1886 Manchester City Council election

1886 Manchester City Council election

←  1885 1 November 1886 (1886-11-01) 1887  →
19 of 76 seats to Manchester City Council 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist Last election 12 seats, 50.3% 13 seats, 46.9% did not contest Seats before 36 29 11 Seats won 9 9 1 Seats after 34 31 11 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 16,777 15,917 0 Percentage 50.6% 48.0% 0.0% Swing 0.3% 1.1% N/A
Map of results of 1886 election
Leader of the Council before election No overall control Leader of the Council after election No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1886. 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

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party		16,777 (50.6%)		0.3	9 (47.4%)	9 / 19	2	34 (44.7%)	34 / 76
Liberal Party		15,917 (48.0%)		1.1	9 (47.4%)	9 / 19	2	31 (40.8%)	31 / 76
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)		N/A	1 (5.3%)	1 / 19		11 (14.5%)	11 / 76
Independent		427 (1.3%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 19	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 76
Independent Liberal		15 (0.0%)		2.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 19	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 76

Full council

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31

11

34

Aldermen

↓

9

3

7

Councillors

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22

8

27

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Ashcroft*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Chesters Thompson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Hutt*	1,701	53.3	+2.5
	Conservative	J. Hislop	1,488	46.7	−18.7
Majority			213	6.6	+1.8
Turnout			3,189
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Rushworth*	1,124	56.9	+3.6
	Conservative	J. Hislop	852	43.1	−3.6
Majority			272	13.8	+7.2
Turnout			1,976
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. Payne	648	52.9	N/A
	Conservative	W. Griffin*	576	47.1	N/A
Majority			72	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,224
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Milling*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Hapurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Richards*	2,084	59.7	−1.2
	Liberal	J. R. Lancashire	1,409	40.3	−14.7
Majority			675	19.4	+14.8
Turnout			3,493
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring*	1,782	56.8	N/A
	Liberal	S. C. Richardson	1,356	43.2	N/A
Majority			426	13.6	N/A
Turnout			3,138
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Lloyd	2,433	51.6	N/A
	Liberal	M. Haworth	2,413	51.2	N/A
	Conservative	S. Redfern*	2,332	49.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. N. Ogden	2,255	47.8	N/A
Majority			81	1.8	N/A
Turnout			4,717
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	B. T. Leech*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Royle*	712	62.5	−7.3
	Independent	F. Hampson	427	37.5	N/A
Majority			285	25.0	+24.7
Turnout			1,139
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	J. D. Milne*	uncontested
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Schou*	876	54.2	+2.2
	Liberal	S. Moore	739	45.8	−2.2
Majority			137	8.4	+4.4
Turnout			1,615
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. B. Goldsworthy*	2,623	53.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Wainwright	2,248	46.2	N/A
Majority			375	7.6	N/A
Turnout			4,871
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. E. Lloyd*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Robinson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Marshall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Moulton*	1,572	51.4	+4.6
	Liberal	J. Ashworth	1,471	48.1	−5.1
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	15	0.5	N/A
Majority			101	3.3
Turnout			3,058
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1886, p.8
2. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1886, p.5