1931 Manchester City Council election
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Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1931. 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]
Election result
[edit]Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Conservative Party | 63,284 (50.0%) | 7.9 | 21 (60.0%) | 21 / 35
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9 | 71 (49.3%) | 71 / 144
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Labour Party | 48,549 (38.4%) | 4.0 | 7 (20.0%) | 7 / 35
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7 | 43 (29.9%) | 43 / 144
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Liberal Party | 12,384 (9.8%) | 9.8 | 7 (20.0%) | 7 / 35
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28 (19.4%) | 28 / 144
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Independent | 0 (0.0%) | 2.3 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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1 | 2 (1.4%) | 2 / 144
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Independent Labour | 1,662 (1.3%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144
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Residents | 368 (0.3%) | 0.2 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144
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Communist | 261 (0.2%) | 0.1 | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 35
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0 (0.0%) | 0 / 144
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Full council
[edit]43 | 28 | 2 | 71 |
Aldermen
[edit]5 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
Councillors
[edit]38 | 19 | 1 | 50 |
Ward results
[edit]All Saints'
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. McMahon | 2,502 | 68.3 | +12.0 | |
Labour | A. Trench | 1,160 | 31.7 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 1,342 | 36.6 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,662 | 41.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Ardwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Grocock | 3,399 | 62.0 | −0.6 | |
Labour | W. Onions | 2,080 | 38.0 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1,319 | 24.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,479 | 50.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Beswick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Thorneycroft* | 3,902 | 52.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | W. Shaw | 3,559 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 343 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,461 | 59.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blackley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | H. Lee | 3,600 | 74.4 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Collingson | 1,241 | 25.6 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 48.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,841 | 48.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Bradford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. J. Riley | 3,596 | 59.0 | +11.6 | |
Labour | R. McKeon | 2,503 | 41.0 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 1,093 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,099 | 53.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Cheetham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. C. Kidd* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorlton-cum-Hardy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Somerville* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collegiate Church
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Elliott* | 1,027 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | P. Smith | 1,020 | 49.8 | +22.4 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,047 | 47.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Collyhurst
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. E. Wilson | 3,043 | 51.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | R. Malcolm* | 2,792 | 47.0 | −3.3 | |
Communist | S. Nuttall | 103 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 251 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,938 | 59.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Crumpsall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Reid | 2,187 | 51.2 | 0 | |
Liberal | G. H. Harrison | 2,082 | 48.8 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 105 | 2.4 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,269 | 54.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Didsbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. P. Dawson* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. L. Hardcastle* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Gorton North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. F. Regan* | 3,623 | 56.4 | −13.8 | |
Conservative | H. S. Birch | 2,797 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 826 | 12.8 | −27.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,420 | 59.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Gorton South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Lee* | 3,683 | 51.9 | −1.3 | |
Conservative | E. Appleton | 3,410 | 48.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 273 | 3.8 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,093 | 56.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harpurhey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. Sutton | 3,696 | 64.4 | +9.5 | |
Labour | E. Barnacott | 2,042 | 35.6 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 1,654 | 28.8 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,738 | 56.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Levenshulme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | C. R. de la Wyche* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Longsight
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Cundiff* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Medlock Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. T. Barnes | 3,008 | 63.5 | +18.9 | |
Labour | F. Edwards* | 1,729 | 36.5 | −18.9 | |
Majority | 1,279 | 27.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,737 | 37.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Miles Platting
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Vickers | 3,422 | 53.1 | +7.1 | |
Labour | W. Lewis | 3,023 | 46.9 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 399 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,445 | 59.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Moss Side East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Strange | 2,734 | 92.6 | +40.3 | |
Residents | A. R. Edwards | 218 | 7.4 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 2,516 | 85.2 | +63.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,952 | 33.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Moss Side West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Pepperdine* | 3,427 | 83.6 | +36.8 | |
Labour | A. Eyres | 632 | 15.4 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,795 | 68.2 | +54.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,059 | 20.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | W. R. Mellor* | 3,075 | 51.6 | +18.2 | |
Conservative | J. S. O'Byrne | 2,887 | 48.4 | −6.2 | |
Majority | 188 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,962 | 51.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
New Cross
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | S. Fitton* | 3,750 | 51.5 | +7.1 | |
Labour | L. M. Lever | 3,528 | 48.5 | −7.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,278 | 67.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Newton Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. F. Robinson* | 3,293 | 61.6 | +5.8 | |
Labour | J. Gorman | 2,049 | 38.4 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 1,244 | 23.2 | +11.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,342 | 52.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Openshaw
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Toole* | 3,119 | 54.2 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | J. Campbell | 2,479 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Communist | A. Jackson | 158 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 640 | 11.1 | −24.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,756 | 56.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Oxford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | R. Noton Barclay* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rusholme
