1922 Manchester City Council election

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1922 Manchester City Council election
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35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council
71 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election23 seats,
48.8%		5 seats,
14.0%		5 seats,
25.9%
Seats before723329
Seats won15810
Seats after763326
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg3
Popular vote48,1589,78044,198
Percentage43.2%8.8%39.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.6%Decrease2.svg5.2%Increase2.svg13.8%
 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election2 seats,
9.1%
Seats before5
Seats won2
Seats after5
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote6,657
Percentage6.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.1%
Manchester 1922.png
Map of results of 1922 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1922. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council. [1] [2]

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 48,158 (43.2%)
Decrease2.svg 5.615 (42.9%)
15 / 35
Increase2.svg 476 (54.3%)
76 / 140
Liberal Party 9,780 (8.8%)
Decrease2.svg 5.28 (22.9%)
8 / 35
Steady2.svg33 (23.6%)
33 / 140
Labour Party 44,198 (39.7%)
Increase2.svg 13.810 (28.6%)
10 / 35
Decrease2.svg 326 (18.6%)
26 / 140
Independent 6,657 (6.0%)
Decrease2.svg 3.12 (5.7%)
2 / 35
Steady2.svg5 (3.6%)
5 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values 1,825 (1.6%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
Independent Labour 763 (0.7%)
Decrease2.svg 0.20 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Decrease2.svg 10 (0.0%)
0 / 140
National Unemployed Workers' Movement 80 (0.1%)
Decrease2.svg 0.80 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 140

Full council

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Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. E. Hutchinson*1,84161.3+12.6
Independent H. M. Ross Clyne1,16438.7N/A
Majority 67722.6
Turnout 3,00537.0−3.3
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Weate*3,42156.3−8.1
Conservative J. L. Barrett2,65043.7−8.1
Majority 77112.6
Turnout 6,07158.9+10.9
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour M. E. Smith*3,63650.2−7.9
Conservative J. H. Meachin3,60449.8+7.9
Majority 320.4−13.8
Turnout 7,24062.0+8.2
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. Bentley*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. W. Sutton*3,33656.9−1.1
Conservative G. W. Leggott2,52343.1+1.1
Majority 81313.8−2.2
Turnout 5,85959.3+7.0
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. A. Wood*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. E. Davies* 3,50053.1+9.4
Conservative A. E. Bowen3,08646.9−9.4
Majority 4146.2
Turnout 6,58648.4−0.3
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Elliott*1,07446.9+10.4
Liberal P. I. Wigoder84036.6N/A
Labour F. Gregson37816.5N/A
Majority 23410.2
Turnout 2,29266.5−5.6
Conservative hold Swing

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Brine2,48250.3−8.4
Labour M. Jagger*2,44949.7N/A
Majority 330.6−16.8
Turnout 4,93154.0−5.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Todd*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal E. D. Simon* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. L. Hardcastle*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Compton* 3,47963.8+34.7
Conservative R. S. Ireland1,97036.2−0.7
Majority 1,50927.6
Turnout 5,44954.4−6.3
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Lee*3,18554.9−3.1
Conservative J. E. Leicester2,61745.1+9.7
Majority 5689.8−12.8
Turnout 5,80259.0−3.5
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Lundy*2,28749.2+4.3
Conservative E. E. Walsh2,28449.1−5.1
National Unemployed Workers' Movement P. Murphy801.7N/A
Majority 30.1
Turnout 4,65148.1−1.1
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal M. E. Mitchell*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Cundiff*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. H. S. Redmond*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Travis3,04146.9−8.8
Labour C. E. Wood*2,71942.0−2.3
Liberal H. Pinnington71811.1N/A
Majority 3224.9−6.5
Turnout 6,47867.2+5.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent E. Hales*2,43758.8N/A
Conservative R. S. Banks1,71141.2−9.8
Majority 72817.6
Turnout 4,14853.3+1.8
Independent hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. H. Birley*2,33456.1+5.3
English League for the Taxation of Land Values A. H. Weller1,82543.9N/A
Majority 50912.2+10.6
Turnout 4,15948.5−9.0
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. R. Mellor*2,86862.1+17.1
Liberal W. Webster1,75437.9N/A
Majority 1,11424.2
Turnout 4,62253.2−3.2
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Taylor*3,45762.3+14.4
Labour E. J. Hookway2,09037.7N/A
Majority 1,36724.6
Turnout 5,54758.5+16.3
Conservative hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. F. Robinson2,08343.5N/A
Labour H. Thorneycroft 1,93840.5−0.3
Independent Labour P. L. Martin*76315.9N/A
Majority 1453.0
Turnout 4,78459.6+1.6
Conservative gain from Independent Labour Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Toole* 2,86057.4+20.4
Conservative D. C. Goodman2,12642.6−8.8
Majority 73414.8
Turnout 4,98653.1−9.4
Labour hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal R. Noton Barclay* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal E. F. M. Sutton*2,12191.4+35.0
Independent A. R. Edwards2088.9N/A
Majority 1,91382.2+69.4
Turnout 2,32928.7−15.5
Liberal hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. G. Litton*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. H. Helm*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Oddy*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. R. Hewlett86750.60
Liberal R. E. T. Allan84749.40
Majority 201.20
Turnout 1,71465.8+12.5
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Johnson*3,27557.1−2.8
Labour E. Whiteley1,62026.8−16.1
Independent G. H. Greenhough1,14018.9N/A
Majority 1,65527.4+13.2
Turnout 6,03560.8+17.8
Conservative hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Hall*3,43652.3+5.4
Conservative W. P. Jackson3,13447.7+11.8
Majority 3024.6−6.4
Turnout 6,59765.2+8.3
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. H. Dale2,51551.0+1.4
Labour J. Fogarty2,30046.6−3.8
Independent A. Walsh1162.4N/A
Majority 2154.4
Turnout 4,93179.0+4.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent L. F. Massey*1,59248.7+5.1
Conservative F. Stapleton1,32540.5−15.9
Labour M. Dean35510.8N/A
Majority 2678.2
Turnout 3,27248.3+1.7
Independent hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic elections, 9 November 1922

