Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1926. 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]
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35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council 71 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of results of 1926 election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 49,370 (40.1%) | 1.9 | 12 (34.3%) | 12 / 35
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6 | 68 (48.5%) | 68 / 140
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Labour Party | 51,942 (42.2%) | 6.6 | 17 (48.6%) | 17 / 35
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7 | 41 (29.3%) | 41 / 140
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Liberal Party | 20,764 (16.9%) | 0.1 | 5 (14.3%) | 5 / 35
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1 | 27 (19.3%) | 28 / 140
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Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 3.6 | 1 (2.9%) | 1 / 35
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4 (2.3%) | 4 / 140
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Independent Labour | 698 (0.6%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Prohibitionist | 160 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Residents | 157 (0.1%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Full council
edit41 | 27 | 4 | 68 |
Ward results
editAll Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Williams | 1,701 | 56.8 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | J. O'Loughlin* | 1,293 | 43.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 408 | 13.6 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,994 | 34.0 | −9.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ardwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. M. Wharton | 2,935 | 52.6 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | A. E. B. Alexander* | 2,641 | 47.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 294 | 5.2 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,576 | 53.6 | −7.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Beswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Robinson* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. S. Williams* | 2,940 | 67.9 | +2.0 | |
Labour | W. Slack | 1,389 | 32.1 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 1,551 | 35.8 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,329 | 46.9 | −4.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. J. Hart* | 3,277 | 64.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | J. G. Kilbourne | 1,829 | 35.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 1,448 | 28.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,106 | 47.4 | −10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. J. Kendall* | 2,324 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Labour | L. B. Harrison | 1,394 | 37.5 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 930 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,718 | 39.0 | −16.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. W. Maitland | 3,783 | 51.0 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | W. Somerville | 3,640 | 49.0 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 143 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,423 | 42.6 | −15.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Collegiate Church
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hill* | 901 | 54.4 | N/A | |
Labour | J. C. Leigh | 755 | 45.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 146 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,656 | 45.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collyhurst
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Johnston | 3,139 | 55.6 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | E. Shields* | 2,504 | 44.4 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 635 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,643 | 60.1 | −4.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Crumpsall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. S. Grindley* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. H. White* | 1,968 | 53.3 | −6.2 | |
Liberal | A. F. Mason | 1,727 | 46.7 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 241 | 6.6 | −12.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,695 | 57.1 | −6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. S. Harper* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Davy* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. H. Adams | 3,752 | 61.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | F. Earley | 2,398 | 39.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,354 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,150 | 56.8 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Howard | 2,811 | 51.2 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | E. Eady | 2,675 | 48.8 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 136 | 2.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,486 | 55.2 | −5.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Levenshulme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Harrison* | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Longsight
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. P. Jackson* | 3,475 | 58.6 | −9.0 | |
Labour | T. F. Banville | 2,451 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,024 | 17.2 | +23.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,926 | 56.8 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Chorlton | 2,833 | 54.5 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | W. J. Pine* | 1,792 | 34.5 | −23.5 | |
Liberal | J. A. Wood | 550 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Residents | J. Gillan | 20 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,041 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,195 | 43.1 | −1.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Miles Platting
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. James* | 4,148 | 61.0 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | A. Shepherd | 2,653 | 39.0 | −7.6 | |
