1919 Manchester City Council election

1919 Manchester City Council election
47 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council; 70 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1919 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1919. 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 lost overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election result edit

Party	Votes	Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	40,127 (33.1%)	12 (25.5%)	12 / 47	17	60 (42.9%)	60 / 140
Liberal Party	21,884 (18.1%)	12 (25.5%)	12 / 47	3	42 (30.0%)	42 / 140
Labour Party	42,605 (35.2%)	19 (40.4%)	19 / 47	15	34 (24.3%)	34 / 140
Independent	7,493 (6.2%)	2 (4.3%)	2 / 47	2	2 (1.4%)	2 / 140
Co-operative Party	5,451 (4.5%)	2 (4.3%)	2 / 47	2	2 (1.4%)	2 / 140
Independent Liberal	1,562 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 47	1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140
Women's Party	1,238 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 47		0 (0.0%)	0 / 140
Coalition Labour	719 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 47		0 (0.0%)	0 / 140

Full council edit

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34	2	42	2	60

Aldermen edit

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3	10	22

Councillors edit

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31	2	32	2	38

Ward results edit

All Saints' edit

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. E. Hutchinson	873	53.7
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne*	752	46.3
Majority			121	7.4
Turnout			1,652	20.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Ardwick edit

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Weate	2,355	65.1
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman*	1,264	34.9
Majority			1,091	30.1
Turnout			3,619	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Beswick edit

Beswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. E. Smith	2,858	63.4
	Labour	P. J. Wall	2,783	61.8
	Labour	W. Robinson	2,772	61.5
	Conservative	T. W. H. Preston*	1,777	39.4
	Conservative	O. R. Whittaker*	1,679	37.3
	Conservative	J. Fiddiham	1,647	36.6
Majority			995	22.1
Turnout			4,505	36.3
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Blackley edit

Blackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. D. Canavan	1,767	53.8
	Labour	R. Coppock	1,751	53.3
	Liberal	A. Taylor*	1,180	35.9
	Co-operative Party	W. Holden	1,090	33.2
	Conservative	John Lees	1,082	32.9
	Conservative	R. H. Morris	1,034	31.5
	Liberal	T. S. Williams	1,000	30.5
	Conservative	J. W. Howarth	947	28.8
Majority			90	2.7
Turnout			3,284	41.9
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Bradford edit

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. W. Sutton	2,263	57.1
	Conservative	G. W. Pendlebury*	1,699	42.9
Majority			569	14.4
Turnout			3,962	42.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cheetham edit

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. A. Wood*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy edit

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. Davies	3,414	67.0
	Conservative	J. C. Booth*	1,685	33.0
Majority			1,729	33.9
Turnout			5,099	37.3
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Collegiate Church edit

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Elliott*	811	48.9
	Liberal	H. A. Nathan	458	27.6
	Independent	D. Gouldman	391	23.6
Majority			353	21.3
Turnout			1,660	48.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collyhurst edit

Collyhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Jagger	2,359	89.6
	Liberal	H. Lee	1,593	60.5
	Co-operative Party	A. Park	1,454	55.2
	Conservative	H. E. Storey	1,011	38.4
	Conservative	J. H. Stovell	776	29.5
	Conservative	S. Bloor	706	26.8
Majority			443	16.8
Turnout			2,633	29.5
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Co-operative Party win (new seat)

Crumpsall edit

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

Didsbury edit

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. D. Simon*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange edit

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. L. Hardcastle*	440	73.1
	Liberal	G. Gill	162	26.9
Majority			278	46.2
Turnout			602	27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorton North edit

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Crompton	2,201	75.4
	Coalition Labour	F. Zanetti	719	24.6
Majority			1,482	50.8
Turnout			2,920	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South edit

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Lee	1,875	54.6
	Independent Liberal	T. R. Day*	1,562	45.4
Majority			313	9.1
Turnout			3,437	37.1
	Labour gain from Independent Liberal		Swing

