1899 Manchester City Council election

1899 Manchester City Council election

←  1898 1 November 1899 (1899-11-01) 1900  →
26 of 104 seats to Manchester City Council 53 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Ind. Labour Party Last election 11 seats, 50.2% 14 seats, 34.6% 1 seats, 13.0% Seats before 49 46 3 Seats won 18 8 0 Seats after 50 46 3 Seat change 1 Popular vote 15,192 11,817 2,440 Percentage 51.1% 39.7% 8.2% Swing 0.9% 5.1% 4.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberal Unionist Independent Social Democratic Federation Last election 0 seats, 0.0% 0 seats, 2.2% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats before 4 1 1 Seats won 0 0 0 Seats after 3 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 0 290 0 Percentage 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% Swing 1.2%
Map of results of 1899 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 Wednesday, 1 November 1899. 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		15,192 (51.1%)		0.9	18 (69.2%)	18 / 26	1	50 (48.1%)	50 / 104
Liberal Party		11,817 (39.7%)		5.1	8 (30.8%)	8 / 26		46 (44.2%)	46 / 104
Ind. Labour Party		2,440 (8.2%)		4.8	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		3 (2.9%)	3 / 104
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	1	3 (2.9%)	3 / 104
Independent		290 (1.0%)		1.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104
Social Democratic Federation		0 (0.0%)			0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104

Full council

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1

3

46

1

3

50

Aldermen

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15

3

8

Councillors

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1

3

31

1

42

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. B. Pritchard*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Pollitt*	1,771	57.9	N/A
	Liberal	W. M. Westerby	1,286	42.1	N/A
Majority			485	15.8	N/A
Turnout			3,057
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Ogden*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Dreyfus*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. H. Braddon*	1,127	79.5	N/A
	Independent	H. Benoliel	290	20.5	−15.9
Majority			837	59.0
Turnout			1,417
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Lowry	512	44.3	N/A
	Liberal	H. Whitehouse	380	32.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Makeague	265	22.9	N/A
Majority			132	11.5	N/A
Turnout			1,157
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Bradley*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Smethurst*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	1,615	44.1	+2.5
	Ind. Labour Party	T. Cook	1,201	32.8	N/A
	Liberal	H. Noble	843	23.0	−32.9
Majority			414	11.4
Turnout			3,659
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Jennison*	991	62.5	N/A
	Liberal	D. Armstrong	595	37.5	N/A
Majority			396	25.0	N/A
Turnout			1,586
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. D. Pennington	1,517	59.5	N/A
	Conservative	J. Fielding	1,034	40.5	N/A
Majority			483	19.0	N/A
Turnout			2,551
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Milnes*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Bishop*	2,505	59.3	+8.7
	Liberal	M. Grimshaw	2,162	51.2	+0.6
	Conservative	W. Holland*	1,897	44.9	−12.0
	Conservative	I. Barnes	1,885	44.6	−12.3
Majority			265	6.3	+2.5
Turnout			4,225
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

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

Openshaw

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Johnson	1,317	59.4	−0.6
	Ind. Labour Party	R. Macdonald	901	40.6	+0.6
Majority			416	18.8	−1.2
Turnout			2,218
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. J. Lambert*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme

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

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

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

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. B. Langley*	713	54.3	−6.1
	Liberal	R. Torkington	600	45.7	+6.1
Majority			113	8.6	−12.2
Turnout			1,313
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. A. S. Daly*	1,336	50.1	+4.8
	Liberal	F. W. Maxwell	1,333	49.9	N/A
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			2,669
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Samson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Watmough*	uncontested
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Marsden*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Phythian*	729	43.8	−30.8
	Liberal	J. Allison	596	35.8	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	G. Gregory	338	20.4	−5.0
Majority			133	8.0	−41.2
Turnout			1,663
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

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

References

1. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1899, p.7
2. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 25, 1899, p.7