1931 Manchester City Council election

1931 Manchester City Council election
← 1930 2 November 1931 (1931-11-02) 1932 →
35 of 144 seats on Manchester City Council
73 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Last election 18 seats,
42.1% 		11 seats,
34.4% 		5 seats,
19.6%
Seats before 62 51 28
Seats won 21 7 7
Seats after 71 43 28
Seat change Increase9 Decrease7 Steady
Popular vote 63,284 48,549 12,384
Percentage 50.0% 38.4% 9.8%
Swing Increase7.9% Increase4.0% Decrease9.8%
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1 seats,
2.3%
Seats before 3
Seats won 0
Seats after 2
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 0
Percentage 0.0%
Swing Decrease2.3%
Map of results of 1931 election
Leader of the Council before election


No overall control

Leader of the Council after election


No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1931. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The council remained under no overall control.[1][2]

Election result

Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 63,284 (50.0%)
Increase 7.9 21 (60.0%)
21 / 35
 Increase 9 71 (49.3%)
71 / 144
Labour Party 48,549 (38.4%)
Increase 4.0 7 (20.0%)
7 / 35
 Decrease 7 43 (29.9%)
43 / 144
Liberal Party 12,384 (9.8%)
Decrease 9.8 7 (20.0%)
7 / 35
 Steady 28 (19.4%)
28 / 144
Independent 0 (0.0%)
Decrease 2.3 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Decrease 1 2 (1.4%)
2 / 144
Independent Labour 1,662 (1.3%)
N/A 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Decrease 1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 144
Residents 368 (0.3%)
Increase 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 144
Communist 261 (0.2%)
Increase 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 144

Full council

↓
43 28 2 71

Aldermen

↓
5 9 1 21

Councillors

↓
38 19 1 50

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. McMahon 2,502 68.3 +12.0
Labour A. Trench 1,160 31.7 +5.4
Majority 1,342 36.6 +6.6
Turnout 3,662 41.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. Grocock 3,399 62.0 −0.6
Labour W. Onions 2,080 38.0 +0.6
Majority 1,319 24.0 −1.2
Turnout 5,479 50.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. Thorneycroft* 3,902 52.3 N/A
Conservative W. Shaw 3,559 47.7 N/A
Majority 343 4.6 N/A
Turnout 7,461 59.6
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H. Lee 3,600 74.4 N/A
Labour W. Collingson 1,241 25.6 −6.7
Majority 2,359 48.8
Turnout 4,841 48.2
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. J. Riley 3,596 59.0 +11.6
Labour R. McKeon 2,503 41.0 −11.6
Majority 1,093 18.0
Turnout 6,099 53.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. C. Kidd* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Somerville* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Elliott* 1,027 50.2 N/A
Liberal P. Smith 1,020 49.8 +22.4
Majority 7 0.4
Turnout 2,047 47.3
Conservative hold Swing

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative L. E. Wilson 3,043 51.2 +1.5
Labour R. Malcolm* 2,792 47.0 −3.3
Communist S. Nuttall 103 1.8 N/A
Majority 251 4.2
Turnout 5,938 59.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Reid 2,187 51.2 0
Liberal G. H. Harrison 2,082 48.8 +3.9
Majority 105 2.4 −3.9
Turnout 4,269 54.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. P. Dawson* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

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

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. F. Regan* 3,623 56.4 −13.8
Conservative H. S. Birch 2,797 43.6 N/A
Majority 826 12.8 −27.6
Turnout 6,420 59.1
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Lee* 3,683 51.9 −1.3
Conservative E. Appleton 3,410 48.1 +1.3
Majority 273 3.8 −2.6
Turnout 7,093 56.4
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. Sutton 3,696 64.4 +9.5
Labour E. Barnacott 2,042 35.6 −9.5
Majority 1,654 28.8 +19.0
Turnout 5,738 56.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal C. R. de la Wyche* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Longsight

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

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. T. Barnes 3,008 63.5 +18.9
Labour F. Edwards* 1,729 36.5 −18.9
Majority 1,279 27.0
Turnout 4,737 37.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative J. Vickers 3,422 53.1 +7.1
Labour W. Lewis 3,023 46.9 −7.1
Majority 399 6.2
Turnout 6,445 59.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Strange 2,734 92.6 +40.3
Residents A. R. Edwards 218 7.4 +7.0
Majority 2,516 85.2 +63.5
Turnout 2,952 33.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. Pepperdine* 3,427 83.6 +36.8
Labour A. Eyres 632 15.4 −0.6
Majority 2,795 68.2 +54.5
Turnout 4,059 20.9
Conservative hold Swing

