1932 Manchester City Council election

Local election in Manchester

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1 November 1932 (1932-11-01)

1933 →

36 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	21 seats, 50.0%	7 seats, 38.4%	7 seats, 9.8%
Seats before	72	39	26
Seats won	11	15	9
Seats after	74	36	28
Seat change	2	3	2
Popular vote	44,645	62,271	16,257
Percentage	34.7%	48.4%	12.6%
Swing	15.3%	10.0%	2.8%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Ind. Labour Party	Independent
Last election	did not stand	0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	4	3
Seats won	1	0
Seats after	3	3
Seat change	1
Popular vote	2,983	0
Percentage	2.3%	0.0%
Swing	N/A

Map of results of 1932 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

Conservative

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1932. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	44,645 (34.7%)	15.3	11 (30.6%)	11 / 36	2	74 (51.4%)	74 / 144
Labour Party	62,271 (48.4%)	10.0	15 (41.7%)	15 / 36	3	36 (25.0%)	36 / 144
Liberal Party	16,257 (12.6%)	2.8	9 (25.0%)	9 / 36	2	28 (19.4%)	28 / 144
Independent Labour Party	2,983 (2.3%)	N/A	1 (2.8%)	1 / 36	1	3 (2.1%)	3 / 144
Independent	0 (0.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		3 (2.1%)	3 / 144
Independent Labour	1,093 (0.8%)	0.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144
Communist	854 (0.7%)	0.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144
Residents	527 (0.4%)	0.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 36		0 (0.0%)	0 / 144

Full council

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3	36	28	3	74

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. S. Harper	1,598	53.6	+14.7
	Labour	J. Williams*	1,383	46.4	+14.7
Majority			215	7.2	−29.4
Turnout			2,981
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. M. Wharton*	2,466	55.8	+17.8
	Conservative	C. A. Baylem	1,955	44.2	−17.8
Majority			511	11.6
Turnout			4,421
	Labour hold		Swing

Beswick

Beswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Robinson*	4,258	68.0	+15.7
	Conservative	R. C. Roberts	2,002	32.0	−15.7
Majority			2,256	36.0	+31.4
Turnout			6,260
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackley

Blackley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. S. Williams*	2,163	62.7	−11.7
	Labour	W. Collingson	1,287	37.3	+11.7
Majority			876	25.4	−23.4
Turnout			3,450
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. J. Hart*	3,231	60.3	+19.3
	Conservative	H. Poulter	1,987	37.1	−21.9
	Communist	W. Dutson	137	2.6	N/A
Majority			1,244	23.2
Turnout			5,355
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Lomax*	1,928	48.4	N/A
	Liberal	P. Smith	1,638	41.1	N/A
	Labour	H. Goldstone	416	10.5	N/A
Majority			290	7.3	N/A
Turnout			3,982
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Maitland*	4,544	80.8	N/A
	Labour	W. Taylor	1,080	19.2	N/A
Majority			3,464	61.6	N/A
Turnout			5,624
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. S. Moss*	1,286	78.4	+28.6
	Labour	H. Cohen	266	16.2	N/A
	Communist	M. Jenkins	89	5.4	N/A
Majority			1,020	62.2
Turnout			1,641
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collyhurst

Collyhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Johnston*	3,729	65.6	+18.6
	Conservative	A. Heald	1,904	33.5	−17.7
	Communist	J. Dunn	52	0.9	−0.9
Majority			1,825	32.1
Turnout			5,685
	Labour hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. Meadowcroft*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Didsbury

Didsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. H. White*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

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

Gorton North

Gorton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. H. Hitchburn*	4,017	72.1	+15.7
	Liberal	H. Quinney	1,553	27.9	N/A
Majority			2,464	44.2	−31.4
Turnout			5,570
	Labour hold		Swing

Gorton South

Gorton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. H. Adams*	4,446	68.9	+17.0
	Conservative	E. Appleton	2,005	31.1	−17.0
Majority			2,441	37.8	+34.0
Turnout			6,451
	Labour hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Howard*	2,584	50.2	+14.6
	Conservative	J. Chatterton	2,568	49.8	−14.6
Majority			16	0.4
Turnout			5,152
	Labour hold		Swing