Majority | 1,495 | 22.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,801 | 65.6 | −6.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. B. Watts | 1,551 | 46.7 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | H. Entwistle | 1,521 | 45.8 | N/A | |
Prohibitionist | J. Rochford | 160 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Residents | A. R. Edwards | 86 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 30 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,318 | 40.8 | −10.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Moss Side West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. Mathewson Watson* | 3,372 | 79.4 | N/A | |
Labour | W. J. Munro | 876 | 20.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,496 | 58.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,248 | 48.1 | −1.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Moston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Welch* | 2,795 | 51.7 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | F. Farrington | 2,609 | 48.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 186 | 3.4 | −13.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,404 | 61.0 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
New Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Hallows | 3,500 | 52.0 | 0 | |
Conservative | J. C. Grime* | 3,182 | 47.3 | −0.7 | |
Residents | J. A. P. Holmes | 51 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 318 | 4.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,733 | 66.9 | +4.8 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Newton Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. M. Mitchell* | 3,061 | 57.0 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | J. Fildes | 2,309 | 43.0 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 752 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,370 | 60.4 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Openshaw
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. F. Titt* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. W. Shepherd* | 636 | 61.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Todd | 391 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 23.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,027 | 37.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rusholme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | C. H. Barlow* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Ann's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. A. Larmuth* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Clement's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Goodwin* | 819 | 39.7 | −10.9 | |
Labour | J. Cassey | 753 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | C. N. Glidewell | 489 | 23.7 | −25.7 | |
Majority | 66 | 3.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,061 | 66.4 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. George's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. G. Clapham | 3,137 | 58.0 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | C. A. Toyn* | 2,276 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 861 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,413 | 45.7 | +3.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. John's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | I. Hinchliffe* | 1,136 | 75.4 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Edwards | 371 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 765 | 50.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,507 | 58.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. W. Higginbottom* | 1,989 | 54.4 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | W. T. O'Gorman | 1,670 | 45.6 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 319 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,659 | 35.1 | −18.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mark's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. Wood* | 3,700 | 72.0 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | J. F. Bennison | 1,441 | 28.0 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 2,259 | 44.0 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,141 | 50.0 | −8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Reilly* | 2,456 | 54.3 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | W. A. Parker | 1,371 | 30.3 | −9.2 | |
Independent Labour | J. Shaw | 698 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,085 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,525 | 67.4 | −0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Withington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. S. Hill | 2,282 | 45.8 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | W. A. Lewins* | 1,997 | 40.0 | N/A | |
Labour | P. J. Wall | 708 | 14.2 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 235 | 4.8 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,327 | 62.2 | −1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aldermanic election
editAldermanic election, 2 February 1927
editCaused by the death on 26 January 1927 of Alderman T. C. Abbott (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 May 1914).[3][4]
In his place, Councillor Edwin Pierce (Conservative, All Saints', elected 1 November 1908)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 February 1927.[6]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
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Conservative | Edwin Pierce | St. Ann's | 1928 |
Aldermanic election, 4 May 1927
editCaused by the death on 20 April 1927 of Alderman J. R. Smith (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 2 April 1913).[7][8]
In his place, Councillor Joseph Swarbrick (Liberal, Didsbury, elected 1 November 1908)[9] was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 May 1927.[10]
Party | Name | Votes | % | Ward | Term expires | |
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Liberal | Joseph Swarbrick | 50 | 61.7 | Collegiate Church | 1928 | |
Labour | George Frank Titt | 31 | 38.3 | not elected | not elected |