Harpurhey edit

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Lundy	2,401	72.6
	Conservative	T. McRoy*	904	27.4
Majority			1,497	45.3
Turnout			3,305	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Levenshulme edit

Levenshulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	M. E. Mitchell*	2,221	53.2
	Liberal	R. S. Harper*	2,191	52.5
	Independent	J. Harrison*	2,104	50.4
	Labour	L. B. Cox	1,854	44.4
	Co-operative Party	E. C. Arundale	1,432	34.3
	Conservative	L. Dobson*	1,381	33.1
	Conservative	F. Fenn*	1,333	32.0
Majority			250	6.0
Turnout			4,172	43.6
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Longsight edit

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	W. Cundiff*	1,757	52.0
	Labour	E. J. Hookway	1,625	48.0
Majority			132	4.0
Turnout			3,382	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street edit

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. H. S. Redmond	2,130	61.9
	Labour	C. Beamand	1,310	38.1
Majority			820	23.8
Turnout			3,440	30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting edit

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. E. Wood*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side East edit

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. Hales	1,953	68.6
	Conservative	F. W. W. Breakell*	895	31.4
Majority			1,058	37.1
Turnout			2,848	37.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Moss Side West edit

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Birley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moston edit

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Mellor*	2,714	80.9
	Labour	P. Gregson	2,233	66.6
	Co-operative Party	T. Horrocks	1,475	44.0
	Conservative	J. Bostock	1,122	33.4
	Liberal	G. Ward	1,027	30.6
	Conservative	E. Eady	812	24.2
	Liberal	H. Case	678	20.2
Majority			353	10.5
Turnout			3,354	39.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Co-operative Party win (new seat)

New Cross edit

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Taylor*	2,515	80.7
	Liberal	J. Miller	2,102	67.5
	Conservative	J. C. Grime*	2,037	65.4
	Conservative	C. B. Walker*	1,455	46.7
	Women's Party	E. Jones Davies	1,238	39.7
Majority			582	18.7
Turnout			3,116	32.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newton Heath edit

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. L. Martin	2,119	64.9
	Conservative	J. Goodwin	1,147	35.1
Majority			972	29.8
Turnout			3,266	41.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Openshaw edit

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Toole*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford edit

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	R. Noton Barclay*	355	51.7
	Conservative	R. W. Shepherd*	331	48.3
Majority			24	3.5
Turnout			686	24.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme edit

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. F. M. Sutton*	1,893	66.5
	Conservative	T. T. Shann	1,074	37.7
Majority			819	28.8
Turnout			2,848	35.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's edit

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. G. Litton*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's edit

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. H. Helm*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. George's edit

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G. Oddy*	1,657	60.5
	Conservative	C. A. Toyn	1,081	39.5
Majority			576	21.0
Turnout			2,738	25.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's edit

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Foden*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's edit

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Johnson*	1,854	50.1
	Independent	G. Milner	1,845	49.9
Majority			9	0.2
Turnout			3,699	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mark's edit

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	G. Hall	2,543	51.4
	Independent	R. Turner*	2,401	48.6
Majority			142	2.9
Turnout			4,944	49.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St. Michael's edit

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	T. Ronan	1,949	52.8
	Conservative	T. Hoyle*	1,741	47.2
Majority			208	5.6
Turnout			3,690	57.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Withington edit

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. F. Massey*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

References edit

^ "Municipal Elections: Labour's Sweeping Victories". Manchester Guardian. 3 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "The New City Council: Conservative Dominance Gone In Manchester". Manchester Guardian. 4 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^ "Manchester New Ward Results: Labour Improves Its Position". Manchester Guardian. 4 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[1] "Municipal Elections: Labour's Sweeping Victories". Manchester Guardian. 3 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[2] "The New City Council: Conservative Dominance Gone In Manchester". Manchester Guardian. 4 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

[3] "Manchester New Ward Results: Labour Improves Its Position". Manchester Guardian. 4 November 1919. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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