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1922, the terms of office of eighteen aldermen expired. [3]

The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1922 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal T. C. Abbott*St. Ann's1928
Conservative G. K. Ashton*Ardwick1928
Liberal Charles Behrens*Oxford1928
Conservative R. A. D. Carter* Levenshulme1928
Conservative A. W. Chapman*Medlock Street1928
Conservative William Thomas Dagnall*St. Michael's1928
Conservative Harry Derwent-Simpson*Beswick1928
Conservative Samuel Dixon*Moston1928
Liberal John Frowde*Moss Side West1928
Labour James Johnston* St. John's1928
Conservative John Jones*Longsight1928
Conservative Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann*Oxford1928
Conservative Thomas Smethurst*Cheetham1928
Conservative John R. Smith*Collegiate Church1928
Liberal Thomas Turnbull*Withington1928
Conservative Robert Turner*St. Mark's1928
Liberal William Walker*Gorton South1928
Conservative Thomas Watmough*Exchange1928

Caused by the resignation on 3 November 1922 of Alderman William Birkbeck (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 December 1900). [4] [5]

In his place, Councillor Frederick Todd (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 21 July 1905) [6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1922. [7]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative Frederick ToddNew Cross1925

Aldermanic election, 6 December 1922

Caused by the resignation on 29 November 1922 of Alderman Sir Thomas Smethurst (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 January 1910). [8] [9]

In his place, Councillor C. A. Wood (Conservative, Cheetham, elected 1 November 1906) [10] was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 December 1922. [11]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative C. A. WoodCheetham1928

Aldermanic election, 7 February 1923

Caused by the death on 27 January 1923 of Alderman John Frowde (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1904). [12] [13]

In his place, Councillor James Henry Swales (Conservative, St. George's, elected 1 November 1906) [14] was elected as an alderman by the council on 7 February 1923. [15]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative James Henry SwalesMoss Side West1925

Aldermanic election, 1 August 1923

Caused by the death on 15 July 1923 of Alderman Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1911). [16] [17]

In his place, Councillor James Johnson (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 1 November 1906) [18] was elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923. [19]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative James JohnsonOxford1928

By-elections between 1922 and 1923

St. Luke's, 15 August 1923

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Johnson (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 1 November 1906) [20] on 1 August 1923 [21] following the death on 15 July 1923 of Alderman Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1911). [22] [23]

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal T. R. Ackroyd 2,23255.4N/A
Conservative J. W. Higginbottom1,13828.2−28.9
Co-operative Party E. Whiteley66016.4N/A
Majority 1,09427.2
Turnout 4,030
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

[24]

Withington, 24 August 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor J. C. Jones (Liberal, Withington, elected 1 November 1913) [25] on 7 August 1923. [26]

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. A. Lewins1,16551.6N/A
Conservative K. W. Chambers1,09148.4+7.9
Majority 743.2
Turnout 2,256
Liberal hold Swing

[27]

References

  1. ↑ FOUR LOSSES, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1922, p.4
  2. ↑ LABOUR LOSSES IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1922, p.4
  3. ↑ LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1922, p.17
  4. ↑ THE NEW LORD MAYOR, Manchester Guardian, November 4, 1922, p.15
  5. ↑ COUNCIL MEETINGS, Manchester Courier, December 6, 1900, p.9
  6. ↑ CRUMPSALL WARD BYE-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, July 22, 1905, p.18
  7. ↑ LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1922, p.17
  8. ↑ THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 30, 1922, p.11
  9. ↑ MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, January 6, 1910, p.4
  10. ↑ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7
  11. ↑ THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, December 7, 1922, p.11
  12. ↑ CITY ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, January 27, 1923, p.4
  13. ↑ MAYOR'S DAY, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1904, p.8
  14. ↑ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7
  15. ↑ LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Evening News, February 7, 1923, p.6
  16. ↑ SIR THOMAS THORNHILL SHANN, Manchester Guardian, July 16, 1923, p.12
  17. ↑ , Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1911, p.3
  18. ↑ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7
  19. ↑ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
  20. ↑ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7
  21. ↑ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
  22. ↑ SIR THOMAS THORNHILL SHANN, Manchester Guardian, July 16, 1923, p.12
  23. ↑ , Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1911, p.3
  24. ↑ COUNCILLOR T. R. ACKROYD, Manchester Evening News, August 16, 1923, p.7
  25. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1913, p.12
  26. ↑ MR J. C. Jones, Manchester Evening News, August 8, 1923, p.9
  27. ↑ WITHINGTON'S NEW COUNCILLOR, Manchester Evening News, August 25, 1923, p.5
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