J. H. Tresman | 872 | 31.8 | −8.1 |
| | Union Movement | C. D. Draffin | 71 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 931 | 33.8 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,746 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. A. Downward* | 1,763 | 47.0 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | A. H. Burlin | 1,600 | 42.7 | −12.3 |
| | Ratepayers | G. J. Playford | 208 | 5.5 | N/A |
| | Union Movement | M. E. Hesketh | 119 | 3.2 | N/A |
| | Communist | L. B. Johnson | 60 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 4.3 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,750 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. D. Alexander | 1,763 | 42.9 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | R. E. Talbot | 1,208 | 29.4 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal | M. McCann | 1,048 | 25.5 | N/A |
| | Union Movement | G. A. Webb | 94 | 2.2 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | 13.5 | −1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,113 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Latham | 3,271 | 46.3 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | K. E. Goulding* | 2,341 | 33.1 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal | J. Bulmer | 1,451 | 20.6 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | 13.2 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,063 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Murray* | 1,238 | 80.9 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | D. C. Cooper | 203 | 13.3 | −13.5 |
| | Union Movement | J. J. Boyle | 88 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,035 | 67.7 | +21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,529 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Lister* | 2,219 | 66.1 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | K. A. Edis | 1,038 | 30.9 | −11.3 |
| | Union Movement | C. Gee | 98 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,181 | 35.2 | +21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,355 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. L. Griffiths | 2,680 | 34.6 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal | R. H. Hargreaves | 2,633 | 34.0 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | E. Walmsley* | 2,441 | 31.4 | −6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 0.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,754 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | T. Kay | 1,793 | 41.9 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | W. Sharp* | 1,560 | 36.5 | −6.9 |
| | Labour | R. B. Davies | 924 | 21.6 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 233 | 5.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,277 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. E. Morley* | 2,775 | 72.6 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | H. Woodman | 876 | 22.9 | −7.1 |
| | Communist | H. Holland | 123 | 3.2 | +0.1 |
| | Union Movement | W. D. Hesketh | 49 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,899 | 49.7 | +12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,823 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Ollerenshaw* | 2,020 | 46.9 | −9.6 |
| | Liberal | F. N. Wedlock | 1,148 | 26.6 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | D. A. Warby | 958 | 22.2 | +1.3 |
| | Ratepayers | J. H. Edward | 182 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 872 | 20.3 | −13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,308 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Mann* | 1,918 | 71.9 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | N. P. Delayen | 624 | 23.4 | −7.2 |
| | Union Movement | N. Edwards | 124 | 4.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,294 | 48.5 | +9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,666 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Massey* | 1,896 | 63.7 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | W. Ricketts | 981 | 33.0 | −7.6 |
| | Union Movement | P. Edwards | 99 | 3.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 915 | 30.7 | +17.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,976 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Morris* | 2,416 | 69.8 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | E. Geddes | 1,047 | 30.2 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,369 | 39.6 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,463 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Carson* | 912 | 50.0 | −11.1 |
| | Labour | J. Davis | 582 | 31.9 | −7.0 |
| | Union Movement | G. S. Gee | 330 | 18.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 18.1 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,824 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. S. Alldridge | 2,574 | 47.2 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | W. H. Scholfield* | 2,357 | 43.2 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | A. H. Bateman | 523 | 9.6 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 4.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,454 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Reid* | 3,503 | 75.5 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | A. Thurston | 926 | 20.0 | −6.9 |
| | Communist | E. Holt | 210 | 4.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,577 | 55.5 | +9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,639 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |