# 1967 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 11 May 1967. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Labour Party.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 69,024 (58.3%) | 10.0 | 27 (71.1%) | 27 / 38 | 14 | 78 (51.3%) | 78 / 152 |
| Labour Party | 40,736 (34.4%) | 10.7 | 11 (28.9%) | 11 / 38 | 13 | 73 (48.0%) | 73 / 152 |
| Liberal Party | 6,792 (5.7%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | 1 | 1 (0.7%) | 1 / 152 |
| Communist | 987 (0.8%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Independent | 626 (0.5%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Union Movement | 140 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Independent Labour | 14 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 38 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |

### Full council

| 73 | 1 | 78 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Bailey* | 2,937 | 66.5 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal | E. O. Tomlinson | 955 | 21.6 | −2.6 |
| | Labour | K. McKeon | 526 | 11.9 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,982 | 44.9 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,418 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Thomas* | 304 | 53.3 | −15.2 |
| | Conservative | F. Hewerdine | 266 | 46.7 | +15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 6.6 | −30.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 570 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Taylor | 570 | 53.4 | −5.9 |
| | Labour | F. Taylor* | 498 | 46.6 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 6.8 | −11.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,068 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. E. Murphy | 3,456 | 59.7 | +12.1 |
| | Labour | H. Lloyd* | 2,334 | 40.3 | −12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,122 | 19.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,790 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. M. Pugh | 1,921 | 55.9 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal | P. Jones* | 975 | 28.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Barrett | 539 | 15.7 | −19.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 946 | 27.5 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,435 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. A. O'Connor | 2,839 | 58.4 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | H. Brown* | 1,933 | 39.7 | −7.6 |
| | Communist | M. Taylor | 93 | 1.9 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 906 | 18.7 | +15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Dean* | 1,031 | 63.6 | −16.8 |
| | Conservative | R. Lilley | 370 | 22.8 | +3.2 |
| | Independent | E. Bevan | 219 | 13.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 661 | 40.8 | −20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,620 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Burrows* | 2,825 | 69.0 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | A. E. Halliday | 803 | 19.6 | −22.1 |
| | Liberal | J. M. Ashley | 395 | 9.6 | N/A |
| | Communist | I. W. Luft | 73 | 1.8 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,022 | 49.4 | +35.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,096 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Massey* | 1,440 | 48.7 | −20.0 |
| | Conservative | D. F. Silverman | 1,418 | 47.9 | +19.3 |
| | Communist | D. Maher | 100 | 3.4 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 0.8 | −39.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,958 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. J. Cox* | 2,899 | 67.5 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | J. F. Lilley | 1,035 | 24.1 | −15.8 |
| | Liberal | S. B. Downs | 359 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,864 | 43.4 | +23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,293 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. E. Meaden | 1,114 | 54.2 | +27.0 |
| | Labour | R. E. Talbot | 827 | 40.2 | −8.6 |
| | Communist | H. Ogden | 115 | 5.6 | +2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | 14.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,056 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Sanders* | 3,248 | 71.4 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | S. V. Shaw | 750 | 16.5 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | F. E. Hartley | 548 | 12.1 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,498 | 54.9 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,546 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Davis* | 681 | 64.5 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | A. R. Gallagher | 280 | 26.5 | +10.1 |
| | Communist | M. Jones | 95 | 9.0 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 38.0 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,056 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Yates | 3,480 | 54.5 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | F. J. Balcombe* | 2,900 | 45.5 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | 9.0 | +4.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,380 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. R. Crawford* | 3,735 | 84.0 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | M. Jowett | 710 | 16.0 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,025 | 68.0 | +8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,445 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Leech* | 1,824 | 46.7 | −16.8 |
| | Conservative | H. V. J. Straker | 1,661 | 42.5 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal | K. L. Steventon | 295 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Communist | B. J. Bush | 129 | 3.3 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 163 | 4.2 | −26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,909 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. E. Lindsey | 1,702 | 54.5 | +18.1 |
| | Labour | H. J. Batson* | 1,422 | 45.5 | −18.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,124 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Allday | 1,578 | 54.5 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | H. Waddicor* | 1,318 | 45.5 | −10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 9.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,896 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Nicolson* | 483 | 58.9 | −18.4 |
