1907 Manchester City Council election
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Map of results of 1907 election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1907. 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 | 18,611 (46.2%) | 3.1 | 17 (54.8%) | 17 / 31 |
3 | 56 (45.2%) | 56 / 124 | |||
Liberal Party | 8,805 (21.8%) | 4.6 | 8 (25.8%) | 8 / 31 |
3 | 51 (41.9%) | 51 / 124 | |||
Labour Party | 8,839 (21.9%) | 2.4 | 2 (6.5%) | 2 / 31 |
1 | 11 (8.9%) | 11 / 124 | |||
Independent | 4,065 (10.1%) | 10.1 | 4 (12.9%) | 4 / 31 |
1 | 5 (4.0%) | 5 / 124 |
Full council
11 | 52 | 5 | 56 |
Aldermen
20 | 11 |
Councillors
11 | 32 | 5 | 45 |
Ward results
All Saints'
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. M. Ross Clyne* | 1,117 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Stallard | 772 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 345 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,889 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Ardwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Smith | 2,231 | 56.9 | +9.5 | |
Labour | T. Lowth* | 1,600 | 40.8 | −11.8 | |
Independent | A. R. Brown | 89 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 631 | 16.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,920 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Blackley & Moston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | C. G. L. Skinner* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Fox* | uncontested | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cheetham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Williams* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Turner* | 1,243 | 60.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | A. Thomson | 807 | 39.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 436 | 21.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,050 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. R. Smith* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Crumpsall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. F. H. Gibson* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Didsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | F. Moss* | uncontested | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. M. H Gardiner | 353 | 53.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Broxap* | 309 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 44 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 662 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
Harpurhey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. T. Jackson | 1,986 | 44.6 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | A. Whitfield | 1,619 | 36.4 | −13.9 | |
Liberal | J. Rickard | 804 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Independent | J. Stanton | 39 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 367 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 4,448 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Longsight
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H. Hodkin* | 911 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. H. Cook | 682 | 32.8 | −25.3 | |
Labour | T. A. Flynn | 486 | 23.4 | −18.5 | |
Majority | 229 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,079 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. White* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Miles Platting
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Kemp* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Moss Side East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | J. Wynne | 904 | 53.4 | +15.7 | |
Independent | C. Green | 788 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 116 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,692 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing |
Moss Side West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | A. Grierson* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
New Cross
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Grime* | 2,460 | 65.7 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | G. Howarth* | 1,502 | 40.1 | −8.7 | |
Labour | M. Atherton | 1,069 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 433 | 11.6 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,746 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. J. West* | 1,645 | 63.9 | N/A | |
Labour | T. Fox | 928 | 36.1 | −13.4 | |
Majority | 717 | 27.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,573 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Openshaw
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Caminada | 1,479 | 54.0 | N/A | |
Labour | J. B. Williams | 1,262 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 217 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,741 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Oxford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H. Elverston* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rusholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | H. Plummer* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Ann's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Burgess | 531 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | T. Stephens* | 494 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Independent | E. Jones | 130 | 11.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 37 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,155 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Clement's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Hassall* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. George's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Kay* | 2,264 | 74.3 | +31.6 | |
Liberal | M. Ashton | 785 | 25.7 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 1,479 | 48.6 | +45.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,049 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. James'
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | A. H. Megson | 431 | 62.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | E. Holt* | 263 | 37.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 168 | 24.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 694 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. John's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Shuttleworth* | 417 | 53.7 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | P. Earley | 360 | 46.3 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 57 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 777 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | J. H. Thewlis* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Mark's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Chapman | 987 | 65.7 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Robinson | 516 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 471 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,503 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | A. Hibbert* | 1,405 | 54.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | J. Reilly | 1,179 | 45.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 226 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,584 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Withington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | S. Edwards* | 630 | 53.1 | −6.9 | |
Liberal | H. Vick | 487 | 41.0 | +1.0 | |
Independent | A. E. Wachter | 70 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 143 | 12.1 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,187 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |