1910 Manchester City Council election

1910 Manchester City Council election
1 November 1910 (1910-11-01)
35 of 140 seats
to Manchester City Council
70 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Labour
Last election 23 seats,
46.3% 		11 seats,
18.3% 		6 seats,
29.9%
Seats before 73 46 10
Seats won 19 9 7
Seats after 73 45 15
Seat change 1 5
Popular vote 21,156 13,797 14,070
Percentage 38.5% 25.1% 25.6%
Swing 7.8% 6.8% 4.3%
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 3 seats,
5.5%
Seats before 11
Seats won 0
Seats after 7
Seat change 4
Popular vote 5,861
Percentage 10.7%
Swing 5.2%
Map of results of 1910 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1910. 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 21,156 (38.5%)
7.8 19 (54.3%)
19 / 35
 73 (52.1%)
73 / 140
Liberal Party 13,797 (25.1%)
6.8 9 (25.7%)
9 / 35
 1 45 (32.1%)
45 / 140
Labour Party 14,070 (25.6%)
4.3 7 (20.0%)
7 / 35
 5 15 (10.7%)
15 / 140
Independent 5,861 (10.7%)
5.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 4 7 (5.0%)
7 / 140

Full council

↓
15 45 7 73

Aldermen

↓
18 1 16

Councillors

↓
15 27 6 57

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. J. O'Loughlin 731 52.2 N/A
Independent J. E. Hutchinson 670 47.8 +18.8
Majority 61 4.4
Turnout 1,401
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Sturgess 1,333 35.1 −15.4
Labour J. M. McLachlan 1,288 33.9 −15.6
Liberal F. Smith 1,176 31.0 N/A
Majority 45 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 3,797
Conservative hold Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Phillips 1,775 52.0 −0.4
Conservative C. G. L. Skinner* 1,636 48.0 +0.4
Majority 139 4.0 −0.8
Turnout 3,411
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Fox* 2,684 56.0 N/A
Conservative G. W. Pendlebury 2,106 44.0 N/A
Majority 578 12.0 N/A
Turnout 4,790
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. J. Kendall* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Turner* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. R. Smith* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Wood 788 53.8 −16.2
Independent T. Platt* 676 46.2 N/A
Majority 112 7.6 −32.4
Turnout 1,464
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. W. Cook* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal V. S. Wood 346 50.7 N/A
Conservative T. B. Grimshaw 337 49.3 N/A
Majority 9 1.4 N/A
Turnout 683
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Davy 1,018 53.8 +0.5
Conservative J. A. Lofts* 875 46.2 −3.4
Majority 143 7.6
Turnout 1,893
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. Lowth 870 56.1 +1.6
Independent M. Bushell 681 43.9 N/A
Majority 189 12.2
Turnout 1,551
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. T. Jackson* 2,016 52.5 −3.1
Conservative W. Gilgryst 1,822 47.5 −3.1
Majority 194 5.0
Turnout 3,838
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme North

Levenshulme North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. Dobson* 713 59.4 −3.4
Liberal C. Peach 487 40.6 −2.7
Majority 226 18.8
Turnout 1,200
Conservative hold Swing

Levenshulme South

Levenshulme South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. W. W. Breakell 692 51.7 +2.4
Liberal J. Siddall* 646 48.3 −3.2
Majority 46 3.4
Turnout 1,338
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Wallwork 1,054 43.0 −8.9
Liberal H. Hodkin* 900 36.7 +15.3
Labour G. Hall 498 20.3 −6.4
Majority 154 6.3 −18.9
Turnout 2,452
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. G. Lecomber 1,526 59.2 −1.6
Liberal K. T. S. Dockray 954 37.0 N/A
Independent J. Kernahan 96 3.8 N/A
Majority 572 22.2 +0.6
Turnout 2,576
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Kemp* 1,238 85.4 N/A
Conservative G. Stephenson 212 14.6 −39.7
Majority 1,026 70.8
Turnout 1,450
Liberal hold Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Wynne* 932 54.6 +6.2
Independent W. Stanway 774 45.4 N/A
Majority 158 9.2
Turnout 1,706
Liberal hold Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. H. Birley* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Grime* 2,297 73.7 +2.0
Labour J. T. Jones 1,401 44.9 +4.1
Liberal G. Howarth* 1,135 36.4 N/A
Majority 266 8.5
Turnout 3,117
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. West* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. F. Titt 1,482* 50.0 −5.9
Independent J. Caminada* 1,482 50.0 N/A
Majority 0 0.0 −11.8
Turnout 3,106
Labour gain from Independent Swing

* Two candidates having received 1,482 votes each, Titt was returned on the Alderman's casting vote

Oxford

Oxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal W. Tattersall uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. D. Chantler* 1,729 52.3 −8.4
Liberal E. F. M. Susman 1,578 47.7 N/A
Majority 151 4.6 −16.8
Turnout 3,307
Conservative hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Burgess* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. C. Abbott 532 53.8 N/A
Conservative W. E. Pownall 456 46.2 N/A
Majority 76 7.6 N/A
Turnout 988
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Kay* 1,576 60.3 +10.4
Labour F. Lowe 1,038 39.7 N/A
Majority 538 20.6
Turnout 2,614
Conservative hold Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. H. Megson* 325 56.0 N/A
Liberal W. Thomson 255 44.0 N/A
Majority 70 12.0 N/A
Turnout 580
Conservative hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative I. Hinchliffe 478 64.4 +4.5
Liberal E. B. A. Jones 264 35.6 −4.5
Majority 214 28.8 +9.0
Turnout 742
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. H. Thewlis* 1,607 52.0 N/A
Independent H. M. Ross Clyne* 1,482 48.0 N/A
Majority 125 4.0
Turnout 3,089
Liberal hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Chapman* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. Hibbert* 1,301 56.2 N/A
Liberal C. Egan 1,016 43.8 N/A
Majority 285 12.4 N/A
Turnout 2,317
Conservative hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Edwards* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1910

