1892 Manchester City Council election

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1 November 1892 (1892-11-01)

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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	Conservative	Liberal	Liberal Unionist
Last election	15 seats, 51.8%	7 seats, 43.7%	4 seats, 2.4%
Seats before	46	48	10
Seats won	10	14	1
Seats after	48	46	9
Seat change	2	2	1
Popular vote	11,212	9,473	526
Percentage	51.8%	43.7%	2.4%
Swing	4.7%	8.4%	2.4%

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Last election	0 seats, 2.1%
Seats before	0
Seats won	1
Seats after	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	526
Percentage	2.4%
Swing	2.4%

Map of results of 1892 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 1892. 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
Conservative Party	11,212 (51.8%)	4.7	10 (38.5%)	10 / 26	2	48 (46.2%)	48 / 104
Liberal Party	9,473 (43.7%)	8.4	14 (53.8%)	14 / 26	2	46 (44.2%)	46 / 104
Liberal Unionist	526 (2.4%)	2.4	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26	1	9 (8.7%)	9 / 104
Independent	446 (2.1%)	N/A	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26	1	1 (1.0%)	1 / 104
Labour Party	42,605 (35.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Palace of Varieties	42,605 (35.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Labour	446 (2.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Liberal	446 (2.1%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

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46	1	9	48

Aldermen

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14	3	9

Councillors

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32	1	6	39

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Roberts*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Fitzgerald*	2,282	57.0	N/A
	Liberal	H. Matthews	1,723	43.0	N/A
Majority			559	14.0	N/A
Turnout			4,005
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Briggs*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Williams*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hampson*	1,514	62.1	N/A
	Liberal	G. Hampson	923	37.9	N/A
Majority			591	24.2	N/A
Turnout			2,436
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Brooks*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Heywood	548	59.2	N/A
	Liberal	G. Rhodes*	378	40.8	N/A
Majority			170	18.4	N/A
Turnout			926
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. G. Batty*	411	56.5	N/A
	Independent	D. P. Schloss	317	43.5	N/A
Majority			94	13.0	N/A
Turnout			728
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Richards*	2,163	65.1	N/A
	Labour	A. Settle	1,162	34.9	N/A
Majority			1,001	30.2	N/A
Turnout			3,325
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Uttley*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring*	1,824	70.8	N/A
	Palace of Varieties	E. Jones	753	29.2	N/A
Majority			1,071	41.6	N/A
Turnout			2,577
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Tetlow*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	J. Grantham*	uncontested
Liberal Unionist	H. C. Pingstone*	uncontested
Conservative hold		Swing
Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garlick*	1,160	50.2	−2.1
	Liberal	R. M. Berrie	1,150	49.8	−4.5
Majority			10	0.4	−2.4
Turnout			2,310
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Robinson*	1,725	56.5	+4.3
	Liberal	J. Ryder	1,329	43.5	−10.0
Majority			396	13.0
Turnout			3,054
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	G. Clay*	526	60.3	N/A
	Liberal	S. Sharp	346	39.7	−10.1
Majority			180	20.6
Turnout			872
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. E. Estcourt*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Vaudrey*	597	54.1	N/A
	Liberal	E. Holt	507	45.9	N/A
Majority			90	8.2	N/A
Turnout			1,104
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Andrews*	852	54.8	+9.4
	Liberal	T. Swindells	703	45.2	−9.4
Majority			149	9.6
Turnout			1,555
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Carhart*	1,859	81.5	N/A
	Palace of Varieties	J. Waddington	421	18.5	N/A
Majority			1,438	63.0	N/A
Turnout			2,280
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	A. Murray*	uncontested
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Shuttleworth	499	58.8	+2.9
	Liberal	F. Smallman*	349	41.2	N/A
Majority			150	17.6	+5.8
Turnout			848
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Luke's

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

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. H. Brooks*	870	50.1	−2.1
	Conservative	J. Phythian	666	38.4	−9.4
	Independent Labour	E. S. Jones	200	11.5	N/A
Majority			204	11.7	+7.3
Turnout			1,736
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. McCabe*	1,664	90.2	+37.4
	Independent Liberal	H. Lightholder	180	9.8	N/A
Majority			1,484	80.4	+74.8
Turnout			1,844
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

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By-elections between 1892 and 1893

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References

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1892, p.5
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1892, p.6

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