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1929 Manchester City Council election
← 1928 1 November 1929 (1929-11-01) 1930 →
35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Labour Liberal
Last election 13 seats,
40.9% 		14 seats,
40.6% 		7 seats,
15.5%
Seats before 59 48 28
Seats won 8 20 7
Seats after 54 51 30
Seat change Decrease5 Increase3 Increase2
Popular vote 40,819 42,265 22,086
Percentage 38.1% 39.5% 20.6%
Swing Decrease2.8 Decrease1.1% Increase5.1%
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1 seats,
1.2%
Seats before 4
Seats won 0
Seats after 4
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 160
Percentage 0.1%
Swing Decrease1.1%
Map of results of 1929 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 Friday, 1 November 1929. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The remained under no overall control.[1][2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Conservative Party 40,819 (38.1%)
Decrease 2.8 8 (22.9%)
8 / 35
 Decrease 5 54 (38.6%)
54 / 140
Labour Party 42,265 (39.5%)
Decrease 1.1 20 (57.1%)
20 / 35
 Increase 3 51 (36.4%)
51 / 140
Liberal Party 22,086 (20.6%)
Increase 5.1 7 (20.0%)
7 / 35
 Increase 2 30 (21.4%)
30 / 140
Independent 160 (0.1%)
Decrease 1.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 4 (2.9%)
4 / 140
English League for the Taxation of Land Values 0 (0.0%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 1 (0.7%)
1 / 140
Residents 1,084 (1.0%)
Increase 0.2 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
Independent Conservative 569 (0.5%)
Decrease 0.1 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140
Communist 87 (0.1%)
Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 35
 Steady 0 (0.0%)
0 / 140

Full council

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51 30 1 4 54

Aldermen

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4 10 1 20

Councillors

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47 20 1 3 34

Ward results

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All Saints

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All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Williams* 1,257 44.9 −6.8
Conservative J. McMahon 955 34.1 −13.1
Ind. Conservative J. Griffin 569 20.3 N/A
Residents A. R. Edwards 18 0.6 −0.4
Majority 302 10.8 +6.3
Turnout 2,799 31.3 −14.2
Labour hold Swing

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. M. Wharton* 2,404 60.7 +17.1
Conservative G. Grocock 1,556 39.3 −16.8
Majority 848 21.4
Turnout 3,960 36.5 −24.0
Labour hold Swing

Beswick

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Beswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Robinson* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Blackley

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Blackley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal T. S. Williams* 2,255 67.3 +6.0
Labour J. Gandy-Bewick 1,094 32.7 −2.0
Majority 1,161 34.6 +8.0
Turnout 3,349 32.4 −13.5
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

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Bradford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. J. Hart* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Cheetham

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

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Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. W. Maitland* 3,711 52.8 +14.2
Conservative J. Lees-Jones 3,321 47.2 +0.5
Majority 390 5.6
Turnout 7,032 34.4 −19.6
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. Moss 770 43.7 N/A
Conservative J. Hill* 682 38.7 −27.0
Labour A. Eyres 312 17.6 −16.7
Majority 88 5.0
Turnout 1,764 40.2 −3.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Collyhurst

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Collyhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Johnston* 2,776 68.4 +17.1
Conservative T. C. Owtram 1,280 31.6 −15.7
Majority 1,496 36.8 +32.8
Turnout 4,056 39.7 −24.4
Labour hold Swing

Crumpsall

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Crumpsall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal S. Meadowcroft 1,449 41.5 −18.2
Conservative G. S. Grindley* 1,234 35.3 −5.0
Labour C. E. P. Stott 660 18.9 N/A
Independent W. Dennison 149 4.3 N/A
Majority 215 6.2 −13.2
Turnout 3,492 50.1 −7.3
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Didsbury

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Didsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative G. H. White* 2,071 50.6 −0.4
Liberal D. Porter 2,019 49.4 +0.4
Majority 52 1.2 −0.8
Turnout 4,090 50.8 −6.0
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

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Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative A. S. Harper* uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Gorton North

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Gorton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. H. Hitchburn* uncontested
Labour hold Swing

Gorton South

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Gorton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. H. Adams* 3,237 69.1 +3.1
Conservative G. Taylor 1,445 30.9 −2.2
Majority 1,792 38.2 +5.3
Turnout 6,000 37.8 −15.9
Labour hold Swing

Harpurhey

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Harpurhey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Howard* 2,318 53.5 0
Conservative F. Sutton 2,014 46.5 +1.5
Majority 304 7.0 −1.5
Turnout 4,332 41.3 −19.8
Labour hold Swing

Levenshulme

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Levenshulme
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative H. M. Emery* 2,510 66.2 N/A
Labour W. N. Bayes 1,281 33.8 +5.9
Majority 1,229 32.4
Turnout 3,791 36.5 −10.9
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

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Longsight
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative W. P. Jackson* 2,718 64.8 +2.5
Labour J. Garside 1,474 35.2 −2.0
Majority 1,244 29.6 +4.5
Turnout 4,192 38.6 −15.2
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

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Medlock Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Chorlton* 2,274 55.3 +4.8
Conservative A. W. L. Smith 1,796 43.7 −3.1
Residents A. R. Edwards 39 1.0 −1.8
Majority 478 11.6 +7.7
Turnout 4,109 32.1 −13.3
Labour hold Swing

Miles Platting

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Miles Platting
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. James* 3,621 64.7 +9.4
Conservative S. Bloor 1,954 34.9 −9.3
Residents A. R. Edwards 18 0.4 −0.1
Majority 1,667 29.8 +18.7
Turnout 5,593 50.2 −15.9
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side East

