1923 Manchester City Council election

1923 Manchester City Council election
â 1922 1 November 1923 1924 â
35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council; 71 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1923 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1923. 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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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	54,724 (45.3%)	2.1	17 (48.6%)	17 / 35	1	75 (53.6%)	75 / 140
Liberal Party	18,842 (15.6%)	6.8	7 (20.0%)	7 / 35	1	32 (22.9%)	32 / 140
Labour Party	41,625 (34.4%)	5.3	10 (28.6%)	10 / 35	2	28 (20.0%)	28 / 140
Independent	3,859 (3.2%)	2.8	1 (2.9%)	1 / 35		5 (3.6%)	5 / 140
Co-operative Party	1,772 (1.5%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140
NFDDSS	57 (0.0%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. O'Loughlin	1,206	36.6	N/A
	Conservative	E. Lewis	1,203	36.5	N/A
	Labour	A. M. Thompson	823	25.0	â36.3
	Independent	A. W. McKelvin	60	1.8	â36.9
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			3,292
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	A. E. B. Alexander*	2,739	51.1	+7.4
	Labour	J. M. Wharton	2,619	48.9	â7.4
Majority			120	2.2
Turnout			5,358
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	W. Robinson*	4,334	52.4	+2.2
	Conservative	J. H. Meachin	3,879	46.9	â2.9
	NFDDSS	C. Reilly	57	0.7	N/A
Majority			455	5.5	+5.1
Turnout			8,270
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	T. S. Williams*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	E. J. Hart*	3,302	51.4	â5.5
	Conservative	G. W. Leggott	3,125	48.6	+5.5
Majority			179	2.8	â11.0
Turnout			6,427
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	S. T. Rowe*	4,537	51.2	+4.3
	Liberal	S. D. Simon	4,321	48.8	â4.3
Majority			216	2.4
Turnout			8,858
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Hill*	976	52.7	+5.8
	Liberal	P. I. Wigoder	876	47.3	+10.7
Majority			100	5.4	â4.8
Turnout			1,852
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	E. Shields	2,764	54.7	+4.4
	Labour	A. Park*	2,286	45.3	â4.4
Majority			478	9.4	+8.8
Turnout			5,050
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	G. S. Grindley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	G. H. White*	2,104	59.8	N/A
	Liberal	J. W. Hampson	1,416	40.2	N/A
Majority			688	19.6	N/A
Turnout			3,520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	A. S. Harper	560	58.6	N/A
	Liberal	A. Nixon	395	41.4	N/A
Majority			165	17.2	N/A
Turnout			8,858
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	E. C. Wilkinson	3,341	57.2	+2.3
	Conservative	J. E. Leicester	2,501	42.8	â2.3
Majority			841	14.4	+4.6
Turnout			5,842
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Hoyle*	3,088	56.6	+7.5
	Labour	A. E. Wolstenholme	2,369	43.4	â5.8
Majority			719	13.2
Turnout			5,457
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	J. Harrison*	3,384	64.1	N/A
	Labour	W. Davis	1,899	35.9	N/A
Majority			1,485	28.2	N/A
Turnout			5,457
	Independent hold		Swing

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	A. James*	3,383	57.1	+15.1
	Conservative	T. McRoy	2,538	42.9	â4.0
Majority			845	14.2
Turnout			5,921
	Labour hold		Swing

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	M. Welsh	2,292	44.6	â17.5
	Conservative	J. Bostock*	1,980	38.5	N/A
	Liberal	W. Turner	867	16.9	â21.0
Majority			312	6.1	â18.1
Turnout			5,139
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. C. Grime*	3,372	58.3	â4.0
	Labour	R. Matthews	2,407	41.7	+4.0
Majority			965	16.6	â8.0
Turnout			5,779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	G. F. Titt*	2,894	57.8	+0.4
	Conservative	A. H. Turner	2,111	42.2	â0.4
Majority			783	15.6	+0.8
Turnout			5,005
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. P. Jackson	2,737	60.7	N/A
	Co-operative Party	E. Beavan	1,772	39.3	N/A
Majority			965	21.4	N/A
Turnout			4,509
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. J. Pine*	2,459	85.6	N/A
	Independent	A. R. Edwards	415	14.4	N/A
Majority			2,044	71.2	N/A
Turnout			2,874
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. E. T. Allen	1,821	46.5	N/A
	Conservative	H. Dale	1,219	31.1	â10.1
	Labour	G. H. Harris	877	22.4	N/A
Majority			602	15.4
Turnout			3,917
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	M. Jagger	2,555	56.9	+16.4
	Conservative	W. Stephenson	1,932	43.1	â0.4
Majority			623	13.8
Turnout			4,487
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	R. W. Shepherd*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	C. H. Barlow*	1,852	42.0	â49.4
	Conservative	S. J. Roberts	1,477	33.5	N/A
	Labour	F. G. Lloyd	1,079	24.5	N/A
Majority			375	8.5	â73.7
Turnout			4,408
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	R. A. Larmuth*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Goodwin	960	53.3	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Wood	842	46.7	N/A
Majority			118	6.6	N/A
Turnout			1,802
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	C. A. Toyn*	2,524	44.5	N/A
	Labour	J. W. O'Neill	1,856	32.7	N/A
	Liberal	A. Todd	1,289	22.8	N/A
Majority			668	11.8	N/A
Turnout			5,669
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Hinchliffe*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Full council

All Saints'

Ardwick

Beswick

Blackley

Bradford

Cheetham

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Collegiate Church

Collyhurst

Crumpsall

Didsbury

Exchange

Gorton North

Gorton South

Harpurhey

Levenshulme

Longsight

Medlock Street

Miles Platting

Moss Side East

Moss Side West

Moston

New Cross

Newton Heath

Openshaw

Oxford

Rusholme

St. Ann's

St. Clement's

St. George's

St. John's

St. Luke's

St. Mark's

St. Michael's

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. W. Higginbottom	2,260	52.4	â4.7
	Liberal	C. Herford*	2,053	47.6	N/A
Majority			207	4.8	â22.6
Turnout			4,313
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	C. Wood	3,309	58.0	+5.7
	Conservative	W. Chapman*	2,399	42.0	â5.7
Majority			910	16.0	+11.4
Turnout			5,708
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	W. A. Lewins*	1,904	55.3	N/A
	Conservative	K. W. Chambers	1,540	44.7	+4.2
Majority			364	10.6
Turnout			3,444
	Liberal hold		Swing