Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Wednesday, 1 November 1922. 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 retained overall control of the council.FOUR LOSSES, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1922, p.4LABOUR LOSSES IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1922, p.4
Election result
PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilConservative Party48,158 (43.2%) 5.615 (42.9%) 476 (54.3%)Liberal Party9,780 (8.8%) 5.2 8 (22.9%) 33 (23.6%)Labour Party44,198 (39.7%) 13.810 (28.6%) 3 26 (18.6%)Independent6,657 (6.0%) 3.1 2 (5.7%) 5 (3.6%)English League for the Taxation of Land Values1,825 (1.6%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Independent Labour763 (0.7%) 0.20 (0.0%) 10 (0.0%)National Unemployed Workers' Movement80 (0.1%) 0.8 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Full council
+ ↓ 26 33 5 76
Ward results
All Saints'
Ardwick
Beswick
Blackley
Bradford
Cheetham
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Collegiate Church
Collyhurst
Crumpsall
Didsbury
Exchange
Gorton North
Gorton South
Harpurhey
Levenshulme
Longsight
Medlock Street
Miles Platting
Moss Side East
Moss Side West
Moston
New Cross
Newton Heath
Openshaw
Oxford
Rusholme
St. Ann's
St. Clement's
St. George's
St. John's
St. Luke's
St. Mark's
St. Michael's
Withington
Aldermanic elections
Aldermanic elections, 9 November 1922
At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1922, the terms of office of eighteen aldermen expired.LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1922, p.17
The following eighteen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1922 for a term of six years.
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Liberal T. C. Abbott* St. Ann's 1928 Conservative G. K. Ashton* Ardwick 1928 Liberal Charles Behrens* Oxford 1928 Conservative R. A. D. Carter* Levenshulme 1928 Conservative A. W. Chapman* Medlock Street 1928 Conservative William Thomas Dagnall* St. Michael's 1928 Conservative Harry Derwent-Simpson* Beswick 1928 Conservative Samuel Dixon* Moston 1928 Liberal John Frowde* Moss Side West 1928 Labour James Johnston* St. John's 1928 Conservative John Jones* Longsight 1928 Conservative Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann* 1928 Conservative Thomas Smethurst* Cheetham 1928 Conservative John R. Smith* Collegiate Church 1928 Conservative Thomas Turnbull* Withington 1928 Conservative Robert Turner* St. Mark's 1928 Liberal William Walker* Gorton South 1928 Conservative Thomas Watmough* Exchange 1928
Caused by the resignation on 3 November 1922 of Alderman William Birkbeck (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 December 1900).THE NEW LORD MAYOR, Manchester Guardian, November 4, 1922, p.15COUNCIL MEETINGS, Manchester Courier, December 6, 1900, p.9
In his place, Councillor Frederick Todd (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 21 July 1905)CRUMPSALL WARD BYE-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, July 22, 1905, p.18 was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1922.LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1922, p.17
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative Frederick Todd New Cross 1925
Aldermanic election, 6 December 1922
Caused by the resignation on 29 November 1922 of Alderman Sir Thomas Smethurst (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 January 1910).THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 30, 1922, p.11MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, January 6, 1910, p.4
In his place, Councillor C. A. Wood (Conservative, Cheetham, elected 1 November 1906)MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7 was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 December 1922.THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, December 7, 1922, p.11
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative C. A. Wood Cheetham 1928
Aldermanic election, 7 February 1923
Caused by the death on 27 January 1923 of Alderman John Frowde (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1904).CITY ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, January 27, 1923, p.4MAYOR'S DAY, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1904, p.8
In his place, Councillor James Henry Swales (Conservative, St. George's, elected 1 November 1906)MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7 was elected as an alderman by the council on 7 February 1923.LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Evening News, February 7, 1923, p.6
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative James Henry Swales Moss Side West 1925
Aldermanic election, 1 August 1923
Caused by the death on 15 July 1923 of Alderman Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1911).SIR THOMAS THORNHILL SHANN, Manchester Guardian, July 16, 1923, p.12 , Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1911, p.3
In his place, Councillor James Johnson (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 1 November 1906)MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7 was elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923.FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative James Johnson Oxford 1928
By-elections between 1922 and 1923
Crumpsall, 2 December 1922
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Frederick Todd (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 21 July 1905)CRUMPSALL WARD BYE-ELECTION, Manchester Courier, July 22, 1905, p.18 on 9 November 1922LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1922, p.17 following the resignation on 3 November 1922 of Alderman William Birkbeck (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 December 1900).THE NEW LORD MAYOR, Manchester Guardian, November 4, 1922, p.15COUNCIL MEETINGS, Manchester Courier, December 6, 1900, p.9
A NEW CITY COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, December 4, 1922, p.8
Cheetham, 19 December 1922
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor C. A. Wood (Conservative, Cheetham, elected 1 November 1906)MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7 on 6 December 1922THE CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, December 7, 1922, p.11 following the resignation on 29 November 1922 of Alderman Sir Thomas Smethurst (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 January 1910).THE MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 30, 1922, p.11MANCHESTER COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, January 6, 1910, p.4
CHEETHAM BY-ELECTION RESULT, Manchester Guardian, December 20, 1922, p.8
St. George's, 12 February 1923
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Henry Swales (Conservative, St. George's, elected 19 September 1910; previously 1906-09)MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, September 20, 1910, p.9 on 7 February 1923LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN MANCHESTER, Manchester Evening News, February 7, 1923, p.6 following the death on 27 January 1923 of Alderman John Frowde (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1904).CITY ALDERMAN, Manchester Guardian, January 27, 1923, p.4MAYOR'S DAY, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1904, p.8
A NEW CITY COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, February 12, 1923, p.9
St. Luke's, 15 August 1923
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Johnson (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 1 November 1906)MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1906, p.7 on 1 August 1923FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9 following the death on 15 July 1923 of Alderman Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1911).SIR THOMAS THORNHILL SHANN, Manchester Guardian, July 16, 1923, p.12 , Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1911, p.3
COUNCILLOR T. R. ACKROYD, Manchester Evening News, August 16, 1923, p.7
Withington, 24 August 1923
Caused by the death of Councillor J. C. Jones (Liberal, Withington, elected 1 November 1913)THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1913, p.12 on 7 August 1923.MR J. C. Jones, Manchester Evening News, August 8, 1923, p.9
WITHINGTON'S NEW COUNCILLOR, Manchester Evening News, August 25, 1923, p.5
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