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1923 Manchester City Council election
← 1922 1 November 1923 (1923-11-01) 1924 →
35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council
70 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 80 32 26
Seats won 15 8 10
Seats after 78 32 28
Seat change Decrease2 Steady Increase2
Popular vote 48,158 9,780 44,198
Percentage 43.2% 8.8% 39.7%
Swing Decrease5.6 Decrease5.2% Increase13.8%
Map of results of 1923 election
Leader of the Council before election


Conservative

Leader of the Council after election


Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1923. 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

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 48,158 (43.2%)
Decrease 5.6 18 (51.4%)
18 / 35
 Decrease 2 78 (55.7%)
78 / 140
Liberal Party 9,780 (8.8%)
Decrease 5.2 7 (20.0%)
7 / 35
 Steady 32 (22.9%)
32 / 140
Labour Party 44,198 (39.7%)
Increase 13.8 10 (28.6%)
10 / 35
 Increase 2 28 (20.0%)
28 / 140
Independent 4,220 (3.8%)
Decrease 5.3 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 1 (0.7%)
1 / 140
Residents 0 (0.0%)
Decrease 2.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 1 (0.7%)
1 / 140
Co-operative Party 4,810 (4.8%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
NFDDSS 1,040 (1.0%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140

Full council

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28 32 1 1 78

Ward results

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All Saints

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All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. J. O'Loughlin* 1,206 36.6 N/A
Conservative E. Lewis 1,203 36.5 N/A
Labour A. M. Thompson 823 25.0 −36.3
Independent A. W. McKelvin 60 1.8 −36.9
Majority 3 0.1
Turnout 3,292
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Robinson* 4,334 52.4 +2.2
Conservative J. H. Meachin 3,879 46.9 −2.9
NFDDSS C. Reilly 57 0.7 N/A
Majority 455 5.5 +5.1
Turnout 8,270
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. S. Williams* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. J. Hart* 3,302 51.4 −5.5
Conservative G. W. Leggott 3,125 48.6 +5.5
Majority 179 2.8 −11.0
Turnout 6,427
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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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

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. S. Grindley* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal E. D. Simon* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Exchange

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Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. L. Hardcastle* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Davy* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

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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

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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

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

Longsight

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

Medlock Street

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

Miles Platting

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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

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Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents 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
Residents hold Swing

Moss Side West

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Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Mathewson Watson* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Moston

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Oxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. W. Shepherd* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Rusholme

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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

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St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Larmuth* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

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St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. H. Helm* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal G. Oddy* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

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St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Hinchliffe* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

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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

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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

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St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Reilly* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Withington

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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

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By-elections between 1922 and 1923

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References

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  1. ^ MANCHESTER POSITION, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1923, p.6
  2. ^ NET GAIN TO LABOUR IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1923, p.14
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