1913 Manchester City Council election
Local election in Manchester
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1913. 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]
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1 November 1913
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Election result
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 18,180 (44.2%) |  5.0 |
17 (48.6%) | 17 / 35 |
2 |
76 (54.3%) | 76 / 140 | |||
| Liberal Party | 12,015 (29.2%) | 0.2 |
11 (31.4%) | 11 / 35 |
 2 |
41 (29.3%) | 41 / 140 | |||
| Labour Party | 7,855 (19.1%) | 2.1 |
6 (17.1%) | 6 / 35 |
1 |
15 (10.7%) | 15 / 140 | |||
| Independent | 2,457 (6.0%) | 5.1 |
1 (3.9%) | 1 / 35 |
1 |
8 (5.7%) | 8 / 140 | |||
| British Socialist Party | 642 (1.6%) | 0.2 |
0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35 |
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140 | |||
Full council
| 15 | 41 | 8 | 76 |
Aldermen
| 14 | 1 | 20 |
Councillors
| 15 | 27 | 7 | 58 |
Ward results
All Saints'
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | M. J. O'Loughlin* | 837 | 59.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | J. E. Hutchinson | 571 | 40.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 266 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,408 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Ardwick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | K. W. Jones | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Blackley & Moston
Bradford
Cheetham
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Turner* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Collegiate Church
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Hill* | 560 | 66.0 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal | E. J. Bainbridge | 289 | 34.0 | â13.2 | |
| Majority | 271 | 32.0 | +26.4 | ||
| Turnout | 849 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Crumpsall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. Wood* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Didsbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | H. H. Bowden | 839 | 51.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal | J. W. Cook* | 795 | 48.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 44 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,634 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Gorton North
Gorton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | R. J. Davies | 915 | 55.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | J. Carpenter | 748 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 167 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,663 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Harpurhey
Levenshulme North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Dobson* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Levenshulme South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. W. W. Breakell* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Longsight
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | E. Whiteley | 1,182 | 52.4 | +14.7 | |
| Conservative | R. Bothwell | 1,073 | 47.6 | â14.7 | |
| Majority | 109 | 4.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,255 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Medlock Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. J. Pine | 1,726 | 60.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal | J. H. Dawson | 1,148 | 39.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 578 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,874 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Miles Platting
Moss Side East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. Howard | 1,101 | 51.9 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal | J. Wynne* | 1,021 | 48.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 80 | 3.8 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,122 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Moss Side West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. Mathewson Watson | 1,077 | 51.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | J. H. Birley* | 1,002 | 48.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 75 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,079 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
New Cross
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. C. Grime* | 2,336 | 78.4 | +12.8 | |
| Liberal | G. Howarth | 1,481 | 49.7 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | J. T. Jones* | 1,071 | 35.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 410 | 13.8 | |||
| Turnout | 2,980 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Newton Heath
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. J. West* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Openshaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | G. F. Titt* | 1,617 | 50.0 | â33.1 | |
| Conservative | D. C. Goodman | 1,433 | 44.3 | N/A | |
| British Socialist Party | W. Green | 183 | 5.7 | â11.2 | |
| Majority | 184 | 5.7 | â60.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,233 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Oxford
Rusholme
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. D. Chantler* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Ann's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | F. M. S. Grant | 578 | 52.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | W. Butterworth | 515 | 47.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 63 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,093 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Clement's
St. George's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Kay* | 1,510 | 76.7 | N/A | |
| British Socialist Party | A. Mole | 459 | 23.3 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 1,051 | 53.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,969 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. James'
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | A. H. Megson* | 311 | 50.8 | â0.4 | |
| Liberal | W. Thomson | 301 | 49.2 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 10 | 1.6 | â0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 612 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. John's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Hinchliffe* | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Luke's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. H. Thewlis* | 1,667 | 54.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | A. E. B. Alexander | 1,407 | 45.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 260 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,074 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Mark's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | W. Chapman* | 991 | 58.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | G. Hall | 709 | 41.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 282 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,700 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Michael's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | J. Reilly | 1,347 | 52.7 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | A. Hibbert* | 1,211 | 47.3 | â3.0 | |
| Majority | 136 | 5.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,558 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Withington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | J. C. Jones | 931 | 54.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | R. R. Shaw | 782 | 45.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 149 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,713 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic elections
Aldermanic election, 10 November 1913
At the meeting of the council on 10 November 1913, the terms of office of eighteen aldermen expired.[3]
The following eighteen were elected as aldermen by the council on 10 November 1913 for a term of six years.
| Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. K. Ashton* | Ardwick | 1919 | |
| Conservative | R. A. D. Carter* | Levenshulme South | 1919 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Dixon* | 1919 | ||
| Conservative | James Fildes* | Openshaw | 1919 | |
| Liberal | John Frowde* | Moss Side West | 1919 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Hassall* | 1919 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Jennison* | St. Ann's | 1919 | |
| Conservative | John Jones* | Longsight | 1919 | |
| Liberal | Daniel McCabe* | St. Michael's | 1919 | |
| Conservative | W. T. Rothwell* | Oxford | 1919 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Thornhill Shann* | 1919 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Smethurst* | Cheetham | 1919 | |
| Conservative | John R. Smith* | Collegiate Church | 1919 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Turnbull* | Withington | 1919 | |
| Liberal | John Ward* | St. John's | 1919 | |
| Liberal | W. H. Wainwright* | Medlock Street | 1919 | |
| Liberal | William Walker* | Gorton South | 1919 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Watmough | 1919 | ||
Aldermanic election, 21 January 1914
Caused by the resignation on 3 January 1914 of Alderman Sir William H. Vaudrey (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 19 November 1902).[4][5]
In his place, Councillor George Howarth (Liberal, New Cross, elected 1 November 1913; previously 1875-84, 1900-10, and 1910-12)[6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 21 January 1914.[7]
| Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | George Howarth | Exchange | 1916 | |
Aldermanic election, 20 May 1914
Caused by the death on 2 May 1914 of Alderman Charles Jennison (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 February 1904).[8][9]
In his place, Councillor T. C. Abbott (Liberal, St. Clement's, elected 1 November 1910; previously 1890-96 and 1901-09)[10] was elected as an alderman by the council on 20 May 1914.[11]
| Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | T. C. Abbott | St. Ann's | 1919 | |
By-elections between 1913 and 1914
By-elections, 21 November 1913
Three by-elections were held on 21 November 1913 to fill vacancies which had arisen in the city council.[12]
Harpurhey
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Hargreaves (Conservative, Harpurhey, elected 1 November 1906)[13] on 10 November 1913.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. McRoy | 1,924 | 46.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | R. Bebbington | 1,489 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | J. Bailey | 721 | 17.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 435 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,134 | 53.5 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
New Cross
Caused by the resignation of Councillor C. E. B. Russell (Conservative, New Cross, elected 1 November 1912)[15] on 10 November 1913.[16]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | C. B. Walker | 1,755 | 59.0 | â19.4 | |
| Labour | F. Lowe | 1,218 | 41.0 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 537 | 18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,973 | 49.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. John's
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Watmough (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1899)[17] on 10 November 1913,[18] following the resignation on 10 November 1913 of Alderman John Richards (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 October 1897).[19][20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Bayliss | 339 | 51.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal | H. Forth | 322 | 48.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 17 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 661 | 69.2 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
New Cross, 3 February 1914
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor George Howarth (Liberal, New Cross, elected 1 November 1913; previously 1875-84, 1900-10, and 1910-12)[21] on 21 January 1914[22] following the resignation on 3 January 1914 of Alderman Sir William H. Vaudrey (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 19 November 1902).[23][24]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | O. R. Whittaker | 1,240 | 53.2 | â25.2 | |
| Labour | F. Lowe | 1,019 | 43.7 | +7.8 | |
| British Socialist Party | F. W. Sanderson | 73 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 221 | 9.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,332 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
By-elections, 30 May 1914
Two by-elections were held on 30 May 1914 to fill vacancies which had arisen in the city council.[26]
Blackley & Moston
Caused by the death of Councillor George Bennett (Liberal, Blackley & Moston, elected 1 November 1902)[27] on 11 May 1914.[28]
St. Clement's
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor T. C. Abbott (Liberal, St. Clement's, elected 1 November 1910; previously 1890-96 and 1901-09)[29] on 20 May 1914[30] following the death on 2 May 1914 of Alderman Charles Jennison (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 February 1904).[31][32]
Moss Side West, 12 October 1914
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Flanagan (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 26 April 1907)[33] on 7 October 1914.[34]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. H. Birley | uncontested | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||