1904 Manchester City Council election

1904 Manchester City Council election

←  1903 1 November 1904 (1904-11-01) 1905  →
41 of 124 seats to Manchester City Council 63 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 11 seats, 35.9% 10 seats, 30.1% 4 seats, 21.0% Seats before 50 45 6 Seats won 18 14 3 Seats after 56 52 8 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 14,882 14,353 6,345 Percentage 33.3% 32.1% 14.2% Swing 2.6% 2.0% 6.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Liberal Unionist Last election 1 seats, 12.8% 0 seats, 4.0% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 6 0 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 5 Popular vote 7,710 0 Percentage 17.3% 0.0% Swing 4.5% 4.0%
Map of results of 1904 election
Leader of the Council before election No overall control Leader of the Council after election No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1904. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Owing to the extension of the city's boundaries, ^[1] five new wards (Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Moss Side East, Moss Side West, and Withington) elected all of their councillors for the first time.

The council remained under no overall control. ^{[2] [3]}

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		14,882 (33.3%)		2.6	18 (43.9%)	18 / 41	4	56 (45.2%)	56 / 124
Liberal Party		14,353 (32.1%)		2.0	14 (34.1%)	14 / 41	4	52 (41.9%)	52 / 124
Labour Party		6,345 (14.2%)		6.8	3 (7.3%)	3 / 41	2	8 (6.5%)	8 / 124
Independent		7,710 (17.3%)		4.5	6 (14.6%)	6 / 41	5	7 (5.6%)	7 / 124
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)		4.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 41		1 (0.8%)	1 / 124
Irish Nationalist		1,369 (3.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 41	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 124

Full council

↓

8

52

7

1

56

Aldermen

↓

19

1

11

Councillors

↓

8

33

7

45

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne	1,049	55.0	N/A
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	858	45.0	N/A
Majority			191	10.0	N/A
Turnout			1,907
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Lowth	2,239	58.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman	1,575	41.3	−2.7
Majority			664	17.4
Turnout			3,814
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. G. L. Skinner*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Fox*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Williams*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Turner	994	61.5
	Independent	E. Farrar	873	54.1
	Liberal	H. Kemp	816	50.5
	Liberal	R. B. Barningham	749	46.4
	Conservative	T. Wilson	721	44.6
	Liberal	H. Pilcher	690	42.7
Majority			67	4.1
Turnout			1,615
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Smith*	567	53.5	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Thomas	493	46.5	N/A
Majority			74	7.0	N/A
Turnout			1,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. F. Dearden*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Moss	596	51.0
	Conservative	C. K. Mayor	595	50.9
	Independent	C. S. Edwards	566	48.5
	Independent	C. J. H. Gradisky	557	47.7
Majority			9	0.8
Turnout			1,168
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Cowan*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Whyman*	1,743	56.2	N/A
	Independent	W. Brown	1,361	43.8	N/A
Majority			382	12.4
Turnout			3,104
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Wilson*	1,011	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	H. Hodkin	972	49.0	N/A
Majority			39	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,983
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. White	1,351	53.1	−5.9
	Liberal	G. Jennison	1,195	46.9	+5.9
Majority			156	6.2	−11.8
Turnout			2,546
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Kemp*	1,148	55.5	N/A
	Labour	J. E. Gilchrist	919	44.5	N/A
Majority			229	11.0
Turnout			2,067
	Liberal hold		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Stevenson	811	64.1
	Conservative	W. T. Dagnall	634	50.1
	Liberal	J. Bowie	590	46.6
	Liberal	J. Wynne	584	46.1
	Conservative	A. Gresty	573	45.3
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,266
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Moss Side West

