# 1964 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1964. 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 | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council | Full Council |
| Labour Party | 72,417 (47.0%) | 0.5 | 27 (64.3%) | 27 / 42 | 3 | 96 (63.2%) | 96 / 152 |
| Conservative Party | 56,051 (36.4%) | 5.5 | 14 (33.3%) | 14 / 42 | 2 | 48 (31.6%) | 48 / 152 |
| Liberal Party | 23,910 (15.5%) | 4.2 | 1 (2.4%) | 1 / 42 | 1 | 8 (5.3%) | 8 / 152 |
| Communist | 1,375 (0.9%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 42 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Independent Labour Party | 111 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 42 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Union Movement | 96 (0.1%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 42 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |

### Full council

| 96 | 8 | 48 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Bailey* | 2,937 | 51.2 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal | A. Whiteland | 1,681 | 29.3 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | A. Flanaghan | 1,020 | 17.8 | +4.4 |
| | Union Movement | R. J. Marsden | 96 | 1.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,256 | 21.9 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,734 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Thomas* | 1,014 | 73.5 | −8.5 |
| | Conservative | R. W. Phillips | 366 | 26.5 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 648 | 47.0 | −17.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,380 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Parkinson* | 1,475 | 67.0 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | J. A. Staton | 726 | 33.0 | +12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 749 | 34.0 | −24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,201 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Lloyd* | 2,984 | 50.0 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | I. K. Paley | 2,168 | 36.3 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal | E. Page | 818 | 13.7 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 816 | 13.7 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,970 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | P. Jones | 1,563 | 41.7 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | J. D. Cheetham | 1,356 | 36.1 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | G. Hayward | 831 | 22.2 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 5.6 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,750 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Brown | 2,304 | 46.7 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | D. L. Cooke* | 2,013 | 40.8 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal | J. Glithero | 523 | 10.6 | −5.0 |
| | Communist | M. Taylor | 96 | 1.9 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | 5.9 | −16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,936 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Dean* | 2,469 | 85.3 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | S. Mottram | 427 | 14.7 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,042 | 70.6 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,896 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Burrows* | 2,590 | 42.2 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | A. Haslam | 2,314 | 37.7 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | M. F. Giblin | 1,154 | 18.8 | −4.0 |
| | Communist | I. W. Luft | 81 | 1.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 4.5 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,139 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Massey* | 2,312 | 72.0 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | H. J. Caulfield | 753 | 23.4 | +1.9 |
| | Communist | S. Cole | 147 | 4.6 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,559 | 48.6 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,212 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Lord* | 2,617 | 47.1 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | B. Smith | 1,721 | 31.0 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal | A. T. Parkinson | 1,219 | 21.9 | −9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 896 | 16.1 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,557 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Creveul | 1,385 | 47.4 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal | M. Needoff* | 1,145 | 39.2 | 0 |
| | Conservative | A. Niman | 390 | 13.4 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 8.2 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,920 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Sanders | 2,786 | 51.1 | +12.7 |
| | Liberal | J. Hartley | 1,414 | 25.9 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | J. Moore | 1,254 | 23.0 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,372 | 25.2 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,454 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Davis* | 960 | 77.7 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | R. J. Chronnell | 176 | 14.2 | +1.3 |
| | Communist | K. Bloch | 100 | 8.1 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 784 | 63.5 | −3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,236 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | F. J. Balcombe* | 3,590 | 47.5 | +6.6 |
| | Conservative | E. Taylor | 2,669 | 35.3 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal | A. F. Sullivan | 1,292 | 17.2 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 921 | 12.2 | +5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,551 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. R. Crawford* | 3,163 | 58.5 | +9.2 |
| | Liberal | T. MacInerney | 1,464 | 27.1 | −9.1 |
| | Labour | H. Barrett | 781 | 14.4 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,699 | 31.4 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,408 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Leech* | 2,994 | 73.5 | −18.5 |
| | Conservative | J. L. Traynor | 838 | 20.6 | N/A |
