1903 Manchester City Council election

Local election in Manchester

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2 November 1903 (1903-11-02)

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26 of 104 seats
to Manchester City Council
53 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Labour
Last election	16 seats, 46.7%	9 seats, 33.4%	1 seats, 13.3%
Seats before	52	44	4
Seats won	11	10	4
Seats after	51	44	5
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	14,329	12,012	8,396
Percentage	35.9%	30.1%	21.0%
Swing	10.8%	3.3%	7.7%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Independent	Liberal Unionist
Last election	0 seats, 6.6%	0 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	2	2
Seats won	1	0
Seats after	2	2
Seat change
Popular vote	5,098	1,592
Percentage	12.8%	4.0%
Swing	6.2%	4.0%

Map of results of 1903 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 Monday, 2 November 1903. 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
Conservative Party	14,329 (35.9%)	10.8	11 (42.3%)	11 / 26	1	51 (49.0%)	51 / 104
Liberal Party	12,012 (30.1%)	3.3	10 (38.5%)	10 / 26		44 (42.3%)	44 / 104
Labour Party	8,396 (21.0%)	7.7	4 (15.4%)	4 / 26	1	5 (4.8%)	5 / 104
Independent	5,098 (12.8%)	6.2	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26		2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Liberal Unionist	1,592 (4.0%)	4.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Independent Conservative	86 (0.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

↓
5	44	2	2	51

Aldermen

↓
15	2	9

Councillors

↓
5	29	2	42

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hornby*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Hughes	2,368	54.0	+4.1
	Conservative	W. Hyde	1,932	44.0	−6.1
	Ind. Conservative	J. W. White	86	2.0	N/A
Majority			436	10.0
Turnout			4,386
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Johnston*	1,402	52.9	N/A
	Conservative	G. H. Radcliffe	1,250	47.1	+0.7
Majority			152	5.8
Turnout			2,652
	Labour hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Sutton*	2,924	73.8	+27.7
	Independent	G. W. Laughton	1,038	26.2	N/A
Majority			1,886	47.6
Turnout			3,962
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Halliday*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Royle*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Holt*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Makeague	449	68.0	N/A
	Independent	F. Moss*	211	32.0	N/A
Majority			238	36.0	N/A
Turnout			660
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. T. Jackson	2,305	55.4	+14.1
	Conservative	C. Smith	1,852	44.6	−14.1
Majority			453	10.8
Turnout			4,157
	Labour hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Jones*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. W. Chapman*	1,610	59.0	+10.2
	Liberal	G. Macfarlane	1,119	41.0	−10.2
Majority			491	18.0
Turnout			2,729
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Dixon*	1,201	57.0	N/A
	Independent	G. Stephenson	907	43.0	N/A
Majority			294	14.0	N/A
Turnout			2,108
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Boyle*	2,817	58.3	+9.8
	Liberal	J. Simpson*	2,526	52.2	+3.7
	Conservative	J. Burgess	2,163	44.7	−8.6
Majority			363	7.5	+3.7
Turnout			4,835
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garlick*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Cook	1,765	60.7	+8.0
	Conservative	J. Pollitt*	1,142	39.3	−8.0
Majority			623	21.4	+16.0
Turnout			2,907
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Behrens	uncontested
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. K. Ashton*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. G. Lawson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Harrop*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. A. Mackay	1,467	51.5	−12.6
	Liberal	J. Green	1,383	48.5	+12.6
Majority			84	3.0	−25.2
Turnout			2,850
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. T. Shann*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Ingle*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. H. Scott*	1,683	51.4	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	J. Stevenson	1,592	48.6	N/A
Majority			91	2.8	N/A
Turnout			3,275
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright*	966	62.7	+3.2
	Independent	H. M. Ross Clyne	574	37.3	N/A
Majority			392	25.4	+6.4
Turnout			1,540
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Quinn Ruddin*	1,518	54.6	+2.9
	Conservative	J. Johnson	1,263	45.4	+0.3
Majority			255	9.2	+2.6
Turnout			2,781
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

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By-elections between 1903 and 1904

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References

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1903, p.6
VOICE OF THE VOTES, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1903, p.7

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