1905 Manchester City Council election

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1 November 1905 (1905-11-01)

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31 of 124 seats
to Manchester City Council
63 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal	Conservative	Labour
Last election	14 seats, 32.1%	18 seats, 33.3%	4 seats, 14.2%
Seats before	52	57	8
Seats won	14	12	5
Seats after	54	52	12
Seat change	2	5	4
Popular vote	14,353	14,882	6,345
Percentage	32.1%	33.3%	14.2%
Swing	2.0%	2.6%	6.8%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	6 seats, 17.3%
Seats before	7
Seats won	0
Seats after	6
Seat change	1
Popular vote	7,710
Percentage	17.3%
Swing	4.5%

Map of results of 1905 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 Tuesday, 1 November 1905. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	14,353 (32.1%)	2.0	14 (45.2%)	14 / 31	2	54 (43.5%)	54 / 124
Conservative Party	14,882 (33.3%)	2.6	12 (38.7%)	12 / 31	5	52 (41.9%)	52 / 124
Labour Party	6,345 (14.2%)	6.8	5 (16.2%)	5 / 31	4	12 (9.7%)	12 / 124
Independent	7,710 (17.3%)	4.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 31	1	6 (4.8%)	6 / 124
Irish Nationalist	1,369 (3.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 31	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 124

Full council

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12	54	6	52

Aldermen

↓
20	11

Councillors

↓
12	34	6	41

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne	1,049	55.0	N/A
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	858	45.0	N/A
Majority			191	10.0	N/A
Turnout			1,907
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Stewart*	1,950	66.8	+25.5
	Labour	R. Robinson	967	33.2	−25.5
Majority			983	33.6
Turnout			2,917
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Bennett*	1,873	58.5	N/A
	Conservative	J. R. Coutts	1,331	41.5	N/A
Majority			542	17.0	N/A
Turnout			3,204
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Billam	2,868	57.2	N/A
	Conservative	C. Dreyfus*	2,144	42.8	N/A
Majority			724	14.4	N/A
Turnout			5,012
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cheetham

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

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Kemp*	878	51.9	+1.4
	Conservative	T. Wilson	813	48.1	−13.4
Majority			65	3.8	−0.3
Turnout			1,691
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Smith*	567	53.5	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Thomas	493	46.5	N/A
Majority			74	7.0	N/A
Turnout			1,060
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. H. Rawsthorne	765	59.2	N/A
	Conservative	J. Hislop	527	40.8	N/A
Majority			238	18.4	N/A
Turnout			1,292
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. J. H. Gradisky	600	54.3	N/A
	Independent	C. S. Edwards*	504	45.7	−2.8
Majority			96	8.6
Turnout			1,104
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Cowan*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Holden*	2,384	54.8	N/A
	Labour	T. D. Benson	1,967	45.2	N/A
Majority			417	9.6
Turnout			4,351
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	O. Heggs*	1,232	61.9	+12.9
	Conservative	W. Cundiff	759	38.1	−12.9
Majority			473	23.8
Turnout			1,991
	Liberal hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. D. Pennington*	1,345	51.1	+4.2
	Conservative	J. H. Swales	1,287	48.9	−4.2
Majority			58	2.2
Turnout			2,632
	Liberal hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Gilchrist	1,097	56.7	+12.2
	Conservative	H. Heenan*	838	43.3	N/A
Majority			259	13.4
Turnout			1,935
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	J. Stevenson	811	64.1
	Conservative	W. T. Dagnall	634	50.1
	Liberal	J. Bowie	590	46.6
	Liberal	J. Wynne	584	46.1
	Conservative	A. Gresty	573	45.3
Majority			6	0.5
Turnout			1,266
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Hynes*	755	45.3	−5.5
	Conservative	A. Gresty	637	38.2	−4.6
	Labour	A. Ogden	275	16.5	−31.3
Majority			118	7.1	+4.6
Turnout			1,667
	Liberal hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Meadowcroft*	1,978	53.0	N/A
	Labour	T. R. Marr	1,952	52.3	N/A
	Liberal	J. Sheldon	1,816	48.7	N/A
	Conservative	W. B. Broadhead*	1,711	45.9	N/A
Majority			136	3.6	N/A
Turnout			3,729
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. J. Rudge	1,299	51.1	N/A
	Conservative	E. J. Churchman	1,244	48.9	N/A
Majority			55	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,543
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. B. Williams	1,936	61.0	+0.3
	Conservative	D. Taylor*	1,236	39.0	−0.3
Majority			700	22.0	+0.6
Turnout			3,172
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Burgon*	412	66.8	−4.9
	Conservative	W. B. Midgley	205	33.2	N/A
Majority			207	33.6	−9.8
Turnout			617
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Plummer*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Heathcote	431	52.0	N/A
	Conservative	G. Dodson*	398	48.0	N/A
Majority			33	4.0	N/A
Turnout			829
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. F. Burditt	638	55.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. B. Langley*	513	44.6	N/A
Majority			125	10.8	N/A
Turnout			1,151
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Kay*	1,804	58.4	+6.9
	Liberal	T. Corrigan	837	27.1	−21.4
	Labour	R. Whitehead	449	14.5	N/A
Majority			967	31.3	+28.3
Turnout			3,090
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. J. Goldschmidt*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth	474	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	R. Flanagan	431	46.3	N/A
	Labour	T. Bolger	26	2.8	N/A
Majority			43	4.6	N/A
Turnout			931
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. H. Thewlis*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Allison*	985	59.1	N/A
	Independent Liberal	H. J. Whitehouse	682	40.9	N/A
Majority			303	18.2	N/A
Turnout			1,667
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Hibbert*	1,517	52.6	+7.2
	Irish Nationalist	F. J. Farley	1,369	47.4	N/A
Majority			148	5.2
Turnout			2,886
	Conservative hold		Swing

Withington

Withington (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	S. Edwards	618	67.5
	Conservative	H. D. Simpson	517	56.5
	Liberal	R. Fleeson	489	53.4
	Independent	R. R. Shaw	336	36.7
	Independent	A. Burgess	220	24.0
Majority			153	16.7
Turnout			915
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1905 and 1906

References

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1905, p.7
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1905, p.7

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