1904 Manchester City Council election

1904 Manchester City Council election

1 November 1904 (1904-11-01)
41 of 124 seats to Manchester City Council 63 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Labour Last election 11 seats, 35.9% 10 seats, 30.1% 4 seats, 21.0% Seats before 50 45 6 Seats won 18 14 3 Seats after 56 52 8 Seat change 4 4 2 Popular vote 14,882 14,353 6,345 Percentage 33.3% 32.1% 14.2% Swing 2.6% 2.0% 6.8%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Liberal Unionist Last election 1 seats, 12.8% 0 seats, 4.0% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 6 0 Seats after 7 1 Seat change 5 Popular vote 7,710 0 Percentage 17.3% 0.0% Swing 4.5% 4.0%
Map of results of 1904 election
Leader of the Council before election No overall control Leader of the Council after election No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1904. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Owing to the extension of the city's boundaries, five new wards (Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Didsbury, Moss Side East, Moss Side West, and Withington) elected all of their councillors for the first time.

The council remained under no overall control.

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		14,882 (33.3%)		2.6	14 (43.9%)	14 / 41	4	56 (45.2%)	56 / 124
Liberal Party		14,353 (32.1%)		2.0	14 (34.1%)	14 / 41	4	52 (41.9%)	52 / 124
Labour Party		6,345 (14.2%)		6.8	3 (7.3%)	3 / 41	2	8 (6.5%)	8 / 124
Independent		7,710 (17.3%)		4.5	6 (14.6%)	6 / 41	5	7 (5.6%)	7 / 124
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)		4.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 41		1 (0.8%)	1 / 124
Irish Nationalist		1,369 (3.1%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 41	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 124

Full council

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8

52

7

1

56

Aldermen

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19

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11

Councillors

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8

33

7

45

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne	1,049	55.0	N/A
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	858	45.0	N/A
Majority			191	10.0	N/A
Turnout			1,907
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Lowth	2,239	58.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman	1,575	41.3	−2.7
Majority			664	17.4
Turnout			3,814
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. G. L. Skinner*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Fox*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Turner	994	61.5
	Independent	E. Farrar	873	54.1
	Liberal	H. Kemp	816	50.5
	Liberal	R. B. Barningham	749	46.4
	Conservative	T. Wilson	721	44.6
	Liberal	H. Pilcher	690	42.7
Majority			67	4.1
Turnout			1,615
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Smith*	567	53.5	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Thomas	493	46.5	N/A
Majority			74	7.0	N/A
Turnout			1,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. F. Dearden*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Moss	596	51.0
	Conservative	C. K. Mayor	595	50.9
	Independent	C. S. Edwards	566	48.5
	Independent	C. J. H. Gradisky	557	47.7
Majority			9	0.8
Turnout			1,168
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Cowan*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Whyman*	1,743	56.2	N/A
	Independent	W. Brown	1,361	43.8	N/A
Majority			382	12.4
Turnout			3,104
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Wilson*	1,011	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	H. Hodkin	972	49.0	N/A
Majority			39	2.0	N/A
Turnout			1,983
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. White	1,351	53.1	−5.9
	Liberal	G. Jennison	1,195	46.9	+5.9
Majority			156	6.2	−11.8
Turnout			2,546
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Kemp*	1,148	55.5	N/A
	Labour	J. E. Gilchrist	919	44.5	N/A
Majority			229	11.0
Turnout			2,067
	Liberal hold		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Stevenson	811	64.1
	Conservative	W. T. Dagnall	634	50.1
	Liberal	J. Bowie	590	46.6
	Liberal	J. Wynne	584	46.1
	Conservative	A. Gresty	573	45.3
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,266
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Moss Side West

Moss Side West (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Grierson	1,144	70.4
	Liberal	T. Herbert	826	50.8
	Liberal	W. Hynes	817	50.3
	Labour	J. Archer	776	47.8
	Conservative	J. H. Swales	695	42.8
	Liberal	J. Livesley	617	38.0
Majority			41	2.5
Turnout			1,625
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grime*	uncontested
	Liberal	G. Howarth*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Trevor*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. B. Williams	1,936	61.0	+0.3
	Conservative	D. Taylor*	1,236	39.0	−0.3
Majority			700	22.0	+0.6
Turnout			3,172
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Elverston	498	71.7	N/A
	Independent	J. Pitt Hardacre*	197	28.3	N/A
Majority			301	43.4	N/A
Turnout			695
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Plummer*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

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

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hassall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Kay*	1,804	58.4	+6.9
	Liberal	T. Corrigan	837	27.1	−21.4
	Labour	R. Whitehead	449	14.5	N/A
Majority			967	31.3	+28.3
Turnout			3,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. J. Goldschmidt*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth	474	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	R. Flanagan	431	46.3	N/A
	Labour	T. Bolger	26	2.8	N/A
Majority			43	4.6	N/A
Turnout			931
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. H. Thewlis*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Beastow*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hibbert*	1,517	52.6	+7.2
	Irish Nationalist	F. J. Farley	1,369	47.4	N/A
Majority			148	5.2
Turnout			2,886
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withington

Withington (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Edwards	618	67.5
	Conservative	H. D. Simpson	517	56.5
	Liberal	R. Fleeson	489	53.4
	Independent	R. R. Shaw	336	36.7
	Independent	A. Burgess	220	24.0
Majority			153	16.7
Turnout			915
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)