1921 Manchester City Council election
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1921. 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 gained overall control of the council from, no overall control.[1][2]
Election result
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 34,013 (34.1%) | 1.0 | 23 (65.7%) | 23 / 35
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9 | 71 (50.7%) | 71 / 140
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Labour Party | 30,492 (30.6%) | 4.6 | 5 (14.3%) | 5 / 35
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4 | 30 (20.7%) | 29 / 140
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Liberal Party | 19,926 (20.0%) | 1.9 | 5 (14.3%) | 5 / 35
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6 | 27 (19.3%) | 27 / 140
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Independent | 9,374 (9.4%) | 3.2 | 2 (5.7%) | 2 / 35
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1 | 13 (9.3%) | 13 / 140
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National Unemployed Workers' Movement | 1,040 (1.0%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Independent Labour | 471 (0.1%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Communist Party | 1,175 (0.9%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140
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Full council
29 | 27 | 13 | 71 |
Ward results
All Saints
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Pierce* | 1,616 | 51.3 | +5.0 | |
Labour | G. Benson | 1,537 | 48.7 | +25.6 | |
Majority | 79 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,153 | 40.3 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. L. K. Jones | 2,536 | 51.8 | −18.4 | |
Labour | R. C. Wallhead* | 2,363 | 48.2 | +18.4 | |
Majority | 173 | 3.4 | −37.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,899 | 48.0 | +12.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Beswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. Robinson* | 2,796 | 56.1 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | J. Fiddiham | 2,187 | 43.9 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 609 | 12.2 | −9.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,983 | 43.7 | +7.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. E. Littler | 2,651 | 66.5 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Robinson | 1,333 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,318 | 33.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,984 | 51.1 | +14.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Binns* | 2,875 | 58.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Ward | 2,084 | 42.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 791 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,959 | 52.3 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Whitworth* | 2,694 | 61.7 | N/A | |
Labour | C. Kean | 1,671 | 38.3 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 1,023 | 23.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,365 | 53.9 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. T. Rowe* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Hill* | 779* | 36.7 | −12.2 | |
Independent | D. Gouldman | 779 | 36.7 | +13.1 | |
Liberal | D. Quas-Cohen | 564 | 26.6 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | −21.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,122 | 62.2 | +13.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
* Two candidates having received 779 votes each, Hill was returned on the Alderman's casting vote
Collyhurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Co-operative Party | A. Park* | 1,515 | 73.6 | +18.4 | |
Independent | J. T. Fisher | 309 | 15.0 | N/A | |
NFDDSS | J. Greaves | 234 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,206 | 58.6 | +41.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,058 | 23.1 | −6.4 | ||
Co-operative Party hold | Swing |
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. J. Robertshaw* | 1,594 | 56.7 | +15.8 | |
Liberal | H. Wagon | 1,215 | 43.3 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 379 | 13.4 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,809 | 58.2 | −5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. Swarbrick* | 1,620 | 51.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | F. Stapleton | 1,546 | 48.8 | −31.9 | |
Majority | 74 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,166 | 59.0 | +4.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Westcott* | 690 | 66.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Lyons | 343 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 347 | 33.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,033 | 58.1 | +21.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Docker | 2,216 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Mason | 1,748 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | J. P. Greenall* | 1,210 | 20.1 | N/A | |
National Unemployed Workers' Movement | J. Shaw | 839 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 468 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,013 | 60.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. J. Davies* | 2,174 | 51.8 | −23.6 | |
Conservative | J. H. B. Grimshaw | 2,026 | 48.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 148 | 3.5 | −47.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,200 | 45.3 | +15.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Gilgryst* | 2,575 | 54.2 | +12.9 | |
Labour | A. E. Wolstenholme | 2,135 | 44.9 | +17.4 | |
Independent | G. A. Jones | 44 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 440 | 9.3 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,754 | 49.2 | −7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Levenshulme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. S. Harper* | 3,728 | 84.6 | +21.4 | |
Labour | W. H. Depledge | 678 | 15.4 | −21.4 | |
Majority | 3,050 | 69.2 | +42.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,406 | 48.8 | −5.4 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. Jennison* | 2,661 | 61.3 | ||
Liberal | A. L. Taylor | 1,678 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 983 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,339 | 50.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. J. Pine* | ||||
Labour | A. E. Robinson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. James* | 2,992 | 59.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Bloor | 2,050 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 942 | 18.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,042 | 52.4 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Brister | ||||
Labour | E. J. Hookway | ||||
Liberal | E. Barker | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moss Side West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Dunham | 2,600 | 50.8 | +21.1 | |
Independent | J. S. Whitehead | 2,523 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 77 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,123 | 59.5 | +18.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Bostock | 2,039 | 52.6 | +19.2 | |
Co-operative Party | T. Horrocks* | 1,835 | 47.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 204 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,874 | 38.6 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Co-operative Party | Swing |
New Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Grime* | 3,039 | 60.1 | −5.3 | |
Labour | T. Cunningham | 2,017 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,022 | 20.2 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,056 | 53.2 | +20.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. M. Marshall | 3,220 | 63.5 | +28.4 | |
Labour | I. Floyd | 1,847 | 36.5 | −28.4 | |
Majority | 1,373 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,067 | 64.3 | +23.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Openshaw
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. F. Titt* | 2,073 | 51.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Docker | 1,952 | 48.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 121 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,025 | 36.4 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | O. R. Lancashire* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | W. Flinn | 2,007 | 56.4 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | J. Parkinson* | 1,550 | 43.6 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 457 | 12.8 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,557 | 44.2 | +4.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Ann's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. B. Beesley | 649 | 54.5 | N/A | |
Independent | R. B. Batty | 542 | 45.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 107 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,191 | 49.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Clement's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | W. Melland* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. A. Toyn | 2,209 | 44.3 | +4.8 | |
Labour | C. Beamand | 1,535 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. I. Booth | 1,238 | 24.9 | −35.6 | |
Majority | 674 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,982 | 36.8 | +11.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Bayliss* | 709 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | H. S. Ashburner | 692 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 17 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,401 | 53.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. H. Hinchcliffe* | 2,432 | 57.1 | N/A | |
Labour Co-op | J. H. Alsop | 1,828 | 42.9 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 604 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,260 | 43.0 | +8.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Mark's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Turner | 4,204 | 67.0 | +18.4 | |
Labour | W. R. Watson | 2,075 | 33.0 | −18.4 | |
Majority | 2,129 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,279 | 63.1 | +13.4 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Michael's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Cassidy* | 2,311 | 50.4 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | G. H. Dale | 2,274 | 49.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.8 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,585 | 74.4 | +8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. C. Jones* | 2,079 | 72.5 | N/A | |
Labour | W. H. Depledge | 788 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,291 | 45.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,867 | 44.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |