1884 Manchester City Council election

1884 Manchester City Council election
â 1883 1 November 1884 1885 â
16 of 64 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 33 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1884 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Liberal	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Liberal

Elections to Manchester City Council took place on Saturday, 1 November 1884. 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	14,816 (44.9%)	1.7	8 (50.0%)	8 / 16	39 (60.9%)	39 / 64
Conservative Party	16,845 (51.1%)	2.3	8 (50.0%)	8 / 16	25 (39.1%)	25 / 64
Ind. Nationalist	1,305 (4.0%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 16	0 (0.0%)	0 / 64

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	A. McDougall	1,101	53.0	+10.5
	Conservative	T. Potts*	975	47.0	â10.5
Majority			126	6.0
Turnout			2,076
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. H. Crosfield	2,030	50.8	N/A
	Conservative	S. P. Bidder	1,966	49.2	N/A
Majority			64	1.6	N/A
Turnout			3,996
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	H. Boddington*	1,531	69.8	N/A
	Liberal	G. T. Stanley	663	30.2	N/A
Majority			868	39.6	N/A
Turnout			2,194
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	W. A. Nicholls*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

1884 Manchester City Council election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. Deakin	1,636	58.9	N/A
	Liberal	D. Greenwood*	1,141	41.1	N/A
Majority			495	17.8	N/A
Turnout			2,777
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Woodhouse	2,326	59.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Swindells	2,253	57.9	N/A
	Liberal	W. Birkbeck	1,611	41.4	N/A
	Liberal	H. C. Pingstone	1,594	41.0	N/A
Majority			642	16.5	N/A
Turnout			3,892
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	E. Asquith*	774	51.2	+2.7
	Conservative	B. Gibbons	737	48.8	â2.7
Majority			37	2.4
Turnout			1,511
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. Gibson*	1,786	58.4	N/A
	Conservative	P. Gregory	1,272	41.6	N/A
Majority			514	16.8	N/A
Turnout			3,058
	Liberal hold		Swing

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. Livesley*	575	69.9	N/A
	Liberal	H. G. Nicholson	248	30.1	N/A
Majority			327	39.8	N/A
Turnout			823
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. W. Southern	1,883	61.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Towers	1,201	38.9	N/A
Majority			682	22.2	N/A
Turnout			3,084
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Faulkner*	2,373	41.9	â10.8
	Liberal	W. Sherratt	1,985	35.1	â12.2
	Ind. Nationalist	M. Hasney	1,305	23.0	N/A
Majority			388	6.8	+1.4
Turnout			5,663
	Conservative hold		Swing