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Moss Side East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. N. Wallace 955 36.0 +21.0
Conservative A. H. Townend 950 35.8 −0.4
Liberal R. Caradoc Roberts 731 27.6 N/A
Residents A. R. Edwards 17 0.6 −0.3
Majority 5 0.2
Turnout 2,653 31.3 −17.3
Labour hold Swing

Moss Side West

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Moss Side West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Mathewson Watson* 2,349 74.8 N/A
Labour R. McKeon 793 25.2 −5.0
Majority 1,556 49.6
Turnout 3,142 33.7 −7.9
Liberal hold Swing

Moston

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Moston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour F. Gregson 2,369 48.5 −7.7
Conservative M. McRay 1,563 32.0 −11.3
Liberal B. Adler 955 19.5 N/A
Majority 806 16.5 +3.6
Turnout 4,887 43.8 −14.6
Labour hold Swing

New Cross

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New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. Hallows* 3,157 57.3 +21.0
Conservative T. M. Larrad* 2,353 42.7 −21.0
Majority 804 15.0
Turnout 5,510 50.4 −14.6
Labour hold Swing

Newton Heath

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Newton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour H. M. Mitchell* 2,349 52.5 +3.8
Conservative L. Turner 2,128 47.5 −3.2
Majority 221 5.0
Turnout 4,477 44.2 −15.6
Labour hold Swing

Openshaw

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Openshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour W. H. Oldfield* 2,559 96.7 +24.1
Communist F. J. Bright 87 3.3 +1.0
Majority 2,472 93.4 +45.5
Turnout 2,646 25.8 −32.6
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 C. H. Barlow* 2,083 58.4 +0.2
Conservative A. Ellison 1,417 39.8 N/A
Residents A. M. Edwards 64 1.8 +1.5
Majority 666 18.6 −16.8
Turnout 3,564 36.2 −10.8
Liberal hold Swing

St. Ann's

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St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative R. A. Larmuth* 694 69.7 N/A
Liberal A. Payne 301 30.3 N/A
Majority 393 39.4 N/A
Turnout 995 44.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

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St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. E. Jones 772 38.8 +8.4
Conservative J. Goodwin* 662 33.3 −3.9
Liberal C. H. Travis 543 27.3 −5.1
Independent W. H. Booth 11 0.6 N/A
Majority 110 5.5
Turnout 1,988 58.0 −10.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. G. Clapham* 2,000 49.3 −9.0
Conservative F. James 1,178 29.0 −11.4
Residents A. R. Edwards 882 21.7 +20.4
Majority 822 20.3 +2.4
Turnout 4,060 32.5 −6.8
Labour hold Swing

St. John's

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St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal M. A. Gibbons 900 54.9 N/A
Conservative J. E. Burgess 740 45.1 −48.1
Majority 160 9.8
Turnout 1,640 61.6 +22.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Mostyn 1,481 37.3 +26.7
Conservative E. Davies 1,363 34.3 +2.8
Liberal A. Coogan 807 20.3 −24.8
Residents A. R. Edwards 46 1.1 −1.4
Majority 118 3.0
Turnout 3,967 36.7 −9.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St. Mark's

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St. Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour C. Wood* 3,122 76.2 +8.4
Conservative E. Filmer 973 23.8 −7.3
Majority 2,149 52.4 +15.7
Turnout 4,095 37.2 −30.9
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 % ±%
Conservative J. S. Hill* 3,262 50.4 +2.5
Liberal F. E. Tylecote 3,213 49.6 −1.2
Majority 49 0.8
Turnout 6,475 34.8 −12.5
Conservative hold Swing

Aldermanic election

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Aldermanic election, 3 September 1930

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Caused by the death on 30 July 1930 of Alderman William Thomas Dagnall (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 15 October 1919).[3][4]

In his place, Councillor James Reilly (Labour, St. Michael's, elected 1 Nov 1913)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930.[6]

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Labour James Reilly St. Michael's 1934

By-elections between 1929 and 1930

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St. John's, 30 May 1930

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Caused by the death of Councillor Alfred Charles Gardner (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1927)[7] on 13 May 1930.[8]

St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative M. A. Gibbons 768 45.7 +0.6
Liberal F. E. Tylecote 718 42.7 −12.2
Labour L. M. Lever 194 11.6 N/A
Majority 50 3.0
Turnout 1,680 63.1 +1.5
Conservative hold Swing

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St. Michael's, 8 September 1930

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Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Reilly (Labour, St. Michael's, elected 1 Nov 1913)[10] on 3 September 1930,[11] following the death on 30 July 1930 of Alderman William Thomas Dagnall (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 15 October 1919).[12][13]

St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour E. Rafferty uncontested
Labour hold Swing

[14]

References

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  1. ^ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1929, p.18
  2. ^ LABOUR'S BIG GAIN IN CITY POLLS, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1929, p.5
  3. ^ OBITURARY, Manchester Guardian, July 31, 1930, p.16
  4. ^ NEW CITY ALDERMAN, Manchester Evening News, October 15, 1919, p.3
  5. ^ MUNICIPAL POLLS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1913, p.8
  6. ^ HOUSING FINANCE IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, September 4, 1930, p.11
  7. ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1927, p.11
  8. ^ DEATH OF A CITY COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, May 14, 1930, p.13
  9. ^ CONSERVATIVES WIN IN ST. JOHN'S WARD, Manchester Guardian, May 31, 1930, p.21
  10. ^ MUNICIPAL POLLS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1913, p.8
  11. ^ HOUSING FINANCE IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, September 4, 1930, p.11
  12. ^ OBITURARY, Manchester Guardian, July 31, 1930, p.16
  13. ^ NEW CITY ALDERMAN, Manchester Evening News, October 15, 1919, p.3
  14. ^ Walk-Over in St. Michael's, Manchester Guardian, September 9, 1930, p.13
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