1925 Manchester City Council election

1925 Manchester City Council election
← 1924 2 November 1925 1926 →
35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council; 71 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1925 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Conservative	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1925. 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	57,896 (42.0%)	1.5	16 (45.7%)	16 / 35	2	74 (52.9%)	74 / 140
Labour Party	49,046 (35.6%)	1.0	12 (34.3%)	12 / 35	2	34 (24.3%)	34 / 140
Liberal Party	23,473 (17.0%)	2.6	6 (17.1%)	6 / 35	3	28 (20.0%)	28 / 140
Independent	5,011 (3.6%)	1.6	1 (2.9%)	1 / 35	1	4 (2.3%)	4 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values	1,973 (1.4%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140
Residents	328 (0.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140

Full council

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34	28	4	74

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Hutchinson*	1,837	50.2	+10.7
	Liberal	W. G. Coltart	1,824	49.8	N/A
Majority			13	0.4
Turnout			3,661	43.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Weate*	3,401	53.8	+9.0
	Conservative	J. Whittle	2,925	46.2	−9.0
Majority			476	7.6
Turnout			6,326	60.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Thorneycroft*	4,754	63.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. W. Brownhill	2,792	37.0	N/A
Majority			1,962	26.0	N/A
Turnout			7,546	61.6	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Bentley*	3,038	65.9	N/A
	Labour	F. Gregson	1,570	34.1	+2.3
Majority			1,468	31.8
Turnout			4,608	51.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. W. Sutton*	3,700	59.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. G. Kilbourne	2,482	40.1	N/A
Majority			1,218	19.8	N/A
Turnout			6,182	58.2	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. Kidd*	3,006	64.3	N/A
	Labour	J. T. Abbott	1,672	35.7	N/A
Majority			1,334	28.6	N/A
Turnout			4,678	55.0	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. T. Burrows	4,888	51.9	+4.9
	Liberal	W. E. Davies*	4,308	45.7	−7.3
	Residents	N. E. Walker	224	2.4	N/A
Majority			580	6.2
Turnout			9,420	58.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Collegiate Church

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

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Brine*	3,035	50.2	−1.2
	Labour	P. L. Martin	3,013	49.8	+1.2
Majority			22	0.4	−2.4
Turnout			6,048	64.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Dennison*	2,278	71.1	N/A
	Labour	F. C. Mason	925	28.9	N/A
Majority			1,353	42.2	N/A
Turnout			3,203	57.4	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Levinstein	2,360	59.5	+22.4
	Liberal	J. W. Hampson	1,605	40.5	−22.4
Majority			755	19.0
Turnout			3,965	63.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. L. Hardcastle*	570	63.5	N/A
	Liberal	E. Barker	327	36.5	N/A
Majority			243	27.0	N/A
Turnout			897	53.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. F. Regan	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Lee*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lundy*	3,040	50.4	+5.2
	Conservative	E. E. Walsh	2,992	49.6	−5.2
Majority			48	0.8
Turnout			6,032	61.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme

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

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Cundiff*	3,783	67.6	+22.0
	Co-operative Party	T. Anderson	1,536	27.4	N/A
	Independent	M. E. Greenwood	280	5.0	−15.1
Majority			2,247	40.2	+14.7
Turnout			5,599	54.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. H. S. Redmond*	3,181	58.0	−11.5
	Labour	E. Chorlton	2,306	42.0	+11.8
Majority			875	16.0	−23.3
Turnout			5,487	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Taylor	3,939	53.4	+3.5
	Conservative	J. Travis*	3,436	46.6	−3.5
Majority			503	6.8
Turnout			7,375	72.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Hales*	2,032	49.0	N/A
	Conservative	R. McDowell	2,009	48.5	+1.9
	Residents	A. R. Edwards	87	2.1	−0.6
	Residents	A. M. Edwards	17	0.4	−2.3
Majority			23	0.5
Turnout			4,145	50.9
	Independent hold		Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Birley*	2,511	56.0	+3.7
	English League for the Taxation of Land Values	A. H. Weller	1,973	44.0	N/A
Majority			538	12.0	+7.4
Turnout			4,484	49.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moston