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | F. A. Jackson* | 3,119 | 95.4 | +50.9 | |
Residents | A. M. Edwards | 150 | 4.6 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 2,969 | 90.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,269 | 31.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Ann's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Green* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Clement's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. D. Judson* | 1,057 | 58.0 | +26.9 | |
Labour | A. Lees | 765 | 42.0 | +16.3 | |
Majority | 292 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,822 | 55.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. George's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | A. Todd | 2,446 | 44.9 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | E. Hope* | 1,662 | 30.5 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Corcoran | 1,341 | 24.6 | −16.0 | |
Majority | 784 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,449 | 43.2 | |||
Liberal gain from Independent Labour | Swing |
St. John's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | F. E. Tylecote* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Luke's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. R. Ackroyd* | 3,236 | 78.4 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Davies | 892 | 21.6 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 2,344 | 56.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,128 | 20.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Mark's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Hall* | 3,177 | 50.6 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | G. Moores | 3,102 | 49.4 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 75 | 1.2 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,279 | 58.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Michael's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Cathcart* | 2,238 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | T. Smith | 1,790 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 448 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,028 | 58.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Withington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | T. H. Davis* | uncontested | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aldermanic election
[edit]Aldermanic election, 2 March 1932
[edit]Caused by the death on 12 February 1932 of Alderman James Bowes (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 28 October 1903).[3][4]
In his place, Councillor Joseph Crookes Grime (Conservative, Exchange, elected 7 July 1927, previously 1911-26)[5] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 March 1932.[6]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
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Conservative | Joseph Crookes Grime | Miles Platting | 1937 |
By-elections between 1931 and 1932
[edit]Exchange, 10 November 1931
[edit]Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Colonel George Westcott (Conservative, Exchange, elected 1 November 1911)[7] on 29 October 1931,[8] following the death on 16 October 1931 of Alderman John James Kendall (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 24 June 1927).[9][10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. F. Terry* | uncontested | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Clement's, 24 November 1931
[edit]Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor H. D. Judson (Conservative, St. Clements's, elected 2 November 1925, previously 1911-24)[11] on 29 October 1931,[12] following the death on 8 October 1931 of Alderman James Johnson (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923).[13][14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. C. Parker | 761 | 37.3 | −20.7 | |
Liberal | J. E. Fitzsimons | 693 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Labour | A. Lees | 584 | 28.7 | −13.3 | |
Majority | 68 | 3.3 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,038 | 61.7 | +6.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Moss Side West, 19 January 1932
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Councillor Benjamin Vivante (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 1 November 1930)[16] on 6 January 1932.[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Gosling | 1,772 | 55.0 | −28.6 | |
Labour | A. Eyres | 859 | 26.7 | +11.3 | |
English League for the Taxation of Land Values | A. H. Weller | 574 | 17.7 | N/A | |
Residents | A. R. Edwards | 18 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 913 | 28.3 | −39.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,223 | 16.6 | −4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Harpurhey, 2 February 1932
[edit]Caused by the death of Councillor Fraser Sutton (Conservative, Moss Side West, elected 2 November 1931)[19] on 12 January 1932.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Shields | 2,592 | 60.2 | −4.2 | |
Labour | E. Barnacott | 1,714 | 39.8 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 878 | 20.4 | −8.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,306 | 42.1 | −14.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Blackley, 1 March 1932
[edit]Caused by the death of Councillor James Edward Littler (Conservative, Blackley, elected 1 November 1921)[22] on 11 February 1932.[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | W. Makinson | 1,834 | 71.1 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Collingson | 745 | 28.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 42.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,579 | 25.7 | −22.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cheetham, 15 March 1932
[edit]Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor H. D. Judson (Conservative, St. Clements's, elected 2 November 1925, previously 1911-24)[25] on 29 October 1931,[26] following the death on 8 October 1931 of Alderman James Johnson (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 1 August 1923).[27][28]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | H. Lomax | 1,460 | 62.4 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Tyler | 879 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 581 | 24.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,339 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
- ^ LABOUR'S AUTOMATIC DEFEAT, Manchester Evening News, November 3, 1931, p.5
- ^ DEATH OF ALDERMAN BOWES, Manchester Guardian, February 13, 1932, p.5
- ^ CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Council, October 28, 1903, p.2
- ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, July 8, 1927, p.13
- ^ 10s HOUSES AT WYTHENSHAWE, Manchester Guardian, March 3, 1932, p.11
- ^ MANCHESTER ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1911, p.10
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
- ^ NEW ALDERMEN WANTED, Manchester Evening News, October 17, 1931, p.5
- ^ NEW CITY ALDERMEN, Manchester Guardian, June 25, 1927, p.15
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
- ^ OBITUARY, Manchester Guardian, October 9, 1931, p.5
- ^ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
- ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, November 25, 1931, p.11
- ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1930, p.12
- ^ CITY BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, January 8, 1932, p.11
- ^ MOSS SIDE WEST WARD BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, January 20, 1932, p.11
- ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1931, p.12
- ^ DEATH OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCILLOR, Manchester Guardian, January 13, 1932, p.8
- ^ MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, February 3, 1932, p.14
- ^ MANCHESTER, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1921, p.7
- ^ COUNCILLOR DEAD, Manchester Evening News, February 11, 1932, p.7
- ^ , Manchester Guardian, March 2, 1932, p.11
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1925, p.6
- ^ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 30, 1931, p.3
- ^ OBITUARY, Manchester Guardian, October 9, 1931, p.5
- ^ FREE TRADE IN MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS, Manchester Guardian, August 2, 1923, p.9
- ^ MANCHESTER MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, March 16, 1932, p.4