| | Communist | J. Skelton | 241 | 5.9 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,156 | 52.9 | −31.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,072 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. J. Batson* | 1,685 | 70.3 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | G. Conquest | 1,489 | 62.1 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal | W. M. Drape | 893 | 37.2 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | J. K. McGregor | 729 | 30.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | 24.9 | −8.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,398 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Waddicor* | 1,994 | 62.8 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative | J. Egan | 1,179 | 37.2 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 815 | 25.6 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,173 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Nicholson* | 786 | 81.4 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | T. E. Murphy | 180 | 18.6 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | 62.8 | −10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 966 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Williamson | 2,204 | 45.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | J. T. Morgan | 1,815 | 37.0 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal | G. S. Norris | 883 | 18.0 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 389 | 8.0 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,902 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | K. Franklin* | 2,700 | 46.1 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | A. Tetlow | 2,080 | 35.5 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal | H. Roche | 1,080 | 18.4 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 620 | 10.6 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,860 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Hopkins* | 1,902 | 53.9 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | M. Johnson | 1,014 | 28.7 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal | F. N. Wedlock | 350 | 9.9 | −0.5 |
| | Communist | H. Johnson | 261 | 7.5 | +5.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 888 | 25.2 | +15.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,527 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. W. Bliss | 1,392 | 64.2 | −5.1 |
| | Labour | J. S. Goldstone | 1,364 | 62.9 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | G. Fildes | 792 | 36.5 | +5.8 |
| | Conservative | C. Warburton | 787 | 36.3 | +5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572 | 26.4 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,168 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. P. D. Paget | 1,740 | 53.1 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | P. Whitby* | 1,298 | 39.5 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal | M. A. G. Hatton | 243 | 7.4 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 442 | 13.1 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,281 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. Buckley | 1,789 | 47.8 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | R. E. Talbot | 1,576 | 42.1 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal | S. Rose | 290 | 7.8 | −10.9 |
| | Communist | E. Foster | 86 | 2.3 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 5.7 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,741 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Halstead* | 2,419 | 44.2 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | F. Mountfield | 2,020 | 36.9 | +10.5 |
| | Liberal | J. Bulmer | 1,034 | 18.9 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | 7.3 | −17.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,473 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | C. Blackwell* | 1,134 | 78.3 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | E. Donoghue | 1,096 | 75.7 | −6.5 |
| | Conservative | P. Thornley | 333 | 23.0 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 763 | 52.7 | −11.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Logan* | 2,075 | 64.9 | +13.2 |
| | Conservative | P. B. Walker | 584 | 18.3 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal | R. Jackson | 426 | 13.3 | −10.8 |
| | Communist | J. B. Cross | 113 | 3.5 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,491 | 46.6 | +19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,198 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Leigh* | 2,912 | 41.0 | +13.5 |
| | Labour | D. Healey | 2,750 | 38.8 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal | M. Allen | 1,427 | 20.2 | −12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,089 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. F. Lavin | 1,674 | 36.7 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | E. Wood | 1,591 | 34.9 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | A. Yates | 1,294 | 28.4 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 1.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,559 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. J. Donoghue* | 2,691 | 69.0 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | E. Eccles | 1,061 | 27.2 | +7.0 |
| | Communist | H. Holland | 148 | 3.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,630 | 41.8 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,900 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Stockdale* | 1,961 | 49.2 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | J. L. Shelmerdine | 1,172 | 29.4 | +1.0 |
| | Liberal | M. D. Howard | 852 | 21.4 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 789 | 19.8 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,985 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Mellor* | 1,383 | 80.4 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | C. J. Catarall | 337 | 19.6 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,046 | 60.8 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,720 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | S. Rimmer* | 1,501 | 68.6 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | M. E. Ford | 688 | 31.4 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 813 | 37.2 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,189 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B. Conlan* | 2,259 | 76.9 | +1.5 |
| | Conservative | I. Goslin | 677 | 23.1 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,582 | 53.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,936 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. G. Westbrook* | 971 | 80.6 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative | T. Haron | 926 | 76.9 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | T. Richardson | 255 | 21.2 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | 55.7 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,204 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Crabtree | 2,242 | 45.7 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal | A. Angel | 2,077 | 42.4 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | W. J. Shaw | 582 | 11.9 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 3.3 | +1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,901 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Smith* | 2,825 | 61.7 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal | K. Hamnett | 788 | 17.2 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | E. McDonald | 750 | 16.4 | +6.2 |
| | Ind. Labour Party | B. S. Dean | 111 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Communist | E. Holt | 102 | 2.2 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,037 | 44.5 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,576 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |