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Local election in Manchester, England

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1947 Manchester City Council election

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1 November 1947 (1947-11-01)

1949 →

36 of 144 seats
toManchester City Council
73 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal
Last election	20 seats, 45.6%	15 seats, 41.5%	1 seats, 10.2%
Seats before	76	58	10
Seats won	13	23	0
Seats after	71	64	9
Seat change	5	6	1
Popular vote	119,674	150,599	13,027
Percentage	41.9%	52.7%	4.5%
Swing	3.7%	11.2%	5.7%

Map of results of 1947 election

Leader of the Council before election

Labour

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections toManchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1947. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. TheLabour Party lost overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	119,674 (41.9%)	3.7	13 (36.1%)	13 / 36	5	71 (49.3%)	71 / 144
Conservative Party	150,599 (52.7%)	11.2	23 (63.9%)	23 / 36	6	64 (44.4%)	64 / 144
Liberal Party	13,027 (4.5%)	5.7	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36	1	9 (6.3%)	9 / 144
Communist	2,376 (0.8%)	0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144
Independent	54 (0.0%)	0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Harper*	2,668	55.5	+4.4
	Labour	J. Lenten	2,135	44.5	−0.1
Majority			533	11.0	+4.5
Turnout			4,803
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Buckley*	3,917	55.0	+6.2
	Labour	J. Singleton	3,200	45.0	−6.2
Majority			717	10.0
Turnout			7,117
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. W. Farrell*	4,845	58.0	−10.2
	Conservative	G. Bryant	3,511	42.0	+10.2
Majority			1,334	16.0	−20.4
Turnout			8,356
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Chadwick	6,763	51.4	N/A
	Labour	R. B. Prain*	5,206	39.6	+1.4
	Liberal	P. Critchley	1,182	9.0	−52.8
Majority			1,557	11.8
Turnout			13,151
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. E. Beavan*	5,276	56.2	−7.1
	Conservative	W. Rose	4,119	43.8	+7.1
Majority			1,157	12.4	−14.2
Turnout			9,395
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. H. A. Micklewright*	3,822	44.5	+6.0
	Conservative	H. Green	3,365	39.2	+7.5
	Liberal	S. Needoff	1,032	12.0	−7.3
	Communist	M. I. Druck	371	4.3	−6.2
Majority			457	5.3	−1.5
Turnout			8,590
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Turley*	12,999	65.8	+8.3
	Labour	D. Molloy	4,633	23.5	−4.4
	Liberal	J. T. Chapman	2,114	10.7	−3.9
Majority			8,366	42.3	+12.6
Turnout			19,746
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Finkel*	1,342	46.8	−8.3
	Conservative	G. W. G. Fitzsimons	1,311	45.8	N/A
	Communist	M. Jenkins	212	7.4	−2.0
Majority			31	1.0	−28.4
Turnout			2,865
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Tylecote*	2,393	54.0	−6.4
	Conservative	W. H. Cox	1,899	42.9	+10.9
	Communist	S. Wild	138	3.1	−4.5
Majority			494	11.1	−17.3
Turnout			4,430
	Labourhold		Swing

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Clapham	5,805	55.4	+9.2
	Labour	C. Lynch	2,794	26.6	−7.4
	Liberal	R. F. Read	1,566	14.9	−1.0
	Communist	S. Waring	321	3.1	−0.8
Majority			3,011	28.8	+16.7
Turnout			10,486
	Conservativehold		Swing

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. White*	8,652	63.7	+10.4
	Labour	B. Lawson	2,872	21.2	−5.7
	Liberal	W. Fleetwood	1,768	13.0	−5.4
	Communist	R. H. Hartman	285	2.1	+0.7
Majority			5,780	42.5	+16.1
Turnout			13,577
	Conservativehold		Swing

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Bentley*	5,304	55.6	−11.3
	Conservative	J. P. Traynor	4,231	44.4	+18.4
Majority			1,073	11.2	−29.7
Turnout			9,535
	Labourhold		Swing

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Kirkman*	5,914	57.7	−10.6
	Conservative	G. J. Playford	4,344	42.3	+17.0
Majority			1,570	15.4	−27.6
Turnout			10,258
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Chatterton	4,282	51.6	+8.3
	Labour	C. Blackwell	3,871	46.6	−1.7
	Communist	T. Royle	152	1.8	−0.8
Majority			411	5.0
Turnout			8,305
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Lodge*	4,979	50.6	+13.6
	Labour	S. Freeman	3,214	32.7	+3.8
	Liberal	C. R. de la Wyche	1,642	16.7	−11.3
Majority			1,765	17.9	+9.8
Turnout			9,835
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Elliott*	6,861	60.5	+8.2
	Labour	F. Donlon	4,483	39.5	−3.9
Majority			2,378	21.0	+12.1
Turnout			11,344
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Lees	2,474	50.4	+9.9
	Labour	A. Harvey*	2,218	45.2	−4.3
	Communist	L. B. Johnson	160	3.3	−2.3
	Independent	J. Gillespie	54	1.1	N/A
Majority			256	5.2
Turnout			4,906
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. J. Howarth*	3,357	57.2	−3.2
	Conservative	J. Priestley	2,512	42.8	+3.2
Majority			845	14.4	−6.4
Turnout			5,869
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Pheasey*	3,249	53.3	+18.0
	Labour	A. McAdam	2,476	40.6	+1.1
	Liberal	R. Frere	369	6.1	N/A
Majority			773	12.7
Turnout			6,094
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. H. W. Owen	4,641	57.1	+13.9
	Labour	H. Quinney*	3,088	38.0	−2.3
	Liberal	G. Escott	394	4.9	−3.2
Majority			1,553	19.1	+16.2
Turnout			8,123
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Dunn*	6,414	48.9	+7.8
	Labour	R. J. Latham	5,713	43.5	−6.7
	Liberal	J. H. Cully	1,001	7.6	−1.2
Majority			701	5.4	−3.7
Turnout			13,128
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Knight*	2,350	58.3	−13.6
	Conservative	A. Nixon	1,682	41.7	+13.6
Majority			668	16.6	−27.2
Turnout			4,032
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Hellier*	4,582	52.6	−6.7
	Conservative	W. H. Priestnall	4,122	47.4	+6.7
Majority			460	5.2	−13.4
Turnout			8,704
	Labourhold		Swing

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Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

All Saints'

Ardwick

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Cheetham

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Collegiate Church

Collyhurst

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Exchange

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Levenshulme

Longsight

Medlock Street

Miles Platting

Moss Side East

Moss Side West

Moston

New Cross

Newton Heath

Openshaw

Oxford

Rusholme

St. Ann's

St. Clement's

St. George's

St. John's

St. Luke's

St Mark's

St. Michael's

Withington

Wythenshawe

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1947 and 1949

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Jolly	4,206	58.4	−11.1
	Conservative	T. Sparrow	2,728	37.9	+13.2
	Communist	T. Rowlandson	268	3.7	−2.1
Majority			1,478	20.5	−24.3
Turnout			7,202
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. T. Barratt*	6,696	68.7	+3.3
	Labour	E. Wood	3,057	31.3	−3.3
Majority			3,639	37.4	+6.6
Turnout			9,753
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Beer	387	67.7	−5.1
	Labour	H. McRoy	95	16.6	−8.5
	Liberal	J. E. McManus	90	15.7	N/A
Majority			292	51.1	+3.4
Turnout			572
	Conservativegain fromLiberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Kearns*	3,218	53.4	+10.5
	Labour	J. Dawson	2,805	46.6	−10.5
Majority			413	6.8
Turnout			6,023
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Harker*	726	82.7	+20.3
	Labour	J. Fern	152	17.3	+3.8
Majority			574	65.4	+27.1
Turnout			878
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Holberry	4,209	58.9	+9.5
	Labour	J. H. Alsop*	2,943	41.1	−1.3
Majority			1,266	17.8	+10.8
Turnout			7,152
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Eastwood*	3,812	56.0	−6.0
	Conservative	W. Sharp	3,000	44.0	+9.2
Majority			812	12.0	−15.2
Turnout			6,812
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. F. Griffin*	2,667	67.3	−12.7
	Conservative	J. Judge	1,295	32.7	N/A
Majority			1,372	34.6	−25.4
Turnout			3,962
	Labourhold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Bentley*	13,817	61.7	+7.3
	Labour	F. H. Robinson	6,712	30.0	−5.3
	Liberal	A. J. Higson	1,869	8.3	−2.0
Majority			7,105	31.7	+12.6
Turnout			22,398
	Conservativehold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. I. Oliver	9,723	53.0	+7.7
	Labour	E. A. Yarwood*	8,137	44.4	−5.3
	Communist	W. Prince	469	2.6	−2.4
Majority			1,586	8.6
Turnout			18,329
	Conservativegain fromLabour		Swing