1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

Elections to Urmston Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1970. One third of the councillors 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.[1][2]

1970 Urmston Urban District Council election

7 May 1970 (1970-05-07)

7 of 21 seats
to Urmston Urban District
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Residents
Seats before 20 1
Seats won 7 0
Seats after 20 1
Seat change
Popular vote 6,860 0
Percentage 62.9% 0.0%

Map of results of 1970 election

Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 6,860 (62.9%)
7 (100.0%)
7 / 7
20 (95.2%)
20 / 21
Residents 0 (0.0%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 7
1 (4.8%)
1 / 21
Labour Party 4,043 (37.1%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 7
0 (0.0%)
0 / 21
1 20

Ward results

Davyhulme East

Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. H. Eadie 951 67.1
Labour R. Phillips 466 32.9
Majority 485 34.2
Turnout 1,417
Conservative hold Swing

Davyhulme West

Davyhulme West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. H. Carnall* 1,228 66.5
Labour L. M. Seex 618 33.5
Majority 610 33.0
Turnout 1,846
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton Central

Flixton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. L. Brown* 980 62.8
Labour C. Jackson 580 37.2
Majority 400 25.6
Turnout 1,560
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton East

Flixton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Vaughan* 937 70.6
Labour F. Owen 390 29.4
Majority 547 41.2
Turnout 1,327
Conservative hold Swing

Flixton West

Flixton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. F. Leech 952 52.7
Labour B. Elliott 855 47.3
Majority 97 5.4
Turnout 1,807
Conservative hold Swing

Urmston East

Urmston East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. J. Ward* 899 53.4
Labour A. M. Jones 784 46.6
Majority 115 6.8
Turnout 1,683
Conservative hold Swing

Urmston West

Urmston West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. J. Boardman* 913 72.3
Labour H. Seex 350 27.7
Majority 563 44.6
Turnout 1,263
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. Your town-by-town election service, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1970, p.16
  2. Lancashire and Cheshire, The Guardian, May 8, 1970, p.7
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