Moss Side West (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Grierson	1,144	70.4
	Liberal	T. Herbert	826	50.8
	Liberal	W. Hynes	817	50.3
	Labour	J. Archer	776	47.8
	Conservative	J. H. Swales	695	42.8
	Liberal	J. Livesley	617	38.0
Majority			41	2.5
Turnout			1,625
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grime*	uncontested
	Liberal	G. Howarth*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Trevor*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. B. Williams	1,936	61.0	+0.3
	Conservative	D. Taylor*	1,236	39.0	−0.3
Majority			700	22.0	+0.6
Turnout			3,172
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Elverston	498	71.7	N/A
	Independent	J. Pitt Hardacre*	197	28.3	N/A
Majority			301	43.4	N/A
Turnout			695
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Plummer*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fildes*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hassall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Kay*	1,804	58.4	+6.9
	Liberal	T. Corrigan	837	27.1	−21.4
	Labour	R. Whitehead	449	14.5	N/A
Majority			967	31.3	+28.3
Turnout			3,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. J. Goldschmidt*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth	474	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	R. Flanagan	431	46.3	N/A
	Labour	T. Bolger	26	2.8	N/A
Majority			43	4.6	N/A
Turnout			931
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. H. Thewlis*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Beastow*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hibbert*	1,517	52.6	+7.2
	Irish Nationalist	F. J. Farley	1,369	47.4	N/A
Majority			148	5.2
Turnout			2,886
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withington

Withington (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Edwards	618	67.5
	Conservative	H. Derwent Simpson	517	56.5
	Liberal	R. Fleeson	489	53.4
	Independent	R. R. Shaw	336	36.7
	Independent	A. Burgess	220	24.0
Majority			153	16.7
Turnout			915
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic elections, 9 November 1904

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of thirteen aldermen expired. ^[4]

The following thirteen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	William Birkbeck*	New Cross	1910
	Liberal	James Bowes*	Miles Platting	1910
	Conservative	Arthur Copeland*	St. James'	1910
	Liberal	Alfred Evans*		1910
	Conservative	William Griffin*	Harpurhey	1910
	Liberal	Sir John Harwood*	Cheetham	1910
	Liberal	Sir James Hoy*		1910
	Liberal	John Milling*		1910
	Liberal	James Rushworth*		1910
	Liberal	Walton Smith*		1910
	Conservative	James Tunstall*		1910
	Conservative	Sir William H. Vaudrey*	Exchange	1910
	Liberal	J. H. Wells*		1910

Caused by the creation of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Moss Side East, Moss Side West, and Withington wards on 1 November 1904, requiring the election of five aldermen by the council. ^[5]

The following five were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1909. ^[6]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Henry Richard Box	Moss Side East	1910
	Liberal	John Frowde	Moss Side West	1907
	Conservative	Walter Harwood	Didsbury	1910
	Liberal	William Norquoy	Withington	1907
	Liberal	Thomas Turnbull	Chorlton-cum-Hardy	1907

Aldermanic election, 1 February 1905

Caused by the death on 22 January 1905 of Alderman William Griffin (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1885). ^{[7] [8]}

In his place, Councillor William Trevor (Liberal, Newton Heath, elected 1 November 1890) ^[9] was elected as an alderman by the council on 1 February 1905. ^[10]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	William Trevor		1910

Aldermanic election, 17 May 1905

Caused by the death on 25 April 1905 of Alderman John King (Liberal Unionist, elected as an alderman by the council on 11 December 1867). ^{[11] [12]}

In his place, Councillor W. H. Wainwright (Liberal, St. Mark's, elected 1 November 1890) ^[13] was elected as an alderman by the council on 17 May 1905. ^[14]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright	Exchange	1907

Aldermanic election, 5 July 1905

Caused by the death on 20 June 1905 of Alderman John Milling (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 June 1890). ^{[15] [16]}

In his place, Councillor Edward Holt (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 1 November 1890) ^[17] was elected as an alderman by the council on 5 July 1905. ^[18]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Edward Holt		1910

Aldermanic elections, 25 October 1905

Caused by the resignation on 2 October 1905 of Alderman Sir John Harwood (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 21 February 1881). ^{[19] [20]}

In his place, Councillor John Robert Wilson (Conservative, Longsight, elected 30 November 1890) ^[21] was elected as an alderman by the council on 25 October 1905. ^[22]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John Robert Wilson		1910

