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 Whig 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 Whig

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 Party boycotted the election due to their opposition to incorporation. ^[1] All seats were won by pro-incorporation candidates aligned with the Whigs 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
Whigs		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

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64

Aldermen

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16

Councillors

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48

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	H. Marsland	150	100.0
	Whig	S. D. Darbishire	149	99.3
	Whig	S. Eveleigh	149	99.3
Turnout			150
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	W. B. Watkins	186	100.0
	Whig	P. F. Willert	185	99.5
	Whig	A. Nodal	181	97.3
Turnout			186
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	J. Harrison	127	100.0
	Whig	G. Heywood	127	100.0
	Whig	T. Hopkins	127	100.0
Turnout			127
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	S. Satterthwaite	440	100.0
	Whig	J. Kershaw	439	99.8
	Whig	G. Hargreaves Winder	437	99.3
Turnout			440
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	E. Shawcross	194	100.0
	Whig	E. Armitage	194	100.0
	Whig	D. Broadhurst	194	100.0
Turnout			194
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	A. Smith	179	100.0
	Whig	J. Richardson White	178	99.4
	Whig	T. Hopkins	175	97.8
Turnout			179
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross

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

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	S. Stocks	199	100.0
	Whig	R. Roberts	198	99.5
	Whig	H. Tootal	198	99.5
Turnout			199
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	J. Herford	193	100.0
	Whig	H. Newbery	193	100.0
	Whig	J. E. Taylor	192	99.5
Turnout			193
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	T. Molineaux	204	100.0
	Whig	W. Neild	204	100.0
	Whig	W. Woodward	203	99.5
Turnout			204
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	H. Wadkin	137	100.0
	Whig	G. Smith	136	99.3
	Whig	T. Hopkins	135	98.5
Turnout			137
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	W. Nuttall	284	100.0
	Whig	W. R. Callender	281	98.9
	Whig	G. Nelson	281	98.9
Turnout			284
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	G. Brown	238	100.0
	Whig	A. Kay	238	100.0
	Whig	J. Griffiths	237	99.6
Turnout			238
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	J. Mayson	245	100.0
	Whig	J. Smith	245	100.0
	Whig	T. Hopkins	244	99.6
Turnout			245
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	R. Cobden	160	100.0
	Whig	J. Brooks	159	99.4
	Whig	T. Potter	159	99.4
Turnout			160
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig 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
	Whigs	Henry Tootal	45	1844	All Saints'
	Whigs	Thomas Potter	45	1844	Ardwick
	Whigs	James Kershaw	45	1844	Collegiate Church
	Whigs	Richard Cobden	45	1844	Medlock Street
	Whigs	C. J. S. Walker	45	1844	New Cross
	Whigs	William Romaine Callender	45	1844	St. James'
	Whigs	John Brooks	45	1844	St. Michael's
	Whigs	Daniel Broadhurst	45	1841	Exchange
	Whigs	James Murray	45	1841	New Cross
	Whigs	Alexander Kay	45	1841	St. John's
	Whigs	William Neild	44	1844	St. Clement's
	Whigs	John Burd	44	1841	Cheetham
	Whigs	John Macvicar	44	1841	Oxford
	Whigs	Richard Roberts	44	1841	St. Ann's
	Whigs	John Shuttleworth	44	1841	St. George's
	Whigs	Joshua Procter Westhead	44	1841	St. Luke's
	Whigs	James Hampson	2	N/A	N/A
	Whigs	Thomas Hopkins	1	N/A	N/A
	Whigs	Shakespear Phillips	1	N/A	N/A
	Whigs	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.