| | Conservative | A. J. Walker | 337 | 41.1 | +18.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 17.8 | −36.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 820 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Williamson* | 2,621 | 74.7 | +12.8 |
| | Labour | H. N. Ebrey | 889 | 25.3 | −12.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,732 | 49.4 | +25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,510 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. A. Green | 2,396 | 46.5 | +6.3 |
| | Labour | K. Franklin* | 1,846 | 35.8 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal | H. Roche | 848 | 16.4 | −0.6 |
| | Communist | F. J. Keeney | 66 | 1.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 550 | 10.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,156 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. B. Deacy* | 1,593 | 70.5 | +14.4 |
| | Labour | J. I. Owen | 511 | 22.6 | −16.2 |
| | Union Movement | W. D. Scarr | 83 | 3.7 | N/A |
| | Communist | H. Johnson | 74 | 3.2 | +1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,082 | 47.9 | +20.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,261 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Fildes | 952 | 54.7 | +11.2 |
| | Labour | H. W. Bliss* | 788 | 45.3 | −11.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 9.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,740 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. Mottram | 1,353 | 59.6 | +14.8 |
| | Labour | H. P. D. Paget* | 919 | 40.4 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 434 | 19.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,272 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Pollitt | 1,697 | 71.2 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | S. N. M. Moxley | 685 | 28.8 | −12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,012 | 42.4 | +25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,382 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. W. Bamford | 3,293 | 64.9 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | G. Halstead* | 1,779 | 35.1 | −9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,514 | 29.8 | +19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,072 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Latham* | 904 | 56.0 | −18.8 |
| | Conservative | J. B. Chapman | 711 | 44.0 | +18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 12.0 | −37.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. E. Goulding | 1,454 | 53.0 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | M. Johnson* | 1,130 | 41.2 | −18.3 |
| | Independent | A. E. Walsh | 157 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | 11.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,741 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Leigh* | 3,745 | 60.3 | +16.4 |
| | Labour | R. L. Griffiths | 1,835 | 29.6 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal | J. E. Hargreaves | 629 | 10.1 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,910 | 30.7 | +27.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,209 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. F. Lavin* | 1,966 | 59.7 | +10.1 |
| | Labour | K. Roberts | 992 | 30.1 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal | A. Burns | 334 | 10.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 974 | 29.6 | +18.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,292 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | P. J. Donoghue* | 1,548 | 48.3 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | J. L. Traynor | 1,517 | 47.3 | +14.8 |
| | Communist | N. Gilroy | 141 | 4.4 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 1.0 | −31.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,206 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. R. Mayoh* | 2,000 | 72.7 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | A. E. Jones | 478 | 17.4 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal | S. Lowe | 201 | 7.3 | N/A |
| | Union Movement | J. Marsden | 57 | 2.1 | N/A |
| | Independent Labour | C. H. Tremayne-Pearse | 14 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,522 | 55.3 | +13.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,750 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Mellor* | 300 | 49.8 | −22.7 |
| | Conservative | G. H. Gilbertson | 242 | 40.2 | +12.7 |
| | Liberal | S. Rose | 60 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 9.6 | −35.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 602 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Pierce | 739 | 56.2 | +29.0 |
| | Labour | S. C. Rimmer* | 575 | 43.8 | −24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 12.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,314 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Shaw* | 1,094 | 51.8 | −15.3 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Welsby | 769 | 36.4 | +15.8 |
| | Independent | R. C. Allison | 250 | 11.8 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 15.4 | −31.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,113 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. L. Lowry | 841 | 64.7 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | C. B. Muir | 353 | 27.2 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal | A. T. Parkinson | 105 | 8.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 488 | 37.5 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,299 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Crabtree* | 2,460 | 59.9 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal | K. Pinnock | 1,088 | 26.5 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | R. K. Litherland | 561 | 13.6 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,372 | 33.4 | +23.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,109 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. Smith* | 2,191 | 50.6 | −13.9 |
| | Conservative | M. S. Burgoyne | 2,039 | 47.1 | +16.6 |
| | Communist | E. Holt | 101 | 2.3 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 3.5 | −30.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,331 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |