1894 Manchester City Council election

1894 Manchester City Council election

1 November 1894 (1894-11-01)
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 11 seats, 40.0% 15 seats, 43.7% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats before 48 48 8 Seats won 8 14 2 Seats after 48 47 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 16,882 20,687 3,327 Percentage 33.3% 40.1% 6.6% Swing 6.7% 3.6% 6.6%   Fourth party   Party Labour Last election 0 seats, 15.8% Seats before 0 Seats won 2 Seats after 2 Seat change 2 Popular vote 10,032 Percentage 19.8% Swing 4.0%
Map of results of 1894 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 1894. 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		16,882 (33.3%)		6.7	8 (30.8%)	8 / 26		48 (46.2%)	48 / 104
Conservative Party		20,287 (40.1%)		3.6	14 (53.8%)	14 / 26	1	47 (45.2%)	47 / 104
Liberal Unionist		3,327 (6.6%)		6.6	2 (7.7%)	2 / 26	1	7 (6.7%)	7 / 104
Labour Party		10,032 (19.8%)		4.0	2 (7.7%)	2 / 26	2	2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Independent Liberal		98 (0.2%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

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2

48

7

47

Aldermen

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14

5

7

Councillors

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2

34

2

40

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. C. Smale	1,041	60.3	N/A
	Labour	M. Deller	686	39.7	N/A
Majority			355	20.6	N/A
Turnout			1,727
	Conservative 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	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Briggs*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Sutton	2,072	54.4	N/A
	Conservative	E. Williams*	1,737	45.6	N/A
Majority			335	8.8	N/A
Turnout			3,809
	Labour gain from Conservative		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	F. Smallman*	346	50.7	−11.1
	Conservative	R. Cooper	337	49.3	N/A
Majority			9	1.4	−22.2
Turnout			683
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Needham*	2,616	54.8	+12.3
	Liberal	G. W. Chadwick	1,125	23.6	−19.0
	Labour	J. Harker	1,032	21.6	+6.7
Majority			1,491	31.2
Turnout			4,773
	Conservative hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Uttley*	783	50.7	N/A
	Conservative	J. Jones	762	49.3	N/A
Majority			21	1.4	N/A
Turnout			1,545
	Liberal hold		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. T. Bax*	1,782	65.0	N/A
	Labour	J. Lee	959	35.0	−4.2
Majority			823	30.0
Turnout			2,741
	Liberal 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
	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