1919 Manchester City Council election

1919 Manchester City Council election
47 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council; 71 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] These were first local elections held in Manchester since the outbreak of the First World War.

Election result

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
Co-operative Party	5,451 (4.5%)		2 (4.3%)	2 / 47	2	2 (1.4%)	2 / 140
Independent	7,493 (6.2%)		2 (4.3%)	2 / 47	2	1 (0.7%)	1 / 140
NFDDSS	0 (0.0%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.7%)	1 / 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

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34	2	42	1	1	60

Aldermen

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3	10	22

Councillors

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31	2	32	1	1	38

Ward results

All Saints'

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

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	H. Weate	2,355	65.1
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman*	1,264	34.9
Majority			1,091	30.2
Turnout			3,619	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Beswick

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

Blackley (3 vacancies)
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	J. 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

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

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. E. 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

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

Collyhurst (3 vacancies)
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

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

Didsbury

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

Exchange

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

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Compton	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

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

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

Levenshulme (3 vacancies)
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

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

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

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

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. Hales	1,953	68.6
	Conservative	F. W. W. Breakall*	895	31.4
Majority			1,058	37.2
Turnout			2,848	37.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Moss Side West

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

Moston

Moston (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. R. Mellor*	2,714	80.9
	Labour	F. 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

New Cross (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Taylor*	2,515	80.7
	Liberal	J. Milner	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

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

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

Oxford

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

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

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

St. Clement's

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

St. George's

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

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

St. Luke's

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

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

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

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

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 10 November 1919

At the meeting of the council on 10 November 1919, the terms of office of seventeen aldermen expired.^[4]

The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 10 November 1919 for a term of six years.

	Alderman	Ward	Term expires
Liberal	William Birkbeck*	New Cross	1925
Liberal	James Bowes*	Miles Platting	1925
Conservative	Henry Richard Box*	Moss Side East	1925
Conservative	Richard Burtles*	Beswick	1925
Independent Labour	Tom Cook*	Openshaw	1925
Labour	Tom Fox*	Bradford	1925
Liberal	Hermann Goldschmidt*	Collyhurst	1925
Conservative	Walter Harwood*	Didsbury	1925
Conservative	Edward Holt*	Crumpsall	1925
Conservative	Christopher Hornby*	All Saints'	1925
Labour	William Jackson*	Blackley	1925
Conservative	William Kay*	St. George's	1925
Conservative	William Lane-Scott*	St. Luke's	1925
Conservative	Nathan Meadowcroft*	St. Clement's	1925
Independent	Fletcher Moss*	Chorlton-cum-Hardy	1925
Liberal	Fred Pogson*	Gorton North	1925
Liberal	Henry Plummer*	Rusholme	1925

Aldermanic election, 4 February 1920

Caused by the death on 26 December 1919 of Alderman Fletcher Moss (Independent, elected as an alderman by the council on 18 November 1909).^[5]^[6]

In his place, Councillor John Turner (Conservative, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 1 November 1904)^[7] was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 February 1920.^[8]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John Turner	Chorlton-cum-Hardy	1925

Aldermanic election, 17 March 1920

Caused by the death on 23 February 1920 of Alderman Nathan Meadowcroft (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1916).^[9]^[10]

In his place, Councillor James Bowie (Liberal, Moss Side East, elected 1 November 1904)^[11] was elected as an alderman by the council on 17 March 1920.^[12]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	James Bowie	St. Clement's	1925

By-elections between 1919 and 1920

Ardwick, 24 November 1919

Caused by the resignation through ill-health of Councillor J. M. McLachlan (Labour, Ardwick, elected 1 November 1911)^[13] on 6 November 1919.^[14]

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. C. Wallhead*	1,683	50.1	−15.0
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman	1,678	49.9	+15.0
Majority			5	0.2	−30.0
Turnout			3,361	33.7	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

^[15]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 21 February 1920

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Turner (Conservative, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 1 November 1904)^[16] on 4 February 1920,^[17] following the death on 26 December 1919 of Alderman Fletcher Moss (Independent, elected as an alderman by the council on 18 November 1909).^[18]^[19]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. W. G. Coombs	2,119	50.8	+17.8
	Liberal	J. H. Dawson	2,049	49.2	−17.8
Majority			70	1.6
Turnout			4,168	30.5	−6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[20]

