| Election Name: | 1934 Manchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | Arms of the City of Manchester.svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1933 Manchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1933 |
| Next Election: | 1935 Manchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 1935 |
| 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: | No overall control |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 71 |
| Seats1: | 14 |
| Seats After1: | 63 |
| Popular Vote1: | 49,919 |
| Percentage1: | 38.7% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 38 |
| Seats2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 47 |
| Popular Vote2: | 60,329 |
| Percentage2: | 46.8% |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (UK) |
| Seats Before3: | 31 |
| Seats3: | 6 |
| Seats After3: | 30 |
| Popular Vote3: | 12,038 |
| Percentage3: | 9.3% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats Before4: | 2 |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Seats After4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 2,881 |
| Percentage4: | 2.2% |
Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1934. 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 | 49,919 (38.7%) | 3.4 | 14 (38.9%) | 8 | 63 (43.8%) | |||||
| Labour Party | 60,329 (46.8%) | 2.9 | 15 (41.7%) | 9 | 47 (32.6%) | |||||
| Liberal Party | 12,038 (9.3%) | 2.6 | 6 (16.7%) | 1 | 30 (20.8%) | |||||
| Independent | 2,881 (2.2%) | 0.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (1.4%) | ||||||
| Independent Labour | 3,079 (2.4%) | N/A | 1 (2.8%) | 1 (0.7%) | ||||||
| Independent Labour Party | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.7%) | |||||||
| Residents | 300 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| Communist | 289 (0.2%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 47 | 30 | 2 | 63 |
| 4 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 1 | 1 | 43 | 19 | 1 | 43 |
Caused by the death on 20 February 1935 of Alderman Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1932).[3] [4]
In his place, Councillor Joseph Toole (Labour, Openshaw, elected 21 January 1919)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 March 1935.[6]
Caused by the death on 29 April 1935 of Alderman T. R. Hewlett (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 May 1931).[7] [8]
In his place, Councillor Alfred James (Labour, Miles Platting, elected 6 May 1919)[9] was elected as an alderman by the council on 5 June 1935.[10]
Caused by the death on 22 October 1935 of Alderman John Harrison (Independent, elected as an alderman by the council on 2 May 1928).[11] [12]
In his place, Councillor Elijah John Hart (Labour, Bradford, elected 28 May 1919, previously 1902-08)[13] was elected as an alderman by the council on 30 October 1935.[14]
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Toole (Labour, Openshaw, elected 21 January 1919)[15] on 6 March 1935,[16] following the death on 20 February 1935 of Alderman Sir William Cundiff (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1932).[17] [18]
Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Edward Wood (Labour, Moston, elected 1 November 1927)[20] on 15 August 1935.[21]