1876 Manchester City Council election

1876 Manchester City Council election
â 1875 1 November 1876 1877 â
16 of 64 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1876 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Liberal	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Liberal

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on Wednesday, 1 November 1876. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Liberal Party retained overall control of the council.^[1]^[2]

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Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	15,894 (51.8%)	1.0	13 (81.3%)	13 / 16	1	44 (68.7%)	44 / 64
Conservative Party	14,776 (48.2%)	1.0	3 (18.7%)	3 / 16	1	20 (31.3%)	20 / 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	C. Walker*	1,021	54.0	+1.4
	Conservative	W. T. Windsor	869	46.0	â1.4
Majority			152	8.0	+2.8
Turnout			1,890
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	R. K. Payne*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	T. S. Muirhead	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

1876 Manchester City Council election

Election result

Full council

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Cheetham

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Exchange

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Oxford

St. Ann's

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St. James'

St. John's

St. Luke's

St. Michael's

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	W. Batty*	513	55.6	+4.4
	Conservative	E. H. Downs	410	44.4	â4.4
Majority			103	11.2	+8.8
Turnout			923
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	A. Evans*	1,677	58.4	+3.2
	Conservative	G. Anderton	1,195	41.6	â3.2
Majority			482	16.8	+6.4
Turnout			2,872
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	C. Stewart*	2,913	50.9	â1.2
	Liberal	T. Bright*	2,895	50.6	â1.5
	Conservative	T. Greenwood	2,643	46.2	â2.7
	Conservative	W. G. Bennett	2,564	44.8	â3.9
Majority			252	4.4	+3.0
Turnout			5,719
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	M. Hilton	465	52.2	N/A
	Conservative	R. T. Walker	425	47.8	N/A
Majority			40	4.4	N/A
Turnout			890
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. B. Goldsworthy*	1,534	50.1	N/A
	Conservative	R. Lovatt Reade	1,532	49.9	N/A
Majority			2	0.2	N/A
Turnout			3,066
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Smith*	822	63.9	+3.4
	Liberal	W. Crighton	464	36.1	â3.4
Majority			358	27.8	+6.8
Turnout			1,286
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	A. Murray*	1,333	51.1	+8.4
	Conservative	W. Carter	1,278	48.9	â8.4
Majority			55	2.2
Turnout			2,611
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	W. Brown*	3,079	50.3	â1.4
	Conservative	J. Richards	3,038	49.7	+1.4
Majority			41	0.6	â2.8
Turnout			6,117
	Liberal hold		Swing