1889 Manchester City Council election

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1889 Manchester City Council election
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1 November 1889 (1889-11-01)
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19 of 76 seats
to Manchester City Council
39 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Last election10 seats,
62.7%		4 seats,
31.5%		5 seats,
0.0%
Seats before363010
Seats won991
Seats after363010
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote16,17015,7800
Percentage48.6%47.4%0.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg14.1%Increase2.svg15.9%Steady2.svg
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Map of results of 1889 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 Friday, 1 November 1889. 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]

Contents

Election result

PartyVotesSeatsFull Council
Conservative Party 16,170 (48.6%)
Decrease2.svg 14.19 (47.4%)
9 / 19
Steady2.svg36 (47.4%)
36 / 76
Liberal Party 15,780 (47.4%)
Increase2.svg 15.99 (47.4%)
9 / 19
Steady2.svg30 (39.5%)
30 / 76
Liberal Unionist 0 (0.0%)
Steady2.svg1 (5.3%)
1 / 19
Steady2.svg10 (13.2%)
10 / 76
Independent 1,350 (4.1%)
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 19
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 76

Full council

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301036

Aldermen

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847

Councillors

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22629

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Ashcroft*1,42459.2N/A
Liberal W. B. Pritchard98240.8N/A
Majority 44218.4N/A
Turnout 2,406
Conservative hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Chesters Thompson*2,59668.6N/A
Liberal J. H. Whitehouse1,18731.4N/A
Majority 1,40937.2N/A
Turnout 3,783
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Hutt*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Rushworth*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Bradshaw83457.4N/A
Liberal E. Barton61942.6N/A
Majority 21514.8N/A
Turnout 1,453
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Milling*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Richards*2,10462.0N/A
Liberal T. W. Foxcroft1,28838.0N/A
Majority 81624.0N/A
Turnout 3,392
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. H. Mainwaring*1,94955.3N/A
Liberal T. Swindells1,57744.7N/A
Majority 37210.6N/A
Turnout 3,526
Conservative hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal R. Lloyd*2,45353.5N/A
Liberal W. Birkbeck*2,44353.3N/A
Conservative J. Burgess2,21048.2N/A
Conservative J. Taylor2,07545.2N/A
Majority 2234.8N/A
Turnout 4,586
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal B. T. Leech*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative S. Royle*99951.5N/A
Liberal W. Johnson94248.5N/A
Majority 573.0N/A
Turnout 1,941
Conservative hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist J. D. Milne*uncontested
Liberal Unionist hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative N. C. Schou*80055.1−2.3
Liberal J. Brierley65244.9+2.3
Majority 14810.2−4.6
Turnout 1,452
Conservative hold Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Tatton1,98759.5N/A
Independent A. Alsop1,35040.5N/A
Majority 63719.0N/A
Turnout 3,337
Liberal hold Swing

St. James'

St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal A. E. Lloyd*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. Robinson*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative A. Marshall*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal D. McCabe1,65058.3N/A
Conservative J. Lee1,17941.7N/A
Majority 47116.6N/A
Turnout 2,829
Liberal hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1889

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1889, the terms of office of ten aldermen expired. [3]

The following ten were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1889 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal Abel Heywood* Collegiate Church1895
Liberal Unionist John Hopkinson*All Saints'1895
Liberal Unionist John King*Oxford1895
Conservative Joseph Lamb*New Cross1895
Liberal Unionist John Mark*St. Ann's1895
Conservative Richard Lovatt Reade*Rusholme1895
Conservative William RobinsonUnassigned1895
Conservative Hugo Shaw*Bradford1895
Liberal Joseph Thompson*Ardwick1895
Conservative William Tessimond Windsor*St. James'1895

Aldermanic election, 4 June 1890

Caused by the resignation on 7 May 1890 of Alderman William Batty (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 February 1884). [4] [5]

In his place, Councillor John Milling (Liberal, Exchange, elected 5 April 1879) [6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 June 1890. [7]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal John Milling1892

By-elections between 1889 and 1890

St. Ann's, 4 November 1889

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Mark (Liberal Unionist, St. Ann's, elected 14 August 1877) [8] on 30 October 1889 [9] following the death on 19 October 1889 of Alderman John Marsland Bennett (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1859). [10] [11]

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. H. Vaudreyuncontested
Conservative hold Swing

[12]

Oxford, 18 November 1889

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Benjamin Gibbons (Conservative, Oxford, elected 24 March 1885) [13] on 9 November 1889. [14]

Oxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Simpsonuncontested
Conservative hold Swing

[15]

St. John's, 25 November 1889

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor William Robinson (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1877) [16] on 9 November 1889 [17] following the defeat on 9 November 1889 of Alderman William Brown (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1885). [18] [19]

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal F. Smallman50051.8N/A
Conservative J. Woodhouse46648.2N/A
Majority 343.6N/A
Turnout 2,602
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

[20]

Exchange, 9 June 1890

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Milling (Liberal, Exchange, elected 5 April 1879) [21] on 4 June 1890 [22] following the resignation on 7 May 1890 of Alderman William Batty (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 6 February 1884). [23] [24]

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. G. Battyuncontested
Liberal hold Swing

[25]

References

  1. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1889, p.8
  2. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 25, 1889, p.6
  3. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1889, p.6
  4. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, May 8, 1890, p.6
  5. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, February 7, 1884, p.3
  6. ↑ THE REPRESENTATION OF EXCHANGE WARD, Manchester Guardian, April 7, 1879, p.8
  7. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Evening News, June 4, 1890, p.2
  8. ↑ ELECTION IN ST. ANN'S WARD, Manchester Evening News, August 15, 1877, p.14
  9. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, October 31, 1889, p.7
  10. ↑ "DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN BENNETT", Manchester Guardian, October 21, 1889, p.5
  11. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1859, p.3
  12. ↑ THE REPRESENTATION OF ST. ANN'S WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 5, 1889, p.8
  13. ↑ THE OXFORD WARD ELECTION, Manchester Courier, March 25, 1885, p.6
  14. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1889, p.6
  15. ↑ THE VACANCIES IN THE MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 19, 1889, p.7
  16. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1877, p.6
  17. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1889, p.6
  18. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, November 11, 1889, p.6
  19. ↑ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7
  20. ↑ MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN ST. JOHN'S WARD, Manchester Guardian, November 26, 1889, p.11
  21. ↑ THE REPRESENTATION OF EXCHANGE WARD, Manchester Guardian, April 7, 1879, p.8
  22. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Evening News, June 4, 1890, p.2
  23. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, May 8, 1890, p.6
  24. ↑ MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, February 7, 1884, p.3
  25. ↑ THE VACANCY IN EXCHANGE WARD, Manchester Courier, June 10, 1890, p.6
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