1927 Salford City Council election

Elections to Salford City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1927. 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.VIEWS ON LABOUR, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1927, p.7LABOUR'S SETBACK IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1927, p.11

Election result PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilLabour Party25,390 (46.1%) 1.85 (31.3%) 2 23 (35.9%)Conservative Party19,678 (35.8%) 12.76 (37.5%) 221 (32.8%)Liberal Party4,687 (8.5%) 4.7 2 (12.5%) 11 (17.2%)Ratepayers3,739 (6.8%) 3.9 2 (12.5%) 5 (7.8%)Independent 1,524 (2.8%) 11.7 1 (6.3%) 4 (6.3%)

Full council

+ ↓ 23 11 4 5 21

Aldermen

+ ↓ 1 6 9

Councillors

+ ↓ 22 5 4 5 12

Ward results

Albert Park

Charlestown

Claremont

Crescent

Docks

Kersal

Langworthy

Mandley Park

Ordsall Park

Regent

St. Matthias'

St. Paul's

St. Thomas'

Seedley

Trinity

Weaste

By-elections between 1927 and 1928

Weaste, 18 January 1928

Caused by the resignation of Councillor H. Walton Starkey (Ratepayers, Weaste, elected 1 November 1923)SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1923, p.14 on 4 January 1928.SALFORD "THRUTCHED UP", Manchester Guardian, January 5, 1928, p.11

MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION IN SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, January 19, 1928, p.13

St. Thomas', 26 June 1928

Caused by the death of Councillor Major John Fizgerald Jones (Conservative, St. Thomas', elected 1 November 1921)SALFORD, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1921, p.7 on 18 May 1928.MAJOR FITZGERALD JONES, Manchester Guardian, May 19, 1928, p.19

SALFORD BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, June 27, 1928, p.13

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