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen aldermen expired.[3]

The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Liberal William Birkbeck* New Cross 1916
Liberal James Bowes* Miles Platting 1916
Liberal Daniel Boyle* St. Luke's 1916
Conservative Henry Richard Box* Moss Side East 1916
Conservative Richard Burtles* Levenshulme North 1916
Conservative Arthur Copeland* St. James' 1916
Liberal Hermann Goldschmidt* 1916
Conservative Walter Harwood* Didsbury 1916
Conservative Edward Holt* Crumpsall 1916
Conservative Christopher Hornby All Saints' 1916
Independent Fletcher Moss* 1916
Liberal Fred Pogson* Gorton North 1916
Liberal Henry Plummer* Rusholme 1916
Liberal John Royle* St. George's 1916
Liberal William Trevor* St. Clement's 1916
Conservative Sir William H. Vaudrey* Exchange 1916
Conservative John Robert Wilson* 1916

Aldermanic election, 22 February 1911

Caused by the death on 8 February 1911 of Alderman William Trevor (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 February 1905).[4][5]

In his place, Councillor John Harrop (Liberal, St. Clement's, elected 1 November 1897)[6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 22 February 1911.[7]

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Liberal John Harrop St. Clement's 1916

Aldermanic election, 14 June 1911

Caused by the death on 28 May 1911 of Alderman Thomas Briggs (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1901).[8][9]

In his place, Councillor G. K. Ashton (Conservative, Rusholme, elected 1 November 1897)[10] was elected as an alderman by the council on 14 June 1911.[11]

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Conservative G. K. Ashton Ardwick 1913

By-elections between 1910 and 1911

By-elections, 21 November 1910

Two by-elections were held on 21 November 1910 to fill vacancies which had arisen in the city council.[12]

All Saints'

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Christopher Hornby (Conservative, All Saints', elected 1 November 1897)[13] on 9 November 1910[14] following the resignation on 9 November 1910 of Alderman Walton Smith (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 18 October 1883).[15][16]

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent H. M. Ross Clyne 984 64.4 +16.6
Liberal W. Radcliffe 545 35.6 −16.6
Majority 439 28.8
Turnout 1,529
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alexander Thomson (Liberal, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, elected 8 March 1910)[17] on 9 November 1910.[18]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal G. Howarth* 1,206 67.1 N/A
Independent W. Stanway 591 32.9 N/A
Majority 615 34.2 N/A
Turnout 1,797
Liberal hold Swing

St. Clement's, 8 March 1911

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Harrop (Liberal, St. Clement's, elected 1 November 1897)[19] on 22 February 1911[20] following the death on 8 February 1911 of Alderman William Trevor (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 February 1905).[21][22]

St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. H. Helm 583 54.8 +1.0
Conservative W. E. Pownall 481 45.2 −1.0
Majority 102 9.6 +2.0
Turnout 1,064
Liberal hold Swing

[23]

Rusholme, 27 June 1911

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor G. K. Ashton (Conservative, Rusholme, elected 1 November 1897)[24] on 14 June 1911[25] following the death on 28 May 1911 of Alderman Thomas Briggs (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1901).[26][27]

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. F. M. Susman 1,772 56.0 +8.3
Conservative C. Phillips 1,392 44.0 −8.3
Majority 380 12.0
Turnout 3,164
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

[28]

References

  1. ^ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1910, p.7
  2. ^ COUNCIL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 25, 1910, p.8
  3. ^ MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1910, p.4
  4. ^ MR. WILLIAM TREVOR, Manchester Guardian, February 9, 1911, p.10
  5. ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 2, 1905, p.6
  6. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1897, p.6
  7. ^ ST. CLEMENT'S WARD VACANCY, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1911, p.5
  8. ^ CITY ALDERMAN'S DEATH, Manchester Evening News, May 29, 1911, p.6
  9. ^ THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1901, p.10
  10. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1897, p.6
  11. ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, June 15, 1911, p.7
  12. ^ COUNCIL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 22, 1910, p.16
  13. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1897, p.8
  14. ^ MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 9, 1910, p.4
  15. ^ MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 9, 1910, p.4
  16. ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, October 20, 1883, p.14
  17. ^ CITY BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 9, 1910, p.6
  18. ^ MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 9, 1910, p.4
  19. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1897, p.6
  20. ^ ST. CLEMENT'S WARD VACANCY, Manchester Guardian, February 23, 1911, p.5
  21. ^ MR. WILLIAM TREVOR, Manchester Guardian, February 9, 1911, p.10
  22. ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, February 2, 1905, p.6
  23. ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 19, 1911, p.6
  24. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1897, p.6
  25. ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, June 15, 1911, p.7
  26. ^ CITY ALDERMAN'S DEATH, Manchester Evening News, May 29, 1911, p.6
  27. ^ THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1901, p.10
  28. ^ RUSHOLME BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, June 28, 1911, p.16
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