1898 Manchester City Council election

Local election in Manchester

1 November 1898 (1898-11-01)

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26 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	10 seats, 32.2%	12 seats, 45.9%	0 seats, 3.1%
Seats before	50	46	4
Seats won	14	11	0
Seats after	48	47	4
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	8,164	11,837	0
Percentage	34.6%	50.2%	0.0%
Swing	2.4%	5.3%	3.1%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour	Independent	Social Democratic Federation
Last election	2 seats, 14.6%	1 seats, 0.9%	1 seats, 3.3%
Seats before	2	1	1
Seats won	1	0	0
Seats after	3	1	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	3,076	518	0
Percentage	13.0%	2.2%	0.0%
Swing	1.6%	1.3%	3.3%

Map of results of 1898 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 Tuesday, 1 November 1898. 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.

Election result

Party	Votes		Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	8,164 (34.6%)	2.4	14 (53.8%)	14 / 26	2	48 (46.2%)	48 / 104
Conservative Party	11,837 (50.2%)	4.3	11 (42.3%)	11 / 26	1	47 (45.2%)	47 / 104
Liberal Unionist	0 (0.0%)	3.1	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		4 (3.8%)	4 / 104
Labour Party	3,076 (13.0%)	1.6	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26	1	3 (2.9%)	3 / 104
Independent	518 (2.2%)	1.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104
Social Democratic Federation	0 (0.0%)	3.3	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104

Full council

↓
1	3	48	1	4	47

Aldermen

↓
16	3	7

Councillors

↓
1	3	32	1	1	40

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

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

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Ward*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Grimshaw*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Hodge	715	63.6	N/A
	Independent	T. Grindley	410	36.4	N/A
Majority			305	27.2	N/A
Turnout			1,125
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Smith*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. F. Dearden*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. G. Batty*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Whyman*	2,452	55.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. Hargreaves	1,826	41.6	−6.0
	Independent	W. Brown	108	2.5	N/A
Majority			626	14.3
Turnout			4,386
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Wilson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

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

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Bowes*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Grime	2,413	56.9	+8.7
	Liberal	W. Birkbeck*	2,145	50.6	−11.2
	Conservative	R. G. McCormick	1,984	46.8	−1.4
	Liberal	R. Lloyd*	1,935	45.6	−16.2
Majority			161	3.8	+0.6
Turnout			4,239
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Trevor*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Taylor*	1,589	60.0	+1.9
	Labour	W. H. Taylor	1,061	40.0	−1.9
Majority			528	20.0	+3.8
Turnout			2,650
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. H. Greenhow*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Plummer*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Fildes*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hassall*	865	60.4	+14.0
	Liberal	J. Johnson	567	39.6	−14.0
Majority			298	20.8
Turnout			1,432
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Johnston	1,595	54.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. C. Nichol*	1,322	45.3	−1.4
Majority			273	9.4
Turnout			2,917
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. J. Goldschmidt*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth*	607	63.4	+18.6
	Liberal	J. Barrett	350	36.6	−18.6
Majority			257	26.8
Turnout			957
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	C. O'Doherty*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Beastow	1,231	74.6	N/A
	Labour	W. H. Griffiths	420	25.4	−16.1
Majority			811	49.2
Turnout			1,651
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. McCabe*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1898 and 1899

References

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1898, p.6
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, October 25, 1898, p.12

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