Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 4 May 1978. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1982. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.Manchester City Council Election Results, 2nd Edition, Swarbrick (1993).
Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party 61,969 (47.8%) 2.7 19 (57.6%) 1 53 (53.4%)Conservative Party 58,717 (45.3%) 2.314 (42.4%) 146 (46.5%)Liberal Party 7,708 (5.9%) 0.4 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)National Front 636 (0.5%) N/A0 (0.0%) N/A0 (0.0%)Communist 277 (0.2%) 0.10 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Socialist Unity 139 (0.1%) N/A0 (0.0%) N/A0 (0.0%)Workers Revolutionary 34 (0.0%) N/A0 (0.0%) N/A0 (0.0%)
+ ↓ 53 46
Ward results Alexandra
Ardwick
Baguley
Barlow Moor
Beswick
Blackley
Bradford
Brooklands
Burnage
Charlestown
Cheetham
Chorlton
Collegiate Church
Crossacres
Crumpsall
Didsbury
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Hulme
Levenshulme
Lightbowne
Lloyd Street
Longsight
Miles Platting
Moss Side
Moston
Newton Heath
Northenden
Old Moat
Rusholme
Withington
Woodhouse Park
By-elections between 1978 and 1979
Withington, 16 November 1978
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ted Coker (Conservative, Withington, elected 12 May 1960)LIBERAL GAINS SEAT AT 17th ATTEMPT, The Guardian, May 13, 1960, p.12 on 12 October 1978.Tory quits, Manchester Evening News, October 12, 1978, p.1
Liberals pull off shock victories, Manchester Evening News, November 17, 1978, p.5
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