# 1907 Manchester City Council election

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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | 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'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | H. M. Ross Clyne* | 1,117 | 59.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | P. Stallard | 772 | 40.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 345 | 18.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,889 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 631 | 16.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,920 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. G. L. Skinner* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | T. Fox* | uncontested | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Williams* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Turner* | 1,243 | 60.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | A. Thomson | 807 | 39.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 436 | 21.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,050 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. R. Smith* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. F. H. Gibson* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F. Moss* | uncontested | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A. M. H Gardiner | 353 | 53.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal | J. Broxap* | 309 | 46.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 6.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 662 | | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal | Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 367 | 8.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,448 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 229 | 11.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,079 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Medlock Street

Medlock Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. White* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Kemp* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Wynne | 904 | 53.4 | +15.7 |
| | Independent | C. Green | 788 | 46.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 116 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,692 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Independent | Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | A. Grierson* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 433 | 11.6 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,746 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. J. West* | 1,645 | 63.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | T. Fox | 928 | 36.1 | −13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 717 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,573 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | J. Caminada | 1,479 | 54.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. B. Williams | 1,262 | 46.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,741 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Oxford

Oxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. Elverston* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. Plummer* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Ann's

St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | 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 | Majority | Majority | 37 | 3.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,155 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. Clement's

St. Clement's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Hassall* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Kay* | 2,264 | 74.3 | +31.6 |
| | Liberal | M. Ashton | 785 | 25.7 | −13.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,479 | 48.6 | +45.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,049 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. James'

St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. H. Megson | 431 | 62.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | E. Holt* | 263 | 37.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 24.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 694 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Shuttleworth* | 417 | 53.7 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal | P. Earley | 360 | 46.3 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 777 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. H. Thewlis* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Chapman | 987 | 65.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Robinson | 516 | 34.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | 31.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,503 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Hibbert* | 1,405 | 54.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | J. Reilly | 1,179 | 45.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,584 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 143 | 12.1 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,187 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |