Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1927. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The remained under no overall control.[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 1927 election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election result
editParty | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 49,370 (40.1%) | 1.9 | 14 (40.0%) | 14 / 35
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6 | 67 (47.9%) | 67 / 140
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Labour Party | 51,942 (42.2%) | 6.6 | 13 (37.1%) | 13 / 35
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4 | 45 (32.1%) | 45 / 140
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Liberal Party | 20,764 (16.9%) | 0.1 | 6 (17.1%) | 6 / 35
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2 | 25 (17.9%) | 25 / 140
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Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 3.6 | 1 (2.9%) | 1 / 35
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2 (1.4%) | 2 / 140
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English League for the Taxation of Land Values | 1,973 (1.4%) | N/A | 1 (2.9%) | 1 / 35
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1 | 1 (0.7%) | 1 / 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
edit45 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 67 |
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 | 3,994 | 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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Conservative | J. E. Littler* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Binns* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Whitworth* | uncontested | |||
Conservative 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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Independent | D. Gouldman* | 1,659 | 88.5 | N/A | |
Independent | G. W. Chandler | 216 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,443 | 77.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,875 | 50.2 | +4.7 | ||
Independent 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 | J. Sever* | 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 | G. Westcott* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Walker* | 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 | W. Onions | 2,670 | 51.3 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | W. Gilgryst* | 2,532 | 48.7 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 138 | 2.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,202 | 52.5 | −2.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Levenshulme
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. S. Harper* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Longsight
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. H. Meachin* | 2,713 | 63.9 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | G. Jennison | 1,533 | 36.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,180 | 27.8 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,246 | 40.9 | −15.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. Jones | 3,209 | 63.3 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | S. H. Wood* | 1,809 | 35.7 | +1.2 | |
Independent | P. Brett | 48 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,400 | 27.6 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,066 | 42.7 | −0.4 | ||
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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English League for the Taxation of Land Values | A. H. Weller | 2,015 | 53.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Dunham* | 1,770 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 245 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,785 | 43.1 | −5.0 | ||
English League for the Taxation of Land Values gain from Conservative | 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 | J. W. Aveson* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. P. Lancashire* | uncontested | |||
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 | C. F. Brierley* | 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 | A. C. Gardner | 744 | 51.9 | −23.5 | |
Liberal | W. Barton* | 689 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 55 | 3.8 | −47.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,433 | 55.2 | −3.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | 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 | I. Brassington* | uncontested | |||
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
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