1881 Manchester City Council election

1881 Manchester City Council election
â 1880 1 November 1881 1882 â
16 of 64 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1881 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Liberal	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Liberal

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on Tuesday, 1 November 1881. 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	6,082 (43.5%)	N/A	8 (50.0%)	8 / 16	1	41 (64.1%)	41 / 64
Conservative Party	7,285 (52.2%)	N/A	8 (50.0%)	8 / 16	1	23 (35.9%)	23 / 64
Independent	596 (4.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 16	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	T. Potts*	853	58.9	N/A
	Independent	C. J. Herford	596	41.1	N/A
Majority			257	17.8	N/A
Turnout			1,449
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Whittaker	2,139	53.9	N/A
	Liberal	W. H. Hewitt	1,827	46.1	N/A
Majority			312	7.8	N/A
Turnout			3,966
	Conservative hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	T. Peel*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

1881 Manchester City Council election

Election result

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

Ward results

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Ardwick

Cheetham

Collegiate Church

Exchange

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St. Ann's

St. Clement's

St. George's

St. James'

St. John's

St. Luke's

St. Michael's

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1881 and 1882

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	D. Greenwood*	1,208	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	W. Deakin	1,175	49.3	N/A
Majority			33	1.4	N/A
Turnout			2,383
	Liberal hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	G. Howarth*	uncontested
Liberal	C. Rowley*	uncontested
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	E. Asquith*	772	50.9	N/A
	Conservative	B. Gibbons	746	49.1	N/A
Majority			26	1.8	N/A
Turnout			1,518
	Liberal hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. Livesley*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	2,372	51.0	N/A
	Liberal	B. Brierley*	2,275	49.0	N/A
Majority			97	2.0	N/A
Turnout			4,647
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing