| Election Name: | 1960 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1959 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1959 |
| Next Election: | 1961 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
| Seats For Election: | 39 of 152 seats to Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 76 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 93 |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 84 |
| Popular Vote1: | 57,758 |
| Percentage1: | 39.1% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 57 |
| Seats2: | 21 |
| Seats After2: | 65 |
| Popular Vote2: | 64,790 |
| Percentage2: | 43.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 17,024 |
| Percentage3: | 11.5% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 12 May 1960. 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 retained overall control of the council.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Labour Party | 57,758 (39.1%) | 17 (43.6%) | 9 | 84 (55.3%) | ||||||
| Conservative Party | 64,790 (43.9%) | 21 (53.8%) | 8 | 65 (42.8%) | ||||||
| Liberal Party | 17,024 (11.5%) | 1 (2.6%) | 1 | 3 (2.0%) | ||||||
| Ratepayers | 7,243 (4.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist Party | 760 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| Union Movement | 89 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| 84 | 3 | 65 |
| 22 | 2 | 14 |
| 62 | 1 | 51 |