1935 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1935. One-third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.^[1]^[2]

Quick facts 16 of 64 seats on Salford City Council 33 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

â 1934

1 November 1935 (1935-11-01)

1936 â

16 of 64 seats on Salford City Council
33 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Independent
Last election	8 seats, 51.2%	7 seats, 42.8%	1 seats, 5.8%
Seats before	29	25	5
Seats won	8	5	3
Seats after	27	26	6
Seat change	2	1	1
Popular vote	24,803	15,332	8,730
Percentage	50.0%	30.9%	17.6%
Swing	1.2%	11.9%	11.8%

	Fourth party

Party	Liberal
Last election	0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	5
Seats won	0
Seats after	5
Seat change
Popular vote	755
Percentage	1.5%
Swing	1.5%

Map of results of 1935 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

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Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Labour Party	24,803 (50.0%)	1.2	8 (50.0%)	8 / 16	2	27 (42.2%)	27 / 64
Conservative Party	15,332 (30.9%)	11.9	5 (31.3%)	5 / 16	1	26 (40.6%)	26 / 64
Independent	8,730 (17.6%)	11.8	3 (18.8%)	3 / 16	1	6 (9.4%)	6 / 64
Liberal Party	755 (1.5%)	1.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 16		5 (7.8%)	5 / 64

Full council

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27	5	6	26

Aldermen

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2	5	1	8

Councillors

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25	5	18

Ward results

Albert Park

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Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Clarke*	1,881	56.4	+3.9
	Labour	W. Wolfson	1,457	43.6	â3.9
Majority			424	12.8	+7.8
Turnout			3,338
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Charlestown

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Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	S. W. Davis*	2,368	56.3	+3.8
	Independent	T. H. Nightingale	1,838	43.7	N/A
Majority			530	12.6	+7.6
Turnout			4,206
	Labour hold		Swing

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Claremont

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Claremont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	J. A. Turner*	2,174	70.4	N/A
	Labour	H. Russell	914	29.6	â4.9
Majority			1,260	40.8
Turnout			3,088
	Independent hold		Swing

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Crescent

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Crescent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	Ald. J. Higginbottom*	1,833	50.6	N/A
	Labour	A. Millwood*	1,790	49.4	â0.3
Majority			43	1.2
Turnout			3,623
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

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Docks

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Docks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	H. Johnson*	1,653	58.3	+5.5
	Labour	W. Crosby	1,184	41.7	â5.5
Majority			469	16.6	+11.0
Turnout			2,837
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Kersal

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Kersal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Mellor	1,696	66.2	N/A
	Labour	L. A. Evans	867	33.8	N/A
Majority			829	32.4	N/A
Turnout			2,563
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Langworthy

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Langworthy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	C. R. V. Haynes	1,787	51.6	+2.3
	Labour	P. Moulson*	1,673	48.4	â2.3
Majority			114	3.2
Turnout			3,460
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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Mandley Park

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Mandley Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	J. Park*	2,016	59.3	+9.7
	Conservative	F. T. B. Luckman	1,381	40.7	â9.7
Majority			635	18.6
Turnout			3,397
	Labour hold		Swing

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Ordsall Park

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Ordsall Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	T. Walsh*	1,985	62.0	â7.7
	Conservative	J. W. Kinder	1,218	38.0	+7.7
Majority			767	24.0	â15.4
Turnout			3,203
	Labour hold		Swing

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Regent

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Regent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	Ald. E. A. Hardy*	2,159	62.3	+0.7
	Conservative	H. Hyman	1,308	37.7	â0.7
Majority			851	24.6	+1.4
Turnout			3,467
	Labour hold		Swing

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St. Matthias'

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St. Matthias'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	J. A. Webb*	2,205	61.8	+0.7
	Conservative	C. R. Bentley	1,361	38.2	N/A
Majority			844	23.6	â1.2
Turnout			3,566
	Labour hold		Swing

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St. Paul's

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St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	L. Webb*	1,423	65.3	+12.8
	Liberal	W. H. J. Evans	755	34.7	N/A
Majority			668	30.6	+25.6
Turnout			2,178
	Labour hold		Swing

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St. Thomas'

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St. Thomas'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	H. J. Vickers*	1,470	52.0	+0.1
	Conservative	A. F. Carroll	1,359	48.0	â0.1
Majority			111	4.0	+0.2
Turnout			2,829
	Labour hold		Swing

