1890 Manchester City Council election

Local election in Manchester

1 November 1890 (1890-11-01)

40 of 104 seats
to Manchester City Council
53 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal	Conservative	Liberal Unionist
Last election	9 seats, 47.4%	9 seats, 48.6%	1 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	30	36	10
Seats won	23	16	1
Seats after	50	44	10
Seat change	15	6
Popular vote	24,123	21,825	0
Percentage	52.1%	47.1%	0.0%
Swing	4.7%	1.5%

Map of results of 1890 election

Leader of the Council before election

No overall control

Leader of the Council after election

No overall control

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Saturday, 1 November 1890. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Owing to the extension of the city's boundaries, seven new wards (Blackley & Moston, Crumpsall, Longsight, Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and St. Mark's) elected all of their councillors for the first time.

The council remained under no overall control.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	24,123 (52.1%)	4.7	23 (57.5%)	23 / 40	15	50 (48.1%)	50 / 104
Conservative Party	21,825 (47.1%)	1.5	16 (40.0%)	16 / 40	6	44 (42.3%)	44 / 104
Liberal Unionist	0 (0.0%)		1 (2.5%)	1 / 40		10 (9.6%)	10 / 104
Independent Liberal	366 (0.8%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 40	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

↓
50	10	44

Aldermen

↓
14	4	8

Councillors

↓
36	6	36

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. McDougall*	1,545	59.4	+18.6
	Conservative	C. Law	1,054	40.6	−18.6
Majority			491	18.8
Turnout			2,599
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Tatton*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G. T. Stanley	1,056	58.1
	Liberal	J. Ward	971	53.4
	Conservative	T. Briggs	934	51.4
	Liberal	C. Rowley	880	48.4
	Conservative	E. H. Jones	820	45.1
	Conservative	S. Mills	789	43.4
Majority			54	3.0
Turnout			1,817
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tunstall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham

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

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Bagnall*	842	58.3	+0.9
	Liberal	J. Harrop	602	41.7	−0.9
Majority			240	16.6	+1.8
Turnout			1,444
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall (3 vacancies)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	W. Butterworth	uncontested
Liberal	G. Rhodes	uncontested
Conservative	E. Holt	uncontested
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. B. Worthington*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Sherratt*	2,115	50.5	+12.5
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	2,075	49.5	−12.5
Majority			40	1.0
Turnout			4,190
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Jennison	1,014	60.2
	Liberal	G. H. Russell	974	57.8
	Liberal	T. Uttley	855	50.8
	Conservative	C. Kay	780	46.3
	Conservative	E. Dodd	731	43.4
	Liberal	E. N. Worthington	698	41.4
Majority			75	4.5
Turnout			1,684
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Cardwell*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting (3 vacancies)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	H. Morgan	uncontested
Liberal	J. Bowes	uncontested
Conservative	H. Tetlow	uncontested
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	H. Aldred*	uncontested
Liberal	J. B. Fullerton*	uncontested
Liberal hold		Swing
Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	G. Evans	1,167	54.3
	Liberal	W. Trevor	1,153	53.7
	Conservative	J. M. Elliott	1,124	52.3
	Liberal	R. Brown	1,063	49.5
	Conservative	J. Garlick	982	45.7
	Conservative	T. Milnes	956	44.5
Majority			61	2.8
Turnout			2,148
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Openshaw

Openshaw (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	S. J. Erwin	1,594	53.5
	Conservative	J. Battersby	1,557	52.2
	Liberal	J. H. Crosfield	1,512	50.7
	Conservative	J. Robinson	1,499	49.9
	Liberal	J. Brierley	1,401	47.0
	Conservative	W. Charlton	1,381	46.3
Majority			13	0.8
Turnout			2,981
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Simpson*	383	50.2	N/A
	Liberal	J. H. Greenhow	380	49.8	N/A
Majority			3	0.4	N/A
Turnout			763
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	W. T. Gunson*	uncontested
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. G. Copeland*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. C. Abbott	803	54.6	+9.7
	Conservative	J. Brierley	668	45.4	−9.7
Majority			135	9.2
Turnout			1,471
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Gibson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Samson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Cuff*	590	57.6	N/A
	Liberal	W. G. Sutherland	435	42.5	N/A
Majority			155	15.2	N/A
Turnout			1,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Southern*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	L. Higginbottom	1,179	63.1
	Liberal	S. H. Brooks	1,016	54.4
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright	935	50.0
	Conservative	E. J. Reynolds	922	49.3
	Conservative	J. Phythian	846	45.3
	Conservative	W. Macbeth	710	38.0
Majority			13	0.7
Turnout			1,869
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wells	1,789	53.8	−4.5
	Conservative	J. Lee	1,168	35.2	−6.5
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	366	11.0	N/A
Majority			621	18.6	+2.0
Turnout			3,323
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

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By-elections between 1890 and 1891

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References

MANCHESTER CITY EXTENSION SCHEME, Manchester Courier, July 25, 1890, p.6
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1890, p.8
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1890, p.5

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