1895 Manchester City Council election

1895 Manchester City Council election

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26 of 104 seats to Manchester City Council 53 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Conservative Liberal Unionist Last election 8 seats, 33.3% 14 seats, 40.1% 2 seats, 6.6% Seats before 50 45 7 Seats won 15 11 0 Seats after 49 46 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 15,075 16,823 0 Percentage 40.8% 45.5% 0.0% Swing 7.5% 5.4% 6.6%   Fourth party   Party Ind. Labour Party Last election 2 seats, 19.8% Seats before 2 Seats won 0 Seats after 2 Seat change Popular vote 3,824 Percentage 10.3% Swing 9.5%
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]

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party		15,075 (40.8%)		7.5	15 (57.8%)	15 / 26	1	49 (47.1%)	49 / 104
Conservative Party		16,823 (45.5%)		5.4	11 (42.3%)	11 / 26	1	46 (44.2%)	46 / 104
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)		6.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		7 (6.7%)	7 / 104
Ind. Labour Party		3,824 (10.3%)		9.5	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Social Democratic Federation		519 (1.4%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Liberal		509 (1.4%)		1.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Conservative		199 (0.5%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

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2

49

7

46

Aldermen

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15

5

6

Councillors

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2

34

2

40

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	1,031	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Fulton	977	48.7	−11.6
Majority			54	2.6
Turnout			2,008
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

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

Blackley and Moston

Blackley and Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Ward*	1,022	56.6	N/A
	Conservative	T. Nesbitt	784	43.4	N/A
Majority			238	13.2	N/A
Turnout			1,806
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Hutt*	2,304	64.2	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	M. Atherton	771	21.5	−32.9
	Conservative	J. Russell	515	14.3	−41.3
Majority			1,533	42.7
Turnout			3,590
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

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

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

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

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

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

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. G. Batty*	358	51.6	+0.9
	Conservative	R. Cooper	336	48.4	−0.9
Majority			22	3.2	+1.8
Turnout			694
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Richards*	2,194	62.3	+7.5
	Ind. Labour Party	J. Harker	1,326	37.7	+16.1
Majority			868	24.6	−6.6
Turnout			3,520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Wilson*	867	52.5	+3.2
	Ind. Labour Party	N. Lingard	784	47.5	N/A
Majority			83	5.0
Turnout			1,651
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring*	1,808	77.0	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	F. Lawler	541	23.0	−12.0
Majority			1,267	54.0
Turnout			2,349
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Bowes*	995	47.0	+24.6
	Conservative	T. Milnes	882	41.7	−8.0
	Ind. Labour Party	T. Cook	238	11.3	−16.6
Majority			113	5.3
Turnout			2,115
	Liberal hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Birkbeck*	2,086	60.2	+20.9
	Liberal	R. Lloyd*	1,909	55.1	+15.2
	Conservative	N. Meadowcroft	1,530	44.2	+5.7
	Conservative	J. Barratt	1,402	40.5	+2.0
Majority			379	10.9	+10.6
Turnout			3,464
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

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

Openshaw

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Taylor*	1,526	50.6	+1.0
	Liberal	J. Jee	786	26.1	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	E. J. Hart	705	23.4	−27.0
Majority			740	24.5
Turnout			3,017
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

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

Rusholme

Rusholme

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

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

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

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hassall	666	50.6	N/A
	Liberal	G. D. Kelley*	650	49.4	N/A
Majority			16	1.2	N/A
Turnout			1,316
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. C. Nichol*	1,579	75.3	+24.7
	Social Democratic Federation	W. Skivington	519	24.7	N/A
Majority			1,060	50.6	+32.3
Turnout			2,098
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

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

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth*	434	47.7	+7.1
	Liberal	J. Ashworth	277	30.4	−19.3
	Ind. Conservative	S. Barnett	199	21.9	N/A
Majority			157	17.3
Turnout			910
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. O'Doherty	1,828	58.0	N/A
	Conservative	J. Grime	1,323	42.0	N/A
Majority			505	16.0
Turnout			3,151
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's

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

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. McCabe*	1,829	78.2	+58.8
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	509	21.8	+18.7
Majority			1,320	56.4
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.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term 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 McDougall		1901
	Liberal Unionist	Harry Rawson*		1901
	Conservative	Richard Lovatt Reade*		1901
	Liberal	G. T. Stanley*	Blackley & Moston	1901
	Liberal	Joseph Thompson*	Ardwick	1901

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'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. B. Pritchard	968	53.4	+2.1
	Conservative	G. Simpson	846	46.6	−2.1
Majority			122	6.8	+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