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Seedley

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Seedley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	W. F. Cuttiford*	1,670	68.9	+6.7
	Labour	I. Copson	753	31.1	â6.7
Majority			917	37.8	+13.4
Turnout			2,423
	Independent hold		Swing

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Trinity

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Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	J. T. Tattersall*	1,519	55.6	+2.9
	Independent	T. William Richardson	1,215	44.4	N/A
Majority			304	11.2	+5.8
Turnout			2,734
	Labour hold		Swing

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Weaste

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Weaste
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	A. G. Wild*	1,688	62.3	+5.2
	Labour	J. Openshaw	1,020	37.7	â5.2
Majority			668	24.6	+10.4
Turnout			2,708
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1935

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1935, the terms of office of eight aldermen expired.^[3]

The following eight were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1935 for a term of six years.

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	Alderman	Term expires
Labour	Edward Arthur Hardy*	1941
Labour	James Henry Kearns	1941
Labour	Joseph Lemmon	1941
Labour	James Park	1941
Labour	George William Sands	1941
Labour	Thomas Walsh	1941
Labour	James Albert Webb	1941
Labour	Leonard Webb	1941

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Aldermanic election, 5 February 1936

Caused by the death on 22 January 1936 of Alderman George Billington (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 June 1923).^[4]^[5]

In his place, Councillor William Hughes (Independent, Charlestown, elected 28 November 1935; previously 1891-1908, Alderman 1908-35)^[6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 5 February 1936.^[7]

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Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Independent	William Hughes		1938

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By-elections between 1935 and 1936

By-elections, 28 November 1935

Eight by-elections were held on 28 November 1935 to fill vacancies that were created by the appointment of aldermen on 9 November 1935.^[8]

Charlestown

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Henry Kearns (Labour, Charlestown, elected 1 November 1934; previously 1926-31)^[9] on 9 November 1935,^[10] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman William Armstrong (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 July 1934).^[11]^[12]

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Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	W. Hughes	2,210	52.3	+8.6
	Labour	K. M. Grant	2,019	47.7	â8.6
Majority			191	4.6
Turnout			4,229
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

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Mandley Park

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Park (Labour, Mandley Park, elected 1 November 1926)^[13] on 9 November 1935,^[14] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman William Hughes (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 May 1908).^[15]^[16]

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Mandley Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. Greenwood	1,674	50.9	+10.2
	Labour	J. Jackson	1,614	49.1	â10.2
Majority			60	1.8
Turnout			3,288
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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Ordsall Park

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor George William Sands (Labour, Ordsall Park, elected 1 November 1934; previously 1927-30)^[17] on 9 November 1935,^[18] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman William Greenwood (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 October 1927);^[19]^[20] and the election as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Walsh (Labour, Ordsall Park, elected 30 June 1925)^[21] on 9 November 1935,^[22] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman Joseph Jackson (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 April 1932).^[23]^[24]

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Ordsall Park (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	T. James	1,860	53.4	â8.6
	Labour	F. J. Lynch	1,803	51.8	â10.2
	Conservative	J. W. Kinder	1,666	47.9	+9.9
	Independent	R. H. Wooler	1,632	46.9	N/A
Majority			137	3.9	â20.1
Turnout			3,481
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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Regent

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Edward Arthur Hardy (Labour, Regent, elected 1 November 1932; previously 1922-23 and 1923-31)^[25] on 5 June 1935,^[26] following the death on 26 April 1935 of Alderman Samuel Finburgh (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 7 January 1931).^[27]^[28]

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Regent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	A. Millwood	1,833	50.3	â12.0
	Conservative	J. Clark	1,811	49.7	+12.0
Majority			22	0.6	â24.0
Turnout			3,644
	Labour hold		Swing

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St. Matthias'

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Albert Webb (Labour, St. Matthias', elected 1 November 1929)^[29] on 9 November 1935,^[30] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman James Frederick Emery (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 April 1934).^[31]^[32]

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St. Matthias'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	R. Headon	1,590	52.3	â9.5
	Independent	J. Clancy	1,449	47.7	N/A
Majority			141	4.6	â19.0
Turnout			3,039
	Labour hold		Swing

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St. Paul's

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Leonard Webb (Labour, St. Paul's, elected 1 November 1926)^[33] on 9 November 1935,^[34] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman James Higginbottom (Independent, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 January 1932).^[35]^[36]