Moss Side East, 30 March 1920

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Bowie (Liberal, Moss Side East, elected 1 November 1904)^[21] on 17 March 1920,^[22]^[23] following the death on 23 February 1920 of Alderman Nathan Meadowcroft (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1916).^[24]^[25]

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. B. Howie	1,201	62.7	−5.9
	Conservative	J. C. Brister	713	37.3	+5.9
Majority			488	25.4	−11.8
Turnout			1,914	25.2	−12.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[26]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 15 June 1920

Caused by the death of Councillor John Coombs (Conservative, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 21 February 1920)^[27] on 25 May 1920.^[28]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. T. Rowe	2,992	60.4	+9.6
	Liberal	J. H. Dawson	1,965	39.6	−9.6
Majority			1,027	20.8	+19.2
Turnout			4,957	36.3	+5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[29]

References

^ "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.
^ RE-ELECTION OF CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1919, p.3
^ ALDERMAN FLETCHER MOSS, Manchester Guardian, December 29, 1919, p.8
^ MR ALDERMAN EVANS, Manchester Guardian, November 18, 1909, p.12
^ THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9
^ NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4
^ ALDERMAN N. MEADOWCROFT, Manchester Guardian, February 25, 1920, p.16
^ MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 5, 1916, p.6
^ THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9
^ PERPETUAL RENTS, Manchester Guardian, March 17, 1920, p.6
^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1911, p.8
^ A MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL VACANCY, Manchester Guardian, November 7, 1919, p.14
^ ANOTHER LABOUR SUCCESS, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1919, p.9
^ THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9
^ NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4
^ ALDERMAN FLETCHER MOSS, Manchester Guardian, December 29, 1919, p.8
^ MR ALDERMAN EVANS, Manchester Guardian, November 18, 1909, p.12
^ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1920, p.16
^ THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9
^ Moss Side East Ward, Manchester Guardian, March 3, 1920, p.5
^ PERPETUAL RENTS, Manchester Guardian, March 17, 1920, p.6
^ ALDERMAN N. MEADOWCROFT, Manchester Guardian, February 25, 1920, p.16
^ MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 5, 1916, p.6
^ MANCHESTER COUNCIL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 31, 1920, p.9
^ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1920, p.16
^ MR. J. W. G. COOMBS, Manchester Guardian, May 26, 1920, p.11
^ CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY WARD, Manchester Guardian, June 16, 1920, p.8

[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.

[4] RE-ELECTION OF CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1919, p.3

[5] ALDERMAN FLETCHER MOSS, Manchester Guardian, December 29, 1919, p.8

[6] MR ALDERMAN EVANS, Manchester Guardian, November 18, 1909, p.12

[7] THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9

[8] NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4

[9] ALDERMAN N. MEADOWCROFT, Manchester Guardian, February 25, 1920, p.16

[10] MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 5, 1916, p.6

[11] THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9

[12] PERPETUAL RENTS, Manchester Guardian, March 17, 1920, p.6

[13] MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1911, p.8

[14] A MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL VACANCY, Manchester Guardian, November 7, 1919, p.14

[15] ANOTHER LABOUR SUCCESS, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1919, p.9

[16] THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9

[17] NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4

[18] ALDERMAN FLETCHER MOSS, Manchester Guardian, December 29, 1919, p.8

[19] MR ALDERMAN EVANS, Manchester Guardian, November 18, 1909, p.12

[20] MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1920, p.16

[21] THE NEW WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1904, p.9

[22] Moss Side East Ward, Manchester Guardian, March 3, 1920, p.5

[23] PERPETUAL RENTS, Manchester Guardian, March 17, 1920, p.6

[24] ALDERMAN N. MEADOWCROFT, Manchester Guardian, February 25, 1920, p.16

[25] MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 5, 1916, p.6

[26] MANCHESTER COUNCIL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 31, 1920, p.9

[27] MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1920, p.16

[28] MR. J. W. G. COOMBS, Manchester Guardian, May 26, 1920, p.11

[29] CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY WARD, Manchester Guardian, June 16, 1920, p.8

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