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1922 Manchester City Council election

1922 Manchester City Council election

← 1921 1 November 1922 (1922-11-01) 1923 →

35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 23 seats,
48.8%
5 seats,
14.0%
5 seats,
25.9%
Seats before 72 33 29
Seats won 15 8 10
Seats after 76 33 26
Seat change Increase4 Steady Decrease3
Popular vote 48,158 9,780 44,198
Percentage 43.2% 8.8% 39.7%
Swing Decrease5.6% Decrease5.2% Increase13.8%

  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 2 seats,
9.1%
Seats before 5
Seats won 2
Seats after 5
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 6,657
Percentage 6.0%
Swing Decrease3.1%

Map of results of 1922 election

Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1922. 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 retained overall control of the council.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 48,158 (43.2%)
Decrease 5.6 15 (42.9%)
15 / 35
Increase 4 76 (54.3%)
76 / 140
Liberal Party 9,780 (8.8%)
Decrease 5.2 8 (22.9%)
8 / 35
Steady 33 (23.6%)
33 / 140
Labour Party 44,198 (39.7%)
Increase 13.8 10 (28.6%)
10 / 35
Decrease 3 26 (18.6%)
26 / 140
Independent 6,657 (6.0%)
Decrease 3.1 2 (5.7%)
2 / 35
Steady 5 (3.6%)
5 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values 1,825 (1.6%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
Independent Labour 763 (0.7%)
Decrease 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Decrease 1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
National Unemployed Workers' Movement 80 (0.1%)
Decrease 0.8 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140

Full council

26 33 5 76

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. E. Hutchinson* 1,841 61.3 +12.6
Independent H. M. Ross Clyne 1,164 38.7 N/A
Majority 677 22.6
Turnout 3,005 37.0 −3.3
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Weate* 3,421 56.3 −8.1
Conservative J. L. Barrett 2,650 43.7 −8.1
Majority 771 12.6
Turnout 6,071 58.9 +10.9
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour M. E. Smith* 3,636 50.2 −7.9
Conservative J. H. Meachin 3,604 49.8 +7.9
Majority 32 0.4 −13.8
Turnout 7,240 62.0 +8.2
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

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

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. W. Sutton* 3,336 56.9 −1.1
Conservative G. W. Leggott 2,523 43.1 +1.1
Majority 813 13.8 −2.2
Turnout 5,859 59.3 +7.0
Labour hold 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* 3,500 53.1 +9.4
Conservative A. E. Bowen 3,086 46.9 −9.4
Majority 414 6.2
Turnout 6,586 48.4 −0.3
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Elliott* 1,074 46.9 +10.4
Liberal P. I. Wigoder 840 36.6 N/A
Labour F. Gregson 378 16.5 N/A
Majority 234 10.2
Turnout 2,292 66.5 −5.6
Conservative hold Swing

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Brine 2,482 50.3 −8.4
Labour M. Jagger* 2,449 49.7 N/A
Majority 33 0.6 −16.8
Turnout 4,931 54.0 −5.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Compton* 3,479 63.8 +34.7
Conservative R. S. Ireland 1,970 36.2 −0.7
Majority 1,509 27.6
Turnout 5,449 54.4 −6.3
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Lee* 3,185 54.9 −3.1
Conservative J. E. Leicester 2,617 45.1 +9.7
Majority 568 9.8 −12.8
Turnout 5,802 59.0 −3.5
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. Lundy* 2,287 49.2 +4.3
Conservative E. E. Walsh 2,284 49.1 −5.1
National Unemployed Workers' Movement P. Murphy 80 1.7 N/A
Majority 3 0.1
Turnout 4,651 48.1 −1.1
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. E. Mitchell* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Cundiff* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. H. S. Redmond* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Travis 3,041 46.9 −8.8
Labour C. E. Wood* 2,719 42.0 −2.3
Liberal H. Pinnington 718 11.1 N/A
Majority 322 4.9 −6.5
Turnout 6,478 67.2 +5.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent E. Hales* 2,437 58.8 N/A
Conservative R. S. Banks 1,711 41.2 −9.8
Majority 728 17.6
Turnout 4,148 53.3 +1.8
Independent hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. H. Birley* 2,334 56.1 +5.3
English League for the Taxation of Land Values A. H. Weller 1,825 43.9 N/A
Majority 509 12.2 +10.6
Turnout 4,159 48.5 −9.0
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. R. Mellor* 2,868 62.1 +17.1
Liberal W. Webster 1,754 37.9 N/A
Majority 1,114 24.2
Turnout 4,622 53.2 −3.2
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Taylor* 3,457 62.3 +14.4
Labour E. J. Hookway 2,090 37.7 N/A
Majority 1,367 24.6
Turnout 5,547 58.5 +16.3
Conservative hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. F. Robinson 2,083 43.5 N/A
Labour H. Thorneycroft 1,938 40.5 −0.3
Independent Labour P. L. Martin* 763 15.9 N/A
Majority 145 3.0
Turnout 4,784 59.6 +1.6
Conservative gain from Independent Labour Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Toole* 2,860 57.4 +20.4
Conservative D. C. Goodman 2,126 42.6 −8.8
Majority 734 14.8
Turnout 4,986 53.1 −9.4
Labour hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal R. Noton Barclay* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. F. M. Sutton* 2,121 91.4 +35.0
Independent A. R. Edwards 208 8.9 N/A
Majority 1,913 82.2 +69.4
Turnout 2,329 28.7 −15.5
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* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative T. R. Hewlett 867 50.6 0
Liberal R. E. T. Allan 847 49.4 0
Majority 20 1.2 0
Turnout 1,714 65.8 +12.5
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Johnson* 3,275 57.1 −2.8
Labour E. Whiteley 1,620 26.8 −16.1
Independent G. H. Greenhough 1,140 18.9 N/A
Majority 1,655 27.4 +13.2
Turnout 6,035 60.8 +17.8
Conservative hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Hall* 3,436 52.3 +5.4
Conservative W. P. Jackson 3,134 47.7 +11.8
Majority 302 4.6 −6.4
Turnout 6,597 65.2 +8.3
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. H. Dale 2,515 51.0 +1.4
Labour J. Fogarty 2,300 46.6 −3.8
Independent A. Walsh 116 2.4 N/A
Majority 215 4.4
Turnout 4,931 79.0 +4.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent L. F. Massey* 1,592 48.7 +5.1
Conservative F. Stapleton 1,325 40.5 −15.9
Labour M. Dean 355 10.8 N/A
Majority 267 8.2
Turnout 3,272 48.3 +1.7
Independent hold Swing

Aldermanic election

By-elections between 1922 and 1923

References

  1. ^ FOUR LOSSES, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1922, p.4
  2. ^ LABOUR LOSSES IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1922, p.4
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