# 1968 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 9 May 1968. 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 retained overall control of the council.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 82,538 (62.4%) | 4.1 | 33 (80.5%) | 33 / 41 | 11 | 91 (59.9%) | 91 / 152 |
| Labour Party | 38,785 (29.3%) | 5.1 | 8 (19.5%) | 8 / 41 | 11 | 61 (40.1%) | 61 / 152 |
| Liberal Party | 9,465 (7.2%) | 1.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Communist | 1,175 (0.9%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Union Movement | 183 (0.1%) | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |
| Residents | 63 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 41 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 152 |

### Full council

| 61 | 91 |

### Aldermen

| 20 | 18 |

### Councillors

| 41 | 73 |

## Ward results
### Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. B. Chapman | 3,475 | 69.3 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | M. Flynn | 3,428 | 68.3 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal | E. O. Tomlinson | 1,147 | 22.9 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal | F. Griffiths | 1,104 | 22.0 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | E. McKeon | 394 | 7.9 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,281 | 45.4 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,016 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Conway* | 309 | 52.3 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | F. Hewerdine | 282 | 47.7 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 4.6 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 591 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Taylor | 666 | 57.9 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | K. J. Hill* | 484 | 42.1 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 182 | 15.8 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,150 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Baguley

Baguley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. K. Paley* | 3,438 | 58.5 | −1.2 |
| | Labour | F. H. Price | 2,055 | 35.0 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal | K. N. Medhurst | 379 | 6.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,383 | 23.5 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,872 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Barlow Moor

Barlow Moor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Moore* | 1,977 | 57.9 | +2.0 |
| | Liberal | R. H. Hargreaves | 948 | 27.8 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | D. G. Ford | 490 | 14.3 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,029 | 30.1 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,415 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Benchill

Benchill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. B. Williams* | 3,112 | 61.4 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | R. L. Griffiths | 1,815 | 35.8 | −3.9 |
| | Communist | M. Taylor | 142 | 2.8 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,297 | 25.6 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,069 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. G. Birtles* | 922 | 62.2 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | R. Lilley | 560 | 37.8 | +15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 362 | 24.4 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,482 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Harper* | 2,798 | 72.0 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | A. E. Halliday | 623 | 16.0 | −3.6 |
| | Liberal | J. M. Ashley | 463 | 11.9 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,175 | 56.0 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,884 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Silverman | 1,963 | 53.0 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | J. E. Jackson* | 1,645 | 44.4 | −4.3 |
| | Communist | D. Maher | 97 | 2.6 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,705 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Burnage

Burnage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Platt* | 2,842 | 68.5 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | J. F. Lilley | 799 | 19.3 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal | S. B. Downs | 508 | 12.2 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,043 | 49.2 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,149 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. J. Walker | 1,171 | 58.6 | +4.4 |
| | Labour | J. Broderick* | 702 | 35.1 | −5.1 |
| | Communist | H. Ogden | 126 | 6.3 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 469 | 23.5 | +9.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,999 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. D. Ashley* | 3,843 | 86.3 | +14.9 |
| | Labour | A. Holland | 609 | 13.7 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,234 | 72.6 | +17.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,452 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. F. Delahunty* | 712 | 54.2 | −10.3 |
| | Conservative | V. Taylor | 535 | 40.8 | +14.3 |
| | Communist | E. A. Whinney | 66 | 5.0 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | 13.4 | −24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,313 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. R. Butler* | 3,794 | 60.0 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | F. J Balcombe | 2,528 | 40.0 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,266 | 20.0 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,322 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Lee* | 4,207 | 78.2 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | D. Beetham | 637 | 11.8 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | S. Rose | 540 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,570 | 66.4 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,384 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. H. Gilbertson | 2,172 | 52.5 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | W. Lister | 1,786 | 43.2 | −3.5 |
| | Communist | R. Felton | 179 | 4.3 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 386 | 9.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,137 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. H. Nield | 1,764 | 56.8 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | G. Conquest* | 1,343 | 43.2 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 13.6 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,107 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. F. Thornhill | 1,332 | 59.0 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | E. Grant* | 924 | 41.0 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | 18.0 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Hugh Oldham

