1895 Manchester City Council election

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1 November 1895 (1895-11-01)

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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	8 seats, 31.0%	14 seats, 40.1%	2 seats, 6.6%
Seats before	50	45	7
Seats won	15	11	0
Seats after	49	46	7
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	15,687	20,687	3,327
Percentage	31.0%	40.1%	6.6%
Swing	8.7%	3.6%	6.6%

	Fourth party

Party	Labour
Last election	2 seats, 19.8%
Seats before	2
Seats won	0
Seats after	2
Seat change
Popular vote	10,032
Percentage	19.8%
Swing	4.0%

Map of results of 1895 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 Thursday, 1 November 1895. 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	15,687 (31.0%)	8.7	15 (57.8%)	15 / 26	1	49 (47.1%)	49 / 104
Conservative Party	20,287 (40.1%)	3.6	11 (42.3%)	11 / 26	1	46 (44.2%)	46 / 104
Liberal Unionist	3,327 (6.6%)	6.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		7 (6.7%)	7 / 104
Labour Party	10,032 (19.8%)	4.0	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Independent Liberal	1,263 (2.5%)	2.2	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26		0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

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2	49	7	47

Aldermen

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15	5	6

Councillors

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2	34	2	40

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Arrandale*	1,031	51.3	N/A
	Conservative	A. Fulton	977	48.7	−11.6
Majority			54	2.6
Turnout			2,008
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Fitzgerald*	2,306	61.4	+6.3
	Liberal	R. A. Brown	1,448	38.6	−6.3
Majority			858	22.8	+12.6
Turnout			3,754
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Ward*	1,022	56.6	N/A
	Conservative	T. Nesbitt	784	43.4	N/A
Majority			238	13.2	N/A
Turnout			1,806
	Liberal hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Hutt*	2,304	64.2	N/A
	Labour	M. Atherton	771	21.5	−32.9
	Conservative	J. Russell	515	14.3	−41.3
Majority			1,533	42.7
Turnout			3,590
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Hampson*	1,508	65.8	N/A
	Liberal	R. Ramsbottom	784	34.2	N/A
Majority			724	31.6	N/A
Turnout			2,292
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

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

Crumpsall

Crumpsall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Holt*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. G. Batty*	358	51.6	+0.9
	Conservative	R. Cooper	336	48.4	−0.9
Majority			22	3.2	+1.8
Turnout			694
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Richards*	2,194	62.3	+7.5
	Labour	J. Harker	1,326	37.7	+16.1
Majority			868	24.6	−6.6
Turnout			3,520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. R. Wilson*	867	52.5	+3.2
	Labour	N. Lingard	784	47.5	N/A
Majority			83	5.0
Turnout			1,651
	Conservative hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring*	1,808	77.0	N/A
	Labour	F. Lawler	541	23.0	−12.0
Majority			1,267	54.0
Turnout			2,349
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Dixon	1,083	49.7	−8.0
	Labour	H. Henshall	607	27.9	−14.4
	Liberal	E. McGee	488	22.4	N/A
Majority			476	21.9	+6.5
Turnout			2,178
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. N. Ogden*	1,950	38.5	−0.3
	Liberal	D. Boyle	1,938	39.3	−0.8
	Liberal	E. M. Powell	1,921	38.0	−1.1
	Liberal Unionist	H. C. Pingstone*	1,789	35.3	N/A
	Labour	J. Billam	1,261	24.9	−2.5
Majority			17	0.3
Turnout			5,061
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Garlick*	1,241	55.9	−17.7
	Liberal	G. Evans	981	44.1	N/A
Majority			260	11.8	−35.4
Turnout			2,222
	Conservative hold		Swing

Openshaw

Openshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Butler	1,464	50.4	N/A
	Conservative	H. P. Ilderton	1,442	49.6	+12.0
Majority			22	0.8
Turnout			2,906
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Simpson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. E. Estcourt*	823	53.1	+18.8
	Liberal	E. C. Harding	728	46.9	−18.8
Majority			95	6.2
Turnout			1,551
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Vaudrey*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Andrews*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. W. Royse	1,826	50.6	−11.9
	Liberal	P. Mooney	1,166	32.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Anderson	615	17.1	−20.4
Majority			660	18.3	−6.7
Turnout			3,607
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Wells	452	49.7	−5.1
	Conservative	T. Watmough	369	40.6	−4.6
	Labour	W. Harley	88	9.7	N/A
Majority			83	9.1	−0.5
Turnout			909
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	W. J. Sinclair*	1,538	73.9	N/A
	Labour	F. Leeming	542	26.1	+10.2
Majority			996	47.8
Turnout			2,080
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright*	1,140	61.8	N/A
	Labour	F. Lawler	706	38.2	−7.1
Majority			434	23.6
Turnout			1,846
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	1,246	40.1	N/A
	Independent Liberal	T. Quinn Ruddin	1,165	37.4	+28.9
	Liberal	J. McCreesh*	605	19.4	−72.1
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	98	3.1	−5.4
Majority			81	2.7
Turnout			3,114
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Aldermanic elections

By-elections between 1895 and 1896

References

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1895, p.7
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1895, p.5

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