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St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Labour	P. Moulson	1,324	50.8	â14.5
	Conservative	W. Soar	1,037	39.8	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. J. Evans	243	9.4	â25.3
Majority			287	11.0	â19.6
Turnout			2,604
	Labour hold		Swing

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Trinity

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Lemmon (Labour, Trinity, elected 1 November 1934; previously 1925-31)^[37] on 9 November 1935,^[38] following the defeat on 9 November 1935 of Alderman Joseph Willett (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 25 October 1922).^[39]^[40]

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Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	T. William Richardson	1,464	57.3	+12.9
	Labour	W. Crosby	1,089	42.7	â12.9
Majority			375	14.6
Turnout			2,553
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

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Charlestown, 12 March 1936

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor William Hughes (Independent, Charlestown, elected 28 November 1935; previously 1891-1908, Alderman 1908-35)^[41] on 5 February 1936,^[42] following the death on 22 January 1936 of Alderman George Billington (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 June 1923).^[43]^[44]

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Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Independent	T. H. Nightingale	1,484	50.7	â1.6
	Labour	K. M. Grant	1,445	49.3	+1.6
Majority			39	1.4	â3.2
Turnout			2,929
	Independent hold		Swing

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References

[1]
SLENDER LABOUR GRIP, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1935, p.5
[2]
LABOUR LOSES SEATS IN SALFORD BUT "CAPTURES" COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1935, p.15
[3]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[4]
DEATH OF ALDERMAN BILLINGTON, Manchester Guardian, January 23, 1936, p.11
[5]
POLITICAL MEETINGS IN THE PARKS, Manchester Guardian, June 7, 1923, p.9
[6]
LABOUR SETBACK IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 29, 1935, p.13
[7]
STREET BETTING, Manchester Guardian, February 6, 1936, p.6
[8]
LABOUR SETBACK IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 29, 1935, p.13
[9]
LABOUR IN SALFORD TO WAIT A YEAR FOR CONTROL, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1934, p.12
[10]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[11]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[12]
A NEW SALFORD ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, July 5, 1934, p.11
[13]
SALFORD FIGHT, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1926, p.12
[14]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[15]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[16]
SALFORD AFFAIRS, Manchester Evening News, May 6, 1908, p.3
[17]
LABOUR TRIUMPH IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1933, p.12
[18]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[19]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[20]
SALFORD COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 6, 1927, p.13
[21]
A LABOUR GAIN IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, July 1, 1925, p.11
[22]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[23]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[24]
COST OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, Manchester Guardian, April 7, 1932, p.11
[25]
SALFORD CONTESTS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1932, p.14
[26]
SALFORD DOG-RACING DAYS, Manchester Guardian, June 6, 1935, p.11
[27]
DEATHS, Manchester Guardian, April 27, 1935, p.7
[28]
NEW ALDERMAN FOR SALFORD, Manchester Evening News, January 7, 1931, p.4
[29]
SALFORD LABOUR IN THE SADDLE, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1929, p.18
[30]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[31]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[32]
DULL CHILDREN, Manchester Guardian, April 5, 1934, p.4
[33]
SALFORD FIGHT, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1926, p.12
[34]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[35]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[36]
HOUSING SCHEMES IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, January 7, 1932, p.11
[37]
LABOUR IN SALFORD TO WAIT A YEAR FOR CONTROL, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1934, p.12
[38]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[39]
EIGHT LABOUR ALDERMEN ELECTED IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1935, p.13
[40]
THE SALFORD COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1922, p.11
[41]
LABOUR SETBACK IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 29, 1935, p.13
[42]
STREET BETTING, Manchester Guardian, February 6, 1936, p.6
[43]
DEATH OF ALDERMAN BILLINGTON, Manchester Guardian, January 23, 1936, p.11
[44]
POLITICAL MEETINGS IN THE PARKS, Manchester Guardian, June 7, 1923, p.9
[45]
BY-ELECTION IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, March 13, 1936, p.11

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Albert Park

Charlestown

Claremont

Crescent

Docks

Kersal

Langworthy

Mandley Park

Ordsall Park

Regent

St. Matthias'

St. Paul's

St. Thomas'

Seedley

Trinity

Weaste

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1935

Aldermanic election, 5 February 1936

By-elections, 28 November 1935

Charlestown

Mandley Park

Ordsall Park

Regent

St. Matthias'

St. Paul's

Trinity

Charlestown, 12 March 1936

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