1925 Manchester City Council election

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1925 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 Labour Liberal
Last election16 seats,
43.5%		9 seats,
34.6%		8 seats,
19.6%
Seats before723231
Seats won16126
Seats after743428
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote57,89649,04623,473
Percentage42.0%35.6%17.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.5%Increase2.svg1.0%Decrease2.svg2.6%
 Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election2 seats,
2.0%
Seats before5
Seats won1
Seats after4
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote5,011
Percentage3.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.6%
Manchester 1925.png
Map of results of 1925 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1925. 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 57,896 (42.0%)
Decrease2.svg 1.516 (45.7%)
16 / 35
Increase2.svg 274 (52.9%)
74 / 140
Labour Party 49,046 (35.6%)
Increase2.svg 1.012 (34.3%)
12 / 35
Increase2.svg 234 (24.3%)
34 / 140
Liberal Party 23,473 (17.0%)
Decrease2.svg 2.66 (17.1%)
6 / 35
Decrease2.svg 328 (20.0%)
28 / 140
Independent 5,011 (3.6%)
Increase2.svg 1.61 (2.9%)
1 / 35
Decrease2.svg 14 (2.3%)
4 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values 1,973 (1.4%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
Residents 328 (0.2%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 140

Full council

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Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. E. Hutchinson*1,83750.2+10.7
Liberal W. G. Coltart1,82449.8N/A
Majority 130.4
Turnout 3,66143.9
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Weate*3,40153.8+9.0
Conservative J. Whittle2,92546.2−9.0
Majority 4767.6
Turnout 6,32660.8
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour H. Thorneycroft* 4,75463.0N/A
Conservative J. W. Brownhill2,79237.0N/A
Majority 1,96226.0N/A
Turnout 7,54661.6N/A
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. Bentley*3,03865.9N/A
Labour F. Gregson1,57034.1+2.3
Majority 1,46831.8
Turnout 4,60851.1
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. W. Sutton*3,70059.9N/A
Conservative J. G. Kilbourne2,48240.1N/A
Majority 1,21819.8N/A
Turnout 6,18258.2N/A
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. C. Kidd*3,00664.3N/A
Labour J. T. Abbott1,67235.7N/A
Majority 1,33428.6N/A
Turnout 4,67855.0N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. T. Burrows4,88851.9+4.9
Liberal W. E. Davies* 4,30845.7−7.3
Residents N. E. Walker2242.4N/A
Majority 5806.2
Turnout 9,42058.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Collegiate Church

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

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative F. Brine*3,03550.2−1.2
Labour P. L. Martin3,01349.8+1.2
Majority 220.4−2.4
Turnout 6,04864.1
Conservative hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Dennison*2,27871.1N/A
Labour F. C. Mason92528.9N/A
Majority 1,35342.2N/A
Turnout 3,20357.4N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Levinstein2,36059.5+22.4
Liberal J. W. Hampson1,60540.5−22.4
Majority 75519.0
Turnout 3,96563.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. L. Hardcastle*57063.5N/A
Liberal E. Barker32736.5N/A
Majority 24327.0N/A
Turnout 89753.6N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. F. Reganuncontested
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A. Lee*uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. Lundy*3,04050.4+5.2
Conservative E. E. Walsh2,99249.6−5.2
Majority 480.8
Turnout 6,03261.0
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

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

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Cundiff*3,78367.6+22.0
Co-operative Party T. Anderson1,53627.4N/A
Independent M. E. Greenwood2805.0−15.1
Majority 2,24740.2+14.7
Turnout 5,59954.4
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative C. H. S. Redmond*3,18158.0−11.5
Labour E. Chorlton2,30642.0+11.8
Majority 87516.0−23.3
Turnout 5,48744.7
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour D. Taylor3,93953.4+3.5
Conservative J. Travis*3,43646.6−3.5
Majority 5036.8
Turnout 7,37572.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent E. Hales*2,03249.0N/A
Conservative R. McDowell2,00948.5+1.9
Residents A. R. Edwards872.1−0.6
Residents A. M. Edwards170.4−2.3
Majority 230.5
Turnout 4,14550.9
Independent hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. H. Birley*2,51156.0+3.7
English League for the Taxation of Land Values A. H. Weller1,97344.0N/A
Majority 53812.0+7.4
Turnout 4,48449.9
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour W. R. Mellor*3,02858.6+11.7
Liberal A. Forsyth2,14041.4+22.6
Majority 88817.2+4.6
Turnout 5,16858.4
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour T. M. Larrad3,22352.0−0.4
Conservative J. Milner*2,97548.0N/A
Majority 2484.0−0.8
Turnout 6,19862.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. F. Robinson*2,90550.3N/A
Labour H. Frankland2,86649.7+11.3
Majority 390.6
Turnout 5,77162.7
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour J. Toole* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Oxford

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

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal E. F. M. Sutton*3,18781.2N/A
Labour W. Davis74018.8N/A
Majority 2,44762.4N/A
Turnout 3,92744.7N/A
Liberal hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative E. Green*73663.2N/A
Liberal J. G. Haworth42836.8N/A
Majority 30826.4N/A
Turnout 1,16447.6N/A
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. D. Judson1,00050.6N/A
Liberal W. H. Wood97549.4N/A
Majority 251.2N/A
Turnout 1,97564.3N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal G. Oddy*2,53050.8+30.0
Labour J. G. Clapham2,44949.2+9.7
Majority 811.6
Turnout 4,97942.2
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

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

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal T. R. Ackroyd* 3,11155.2+17.4
Conservative T. Harrison2,52244.8−17.4
Majority 58910.4
Turnout 5,63353.6
Liberal hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour G. Hall*4,05667.8+5.3
Conservative E. Filmer1,92532.2+1.4
Majority 2,13135.6+3.9
Turnout 5,98158.3
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative G. H. Dale*1,77239.5−2.6
Labour E. Downey1,74739.0−18.9
Independent J. Hoy96521.5N/A
Majority 250.5
Turnout 4,48468.3
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Challoner1,81341.9−8.0
Independent L. F. Massey*1,73440.1N/A
Labour W. Johnston78018.0N/A
Majority 791.8
Turnout 4,32763.2
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1925

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1925, the terms of office of seventeen aldermen expired. [3]

The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1925 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal James Bowes*Miles Platting1931
Liberal James Bowie*St. Clement's1931
Conservative Henry Richard Box*Moss Side East1931
Conservative Tom Cook*Openshaw1931
Labour Tom Fox*Bradford1931
Liberal Hermann Goldschmidt*Collyhurst1931
Conservative Walter Harwood*Didsbury1931
Conservative T. H. HinchcliffeSt. Luke's1931
Conservative Edward Holt*Crumpsall1931
Conservative Christopher Hornby*All Saints'1931
Labour William Jackson*Blackley1931
Conservative William Kay*St. George's1931
Liberal Henry Plummer*Rusholme1931
Conservative Frederick Todd*New Cross1931
Conservative John Turner*Chorlton-cum-Hardy1931
Conservative F. J. West*Beswick1931
Conservative Samuel WoollamGorton North1931

By-elections between 1925 and 1926

References

  1. ↑ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
  2. ↑ MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOMINATIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1925, p.5
  3. ↑ CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
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