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Elections to Manchester Town Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1839. 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 continued their boycott of municipal elections due to their opposition to Manchester's incorporation [1] and only one of the fifteen wards was contested. [2] Pro-incorporation candidates aligned with the Whigs retained overall control of the council. [3]
Party | Votes | Seats | Full Council | |||||||
Whigs | 642 (54.5%) | ![]() | 16 (100.0%) | 16 / 16 | ![]() | 64 (100.0%) | 64 / 64 | |||
Radical | 536 (45.5%) | ![]() | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 16 | ![]() | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 64 |
64 |
16 |
48 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | S. Eveleigh* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | A. Nodal* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | G. Heywood* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | G. H. Winder* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | W. Burd* | uncontesed | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | J. Naylor* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | J. Swindells* | 331 | 56.2 | -16.8 | |
Whig | A. Prentice* | 311 | 52.8 | -20.2 | |
Radical | J. Wroe | 270 | 45.8 | +2.0 | |
Radical | J. Scholefield | 266 | 45.2 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 41 | 7.0 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 589 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | S. Lowcock* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | J. E. Taylor* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | W. Woodward* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | W. Nicholson* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | G. Nelson* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | J. Griffiths* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | G. R. Chappell | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | H. Hilton* | uncontested | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
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