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. R. Mellor*	3,028	58.6	+11.7
	Liberal	A. Forsyth	2,140	41.4	+22.6
Majority			888	17.2	+4.6
Turnout			5,168	58.4
	Labour hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. M. Larrad	3,223	52.0	−0.4
	Conservative	J. Milner*	2,975	48.0	N/A
Majority			248	4.0	−0.8
Turnout			6,198	62.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. F. Robinson*	2,905	50.3	N/A
	Labour	H. Frankland	2,866	49.7	+11.3
Majority			39	0.6
Turnout			5,771	62.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Toole*	uncontested
	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*	3,187	81.2	N/A
	Labour	W. Davis	740	18.8	N/A
Majority			2,447	62.4	N/A
Turnout			3,927	44.7	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Green*	736	63.2	N/A
	Liberal	J. G. Haworth	428	36.8	N/A
Majority			308	26.4	N/A
Turnout			1,164	47.6	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. D. Judson	1,000	50.6	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Wood	975	49.4	N/A
Majority			25	1.2	N/A
Turnout			1,975	64.3	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Oddy*	2,530	50.8	+30.0
	Labour	J. G. Clapham	2,449	49.2	+9.7
Majority			81	1.6
Turnout			4,979	42.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Hewlett*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. R. Ackroyd*	3,111	55.2	+17.4
	Conservative	T. Harrison	2,522	44.8	−17.4
Majority			589	10.4
Turnout			5,633	53.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	G. Hall*	4,056	67.8	+5.3
	Conservative	E. Filmer	1,925	32.2	+1.4
Majority			2,131	35.6	+3.9
Turnout			5,981	58.3
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. Dale*	1,772	39.5	−2.6
	Labour	E. Downey	1,747	39.0	−18.9
	Independent	J. Hoy	965	21.5	N/A
Majority			25	0.5
Turnout			4,484	68.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withington

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Challoner	1,813	41.9	−8.0
	Independent	L. F. Massey*	1,734	40.1	N/A
	Labour	W. Johnston	780	18.0	N/A
Majority			79	1.8
Turnout			4,327	63.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1925

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1925, the terms of office of seventeen aldermen expired.^[3]

The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1925 for a term of six years.

	Alderman	Ward	Term expires
Liberal	James Bowes*	Miles Platting	1931
Liberal	James Bowie*	St. Clement's	1931
Conservative	Henry Richard Box*	Moss Side East	1931
Conservative	Tom Cook*	Openshaw	1931
Labour	Tom Fox*	Bradford	1931
Liberal	Hermann Goldschmidt*	Collyhurst	1931
Conservative	Walter Harwood*	Didsbury	1931
Conservative	T. H. Hinchcliffe	St. Luke's	1931
Conservative	Edward Holt*	Crumpsall	1931
Conservative	Christopher Hornby*	All Saints'	1931
Labour	William Jackson*	Blackley	1931
Conservative	William Kay*	St. George's	1931
Liberal	Henry Plummer*	Rusholme	1931
Conservative	Frederick Todd*	New Cross	1931
Conservative	John Turner*	Chorlton-cum-Hardy	1931
Conservative	F. J. West*	Beswick	1931
Conservative	Samuel Woollam	Gorton North	1931

By-elections between 1925 and 1926

By-elections, 24 November 1925

Two by-elections were held on 24 November 1925 to fill vacancies that were created by the appointment of aldermen on 6 June 1928.^[4]

Medlock Street

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Samuel Woollam (Conservative, Medlock Street, elected 2 November 1908)^[5] on 9 November 1925,^[6] following the resignation on 9 November 1925 of Alderman Fred Pogson (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1909).^[7]^[8]

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. H. Holden Wood	1,929	41.1	−16.9
	Labour	E. Chorlton	1,876	40.0	−2.0
	Liberal	W. E. Davies	851	18.1	N/A
	Independent	N. E. Walker	37	0.8	N/A
Majority			53	1.1	−14.9
Turnout			4,693
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor T. H. Hinchcliffe (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 2 November 1908)^[9] on 9 November 1925,^[10] following the death on 20 October 1925 of Alderman William Lane-Scott (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 June 1917).^[11]^[12]

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Harrison	2,120	55.4	+10.6
	Liberal	E. Tebb	1,710	44.6	−10.6
Majority			410	10.8
Turnout			3,830
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
↑ MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOMINATIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1925, p.5
↑ CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
↑ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1925, p.11
↑ CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10
↑ CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
↑ CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
↑ MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1909, p.9
↑ CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10
↑ CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
↑ CHILDREN LOSE A FRIEND, Manchester Evening News, October 20, 1925, p.6
↑ CITY COUNCIL TOPICS, Manchester Evening News, June 20, 1917, p.2

[1] MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6

[2] MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOMINATIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1925, p.5

[3] CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5

[4] MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1925, p.11

[5] CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10

[6] CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5

[7] CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5

[8] MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1909, p.9

[9] CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10

[10] CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5

[11] CHILDREN LOSE A FRIEND, Manchester Evening News, October 20, 1925, p.6

[12] CITY COUNCIL TOPICS, Manchester Evening News, June 20, 1917, p.2

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