1893 Manchester City Council election

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1 November 1893 (1893-11-01)

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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	10 seats, 32.9%	14 seats, 45.9%	1 seats, 0.0%
Seats before	47	48	9
Seats won	15	11	0
Seats after	48	48	8
Seat change	1		1
Popular vote	7,491	10,435	0
Percentage	32.9%	45.9%	0.0%
Swing	18.9%	2.2%	2.4%

Map of results of 1893 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 Wednesday, 1 November 1893. 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	7,491 (32.9%)	18.9	15 (57.7%)	15 / 26	1	48 (46.2%)	48 / 104
Liberal Party	10,435 (45.9%)	2.2	11 (42.3%)	11 / 26		48 (46.2%)	48 / 104
Liberal Unionist	0 (0.0%)	2.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	1	8 (7.7%)	8 / 104
Labour Party	2,235 (9.8%)		0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent	1,025 (4.5%)	2.4	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Palace of Varieties	1,174 (5.2%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Labour	200 (0.9%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104
Independent Liberal	180 (0.8%)	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

↓
48	8	48

Aldermen

↓
14	4	8

Councillors

↓
34	4	40

Ward results

All Saints'

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

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Pollitt	2,083	55.1	N/A
	Liberal	H. Matthews	1,697	44.9	N/A
Majority			386	10.2	N/A
Turnout			3,780
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Mills	930	50.3	N/A
	Liberal	C. Rowley*	919	49.7	N/A
Majority			11	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,849
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Hutt*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Rushworth*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

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

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Cardwell*	1,679	60.8	−10.0
	Labour	J. Lee	1,081	39.2	N/A
Majority			598	21.6	−20.0
Turnout			2,760
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Morgan*	1,126	57.7	N/A
	Labour	J. Billam	826	42.3	N/A
Majority			300	15.4	N/A
Turnout			1,952
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Aldred*	1,930	39.1	−27.5
	Conservative	W. Holland	1,916	38.8	N/A
	Liberal	J. B. Fullerton*	1,784	36.1	−30.5
	Conservative	T. Hobson	1,541	31.2	N/A
	Labour	J. Ritson	1,356	27.4	−8.3
Majority			132	2.7
Turnout			4,941
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. T. Rothwell*	1,196	73.6	N/A
	Labour	G. G. Berisford	428	26.4	N/A
Majority			768	47.2	N/A
Turnout			1,624
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Saxon*	1,815	62.4	N/A
	Conservative	A. Stansfield	1,093	37.6	N/A
Majority			722	24.8	N/A
Turnout			2,908
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oxford

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

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E. Holt	938	65.7	N/A
	Conservative	F. Wallis	489	34.3	−6.0
Majority			447	31.4	N/A
Turnout			1,427
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Fildes	695	67.9	+13.9
	Liberal	J. H. Boydell	328	32.1	−13.8
Majority			367	35.8	+27.6
Turnout			1,023
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. C. Abbott*	740	53.4	−0.3
	Conservative	G. H. Broadbent	645	46.6	+0.3
Majority			95	6.8	−0.6
Turnout			1,385
	Liberal 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	H. J. Goldschmidt*	uncontested
	Liberal 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	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Marshall*	uncontested
	Conservative 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

By-elections between 1893 and 1894

References

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1893, p.6
, Manchester Evening News, November 2, 1893, p.2

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