Caused by the death on 10 October 1905 of Alderman Richard Lovatt Reade (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 19 March 1889). ^{[23] [24]}

In his place, Councillor W. T. Rothwell (Conservative, Newton Heath, elected 30 November 1890) ^[25] was elected as an alderman by the council on 25 October 1905. ^[26]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	W. T. Rothwell		1907

By-elections between 1904 and 1905

Newton Heath, 14 February 1905

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor William Trevor (Liberal, Newton Heath, elected 1 November 1890) ^[27] on 1 February 1905 ^[28] following the death on 22 January 1905 of Alderman William Griffin (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1885). ^{[29] [30]}

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. J. West	1,130	43.4	N/A
	Labour	J. J. Rudge	902	34.7	N/A
	Liberal	F. T. T. Reynolds	570	21.9	N/A
Majority			228	8.7	N/A
Turnout			2,602
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[31]

St. Mark's, 30 May 1905

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor W. H. Wainwright (Liberal, St. Mark's, elected 1 November 1890) ^[32] on 17 May 1905 ^[33] following the death on 25 April 1905 of Alderman John King (Liberal Unionist, elected as an alderman by the council on 11 December 1867). ^{[34] [35]}

St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	R. Turner	778	48.0	N/A
	Liberal	G. Jennison	315	19.4	N/A
	Labour	L. Martin	278	17.2	N/A
	Independent Labour	H. C. Campbell	249	15.4	N/A
Majority			463	28.6	N/A
Turnout			1,620
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

^[36]

Crumpsall, 21 July 1905

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Edward Holt (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 1 November 1890) ^[37] on 5 July 1905 ^[38] following the death on 20 June 1905 of Alderman John Milling (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 June 1890). ^{[39] [40]}

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Todd	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[41]

References

1. CITY EXTENSIONS, Manchester Courier, November 7, 1904, p.2
2. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9
3. AFTER THE POLLS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1904, p.5
4. NEW MAYORS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1904, p.4
5. CITY EXTENSIONS, Manchester Courier, November 7, 1904, p.2
6. NEW MAYORS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1904, p.4
7. MANCHESTER ALDERMAN'S DEATH, Manchester Evening News, January 23, 1905, p.3
8. ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7
9. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
10. CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 2, 1905, p.6
11. DEATH OF ALDERMAN KING, Manchester Courier, April 26, 1905, p.7
12. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, December 14, 1867, p.11
13. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
14. ST. MARK'S WARD VACANCY, Manchester Courier, May 18, 1905, p.8
15. MR. ALDERMAN MILLING, Manchester Guardian, June 21, 1905, p.12
16. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Evening News, June 4, 1890, p.2
17. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
18. THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, July 6, 1905, p.8
19. SIR JOHN HARWOOD RETIRES, Manchester Courier, October 3, 1905, p.12
20. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Evening News, February 21, 1881, p.2
21. THE MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, December 1, 1890, p.5
22. THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1905, p.4
23. MR. ALDERMAN READE, Manchester Guardian, October 11, 1905, p.4
24. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, March 20, 1889, p.7
25. THE MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, December 1, 1890, p.5
26. THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1905, p.4
27. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
28. CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 2, 1905, p.6
29. MANCHESTER ALDERMAN'S DEATH, Manchester Evening News, January 23, 1905, p.3
30. ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7
31. NEWTON HEATH WARD, Manchester Courier, February 15, 1905, p.10
32. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
33. ST. MARK'S WARD VACANCY, Manchester Courier, May 18, 1905, p.8
34. DEATH OF ALDERMAN KING, Manchester Courier, April 26, 1905, p.7
35. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, December 14, 1867, p.11
36. LIBERALISM V. LABOUR, Manchester Courier, June 3, 1905, p.18
37. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
38. THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, July 6, 1905, p.8
39. MR. ALDERMAN MILLING, Manchester Guardian, June 21, 1905, p.12
40. MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Evening News, June 4, 1890, p.2
41. CRUMPSALL WARD BYE-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, July 22, 1905, p.18