Levenshulme

Levenshulme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. M. Emery*	2,881	69.2	N/A
	Labour	J. Moohan	1,280	30.8	N/A
Majority			1,601	38.4	N/A
Turnout			4,161
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. P. Jackson*	2,498	69.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	W. L. Wilson	1,093	30.4	N/A
Majority			1,405	39.2	N/A
Turnout			3,591
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Gorman	2,132	49.7	+13.2
	Conservative	C. A. Cave	1,941	45.2	−18.3
	Communist	E. Billington	221	5.1	N/A
Majority			191	4.5
Turnout			4,294
	Labour hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. James*	4,287	67.4	+20.5
	Conservative	C. B. Walker	2,074	32.6	−20.5
Majority			2,213	34.8
Turnout			6,361
	Labour hold		Swing

Moss Side East

Moss Side East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Craven	1,500	54.8	−37.8
	Labour	A. O'Donnell	1,130	41.3	N/A
	Residents	A. R. Edwards	109	4.0	−3.4
Majority			370	13.5	−71.7
Turnout			2,739
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Moss Side West

Moss Side West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Mathewson Watson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Moston

Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	F. Gregson*	2,981	54.1	+2.5
	Conservative	W. P. Parker	2,532	45.9	−2.5
Majority			449	8.2	+5.0
Turnout			5,513
	Labour hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Hallows*	3,986	63.3	+14.8
	Conservative	H. Sumner	2,309	36.7	−14.8
Majority			1,677	26.6
Turnout			6,295
	Labour hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Labour Party	H. M. Mitchell*	2,983	60.3	N/A
	Conservative	J. Fildes	1,960	39.7	−21.9
Majority			1,023	20.6
Turnout			4,943
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. H. Oldfield*	3,759	73.4	+19.2
	Conservative	J. Campbell	1,186	23.2	−19.9
	Communist	J. Parry	174	3.4	+0.7
Majority			2,573	50.2	+39.1
Turnout			5,119
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. W. Shepherd*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. H. Barlow*	2,235	69.6	N/A
	Labour	J. L. Stocks	933	29.1	N/A
	Residents	A. M. Edwards	43	1.3	+3.3
Majority			1,302	40.5
Turnout			3,211
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. A. Larmuth*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. E. Fitzsimons	1,049	52.8	N/A
	Labour	A. E. Jones*	939	47.2	+5.2
Majority			110	5.6
Turnout			1,988
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. G. Clapham*	2,144	54.4	+29.8
	Conservative	A. E. Courtman	1,715	43.5	N/A
	Communist	L. Evans	81	2.1	N/A
Majority			429	10.9
Turnout			3,940
	Labour hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. A. Gibbons*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	F. Tebb	1,789	53.2	−25.2
	Labour	J. T. Wolfenden	1,472	43.8	+22.2
	Communist	J. Ball	100	3.0	N/A
Majority			317	9.4
Turnout			3,361
	Liberal gain from Ind. Labour Party		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Wood*	3,329	67.4	+16.8
	Conservative	G. Moores	1,611	32.6	−16.8
Majority			1,718	34.8	+33.6
Turnout			4,940
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. Rafferty*	2,366	68.9	+13.3
	Conservative	T. Smith	1,067	31.1	−13.3
Majority			1,299	37.8	+26.6
Turnout			3,433
	Labour hold		Swing

Withington

Withington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. S. Hill*	5,424	66.4	N/A
	Labour	F. Edwards	2,370	29.0	N/A
	Residents	G. O. Edwards	375	4.6	N/A
Majority			3,054	37.4	N/A
Turnout			8,169
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Bentley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aldermanic election

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1932

Caused by the death on 3 November 1932 of Alderman James Reilly (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930).

In his place, Councillor Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, Exchange, elected 14 May 1912) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1932.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	William Cundiff	St. Michael's	1934

By-elections between 1932 and 1933

New Cross, 8 November 1932

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Matthews (Labour, New Cross, elected 1 November 1924) on 8 October 1932.

New Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. M. Lever	4,206	65.3	2.0
	Conservative	H. Sumner	2,235	34.7	−2.0
Majority			1,971	30.6	+4.0
Turnout			6,441
	Labour hold		Swing

Longsight, 20 December 1932

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, Exchange, elected 14 May 1912) on 9 November 1932, following the death on 3 November 1932 of Alderman James Reilly (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930).

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. N. Griffin	1,782	67.1	−2.5
	Labour	A. Lees	804	30.3	N/A
	Residents	A. R. Edwards	68	2.6	N/A
Majority			978	36.8	−2.4
Turnout			2,654
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Mark's, 17 January 1933

Caused by the death of Councillor Isaac Brassington (Labour, St. Mark's, elected 1 November 1921) on 13 December 1932.

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. M. Larrad	1,627	86.0	+18.6
	Communist	A. Jackson	161	8.5	N/A
	Residents	A. R. Edwards	104	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,466	77.5	+42.7
Turnout			1,892
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange, 28 February 1933

Caused by the death of Councillor Gilbert Lees Hardcastle (Conservative, Exchange, elected 1 August 1917) on 10 February 1933.

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. A. Higson	414	76.2	N/A
	Independent	A. R. F. Onions	129	23.8	N/A
Majority			285	52.4	N/A
Turnout			543
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford, 18 April 1933

Caused by the disqualification of Councillor R. Noton Barclay (Liberal, Oxford, elected 31 October 1917) on 5 April 1933.

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

Crumpsall, 19 September 1933

Caused by the death of Councillor William Reid (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 2 November 1931) on 14 August 1933.

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Weaver	1,438	70.5	N/A
	Labour	A. Sutcliffe	601	29.5	N/A
Majority			837	41.0	N/A
Turnout			2,039
	Conservative hold		Swing

All Saints', 3 October 1933

Caused by the death of Councillor Johnny McMahon (Conservative, All Saints', elected 2 November 1931) on 11 September 1933.

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shaw	1,041	51.4	−2.2
	Labour	A. Lees	984	48.6	+2.2
Majority			57	2.8	−4.4
Turnout			2,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

THE MUNICIPAL RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1932, p.14
Labour Gains 15 Seats in Councils, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1932, p.9
ALD. JAMES REILLY, Manchester Guardian, November 4, 1932, p.6
HOUSING FINANCE IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, September 4, 1930, p.11
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 15, 1912, p.6
MANCHESTER'S NEW LORD MAYOR, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1932, p.11
MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1924, p.10
COUNCILLOR ROBERT MATTHEWS, Manchester Guardian, October 11, 1932, p.3
BIG POLL IN NEW CROSS BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, November 9, 1932, p.4
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, May 15, 1912, p.6
MANCHESTER'S NEW LORD MAYOR, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1932, p.11
ALD. JAMES REILLY, Manchester Guardian, November 4, 1932, p.6
HOUSING FINANCE IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, September 4, 1930, p.11
LONGSIGHT WARD HELD BY CONSERVATIVES, Manchester Guardian, December 21, 1932, p.11
MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1921, p.7
COUNCILLOR ISAAC BRASSINGTON, Manchester Guardian, December 14, 1932, p.4
LABOUR WIN IN MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, January 18, 1933, p.11
MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1917, p.3
MR. G. L. HARDCASTLE, Manchester Guardian, February 11, 1933, p.15
EXCHANGE WARD BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 1, 1933, p.11
MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 1, 1917, p.8
MR. R. NOTON BARCLAY AND OXFORD WARD, Manchester Guardian, April 6, 1933, p.12
MR. NOTON BARCLAY AGAIN A COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, April 12, 1933, p.13
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
COUN. W. REID DEAD, Manchester Evening News, August 14, 1933, p.1
CRUMPSALL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, September 20, 1933, p.11
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
"JOHNNY" MCMAHON, Manchester Evening News, September 11, 1933, p.12
CONSERVATIVE WIN IN WARD BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, October 4, 1933, p.13

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