Hugh Oldham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. B. Ogden* | 562 | 58.1 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | V. R. Cattan | 347 | 35.9 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal | J. R. Clements | 58 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 22.2 | +4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 967 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. K. Barber* | 2,997 | 74.2 | −0.5 |
| | Labour | S. Rimmer | 691 | 17.1 | −8.2 |
| | Liberal | R. P. Shippen | 350 | 8.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,306 | 57.1 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,038 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lightbowne

Lightbowne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Pigott* | 2,946 | 61.9 | +15.4 |
| | Labour | K. Franklin | 1,703 | 35.7 | −0.1 |
| | Communist | R. Cole | 114 | 2.4 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,243 | 26.2 | +15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,763 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Malpas* | 1,748 | 78.1 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | W. F. Lister | 301 | 13.5 | −9.1 |
| | Communist | H. Johnson | 110 | 4.9 | +1.7 |
| | Union Movement | J. R. Marsden | 78 | 3.5 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,447 | 64.6 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,237 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. W. Lever | 983 | 52.5 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | J. S. Goldstone* | 888 | 47.5 | +2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 5.0 | −4.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,871 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. F. Ridley | 1,382 | 55.8 | −3.8 |
| | Labour | W. A. Downward* | 938 | 37.9 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal | M. Howard | 157 | 6.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | 17.9 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,477 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. Alexander* | 1,622 | 76.3 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | S. N. M. Moxley | 329 | 15.5 | −13.3 |
| | Liberal | L. J. Howard | 176 | 8.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,293 | 60.8 | +18.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,127 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. H. Hine* | 3,099 | 68.4 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | G. Halstead | 1,432 | 31.6 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,667 | 36.8 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,531 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | E. Donaghue* | 903 | 58.1 | +2.1 |
| | Conservative | A. Hawkins | 650 | 41.9 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | 16.2 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,553 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Foran | 1,510 | 46.7 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | C. Tomlinson* | 1,452 | 44.9 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal | R. Jackson | 272 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 1.8 | −10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,234 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Northenden

Northenden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Mountford* | 3,847 | 62.2 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | H. Brown | 1,584 | 25.7 | −3.9 |
| | Liberal | J. Williams | 749 | 12.1 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,263 | 36.5 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,180 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Old Moat

Old Moat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Robinson* | 2,527 | 68.6 | +8.9 |
| | Labour | R. K. Litherland | 830 | 22.5 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal | A. Burns | 326 | 8.9 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,697 | 46.1 | +16.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,683 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Gilmore* | 1,757 | 48.1 | −0.2 |
| | Conservative | J. L. Traynor | 1,668 | 45.7 | −1.6 |
| | Communist | N. Gilroy | 227 | 6.2 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 2.4 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,652 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | K. Ollerenshaw* | 2,664 | 77.5 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | A. G. Thornhill | 2,442 | 71.1 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | A. E. Jones | 456 | 13.3 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | W. Egerton | 352 | 10.2 | −7.2 |
| | Liberal | S. Lowe | 317 | 9.2 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal | A. J. Markin | 258 | 7.5 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,896 | 55.2 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,437 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Mann* | 375 | 58.6 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | T. J. Casby | 265 | 41.4 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 17.2 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 640 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Clinton | 908 | 51.4 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | W. Massey* | 860 | 48.6 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 2.7 | −9.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,768 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | N. Morris* | 1,191 | 49.1 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Welsby | 1,065 | 43.9 | +7.5 |
| | Union Movement | D. S. Lawson | 105 | 4.3 | N/A |
| | Residents | A. W. King | 63 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | 5.2 | −10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,424 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | R. J. Rubery | 810 | 69.7 | +5.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Carson* | 792 | 68.2 | +3.5 |
| | Labour | C. B. Muir | 264 | 22.7 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | A. S. Goldstone | 228 | 19.6 | −7.6 |
| | Liberal | J. E. Hargreaves | 88 | 7.8 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 45.5 | +8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,162 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. W. Young* | 2,496 | 57.3 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal | K. Pinnock | 1,258 | 28.9 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | D. G. Clark | 603 | 13.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,238 | 28.4 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,357 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Woodhouse Park

Woodhouse Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. S. Burgoyne | 2,411 | 46.4 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | M. J. Taylor* | 2,309 | 44.4 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal | P. Grinyer | 367 | 7.1 | N/A |
| | Communist | E. Holt | 114 | 2.2 | −0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,201 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |