County Borough of Rochdale
Election results 1933–1972
Columns: Election | Liberal Party | Conservative Party | Labour Party | Independents | Control
1933 | 24 (-1) | 16 (-1) | 6 (+2) | 1 | Liberal hold | 1934 | 23 | 17 (-1) | 7 (+1) | 1 | No overall control | 1935 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | Liberal hold | 1936 | 25 (+2) | 15 (-1) | 7 (-1) | 1 | Liberal gain form no overall control | 1937 | 24 (-1) | 17 (+2) | 6 (-1) | 1 | Liberal hold | 1938 | 23 (-1) | 18 | 6 | 1 (+1) | Liberal lose to no overall control | 1945 | 23 (-1) | 16 (-2) | 10 (+3) | 1 | No overall control | 1946 | 21 (-1) | 17 | 9 (+1) | 1 | No overall control | 1947 | 25 (+4) | 14 (-3) | 8 (-1) | 1 | Liberal gain from no overall control | 1949 | 27 (+1) | 14 (+1) | 6 (-2) | 1 | Liberal hold | 1950 | 23 (-2) | 17 (+2) | 7 | 1 | Liberal lose to no overall control | 1951 | 22 (-1) | 16 (-1) | 9 (+2) | 1 | No overall control | 1952 | 18 (-3) | 12 (-4) | 17 (+7) | 1 | No overall control | 1953 | 16 (-1) | 12 (-1) | 19 (+2) | 1 | No overall control | 1954 | 14 (-2) | 12 (-1) | 22 (+3) | 0 (-1) | No overall control | 1955 | 16 (+2) | 13 (+3) | 17 (-5) | 0 | No overall control | 1956 | 16 | 13 (-1) | 19 (+1) | 0 | No overall control | 1957 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 0 | No overall control | 1958 | 15 (-1) | 11 (-1) | 22 (+2) | 0 | No overall control | 1959 | 16 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 20 (-3) | 0 | No overall control | 1960 | 17 | 11 (-1) | 20 (+1) | 0 | No overall control | 1961 | 17 (+1) | 11 | 19 (-1) | 1 | No overall control | 1962 | 15 (-2) | 8 (-3) | 23 (+4) | 2 (+1) | Liberal with Conservative support | 1963 | 14 (-1) | 7 (-1) | 26 (+3) | 1 (-1) | Labour gain from Liberal - Conservative | 1964 | 12 (-1) | 5 (-2) | 30 (+3) | 1 | Labour hold | 1965 | 13 (+1) | 10 (+5) | 25 (-5) | 0 (-1) | Labour hold | 1966 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0 | Labour lose to no overall control | 1967 | 14 (+1) | 14 (+3) | 15 (-4) | 5 | No overall control | 1968 | 19 (+1) | 18 (+3) | 11 (-3) | 0 (-1) | No overall control | 1969 | 20 (+1) | 21 (+3) | 7 (-4) | 0 | No overall control | 1970 | 15 (-2) | 19 (-4) | 12 (+6) | 1 | No overall control (1 vacancy) | 1971 | 11 (-2) | 14 (-5) | 22 (+7) | 1 | No overall control | 1972 | 9 (-4) | 11 (-1) | 28 (+6) | 0 (-1) | Labour gain from no overall control