1924 Manchester City Council election
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1924. 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]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 58,108 (48.1%) | 4.9 | 16 (45.7%) | 16 / 35
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7 | 65 (46.4%) | 65 / 140
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Labour Party | 41,625 (34.4%) | 5.3 | 9 (25.7%) | 9 / 35
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4 | 31 (22.1%) | 31 / 140
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Liberal Party | 18,842 (15.6%) | 6.8 | 8 (22.9%) | 8 / 35
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3 | 31 (22.1%) | 31 / 140
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Independent | 475 (0.4%) | 3.4 | 0 (5.7%) | 2 / 35
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13 (9.2%) | 13 / 140
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National Unemployed Workers' Movement | 1,224 (0.9%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Full council
[edit]31 | 31 | 13 | 65 |
Ward results
[edit]All Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Pierce* | 2,147 | 60.5 | +24.0 | |
Labour | A. M. Thompson | 1,400 | 39.5 | +14.5 | |
Majority | 747 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,547 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ardwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. E. B. Alexander* | 2,739 | 51.1 | +7.4 | |
Labour | J. M. Wharton | 2,619 | 48.9 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 120 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,358 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Beswick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | L. B. Cox* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. S. Williams* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Bradford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Binns* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Whitworth* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. T. Rowe* | 4,537 | 51.2 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | S. D. Simon | 4,321 | 48.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 216 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,858 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hill* | 976 | 52.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | P. I. Wigoder | 876 | 47.3 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 100 | 5.4 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,852 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collyhurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Shields | 2,764 | 54.7 | +4.4 | |
Labour | A. Park* | 2,286 | 45.3 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 478 | 9.4 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,050 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Crumpsall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. J. Robertshaw* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. H. White* | 2,104 | 59.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. W. Hampson | 1,416 | 40.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 688 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,520 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Westcott* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Davy* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | E. C. Wilkinson | 3,341 | 57.2 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | J. E. Leicester | 2,501 | 42.8 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 841 | 14.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,842 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Hoyle* | 3,088 | 56.6 | +7.5 | |
Labour | A. E. Wolstenholme | 2,369 | 43.4 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 719 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,457 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. S. Harper* | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Longsight
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. P. Jackson | 2,737 | 60.7 | N/A | |
Co-operative Party | E. Beavan | 1,772 | 39.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 965 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,509 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. J. Pine* | 2,459 | 85.6 | N/A | |
Independent | A. R. Edwards | 415 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,044 | 71.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,874 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. James* | 3,383 | 57.1 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | T. McRoy | 2,538 | 42.9 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 845 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,921 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | R. E. T. Allen | 1,821 | 46.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | H. Dale | 1,219 | 31.1 | −10.1 | |
Labour | G. H. Harris | 877 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 602 | 15.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,917 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Moss Side West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. Mathewson Watson* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Moston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Welsh | 2,292 | 44.6 | −17.5 | |
Conservative | J. Bostock* | 1,980 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | W. Turner | 867 | 16.9 | −21.0 | |
Majority | 312 | 6.1 | −18.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,139 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
New Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Grime* | 3,372 | 58.3 | −4.0 | |
Labour | R. Matthews | 2,407 | 41.7 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 965 | 16.6 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,779 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Melland | 2,555 | 56.9 | +16.4 | |
Conservative | W. Stephenson | 1,932 | 43.1 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 623 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,487 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Openshaw
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. F. Titt* | 2,894 | 57.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | A. H. Turner | 2,111 | 42.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 783 | 15.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,005 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. P. Lancashire* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rusholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | R. G. Edwards | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Ann's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. F. Brierley* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Clement's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | W. Melland* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. George's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. A. Toyn* | 2,524 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Labour | J. W. O'Neill | 1,856 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Todd | 1,289 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 668 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hinchliffe* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. W. Higginbottom | 2,260 | 52.4 | −4.7 | |
Liberal | C. Herford* | 2,053 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 207 | 4.8 | −22.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,313 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Mark's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | C. Wood | 3,309 | 58.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | W. Chapman* | 2,399 | 42.0 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 910 | 16.0 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,708 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Reilly* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Withington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | W. A. Lewins* | 1,904 | 55.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | K. W. Chambers | 1,540 | 44.7 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 364 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,444 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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