# 1922 Manchester City Council election

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.

## Election result

| Party | Votes | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 48,158 (43.2%) | 5.6 | 15 (42.9%) | 15 / 35 | 4 | 76 (54.3%) | 76 / 140 |
| Liberal Party | 9,780 (8.8%) | 5.2 | 8 (22.9%) | 8 / 35 | | 33 (23.6%) | 33 / 140 |
| Labour Party | 44,198 (39.7%) | 13.8 | 10 (28.6%) | 10 / 35 | 3 | 26 (18.6%) | 26 / 140 |
| Independent | 6,657 (6.0%) | 3.1 | 2 (5.7%) | 2 / 35 | | 5 (3.6%) | 5 / 140 |
| English League for the Taxation of Land Values | 1,825 (1.6%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140 |
| Independent Labour | 763 (0.7%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35 | 1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140 |
| National Unemployed Workers' Movement | 80 (0.1%) | 0.8 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35 | | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 140 |

### Full council

| 26 | 33 | 5 | 76 |

## Ward results
### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Hutchinson* | 1,841 | 61.3 | +12.6 |
| | Independent | H. M. Ross Clyne | 1,164 | 38.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 677 | 22.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,005 | 37.0 | −3.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | H. Weate* | 3,421 | 56.3 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | J. L. Barrett | 2,650 | 43.7 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 771 | 12.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,071 | 58.9 | +10.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Beswick

Beswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | M. E. Smith* | 3,636 | 50.2 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | J. H. Meachin | 3,604 | 49.8 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 0.4 | −13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,240 | 62.0 | +8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley

Blackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. Bentley* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. W. Sutton* | 3,336 | 56.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | G. W. Leggott | 2,523 | 43.1 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 813 | 13.8 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,859 | 59.3 | +7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. A. Wood* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chorlton-cum-Hardy

Chorlton-cum-Hardy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. E. Davies* | 3,500 | 53.1 | +9.4 |
| | Conservative | A. E. Bowen | 3,086 | 46.9 | −9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,586 | 48.4 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Elliott* | 1,074 | 46.9 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal | P. I. Wigoder | 840 | 36.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | F. Gregson | 378 | 16.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 234 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,292 | 66.5 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collyhurst

Collyhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Brine | 2,482 | 50.3 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | M. Jagger* | 2,449 | 49.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 0.6 | −16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,931 | 54.0 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

Crumpsall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. Todd* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Didsbury

Didsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | E. D. Simon* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. L. Hardcastle* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton North

Gorton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Compton* | 3,479 | 63.8 | +34.7 |
| | Conservative | R. S. Ireland | 1,970 | 36.2 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,509 | 27.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,449 | 54.4 | −6.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Gorton South

Gorton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | A. Lee* | 3,185 | 54.9 | −3.1 |
| | Conservative | J. E. Leicester | 2,617 | 45.1 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 568 | 9.8 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,802 | 59.0 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | R. Lundy* | 2,287 | 49.2 | +4.3 |
| | Conservative | E. E. Walsh | 2,284 | 49.1 | −5.1 |
| | National Unemployed Workers' Movement | P. Murphy | 80 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,651 | 48.1 | −1.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Levenshulme

Levenshulme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. E. Mitchell* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Cundiff* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Medlock Street

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

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Travis | 3,041 | 46.9 | −8.8 |
| | Labour | C. E. Wood* | 2,719 | 42.0 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal | H. Pinnington | 718 | 11.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 322 | 4.9 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,478 | 67.2 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Moss Side East

Moss Side East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | E. Hales* | 2,437 | 58.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | R. S. Banks | 1,711 | 41.2 | −9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 728 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,148 | 53.3 | +1.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Moss Side West

Moss Side West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. H. Birley* | 2,334 | 56.1 | +5.3 |
| | English League for the Taxation of Land Values | A. H. Weller | 1,825 | 43.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 12.2 | +10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,159 | 48.5 | −9.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Moston

Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | W. R. Mellor* | 2,868 | 62.1 | +17.1 |
| | Liberal | W. Webster | 1,754 | 37.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,114 | 24.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,622 | 53.2 | −3.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. Taylor* | 3,457 | 62.3 | +14.4 |
| | Labour | E. J. Hookway | 2,090 | 37.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,367 | 24.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,547 | 58.5 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. F. Robinson | 2,083 | 43.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | H. Thorneycroft | 1,938 | 40.5 | −0.3 |
| | Independent Labour | P. L. Martin* | 763 | 15.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 145 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,784 | 59.6 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent Labour | Conservative gain from Independent Labour | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Toole* | 2,860 | 57.4 | +20.4 |
| | Conservative | D. C. Goodman | 2,126 | 42.6 | −8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 734 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,986 | 53.1 | −9.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Oxford

Oxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. Noton Barclay* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | E. F. M. Sutton* | 2,121 | 91.4 | +35.0 |
| | Independent | A. R. Edwards | 208 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,913 | 82.2 | +69.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,329 | 28.7 | −15.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Ann's

St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. G. Litton* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Clement's

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

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | G. Oddy* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. R. Hewlett | 867 | 50.6 | 0 |
| | Liberal | R. E. T. Allan | 847 | 49.4 | 0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,714 | 65.8 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Johnson* | 3,275 | 57.1 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | E. Whiteley | 1,620 | 26.8 | −16.1 |
| | Independent | G. H. Greenhough | 1,140 | 18.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,655 | 27.4 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,035 | 60.8 | +17.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | G. Hall* | 3,436 | 52.3 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | W. P. Jackson | 3,134 | 47.7 | +11.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 4.6 | −6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,597 | 65.2 | +8.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. H. Dale | 2,515 | 51.0 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | J. Fogarty | 2,300 | 46.6 | −3.8 |
| | Independent | A. Walsh | 116 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,931 | 79.0 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Withington

Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | L. F. Massey* | 1,592 | 48.7 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | F. Stapleton | 1,325 | 40.5 | −15.9 |
| | Labour | M. Dean | 355 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267 | 8.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,272 | 48.3 | +1.7 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

## Aldermanic election
### 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).
In his place, Councillor James Johnson (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 1 November 1906) was elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | James Johnson | Oxford | 1928 |

## By-elections between 1922 and 1923
### 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) on 1 August 1923 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).
St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | T. R. Ackroyd | 2,232 | 55.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. W. Higginbottom | 1,138 | 28.2 | −28.9 |
| | Co-operative Party | E. Whiteley | 660 | 16.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,094 | 27.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,030 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Withington, 24 August 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor J. C. Jones (Liberal, Withington, elected 1 November 1913) on 7 August 1923.
Withington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. A. Lewins | 1,165 | 51.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | K. W. Chambers | 1,091 | 48.4 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |