1886 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 1 November 1886. 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]

Quick facts 19 of 76 seats to Manchester City Council 39 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

â 1885

1 November 1886 (1886-11-01)

1887 â

19 of 76 seats
to Manchester City Council
39 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal	Liberal Unionist
Last election	12 seats, 50.3%	13 seats, 46.9%	did not contest
Seats before	36	29	11
Seats won	9	9	1
Seats after	34	31	11
Seat change	2	2
Popular vote	16,777	15,917	0
Percentage	50.6%	48.0%	0.0%
Swing	0.3%	1.1%	N/A

Map of results of 1886 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

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Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Conservative Party	16,777 (50.6%)	0.3	9 (47.4%)	9 / 19	2	34 (44.7%)	34 / 76
Liberal Party	15,917 (48.0%)	1.1	9 (47.4%)	9 / 19	2	31 (40.8%)	31 / 76
Liberal Unionist	0 (0.0%)	N/A	1 (5.3%)	1 / 19		11 (14.5%)	11 / 76
Independent	427 (1.3%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 19	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 76
Independent Liberal	15 (0.0%)	2.9	0 (0.0%)	0 / 19	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 76

Full council

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31	11	34

Aldermen

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9	3	7

Councillors

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22	8	27

Ward results

All Saints'

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All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	S. Ashcroft*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	S. Chesters Thompson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Bradford

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Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. Hutt*	1,701	53.3	+2.5
	Conservative	J. Hislop	1,488	46.7	â18.7
Majority			213	6.6	+1.8
Turnout			3,189
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. Rushworth*	1,124	56.9	+3.6
	Conservative	J. Hislop	852	43.1	â3.6
Majority			272	13.8	+7.2
Turnout			1,976
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	C. Payne	648	52.9	N/A
	Conservative	W. Griffin*	576	47.1	N/A
Majority			72	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,224
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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Exchange

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Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. Milling*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Harpurhey

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Hapurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. Richards*	2,084	59.7	â1.2
	Liberal	J. R. Lancashire	1,409	40.3	â14.7
Majority			675	19.4	+14.8
Turnout			3,493
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Medlock Street

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Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring*	1,782	56.8	N/A
	Liberal	S. C. Richardson	1,356	43.2	N/A
Majority			426	13.6	N/A
Turnout			3,138
	Conservative hold		Swing

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New Cross

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New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. Lloyd	2,433	51.6	N/A
	Liberal	M. Haworth	2,413	51.2	N/A
	Conservative	S. Redfern*	2,332	49.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. N. Ogden	2,255	47.8	N/A
Majority			81	1.8	N/A
Turnout			4,717
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Oxford

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Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	B. T. Leech*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

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Rusholme

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Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	S. Royle*	712	62.5	â7.3
	Independent	F. Hampson	427	37.5	N/A
Majority			285	25.0	+24.7
Turnout			1,139
	Conservative hold		Swing

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St. Ann's

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St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal Unionist	J. D. Milne*	uncontested
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

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St. Clement's

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St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	N. Schou*	876	54.2	+2.2
	Liberal	S. Moore	739	45.8	â2.2
Majority			137	8.4	+4.4
Turnout			1,615
	Conservative hold		Swing

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St. George's

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St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	R. B. Goldsworthy*	2,623	53.8	N/A
	Conservative	J. Wainwright	2,248	46.2	N/A
Majority			375	7.6	N/A
Turnout			4,871
	Liberal hold		Swing

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St. James'

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St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	A. E. Lloyd*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

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St. John's

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St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	W. Robinson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	A. Marshall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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St. Michael's

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St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	G. Moulton*	1,572	51.4	+4.6
	Liberal	J. Ashworth	1,471	48.1	â5.1
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	15	0.5	N/A
Majority			101	3.3
Turnout			3,058
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1886

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1886, the terms of office of nine aldermen expired.^[3]

The following nine were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1886 for a term of six years.

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	Alderman	Ward	Term expires
Liberal	William Batty*		1892
Conservative	James Craven*		1892
Conservative	Matthew Curtis*		1892
Conservative	William Griffin*	Harpurhey	1892
Liberal	Sir John James Harwood*		1892
Liberal	Henry Patteson*		1892
Liberal	John Foulkes Roberts*		1892
Liberal Unionist	Thomas Schofield*		1892
Liberal	Walton Smith		1892

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Aldermanic election, 1 December 1886

Caused by the death on 11 November 1886 of Alderman Thomas Rose (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 14 July 1886).^[4]^[5]

In his place, Councillor George Moulton (Conservative, St. Michael's, elected 2 November 1874)^[6] was elected as an alderman by the council on 1 December 1886.^[7]

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Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	George Moulton		1889

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Aldermanic election, 24 June 1887

Caused by the death on 9 June 1887 of the Mayor, Alderman Matthew Curtis (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 December 1860).^[8]^[9]

In his place, Councillor William Livesley (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1875)^[10] was elected as an alderman by the council on 24 June 1887.^[11]

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Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	William Livesley		1892

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Aldermanic election, 7 September 1887

Caused by the death on 22 August 1887 of Alderman James Craven (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 May 1886).^[12]^[13]

In his place, Councillor Edmund Asquith (Liberal, St. Clement's, elected 1 November 1875)^[14] was elected as an alderman by the council on 7 September 1887.^[15]

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Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	Edmund Asquith		1892

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Aldermanic election, 7 September 1887

Caused by the death on 7 September 1887 of Alderman Henry Patteson (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1868).^[16]^[17]

In his place, Councillor Alfred Evans (Liberal, Medlock Street, elected 17 June 1876)^[18] was elected as an alderman by the council on 5 October 1887.^[19]

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Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Liberal	Alfred Evans		1892

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By-elections between 1886 and 1887

St. Michael's, 17 December 1886

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor George Moulton (Conservative, St. Michael's, elected 2 November 1874)^[20] on 1 December 1886^[21] following the death on 11 November 1886 of Alderman Thomas Rose (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 14 July 1886).^[22]^[23]

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St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	J. Ashworth	1,521	55.8	+7.7
	Conservative	S. Redfern	1,193	43.8	â7.6
	Liberal	W. F. Meaney	12	0.4	â47.7
Majority			328	12.0
Turnout			2,726
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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St. John's, 1 July 1887

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor William Livesley (Conservative, St. John's, elected 1 November 1875)^[25] on 24 June 1887^[26] following the death on 9 June 1887 of the Mayor, Alderman Matthew Curtis (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 5 December 1860).^[27]^[28]

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St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Conservative	J. H. Cuff	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Medlock Street, 18 October 1887

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Alfred Evans (Liberal, Medlock Street, elected 17 June 1876)^[30] on 5 October 1887^[31] following the death on 7 September 1887 of Alderman Henry Patteson (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1868).^[32]^[33]

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Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	W. T. Bax	854	65.2	+22.0
	Independent Liberal	J. Jenkins	456	34.8	N/A
Majority			398	30.4
Turnout			1,310
	Liberal hold		Swing

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^[34]

References

[1]
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1886, p.8
[2]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1886, p.5
[3]
ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Guardian, November 10, 1886, p.6
[4]
"ALDERMAN THOMAS ROSE", Manchester Guardian, November 12, 1886, p.5
[5]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, July 15, 1886, p.6
[6]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1874, p.6
[7]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, December 2, 1886, p.6
[8]
DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, Manchester Evening News, June 10, 1887, p.2
[9]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, December 6, 1860, p.3
[10]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1875, p.4
[11]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, June 25, 1887, p.7
[12]
MR. ALDERMAN CRAVEN, Manchester Guardian, August 22, 1887, p.5
[13]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, May 6, 1886, p.7
[14]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1875, p.4
[15]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, September 7, 1887, p.7
[16]
DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN PATTESON, Manchester Courier, September 8, 1887, p.5
[17]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1868, p.6
[18]
MEDLOCK STREET WARD ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, June 19, 1876, p.4
[19]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, October 6, 1887, p.7
[20]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1874, p.6
[21]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, December 2, 1886, p.6
[22]
"ALDERMAN THOMAS ROSE", Manchester Guardian, November 12, 1886, p.5
[23]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, July 15, 1886, p.6
[24]
ELECTION IN ST. MICHAEL'S WARD, Manchester Courier, December 18, 1886, p.3
[25]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1875, p.4
[26]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, June 25, 1887, p.7
[27]
DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF MANCHESTER, Manchester Evening News, June 10, 1887, p.2
[28]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Guardian, December 6, 1860, p.3
[29]
ST. JOHN'S WARD ELECTION, Manchester Courier, July 2, 1887, p.5
[30]
MEDLOCK STREET WARD ELECTION, Manchester Guardian, June 19, 1876, p.4
[31]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, October 6, 1887, p.7
[32]
DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN PATTESON, Manchester Courier, September 8, 1887, p.5
[33]
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1868, p.6
[34]
MANCHESTER, Manchester Courier, October 19, 1887, p.8

Full council

Aldermen

Councillors

All Saints'

Ardwick

Bradford

Cheetham

Collegiate Church

Exchange

Harpurhey

Medlock Street

New Cross

Oxford

Rusholme

St. Ann's

St. Clement's

St. George's

St. James'

St. John's

St. Luke's

St. Michael's

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1886

Aldermanic election, 1 December 1886

Aldermanic election, 24 June 1887

Aldermanic election, 7 September 1887

Aldermanic election, 7 September 1887

St. Michael's, 17 December 1886

St. John's, 1 July 1887

Medlock Street, 18 October 1887

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