Aldermanic elections, 24 June 1927
editCaused by the death on 30 May 1927 of Alderman John Turner (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 February 1920).[11][12]
In his place, Councillor John James Kendall (Liberal, Cheetham, elected 27 November 1908)[13] was elected as an alderman by the council on 24 June 1927.[14]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
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Liberal | John James Kendall | Chorlton-cum-Hardy | 1931 |
Caused by the death on 10 June 1927 of Alderman Edwin Pierce (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 2 February 1927).[15][16]
In his place, Councillor Miles Mitchell (Liberal, Levenshulme, elected 1 November 1909)[17] was elected as an alderman by the council on 24 June 1927.[18]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
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Liberal | Miles Mitchell | St. Ann's | 1928 |
By-elections between 1926 and 1927
editAll Saints', 15 February 1927
editCaused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Edwin Pierce (Conservative, All Saints', elected 1 November 1908)[19] on 2 February 1927,[20] following the death on 26 January 1927 of Alderman T. C. Abbott (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 May 1914).[21][22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Davies | 1,238 | 37.3 | −5.9 | |
Labour | F. E. Walker | 1,067 | 32.1 | −24.7 | |
Liberal | B. McManus | 995 | 30.0 | N/A | |
Residents | A. R. Edwards | 20 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 171 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,320 | 37.7 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury, 17 May 1927
editCaused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Swarbrick (Liberal, Didsbury, elected 1 November 1908)[24] on 4 May 1927,[25] following the death on 20 April 1927 of Alderman J. R. Smith (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 2 April 1913).[26][27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Heald | 1,755 | 55.0 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | T. Molloy | 1,079 | 33.8 | −12.9 | |
Labour | M. McIlwrick | 355 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 676 | 21.2 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,189 | 48.6 | −8.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
By-elections, 7 July 1927
editTwo by-elections were held on 7 July 1927 to fill vacancies that were created by the appointment of aldermen on 24 June 1927.[28]
Cheetham
editCaused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John James Kendall (Liberal, Cheetham, elected 27 November 1908)[29] on 24 June 1927,[30] following the death on 30 May 1927 of Alderman John Turner (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 February 1920).[31][32]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Grime | 2,268 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | H. Nathan | 1,480 | 31.1 | −31.4 | |
Labour | L. B. Harrison | 1,006 | 21.2 | −16.3 | |
Majority | 788 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,754 | 55.8 | +16.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Levenshulme
editCaused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Miles Mitchell (Liberal, Levenshulme, elected 1 November 1909)[33] on 24 June 1927,[34] following the death on 10 June 1927 of Alderman Edwin Pierce (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 2 February 1927).[35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | C. R. de la Wyche | 2,597 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Woolley | 585 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,012 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,182 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1926, p.12
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1926, p.9
- ^ THE LATE MR. T. C. ABBOTT, Manchester Guardian, January 27, 1927, p.11
- ^ CITY COUNCIL TOPICS, Manchester Evening News, May 20, 1914, p.3
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1908, p.10
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 3, 1927, p.3
- ^ ALDERMAN J. R. Smith, Manchester Guardian, April 21, 1927, p.11
- ^ CITY COUNCIL AND CIVIC DEPUTATIONS, Manchester Courier, April 3, 1913, p.9
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1908, p.10
- ^ LABOUR BID FOR ALDERMAN, Manchester Evening News, May 4, 1927, p.6
- ^ ALDERMAN JOHN TURNER, Manchester Guardian, May 31, 1927, p.13
- ^ NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4
- ^ CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Evening News, November 28, 1908, p.3
- ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
- ^ DEATH OF ALDERMAN EDWIN PIERCE, Manchester Guardian, June 11, 1927, p.9
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 3, 1927, p.3
- ^ CIVIC ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1909, p.9
- ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1908, p.10
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 3, 1927, p.3
- ^ THE LATE MR. T. C. ABBOTT, Manchester Guardian, January 27, 1927, p.11
- ^ CITY COUNCIL TOPICS, Manchester Evening News, May 20, 1914, p.3
- ^ MANCHESTER BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 15, 1927, p.13
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1908, p.10
- ^ LABOUR BID FOR ALDERMAN, Manchester Evening News, May 4, 1927, p.6
- ^ ALDERMAN J. R. Smith, Manchester Guardian, April 21, 1927, p.11
- ^ CITY COUNCIL AND CIVIC DEPUTATIONS, Manchester Courier, April 3, 1913, p.9
- ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, July 8, 1927, p.13
- ^ CITY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Evening News, November 28, 1908, p.3
- ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
- ^ ALDERMAN JOHN TURNER, Manchester Guardian, May 31, 1927, p.13
- ^ NEW ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, February 4, 1920, p.4
- ^ CIVIC ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1909, p.9
- ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
- ^ DEATH OF ALDERMAN EDWIN PIERCE, Manchester Guardian, June 11, 1927, p.9