1905 Manchester City Council election

Last updated
1905 Manchester City Council election
Arms of the City of Manchester.svg
  1904 1 November 1905 (1905-11-01)1906 

31 of 124 seats
to Manchester City Council
63 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Conservative Labour
Last election14 seats,
32.1%
18 seats,
33.3%
4 seats,
14.2%
Seats before52578
Seats won14125
Seats after545212
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg5Increase2.svg4
Popular vote12,82620,22110,425
Percentage28.1%44.2%22.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.0%Increase2.svg10.9%Decrease2.svg8.6%

 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election6 seats,
17.3%
Seats before7
Seats won0
Seats after6
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote1,546
Percentage3.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg12.9%

Manchester 1905.png
Map of results of 1905 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 1905. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control. [1] [2]

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Liberal Party 12,826 (28.1%)
Decrease2.svg 4.014 (45.2%)
14 / 31
Increase2.svg 254 (43.5%)
54 / 124
Conservative Party 20,221 (44.2%)
Increase2.svg 10.912 (38.7%)
12 / 31
Decrease2.svg 552 (41.9%)
52 / 124
Labour Party 10,425 (22.8%)
Increase2.svg 8.65 (16.2%)
5 / 31
Increase2.svg 412 (9.7%)
12 / 124
Independent 1,546 (3.4%)
Decrease2.svg 12.90 (0.0%)
0 / 31
Decrease2.svg 16 (4.8%)
6 / 124
Independent Liberal 682 (1.5%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 31
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 124

Full council

1254652

Aldermen

2011

Councillors

1234641

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. B. Pritchard*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Stewart*1,95066.8+25.5
Labour R. Robinson96733.2−25.5
Majority98333.6
Turnout 2,917
Conservative hold Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Bennett*1,87358.5N/A
Conservative J. R. Coutts1,33141.5N/A
Majority54217.0N/A
Turnout 3,204
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Billam2,86857.2N/A
Conservative C. Dreyfus* 2,14442.8N/A
Majority72414.4N/A
Turnout 5,012
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Oliver*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal H. Kemp*87851.9+1.4
Conservative T. Wilson81348.1−13.4
Majority653.8−0.3
Turnout 1,691
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Lowry*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. H. Rawsthorne76559.2N/A
Conservative J. Hislop52740.8N/A
Majority23818.4N/A
Turnout 1,292
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal C. J. H. Gradisky60054.3N/A
Independent C. S. Edwards*50445.7−2.8
Majority968.6
Turnout 1,104
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Smethurst*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Holden*2,38454.8N/A
Labour T. D. Benson1,96745.2N/A
Majority4179.6
Turnout 4,351
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal O. Heggs*1,23261.9+12.9
Conservative W. Cundiff75938.1−12.9
Majority47323.8
Turnout 1,991
Liberal hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. D. Pennington*1,34551.1+4.2
Conservative J. H. Swales1,28748.9−4.2
Majority582.2
Turnout 2,632
Liberal hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. E. Gilchrist1,09756.7+12.2
Conservative H. Heenan*83843.3N/A
Majority25913.4
Turnout 1,935
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Bowie*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. Hynes*75545.3−5.5
Conservative A. Gresty63738.2−4.6
Labour A. Ogden27516.5−31.3
Majority1187.1+4.6
Turnout 1,667
Liberal hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. Meadowcroft*1,97853.0N/A
Labour T. R. Marr1,95252.3N/A
Liberal J. Sheldon1,81648.7N/A
Conservative W. B. Broadhead*1,71145.9N/A
Majority1363.6N/A
Turnout 3,729
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. J. Rudge1,29951.1N/A
Conservative E. J. Churchman1,24448.9N/A
Majority552.2N/A
Turnout 2,543
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour E. J. Hart*uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. Burgon*41266.8−4.9
Conservative W. B. Midgley20533.2N/A
Majority20733.6−9.8
Turnout 617
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. F. Lane-Scott*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Heathcote43152.0N/A
Conservative G. Dodson*39848.0N/A
Majority334.0N/A
Turnout 829
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. F. Burditt63855.4N/A
Conservative J. B. Langley*51344.6N/A
Majority12510.8N/A
Turnout 1,151
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Craven*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. James'

