1895 Manchester City Council election

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1895 Manchester City Council election
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1 November 1895 (1895-11-01)
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26 of 104 seats
to Manchester City Council
53 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Conservative Liberal Unionist
Last election8 seats,
33.3%		14 seats,
40.1%		2 seats,
6.6%
Seats before50457
Seats won15110
Seats after49467
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote15,07516,8230
Percentage40.8%45.5%0.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.5%Increase2.svg5.4%Decrease2.svg6.6%
 Fourth party
 
Party Ind. Labour Party
Last election2 seats,
19.8%
Seats before2
Seats won0
Seats after2
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,824
Percentage10.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg9.5%
Manchester 1895.png
Map of results of 1895 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 1895. 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
Liberal Party 15,075 (40.8%)
Increase2.svg 7.515 (57.8%)
15 / 26
Decrease2.svg 149 (47.1%)
49 / 104
Conservative Party 16,823 (45.5%)
Increase2.svg 5.411 (42.3%)
11 / 26
Increase2.svg 146 (44.2%)
46 / 104
Liberal Unionist 0 (0.0%)
Decrease2.svg 6.60 (0.0%)
0 / 26
Steady2.svg7 (6.7%)
7 / 104
Ind. Labour Party 3,824 (10.3%)
Decrease2.svg 9.50 (0.0%)
0 / 26
Steady2.svg2 (1.9%)
2 / 104
Social Democratic Federation 519 (1.4%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 26
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 104
Independent Liberal 509 (1.4%)
Increase2.svg 1.20 (0.0%)
0 / 26
Steady2.svg0 (0.0%)
0 / 104
Independent Conservative 199 (0.5%)
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 26
N/A0 (0.0%)
0 / 104

Full council

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249746

Aldermen

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1556

Councillors

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234240

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal M. Arrandale* 1,03151.3N/A
Conservative A. Fulton97748.7−11.6
Majority 542.6
Turnout 2,008
Liberal hold Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R. C. Smith*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Ward*1,02256.6N/A
Conservative T. Nesbitt78443.4N/A
Majority 23813.2N/A
Turnout 1,806
Liberal hold Swing

Bradford

Bradford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Hutt*2,30464.2N/A
Ind. Labour Party M. Atherton77121.5−32.9
Conservative J. Russell51514.3−41.3
Majority 1,53342.7
Turnout 3,590
Liberal hold Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. E. Phythian*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Bradshaw*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative W. F. Dearden*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. G. Batty*35851.6+0.9
Conservative R. Cooper33648.4−0.9
Majority 223.2+1.8
Turnout 694
Liberal hold Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Richards*2,19462.3+7.5
Ind. Labour Party J. Harker1,32637.7+16.1
Majority 86824.6−6.6
Turnout 3,520
Conservative hold Swing

Longsight

Longsight
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. R. Wilson*86752.5+3.2
Ind. Labour Party N. Lingard78447.5N/A
Majority 835.0
Turnout 1,651
Conservative hold Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. H. Mainwaring*1,80877.0N/A
Ind. Labour Party F. Lawler54123.0−12.0
Majority 1,26754.0
Turnout 2,349
Conservative hold Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. Bowes*99547.0+24.6
Conservative T. Milnes88241.7−8.0
Ind. Labour Party T. Cook23811.3−16.6
Majority 1135.3
Turnout 2,115
Liberal hold Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. Birkbeck*2,08660.2+20.9
Liberal R. Lloyd*1,90955.1+15.2
Conservative N. Meadowcroft1,53044.2+5.7
Conservative J. Barratt1,40240.5+2.0
Majority 37910.9+10.6
Turnout 3,464
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. Trevor*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative D. Taylor*1,52650.6+1.0
Liberal J. Jee78626.1N/A
Ind. Labour Party E. J. Hart70523.4−27.0
Majority 74024.5
Turnout 3,017
Conservative hold Swing

Oxford

Oxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal J. H. Greenhow*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal H. Plummer*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. Fildes*uncontested
Conservative hold Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative T. Hassall66650.6N/A
Liberal G. D. Kelley* 65049.4N/A
Majority 161.2N/A
Turnout 1,316
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

St. George's

St. George's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. C. Nichol*1,57975.3+24.7
Social Democratic Federation W. Skivington51924.7N/A
Majority 1,06050.6+32.3
Turnout 2,098
Conservative hold Swing

St. James'

St. James'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal H. J. Goldschmidt*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. John's

St. John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative H. Shuttleworth*43447.7+7.1
Liberal J. Ashworth27730.4−19.3
Ind. Conservative S. Barnett19921.9N/A
Majority 15717.3
Turnout 910
Conservative hold Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal C. O'Doherty1,82858.0N/A
Conservative J. Grime1,32342.0N/A
Majority 50516.0
Turnout 3,151
Liberal hold Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal S. H. Brooks*uncontested
Liberal hold Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal D. McCabe*1,82978.2+58.8
Independent Liberal W. Brown50921.8+18.7
Majority 1,32056.4
Turnout 2,338
Liberal hold Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1895

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1895, the terms of office of thirteen aldermen expired. [3]

The following thirteen were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1895 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative Samuel Ashcroft*1901
Liberal Unionist George Clay*1901
Liberal Robert Gibson*1901
Conservative John Grantham*1901
Liberal Unionist John Hopkinson*1901
Liberal Unionist John King*1901
Liberal Sir Bosdin Leech*1901
Liberal Unionist John Mark*1901
Liberal Alexander McDougall1901
Liberal Unionist Harry Rawson*1901
Conservative Richard Lovatt Reade*1901
Liberal G. T. Stanley*Blackley & Moston1901
Liberal Joseph Thompson*Ardwick1901

By-elections between 1895 and 1896

All Saints', 22 November 1895

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Alexander McDougall (Liberal, All Saints', elected 1 November 1884) [4] on 9 November 1895 [5] following the resignation on 9 November 1895 of Alderman Hugo Shaw (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1885). [6] [7]

All Saints'
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal W. B. Pritchard96853.4+2.1
Conservative G. Simpson84646.6−2.1
Majority 1226.8+4.2
Turnout 1,814
Liberal hold Swing

[8]

References

  1. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1895, p.7
  2. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1895, p.5
  3. ↑ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 11, 1895, p.6
  4. ↑ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1884, p.5
  5. ↑ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 11, 1895, p.6
  6. ↑ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 11, 1895, p.6
  7. ↑ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7
  8. ↑ , Manchester Courier, November 23, 1895, p.6
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