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1900 Manchester City Council election
26 of 104 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 53 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1900 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 Thursday, 1 November 1900. 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	15,785 (43.6%)	7.5	12 (46.2%)	12 / 26	2	51 (49.0%)	51 / 104
Liberal Party	11,880 (32.8%)	6.9	10 (38.5%)	10 / 26	2	45 (43.3%)	45 / 104
Labour Party	8,547 (23.6%)	15.4	2 (7.7%)	2 / 26		3 (2.9%)	3 / 104
Liberal Unionist	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		3 (2.9%)	3 / 104
Independent	0 (0.0%)	1.0	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104
Social Democratic Federation	0 (0.0%)		1 (3.8%)	1 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104

Full council

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1	3	45	1	3	51

Aldermen

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15	3	8

Councillors

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1	3	30	1	43

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hornby*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Whittaker*	1,629	54.4	−3.5
	Labour	G. Wearing	1,368	45.6	N/A
Majority			261	8.8	−7.0
Turnout			2,997
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Briggs*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Sutton*	3,008	68.8	N/A
	Conservative	G. Jennison	1,363	31.2	N/A
Majority			1,645	37.6	N/A
Turnout			4,371
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Halliday*	1,447	55.4	N/A
	Conservative	R. Oliver	1,166	44.6	−34.9
Majority			281	10.8
Turnout			2,613
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Royle*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Holt*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Moss*	uncontested
	Independent hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Brocklehurst*	3,003	57.8	+25.0
	Conservative	G. W. Chadwick	2,195	42.2	−1.9
Majority			808	15.6
Turnout			5,198
	Labour hold		Swing

Longsight

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

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Kemp*	1,706	56.8	+16.3
	Liberal	R. Carhart	1,299	43.2	−16.3
Majority			407	13.6
Turnout			3,005
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Dixon*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Boyle*	2,917	63.3	+4.0
	Liberal	J. Simpson*	2,914	63.2	+3.9
	Conservative	E. G. Simpson	1,708	37.0	−7.9
	Conservative	F. B. Smith	1,679	36.4	−8.5
Majority			1,206	26.2	+19.9
Turnout			4,610
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garlick*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Pollitt*	1,779	60.4	+1.0
	Labour	E. J. Hart	1,168	39.6	−1.0
Majority			611	20.8	+2.0
Turnout			2,947
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Simpson	325	51.9	N/A
	Liberal	A. Burgon	301	48.1	N/A
Majority			24	3.8	N/A
Turnout			626
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. K. Ashton*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Vaudrey*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Harrop*	751	54.9	+9.2
	Conservative	R. A. Kinder	616	45.1	−9.2
Majority			125	9.8
Turnout			1,367
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic Federation	W. Maben*	uncontested
	Social Democratic Federation hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. T. Shann*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ingle	510	51.5	N/A
	Liberal	M. Wells*	481	48.5	N/A
Majority			29	3.0	N/A
Turnout			991
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. H. Scott*	1,770	61.5	N/A
	Conservative	W. Chapman	1,109	38.5	N.A
Majority			661	23.0	N/A
Turnout			2,879
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Quinn Ruddin*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1900 and 1901

References

^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1900, p.9
^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1900, p.6

[1] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1900, p.9

[2] MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1900, p.6

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1900 Manchester City Council election