1912 Manchester City Council election

1 November 1912 (1912-11-01)

35 of 140 seats
to Manchester City Council
71 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Last election	15 seats, 45.7%	11 seats, 23.6%	6 seats, 26.9%
Seats before	75	42	16
Seats won	23	6	3
Seats after	77	40	16
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	20,685	12,361	7,164
Percentage	49.2%	29.4%	17.0%
Swing	3.5%	5.8%	9.9%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	3 seats, 3.7%
Seats before	7
Seats won	3
Seats after	7
Seat change
Popular vote	364
Percentage	0.9%
Swing	2.8%

Map of results of 1912 election

Leader of the Council before election

Conservative

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1912. 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	20,685 (49.2%)	3.5	23 (65.7%)	23 / 35	2	77 (55.0%)	77 / 140
Liberal Party	12,361 (29.4%)	5.8	6 (17.1%)	6 / 35	2	40 (28.6%)	40 / 140
Labour Party	7,164 (17.0%)	9.9	3 (8.6%)	3 / 35		16 (11.4%)	16 / 140
Independent	364 (0.9%)	2.8	3 (8.6%)	3 / 35		7 (5.0%)	7 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values	870 (2.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 140
British Socialist Party	601 (1.4%)	1.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 35		0 (0.0%)	0 / 140

Full council

↓
16	40	7	77

Aldermen

↓
15	1	19

Councillors

↓
16	25	6	58

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Chapman	2,015	57.8	+9.2
	Labour	F. Lowe	977	28.0	−23.4
	Liberal	J. M. Bernstein	494	14.2	N/A
Majority			1,038	29.8
Turnout			3,486
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley and Moston

Blackley and Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Johnston*	1,786	50.4	+17.8
	Liberal	A. Taylor	1,755	49.6	−17.8
Majority			31	0.8
Turnout			3,541
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. W. Pendlebury*	2,837	68.9	+26.4
	Liberal	W. Davies	1,278	31.1	N/A
Majority			1,609	39.2
Turnout			4,115
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. A. Wood*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. Booth	1,407	50.4	+10.6
	Liberal	G. Howarth*	1,383	49.6	N/A
Majority			24	0.8
Turnout			2,790
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Taylor	456	52.8	N/A
	Liberal	E. Barker*	408	47.2	N/A
Majority			48	5.6	N/A
Turnout			864
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Todd*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. D. Simon	uncontested
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

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

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Higginson*	uncontested
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. R. Day*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hargreaves*	1,913	44.2	−11.0
	Labour	R. Bebbington	1,374	31.7	−13.1
	Liberal	C. Peach	1,041	24.1	N/A
Majority			539	12.5	+2.1
Turnout			4,328
	Conservative hold		Swing

Levenshulme North

Levenshulme North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Fenn*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Levenshulme South

Levenshulme South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Harrison*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Cundiff*	1,120	62.3	+8.0
	Labour	G. Hall	679	37.7	−8.0
Majority			441	24.6	+16.0
Turnout			1,799
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

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

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Chesters*	1,531	58.8	+11.7
	Labour	H. H. Laurie	1,073	41.2	−11.7
Majority			458	17.6
Turnout			2,604
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. T. Dagnall*	910	51.1	+3.5
	English League for the Taxation of Land Values	A. H. Weller	870	48.9	N/A
Majority			40	2.2
Turnout			1,780
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Flanagan*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Taylor*	2,412	65.6	+1.8
	Conservative	C. E. B. Russell	2,122	57.7	−6.1
	Liberal	T. P. Fyans	1,408	38.3	N/A
Majority			714	19.4
Turnout			3,675
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Moston	1,630	55.7	+6.6
	Liberal	W. Butterworth*	1,297	44.3	−6.6
Majority			333	11.4
Turnout			2,927
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Cook*	1,275	83.1	+37.0
	British Socialist Party	W. Green	260	16.9	+12.7
Majority			1,015	66.2
Turnout			1,535
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Behrens*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. F. M. Susman*	uncontested
	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*	559	52.7	−2.0
	Conservative	W. R. W. Murray	501	47.3	+2.0
Majority			58	5.4	−4.0
Turnout			1,060
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Oddy*	1,310	79.3	N/A
	British Socialist Party	A. Mole	341	20.7	N/A
Majority			969	58.6	N/A
Turnout			1,651
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hislop*	319	51.2	N/A
	Liberal	W. Thomson	304	48.8	N/A
Majority			15	2.4	N/A
Turnout			623
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Foden	376	50.8	−0.7
	Independent	W. Robinow	364	49.2	N/A
Majority			12	1.6	−1.4
Turnout			740
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Johnson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Turner*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Boyle*	1,136	50.3	+3.0
	Liberal	J. Reilly	1,124	49.7	−3.0
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout			2,260
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withington

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. D. Simpson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 2 April 1913

Caused by the death on 18 March 1913 of Alderman W. B. Pritchard (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1909).^[3]^[4]

In his place, Councillor John R. Smith (Conservative, Collegiate Church, elected 1 November 1898)^[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 April 1913.^[6]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John R. Smith	Collegiate Church	1913

By-elections between 1912 and 1913

Collegiate Church, 23 January 1913

Caused by the death of Councillor John Lowry (Conservative, Collegiate Church, elected 1 November 1899)^[7] on 6 January 1913.^[8]

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. R. Hewlett	415	50.6	−2.2
	Liberal	E. Barker	405	49.4	+2.2
Majority			10	1.2	−4.4
Turnout			820
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

Collegiate Church, 15 April 1913

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor J. R. Smith (Conservative, Collegiate Church, elected 1 November 1898)^[10] on 2 April 1913^[11] following the death on 18 March 1913 of Alderman W. B. Pritchard (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1909).^[12]^[13]

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hill	442	51.6	−1.2
	Liberal	E. Barker	415	48.4	+1.2
Majority			27	3.2	−2.4
Turnout			857
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[14]

References

MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1912, p.11
MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN, Manchester Courier, October 25, 1912, p.8
THE LATE MR. T. C. ABBOTT, Manchester Evening News, March 18, 1913, p.11
MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1909, p.9
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1898, p.6
THE STREET TRAFFIC PROBLEM, Manchester Courier, April 3, 1913, p.9
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 25, 1899, p.7
LATE MR. LOWRY, Manchester Courier, January 10, 1913, p.10
MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, January 24, 1913, p.12
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1898, p.6
THE STREET TRAFFIC PROBLEM, Manchester Courier, April 3, 1913, p.9
THE LATE MR. T. C. ABBOTT, Manchester Evening News, March 18, 1913, p.11
MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1909, p.9
MUNICIPAL BYE-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, April 16, 1913, p.10