1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election

1975 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 1973 1 May 1975 (1975-05-01) 1976 →
22 of 63 seats (One Third and one by-election)
to Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mike King Bert Pyper Cecil Fink
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Leader's seat St. Martin's Park Brooklands
Last election 32 seats,
45.0% 		19 seats,
33.1% 		12 seats,
20.9%
Seats before 33 18 12
Seats won 21 1 0
Seats after 42 13 8
Seat change Increase9 Decrease5 Decrease4
Popular vote 39,914 15,821 15,170
Percentage 56.1% 22.2% 21.3%
Swing Increase11.1% Decrease10.9% Increase0.4%
Map of results of 1975 election
Leader of the Council before election

Frank Eadie
Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Mike King
Conservative

Elections to Trafford Council were held on Thursday, 1 May 1975. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1979. These were the first Borough elections to be held in Trafford since it received its Royal Charter (and effectively took over from its predecessor Districts and Municipal Boroughs) in 1974. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.[1]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 39,914 (56.1%)
Increase 11.1 21 (95.5%)
21 / 22
 Increase 9 42 (66.7%)
42 / 63
Labour Party 15,821 (22.2%)
Decrease 10.9 1 (4.5%)
1 / 22
 Decrease 5 13 (20.6%)
13 / 63
Liberal Party 15,170 (21.3%)
Increase 0.4 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Decrease 4 8 (12.7%)
8 / 63
Communist Party 262 (0.4%)
Decrease 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 22
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 63
↓
13 8 42

Ward results

No.1 (Altrincham South West)

Altrincham South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Whitehurst 1,147 42.9 −9.7
Liberal J. B. Kenny 806 30.1 N/A
Labour Robert Crossman 721 27.0 −26.7
Majority 341 12.8 +12.4
Turnout 2,674 41.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.2 (Altrincham East)

Altrincham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Leigh 2,016 47.7 +10.4
Liberal Roy Richardson* 1,574 37.3 −6.0
Labour J. Gregory 632 15.0 −6.8
Majority 442 10.5
Turnout 4,222 44.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.3 (Altrincham North)

Altrincham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. Harrison 1,387 47.9 +8.0
Liberal Eric Faulkner 803 27.7 −5.8
Labour Barry Jones 704 24.3 −9.9
Majority 584 20.2 +19.7
Turnout 2,894 44.1
Conservative hold Swing

No.4 (Timperley)

Timperley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Robertson 1,626 47.9 +13.4
Labour John Webb 1,026 30.2 −8.7
Liberal C. R. Gibson 741 21.8 −13.6
Majority 600 17.7
Turnout 3,393 42.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.5 (Mersey-St. Mary’s)

Mersey-St. Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Bannister* 2,069 56.5 +6.4
Liberal Kenneth Humber 1,591 43.5 −9.3
Majority 478 13.1 +12.5
Turnout 3,660 41.4
Conservative hold Swing

No.6 (St. Martin’s)

St. Martin's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Brownhill* 2,276 69.1 +17.3
Labour J. K. Morgan 1,020 30.9 −23.7
Majority 1,256 38.1 +33.1
Turnout 3,296 30.4
Conservative hold Swing

No.7 (Sale Moor)

Sale Moor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Rhodes 1,105 42.4 −2.0
Labour Barry Brotherton* 888 34.1 −23.1
Liberal Michael Wood 550 21.1 N/A
Communist A. H. Burrage 61 2.3 −2.4
Majority 132 8.3
Turnout 2,604 39.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.8 (St. Anne’s)

St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative K. R. Newton 1,642 47.3 +9.1
Liberal Alan Thorpe* 1,195 34.5 −8.2
Labour David Teasdale 631 18.2 −4.6
Majority 447 12.9
Turnout 3,468 41.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.9 (Brooklands)

Brooklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Taylor 2,362 58.0 +9.1
Liberal Sydney Evans* 1,375 33.7 −20.3
Labour E. P. M. Wollaston 338 8.3 N/A
Majority 987 24.3
Turnout 4,075 45.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.10 (Talbot North)

Talbot North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clifford Cronshaw* 1,406 45.6 −19.7
Conservative Edward Kelson 950 30.8 −4.8
Liberal T. A. Dixon 729 23.6 N/A
Majority 456 14.8 −10.7
Turnout 3,085 34.9
Labour hold Swing

No.11 (Clifford)

Clifford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Corke 1,309 57.2 +10.3
Labour John Maher 981 42.8 −15.2
Majority 328 14.4
Turnout 2,290 34.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.12 (Longford)

Longford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander Kelly* 1,844 53.2 −0.8
Labour K. Silcock 1,064 30.7 −18.2
Liberal J. Stockley 557 16.1 N/A
Majority 780 22.5 +21.7
Turnout 3,465 35.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.13 (Stretford)

Stretford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Walker* 1,468 63.2 −5.5
Labour G. R. Scott 588 25.3 −9.0
Liberal R. K. Sangster 268 11.5 N/A
Majority 880 37.9 +7.4
Turnout 2,324 39.0
Conservative hold Swing

No.14 (Park)

Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Schofield 1,061 42.8 +4.8
Labour James Haydock* 1,032 41.6 −20.6
Liberal W. A. Munden 324 13.1 N/A
Communist A. Jarratt 61 2.5 −4.9
Majority 29 1.2
Turnout 2,478 40.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.15 (Bowdon)

Bowdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Humphreys* 2,520 71.9 −1.5
Liberal G. M. R. Willmott 545 15.5 −21.0
Labour Arthur Johnson 440 12.6 −8.5
Majority 1,975 56.4 +24.9
Turnout 3,505 49.9
Conservative hold Swing

No.16 (Hale)

Hale (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Barrett 3,208 81.3 +13.3
Conservative Roy Godwin* 3,058 77.5 +9.5
Liberal Roy Allen 1,047 26.5 +2.0
Majority 2,011 51.0 +9.7
Turnout 3,944 43.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

No.17 (Partington)

Partington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Barltrop 996 46.8 N/A
Labour C. Younghusband 991 46.6 −27.6
Communist Eileen Wilkinson 140 6.6 −5.0
Majority 5 0.2
Turnout 2,127 27.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

No.18 (Urmston West East)

Urmston West East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Platt 1,968 54.5 +14.3
Labour D. T. Taylor 854 23.6 −2.2
Liberal Gwen Davies* 790 21.9 −16.4
Majority 1,114 30.8
Turnout 3,612 43.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

No.19 (Flixton East Central)

Flixton East Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Lumby* 2,363 54.5 +7.1
Liberal D. J. Gilbert 1,123 25.9 −13.0
Labour C. Nightingale 851 19.6 +1.0
Majority 1,240 28.6 +23.6
Turnout 4,337 47.6
Conservative hold Swing

No.20 (Flixton West)

Flixton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Harding 2,414 58.9 +2.4
Labour Laura Seex 1,088 26.5 −20.6
Liberal E. F. Teal 598 14.6 N/A
Majority 1,326 32.4 +24.9
Turnout 4,100 43.0
Conservative hold Swing

No.21 (Davyhulme East)

Davyhulme East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eric Crosbie* 1,125 50.1 −14.3
Labour W. J. Williams 566 25.2 −12.5
Liberal T. M. Owen 554 24.7 N/A
Majority 559 24.9 +0.2
Turnout 2,245 41.6
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Trafford M. B. C. Election Results Sheet, 2 May 1975", Trafford M.B.C.(1975).