1910 Manchester City Council election

1910 Manchester City Council election

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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]

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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

Collegiate Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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