Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 7 May 1953. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.Labour will restore school cuts, Manchester Evening News, May 8, 1953, p.1LABOUR SECURES CONTROL IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 8, 1953, p.10
Election result
PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party105,916 (50.9%) 3.921 (58.3%) 4 74 (51.4%)Conservative Party98,104 (47.2%) 3.415 (41.7%) 466 (45.8%)Liberal Party2,520 (1.2%) 0.1 0 (0.0%) 4 (2.8%)Independent976 (0.5%) 0.40 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)Communist368 (0.2%) 0.10 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Full council
+ ↓ 74 4 66
Aldermen
+ ↓ 16 4 16
Councillors
+ ↓ 58 50
Ward results
Alexandra Park
All Saints'
Ardwick
Barlow Moor
Beswick
Blackley
Bradford
Burnage
Cheetham
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Collegiate Church
Crumpsall
Didsbury
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Levenshulme
Lightbowne
Longsight
Miles Platting
Moss Side East
Moss Side West
Moston
New Cross
Newton Heath
Newtown
Northenden
Old Moat
Openshaw
Rusholme
St. George's
St. Luke's
St. Mark's
St. Peter's
Withington
Wythenshawe
By-elections between 1953 and 1954
Moss Side East, 2 July 1953
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Edward Pheasey (Conservative, Moss Side East, elected 15 May 1934)MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 16, 1934, p.13 on 29 April 1953Alderman, Manchester Evening News, April 29, 1953, p.4 following the death on 18 April 1953 of Alderman Harold White (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 October 1937).ALDERMAN G. H. WHITE, Manchester Guardian, April 20, 1953, p.12£900 FLATS PLAN FOR HULME NOT TO PROCEED, Manchester Evening News, October 6, 1937, p.9
LABOUR HOLDS SEAT, Manchester Guardian, July 3, 1953, p.12
Gorton North, 10 December 1953
Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Bentley (Labour, Gorton North, elected 4 October 1944)LORD-MAYOR ELECT, Manchester Guardian, 5 October 1944, p.3 on 1 September 1953.DEATHS, Manchester Evening News, 24 September 1953, p.7
LABOUR VICTORY ENDS NEIGHBOURS' "FEUD", Manchester Guardian, 11 December 1953, p.14
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