1838 Manchester Borough Council election

1838 Manchester Borough Council election

14 December 1838 (1838-12-14) 1839  →
48 of 64 seats to Manchester Borough Council 33 seats needed for a majority
First party   Party Liberal Seats won 48 Seats after 64 Popular vote 10,713 Percentage 90.8%
Map of results of 1838 election
Leader of the Council after election Liberal

Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held on Friday, 14 December 1838.

This was the first local election held in Manchester since it had been incorporated under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 alongside the townships of Beswick, Cheetham Hill, Chorlton upon Medlock, and Hulme. As this was the first election to the Council, all seats for each of the fifteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. Only one of the fifteen wards was contested.

The Conservative anti-corporators boycotted the election due to their opposition to incorporation. ^[1] All seats were won by the Liberal incorporators with the only opposition coming in New Cross ward where the Radicals stood a slate of candidates. ^[2]

Election result

Party		Votes		Seats		Full Council
Liberal		10,713 (90.8%)		48 (100.0%)	48 / 48	64 (100.0%)	64 / 64
Radical		1,082 (9.2%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 48	0 (0.0%)	0 / 64

Full council

↓

64

Aldermen

↓

16

Councillors

↓

48

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Marsland	150	100.0
	Liberal	Samuel Dukinfield Darbishire	149	99.3
	Liberal	Samuel Eveleigh	149	99.3
Turnout			150
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Watkins	186	100.0
	Liberal	Paul Ferdinand Willert	185	99.5
	Liberal	Aaron Nodal	181	97.3
Turnout			186
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Harrison	127	100.0
	Liberal	George Heywood	127	100.0
	Liberal	Thomas Hopkins	127	100.0
Turnout			127
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Satterthwaite	440	100.0
	Liberal	James Kershaw	439	99.8
	Liberal	George Hargreaves Winder	437	99.3
Turnout			440
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Shawcross	194	100.0
	Liberal	Elkanah Armitage	194	100.0
	Liberal	Daniel Broadhurst	194	100.0
Turnout			194
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Abraham Smith	179	100.0
	Liberal	John Richardson White	178	99.4
	Liberal	John Naylor	175	97.8
Turnout			179
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Day	368	73.0
	Liberal	Edmund Dodgshon	328	65.1
	Liberal	William Howarth	324	64.3
	Liberal	James Hampson	319	63.3
	Liberal	Archibald Prentice	301	59.7
	Liberal	C. J. S. Walker	299	59.3
	Radical	James Wroe	221	43.8
	Radical	John Broadie	184	36.5
	Radical	James Redfern	179	35.5
	Radical	William Grimshaw Seed	171	33.9
	Radical	William Willis	165	32.7
	Radical	William Croft	162	32.1
Majority			78	15.5
Turnout			504
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Stocks	199	100.0
	Liberal	Richard Roberts	198	99.5
	Liberal	Henry Tootal	198	99.5
Turnout			199
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Herford	193	100.0
	Liberal	Henry Newbery	193	100.0
	Liberal	John Edward Taylor	192	99.5
Turnout			193
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Molineaux	204	100.0
	Liberal	William Neild	204	100.0
	Liberal	William Woodward	203	99.5
Turnout			204
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Wadkin	137	100.0
	Liberal	George Smith	136	99.3
	Liberal	William Nicholson	135	98.5
Turnout			137
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Nuttall	284	100.0
	Liberal	William Romaine Callender	281	98.9
	Liberal	George Nelson	281	98.9
Turnout			284
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Brown	238	100.0
	Liberal	Alexander Kay	238	100.0
	Liberal	John Griffiths	237	99.6
Turnout			238
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mayson	245	100.0
	Liberal	Joseph Smith Grafton	245	100.0
	Liberal	Thomas Broadbent	244	99.6
Turnout			245
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Cobden	160	100.0
	Liberal	John Brooks	159	99.4
	Liberal	Thomas Potter	159	99.4
Turnout			160
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 15 December 1838

Aldermanic elections took place during the council's first meeting on 15 December 1838, all Aldermanic seats were up for election. ^[3]

Party		Alderman	Votes	Term	Ward
	Liberal	Henry Tootal	45	1844	All Saints'
	Liberal	Thomas Potter	45	1844	Ardwick
	Liberal	James Kershaw	45	1844	Collegiate Church
	Liberal	Richard Cobden	45	1844	Medlock Street
	Liberal	C. J. S. Walker	45	1844	New Cross
	Liberal	William Romaine Callender	45	1844	St. James'
	Liberal	John Brooks	45	1844	St. Michael's
	Liberal	Daniel Broadhurst	45	1841	Exchange
	Liberal	James Murray	45	1841	New Cross
	Liberal	Alexander Kay	45	1841	St. John's
	Liberal	William Neild	44	1844	St. Clement's
	Liberal	John Burd	44	1841	Cheetham
	Liberal	John Macvicar	44	1841	Oxford
	Liberal	Richard Roberts	44	1841	St. Ann's
	Liberal	John Shuttleworth	44	1841	St. George's
	Liberal	Joshua Procter Westhead	44	1841	St. Luke's
	Liberal	James Hampson	2	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Hopkins	1	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	Shakespear Phillips	1	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	William Rawson	1	N/A	N/A

References

1. "The Approaching Municipal Elections". The Manchester Guardian . Vol. 18, no. 1035. 8 December 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 10 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "The Elections of Councillors for the Borough of Manchester". The Manchester Guardian . Vol. 18, no. 1037. 15 December 1838. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Borough of Manchester Municipal Elections". The Manchester Guardian . Vol. 18, no. 1038. 19 December 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2024– via Newspapers.com.