| Election Name: | 1932 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1931 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1931 |
| Next Election: | 1933 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1933 |
| Seats For Election: | 36 of 144 seats on Manchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 73 |
| 3Blank: | Swing (pp)--> |
| Leader of the Council | |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| Posttitle: | Leader of the Council after election |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 72 |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seats After1: | 74 |
| Popular Vote1: | 44,645 |
| Percentage1: | 34.7% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 39 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 36 |
| Popular Vote2: | 62,271 |
| Percentage2: | 48.4% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 26 |
| Seats3: | 9 |
| Seats After3: | 28 |
| Popular Vote3: | 16,257 |
| Percentage3: | 12.6% |
| Party4: | Independent Labour Party |
| Last Election4: | did not stand |
| Seats Before4: | 4 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,983 |
| Percentage4: | 2.3% |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 0 |
| Percentage5: | 0.0% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1932. 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 gained overall control of the council from, no overall control.[1] [2]
| Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
| Conservative Party | 44,645 (34.7%) | 15.3 | 11 (30.6%) | 2 | 74 (51.4%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 62,271 (48.4%) | 10.0 | 15 (41.7%) | 3 | 36 (25.0%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 16,257 (12.6%) | 2.8 | 9 (25.0%) | 2 | 28 (19.4%) | |||||
| Independent Labour Party | 2,983 (2.3%) | N/A | 1 (2.8%) | 1 | 3 (2.1%) | |||||
| Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (2.1%) | |||||||
| Independent Labour | 1,093 (0.8%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist | 854 (0.7%) | 0.5 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Residents | 527 (0.4%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 3 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 74 |
Caused by the death on 3 November 1932 of Alderman James Reilly (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930).[3] [4]
In his place, Councillor Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, Exchange, elected 14 May 1912)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1932.[6]
Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Matthews (Labour, New Cross, elected 1 November 1924)[7] on 8 October 1932.[8]
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, Exchange, elected 14 May 1912)[10] on 9 November 1932,[11] following the death on 3 November 1932 of Alderman James Reilly (Labour, elected as an alderman by the council on 3 September 1930).[12] [13]
Caused by the death of Councillor Isaac Brassington (Labour, St. Mark's, elected 1 November 1921)[15] on 13 December 1932.[16]
Caused by the death of Councillor Gilbert Lees Hardcastle (Conservative, Exchange, elected 1 August 1917)[18] on 10 February 1933.[19]
Caused by the disqualification of Councillor R. Noton Barclay (Liberal, Oxford, elected 31 October 1917)[21] on 5 April 1933.[22]
Caused by the death of Councillor William Reid (Conservative, Crumpsall, elected 2 November 1931)[24] on 14 August 1933.[25]
Caused by the death of Councillor Johnny McMahon (Conservative, All Saints', elected 2 November 1931)[27] on 11 September 1933.[28]