| Election Name: | 1929 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1928 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1928 |
| Next Election: | 1930 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1930 |
| Seats For Election: | 35 of 140 seats on Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 71 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 59 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seats After1: | 54 |
| Popular Vote1: | 40,819 |
| Percentage1: | 38.1% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 48 |
| Seats2: | 20 |
| Seats After2: | 51 |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,265 |
| Percentage2: | 39.5% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 28 |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seats After3: | 30 |
| Popular Vote3: | 22,086 |
| Percentage3: | 20.6% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 160 |
| Percentage4: | 0.1% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1929. 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.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 40,819 (38.1%) | 2.8 | 8 (22.9%) | 5 | 54 (38.6%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 42,265 (39.5%) | 1.1 | 20 (57.1%) | 3 | 51 (36.4%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 22,086 (20.6%) | 5.1 | 7 (20.0%) | 2 | 30 (21.4%) | |||||
| Independent | 160 (0.1%) | 1.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (2.9%) | ||||||
| English League for the Taxation of Land Values | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | |||||||
| Residents | 1,084 (1.0%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | 569 (0.5%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist | 87 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | |||||||
| 51 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 54 |
| 4 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| 47 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
Caused by the death on 30 July 1930 of Alderman William Thomas Dagnall (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 15 October 1919).[3] [4]
In his place, Councillor James Reilly (Labour, St. Michael's, elected 1 Nov 1913)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930.[6]
Caused by the death of Councillor Alfred Charles Gardner (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1927)[7] on 13 May 1930.[8]
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor James Reilly (Labour, St. Michael's, elected 1 Nov 1913)[10] on 3 September 1930,[11] following the death on 30 July 1930 of Alderman William Thomas Dagnall (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 15 October 1919).[12] [13]