1846 Manchester Borough Council election

1846 Manchester Borough Council election
â 1845 2 November 1846 1847 â
17 of 64 seats ; to Manchester Borough Council; 33 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1846. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office.^[1]^[2]

Quick facts 17 of 64 seats to Manchester Borough Council 33 seats needed for a majority ...

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
		James Taylor	uncontested
			Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
		John Youil	uncontested
			Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	James Bradford*	174	58.8	N/A
		William Aldred	122	41.2	N/A
Majority			52	17.6	N/A
Turnout			296
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	Matthew Thackray	396	50.8	N/A
	Liberal	Abel Heywood*	383	49.2	N/A
	Ratepayers	John Middleton	364	46.7	N/A
	Ratepayers	Caleb Davenport	269	34.5	N/A
Majority			19	2.5	N/A
Turnout			779
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
		William Medcalf	209	52.9	N/A
	Ratepayers	James Hibbert	186	47.1	N/A
Majority			23	5.8	N/A
Turnout			395
			Swing

1846 Manchester Borough Council election

Ward results

All Saints'

Ardwick

Cheetham

Collegiate Church

Exchange

Medlock Street

New Cross

Oxford

St. Ann's

St. Clement's

St. George's

St. James'

St. John's

St. Luke's

St. Michael's

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Ratepayers	William Cottrell	255	56.3	N/A
	Liberal	John Richardson White*	198	43.7	â9.1
Majority			57	12.6
Turnout			453
	Ratepayers gain from Liberal		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Joseph Lamb	uncontested
	Thomas Webster	uncontested
Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	Joseph Adshead	277	59.4	N/A
	Liberal	James Bake*	189	40.6	N/A
Majority			57	18.8	N/A
Turnout			466
	Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Samuel Phillips Hitchcock	397	79.6	N/A
	Malcolm Ross	102	20.4	N/A
Majority		295	59.2	N/A
Turnout		499
		Swing

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Joseph Shiers	35	83.3	N/A
	Robert Hall	16.7	20.4	N/A
Majority		28	66.6	N/A
Turnout		42
		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	John Pooley	uncontested
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
		William Hyde Lamb	271	52.1	N/A
	Liberal	Thomas Bayley Potter	249	47.9	N/A
Majority			22	4.2	N/A
Turnout			520
	gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	George Fereday Smith	241	53.0	N/A
	Ratepayers	William Bowker	214	47.0	N/A
Majority			27	6.0	N/A
Turnout			455
	Conservative hold		Swing