Moston

Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. R. Mellor* 3,075 51.6 +18.2
Conservative J. S. O'Byrne 2,887 48.4 −6.2
Majority 188 3.2
Turnout 5,962 51.2
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative S. Fitton* 3,750 51.5 +7.1
Labour L. M. Lever 3,528 48.5 −7.1
Majority 222 3.0
Turnout 7,278 67.9
Conservative hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. F. Robinson* 3,293 61.6 +5.8
Labour J. Gorman 2,049 38.4 −5.8
Majority 1,244 23.2 +11.6
Turnout 5,342 52.6
Conservative hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Toole* 3,119 54.2 −12.4
Conservative J. Campbell 2,479 43.1 N/A
Communist A. Jackson 158 2.7 +0.6
Majority 640 11.1 −24.2
Turnout 5,756 56.8
Labour hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal R. Noton Barclay* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative F. A. Jackson* 3,119 95.4 +50.9
Residents A. M. Edwards 150 4.6 +2.9
Majority 2,969 90.8
Turnout 3,269 31.8
Conservative hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Green* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. D. Judson* 1,057 58.0 +26.9
Labour A. Lees 765 42.0 +16.3
Majority 292 16.0
Turnout 1,822 55.1
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Todd 2,446 44.9 N/A
Independent Labour E. Hope* 1,662 30.5 N/A
Labour L. Corcoran 1,341 24.6 −16.0
Majority 784 14.4
Turnout 5,449 43.2
Liberal gain from Independent Labour Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal F. E. Tylecote* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. R. Ackroyd* 3,236 78.4 N/A
Labour E. Davies 892 21.6 −14.7
Majority 2,344 56.8
Turnout 4,128 20.2
Liberal hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Hall* 3,177 50.6 −7.1
Conservative G. Moores 3,102 49.4 +7.1
Majority 75 1.2 −14.2
Turnout 6,279 58.3
Labour hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Cathcart* 2,238 55.6 N/A
Conservative T. Smith 1,790 44.4 N/A
Majority 448 11.2 N/A
Turnout 4,028 58.3
Labour hold Swing

Withington

Withington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. H. Davis* uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic election, 2 March 1932

Caused by the death on 12 February 1932 of Alderman James Bowes (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 28 October 1903).[3][4]

In his place, Councillor Joseph Crookes Grime (Conservative, Exchange, elected 7 July 1927, previously 1911-26)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 March 1932.[6]

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Conservative Joseph Crookes Grime Miles Platting 1937

By-elections between 1931 and 1932

Exchange, 10 November 1931

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Colonel George Westcott (Conservative, Exchange, elected 1 November 1911)[7] on 29 October 1931,[8] following the death on 16 October 1931 of Alderman John James Kendall (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 24 June 1927).[9][10]

Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative C. F. Terry* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's, 24 November 1931

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor H. D. Judson (Conservative, St. Clements's, elected 2 November 1925, previously 1911-24)[11] on 29 October 1931,[12] following the death on 8 October 1931 of Alderman James Johnson (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923).[13][14]

St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative P. C. Parker 761 37.3 −20.7
Liberal J. E. Fitzsimons 693 34.0 N/A
Labour A. Lees 584 28.7 −13.3
Majority 68 3.3 −12.7
Turnout 2,038 61.7 +6.6
Conservative hold Swing

[15]

Moss Side West, 19 January 1932

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Benjamin Vivante (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 1 November 1930)[16] on 6 January 1932.[17]

Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative D. Gosling 1,772 55.0 −28.6
Labour A. Eyres 859 26.7 +11.3
English League for the Taxation of Land Values A. H. Weller 574 17.7 N/A
Residents A. R. Edwards 18 0.6 N/A
Majority 913 28.3 −39.9
Turnout 3,223 16.6 −4.4
Conservative hold Swing

[18]

Harpurhey, 2 February 1932

Caused by the death of Councillor Fraser Sutton (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 2 November 1931)[19] on 12 January 1932.[20]

Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative E. Shields 2,592 60.2 −4.2
Labour E. Barnacott 1,714 39.8 +4.2
Majority 878 20.4 −8.4
Turnout 4,306 42.1 −14.0
Conservative hold Swing

[21]

Blackley, 1 March 1932

Caused by the death of Councillor James Edward Littler (Conservative, Blackley, elected 1 November 1921)[22] on 11 February 1932.[23]

Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. Makinson 1,834 71.1 N/A
Labour W. Collingson 745 28.9 +3.3
Majority 1,089 42.2
Turnout 2,579 25.7 −22.5
Conservative hold Swing

[24]

Cheetham, 15 March 1932

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor H. D. Judson (Conservative, St. Clements's, elected 2 November 1925, previously 1911-24)[25] on 29 October 1931,[26] following the death on 8 October 1931 of Alderman James Johnson (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923).[27][28]

Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. Lomax 1,460 62.4 N/A
Labour M. Tyler 879 37.6 N/A
Majority 581 24.8 N/A
Turnout 2,339
Conservative hold Swing

[29]

References

  1. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
  2. ^ LABOUR'S AUTOMATIC DEFEAT, Manchester Evening News, November 3, 1931, p.5
  3. ^ DEATH OF ALDERMAN BOWES, Manchester Guardian, February 13, 1932, p.5
  4. ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Council, October 28, 1903, p.2
  5. ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, July 8, 1927, p.13
  6. ^ 10s HOUSES AT WYTHENSHAWE, Manchester Guardian, March 3, 1932, p.11
  7. ^ MANCHESTER ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1911, p.10
  8. ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
  9. ^ NEW ALDERMEN WANTED, Manchester Evening News, October 17, 1931, p.5
  10. ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
  11. ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
  12. ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
  13. ^ OBITUARY, Manchester Guardian, October 9, 1931, p.5
  14. ^ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
  15. ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1931, p.11
  16. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1930, p.12
  17. ^ CITY BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, January 8, 1932, p.11
  18. ^ MOSS SIDE WEST WARD BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, January 20, 1932, p.11
  19. ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
  20. ^ DEATH OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, January 13, 1932, p.8
  21. ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 3, 1932, p.14
  22. ^ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1921, p.7
  23. ^ COUNCILLOR DEAD, Manchester Evening News, February 11, 1932, p.7
  24. ^ , Manchester Guardian, March 2, 1932, p.11
  25. ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
  26. ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
  27. ^ OBITUARY, Manchester Guardian, October 9, 1931, p.5
  28. ^ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
  29. ^ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 16, 1932, p.4