St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Samson*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Watmough*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal H. Marsden*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Allison*98559.1N/A
Independent Liberal H. J. Whitehouse68240.9N/A
Majority30318.2N/A
Turnout 1,667
Liberal hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. Leah*1,07343.1−9.5
Independent M. Kinahan73929.7N/A
Liberal W. May*67727.2N/A
Majority33413.4+8.2
Turnout 2,489
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. King42937.3−30.2
Liberal R. Fleeson*41936.4−17.0
Independent R. R. Shaw30326.3−10.4
Majority100.9
Turnout 1,151
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1905 and 1906

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakehurst, New Jersey</span> Borough in Ocean County, New Jersey, US

Lakehurst is a borough in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,636, a decrease of 18 (−0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 2,654, which in turn reflected an increase of 132 (+5.2%) from the 2,522 counted in the 2000 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manchester Township, New Jersey</span> Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, US

Manchester Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is noted for containing the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, the site of the infamous Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 45,115, the highest recorded in any decennial count and an increase of 2,045 (+4.7%) from the 2010 census count of 43,070, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,142 (+10.6%) from the 38,928 counted in the 2000 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trafford</span> Borough in Greater Manchester, England

Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, with an estimated population of 236,301 in 2022. It covers 106 square kilometres (41 sq mi) and includes the area of Old Trafford and the towns of Altrincham, Stretford, Urmston, Partington and Sale. The borough was formed in 1974 as a merger of six former districts and part of a seventh. The River Mersey flows through the borough, separating North Trafford from South Trafford, and the historic counties of Lancashire and Cheshire. Trafford is the seventh-most populous district in Greater Manchester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Macclesfield (borough)</span>

Macclesfield was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district with borough status in Cheshire, England. It included the towns of Bollington, Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow and within its wider area the villages and hamlets of Adlington, Disley, Gawsworth, Kerridge, Pott Shrigley, Poynton, Prestbury, Rainow, Styal, Sutton and Tytherington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards

Manchester Gorton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was the safest Labour seat in Greater Manchester by numerical majority and one of the safest in the country.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manchester City Council</span> Local government body in England

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester in Greater Manchester, England. Manchester has had an elected local authority since 1838, which has been reformed several times. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority of local government services in the city. The council has been a member of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority since 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County Borough of Salford</span> Former district of England

Salford was, from 1844 to 1974, a local government district in the county of Lancashire in the northwest of England, covering the city of Salford. It was granted city status in 1926.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County Borough of Stockport</span> Former municipal borough in present-day town of Stockport

Stockport County Borough was a county-level local authority between 1889 and 1974.

The 1905 municipal election was held December 11, 1905 for the purpose of electing a mayor and four aldermen to sit on the Edmonton City Council, as well as five public school trustees and five separate school trustees. This was the second election to be held since Edmonton became a city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County Borough of Bolton</span>

Bolton was, from 1838 to 1974, a local government district in the northwest of England conterminate with the town of Bolton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County Borough of Rochdale</span> United Kingdom legislation

Rochdale was, from 1856 to 1974, a local government district coterminate with the town of Rochdale in the northwest of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County Borough of Bury</span>

Bury was a local government district centred on Bury in the northwest of England from 1846 to 1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Municipal Borough of Heywood</span> United Kingdom legislation

The Municipal Borough of Heywood was, from 1881 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England, with borough status and coterminate with the town of Heywood.

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1925. The council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the two-member seats. The Municipal Reform Party retained a large majority, while the Labour Party established itself as the principal opposition, supplanting the Progressive Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cardiff County Borough Council</span> Former council in Wales

Cardiff County Borough Council, known as Cardiff City Council after Cardiff achieved city status in 1905, was the elected local authority that administered the town and county borough of Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales between 1889 and 1974. The county borough council was replaced in 1974 by a district council, covering part of South Glamorgan and also known as Cardiff City Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayoral elections in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the 21st century</span>

Beginning shortly after the city's incorporation as a city in 1846, elections have been held in the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. The following article provides information on the elections for mayor in the city during the 21st century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1914 Manchester City Council election</span> Local election in Manchester

Elections to Manchester City Council were scheduled to be held on Monday, 2 November 1914. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1927 Manchester City Council election</span> Local election in Manchester

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1927. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.

References

  1. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1905, p.7
  2. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1905, p.7