Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1925. 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.MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOMINATIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 26, 1925, p.5
Election result
PartyVotesSeatsFull CouncilConservative Party57,896 (42.0%) 1.516 (45.7%) 274 (52.9%)Labour Party49,046 (35.6%) 1.012 (34.3%) 2 34 (24.3%)Liberal Party23,473 (17.0%) 2.6 6 (17.1%) 3 28 (20.0%)Independent5,011 (3.6%) 1.6 1 (2.9%) 1 4 (2.3%)English League for the Taxation of Land Values1,973 (1.4%) N/A 0 (0.0%) N/A 0 (0.0%)Residents328 (0.2%) N/A0 (0.0%) N/A0 (0.0%)
Full council
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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 election
Aldermanic election, 9 November 1925
At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1925, the terms of office of seventeen aldermen expired.CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5
The following seventeen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1925 for a term of six years.
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Liberal James Bowes* Miles Platting 1931 Liberal James Bowie* St. Clement's 1931 Conservative Henry Richard Box* Moss Side East 1931 Conservative Tom Cook* Openshaw 1931 Labour Tom Fox* Bradford 1931 Liberal Hermann Goldschmidt* Collyhurst 1931 Conservative Walter Harwood* Didsbury 1931 Conservative T. H. Hinchcliffe St. Luke's 1931 Conservative Edward Holt* Crumpsall 1931 Conservative Christopher Hornby* All Saints' 1931 Labour William Jackson* Blackley 1931 Conservative William Kay* St. George's 1931 Liberal Henry Plummer* Rusholme 1931 Conservative Frederick Todd* New Cross 1931 Conservative John Turner* Chorlton-cum-Hardy 1931 Conservative F. J. West* Beswick 1931 Conservative Samuel Woollam Gorton North 1931
By-elections between 1925 and 1926
By-elections, 24 November 1925
Two by-elections were held on 24 November 1925 to fill vacancies that were created by the appointment of aldermen on 6 June 1928.MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1925, p.11
Medlock Street
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Samuel Woollam (Conservative, Medlock Street, elected 2 November 1908)CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10 on 9 November 1925,CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5 following the resignation on 9 November 1925 of Alderman Fred Pogson (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1909).CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5MAYORAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1909, p.9
St. Luke's
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor T. H. Hinchcliffe (Conservative, St. Luke's, elected 2 November 1908)CHECK TO SOCIALISM, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1908, p.10 on 9 November 1925,CIVIC WEEK DURING TEST VISIT, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1925, p.5 following the death on 20 October 1925 of Alderman William Lane-Scott (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 June 1917).CHILDREN LOSE A FRIEND, Manchester Evening News, October 20, 1925, p.6CITY COUNCIL TOPICS, Manchester Evening News, June 20, 1917, p.2
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