1844 Salford Borough Council election

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1844 Salford Borough Council election
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12 July 1844 (1844-07-12)May 1845 →
24 of 32 seats
to Salford Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Conservative Independent Liberal
Alliance Liberal slate Independent slate Independent slate
Seats won1761
Seats after2561
Popular vote1,7331,733366
Percentage56.1%30.6%6.5%
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Map of results of 1844 election
Leader of the Council after election


Liberal

Elections to Salford Borough Council were held on Friday, 12 July 1844.

Contents

This was the first local election held in Salford since it had been incorporated under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835. As this was the first election to the council, all seats for each of the four wards were up for election. Each ward elected six councillors. The candidates in each ward with the highest and second-highest numbers of votes were elected for three years. The candidates with the third and fourth-highest number of votes were elected for two years, and the candidates with the fifth and sixth-highest numbers of votes were elected for one year.

A slate comprising Liberals who supported the town's previous administration under William Lockett was formed to contest the election. Another slate consisting of Conservatives as well as some Chartists and Independent Liberals was then formed in opposition to the "Lockett Party".

The Liberal slate gained overall control of the council. [1] [2]

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Liberal slate
Liberal Party 3,173 (56.1%)
17 (70.8%)
17 / 24
25 (78.1%)
25 / 32
Liberal slate 3,173 (56.1%)
17 (70.8%)
17 / 24
25 (78.1%)
25 / 32
Independent slate
Conservative Party 1,733 (30.6%)
6 (25.0%)
6 / 24
6 (18.8%)
6 / 32
Independent Liberal 366 (6.5%)
1 (4.2%)
1 / 24
1 (3.1%)
1 / 32
Chartist 387 (6.8%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 24
0 (0.0%)
0 / 32
Independent slate 2,486 (43.9%)
7 (29.2%)
7 / 24
7 (21.9%)
7 / 32

Full council

↓
257

Aldermen

↓
8

Councillors

↓
177

Ward results

Blackfriars

Blackfriars
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Dracup10253.4
Liberal William Morris10052.4
Liberal R. P. Livingstone9951.8
Liberal James Higgins9750.8
Liberal Robert McIntyre9750.8
Conservative William Lomas9650.3
Chartist Peter Gendall9348.7
Conservative Benjamin Joule9248.2
Chartist William Hall9147.6
Conservative William Jenkinson9147.6
Liberal Jon Thompson9047.1
Independent Liberal William Morris8846.1
Majority 31.6
Turnout 19177.0
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Crescent

Crescent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Adam Howe12054.1
Conservative William Wanklyn12054.1
Conservative Jerry Lees11953.6
Conservative James Worrall11953.6
Conservative Philip Bateman11752.7
Conservative Charles Cox11551.8
Liberal James Hall10446.8
Liberal John Kay10346.3
Liberal Lawrence Rostron10346.4
Liberal Cornelius Nichols10245.9
Liberal Thomas Chadwick10145.5
Liberal William Harvey 10045.0
Majority 115.0
Turnout 22278.4
Independent Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St. Stephen's

St. Stephen's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Leeming16163.6
Liberal Thomas Bury16063.2
Liberal Thomas Eames15862.5
Liberal H. C. Renshaw15762.1
Liberal Abraham Holmes15661.7
Liberal Thomas Agnew15360.5
Conservative John Gardom9637.9
Conservative William Harrison9637.9
Chartist Thomas Galley9537.5
Conservative Henry Sagar9537.5
Conservative Thomas Underwood9437.2
Independent Liberal John Leeming9236.4
Majority 5722.6
Turnout 25374.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Trinity

Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Harding17862.9
Liberal George Langworthy17662.2
Liberal Daniel Lee17561.8
Liberal William Collier17260.8
Liberal Richard Woodward17260.8
Liberal George Campbell15755.5
Conservative Huitson Dearman12544.2
Chartist J. W. Hodgetts11135.7
Conservative Thomas Southern10838.2
Conservative J. S. Williamson10537.1
Conservative Richard Eaton10336.4
Independent Liberal William Collier6623.3
Majority 3211.3
Turnout 28373.1
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 20 July 1844

Aldermanic elections took place during the council's first meeting on 20 July 1844, all Aldermanic seats were up for election. [3]

PartyAldermanVotesTermWard
Liberal Party James Hall161849Blackfriars
Liberal Party William Harvey 161849St. Stephen's
Liberal Party Eaton Hodgkinson161846St. Stephen's
Liberal Party John Kay161846Crescent
Liberal Party Edward Ryley Langworthy 161849Trinity
Liberal Party William Lockett161849Crescent
Liberal Party Lawrence Rostron161846Blackfriars
Liberal Party George Wood161846Trinity
Conservative Party Huitson Dearman7N/AN/A
Conservative Party Lot Gardinger7N/AN/A
Independent Liberal Daniel Lee7N/AN/A
Independent Liberal John Leeming7N/AN/A
Conservative Party Jerry Lees7N/AN/A
Conservative Party William Lomas7N/AN/A
Conservative Party Sibson Rigg7N/AN/A
Conservative Party William Wanklyn7N/AN/A

Aldermanic election, 31 July 1844

Caused by the death on 31 July 1844 of Alderman George Wood (Liberal Party, elected as an alderman by the council on 20 July 1844). [4] [5]

In his place, Charles Tysoe (Liberal, not a councillor) was elected as an alderman by the council on 31 July 1844. [6]

PartyAldermanVotesTermWard
Liberal Party Charles Tysoe171846Trinity
Conservative Party Huitson Dearman11N/AN/A

By-elections between 1844 and May 1845

References

  1. ↑ EFFECT OF THE ELECTIONS, Manchester Times, July 12, 1844, p.5
  2. ↑ SALFORD ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, July 13, 1844, p.5
  3. ↑ MEETING OF THE SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL, Manchester Times, July 27, 1844, p.6
  4. ↑ SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, August 3, 1844, p.3
  5. ↑ MEETING OF THE SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL, Manchester Times, July 27, 1844, p.6
  6. ↑ SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, August 3, 1844, p.3
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