1890 Manchester City Council election

1890 Manchester City Council election

1 November 1890 (1890-11-01)
40 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 9 seats, 47.4% 9 seats, 48.6% 1 seats, 0.0% Seats before 30 36 10 Seats won 23 16 1 Seats after 50 44 10 Seat change 15 6 Popular vote 24,123 21,825 0 Percentage 52.1% 47.1% 0.0% Swing 4.7% 1.5%
Map of results of 1890 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 Saturday, 1 November 1890. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. Owing to the extension of the city's boundaries, seven new wards (Blackley & Moston, Crumpsall, Longsight, Miles Platting, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and St. Mark's) elected all of their councillors for the first time.

The council remained under no overall control.

Election result

Party		Votes			Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party		24,123 (52.1%)		4.7	23 (57.5%)	23 / 40	15	50 (48.1%)	50 / 104
Conservative Party		21,825 (47.1%)		1.5	16 (40.0%)	16 / 40	6	44 (42.3%)	44 / 104
Liberal Unionist		0 (0.0%)			1 (2.5%)	1 / 40		10 (9.6%)	10 / 104
Independent Liberal		366 (0.8%)		N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 40	N/A	0 (0.0%)	0 / 104

Full council

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50

10

44

Aldermen

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14

4

8

Councillors

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36

6

36

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. McDougall*	1,545	59.4	+18.6
	Conservative	C. Law	1,054	40.6	−18.6
Majority			491	18.8
Turnout			2,599
	Liberal hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

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

Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. T. Stanley	1,056	58.1
	Liberal	J. Ward	971	53.4
	Conservative	T. Briggs	934	51.4
	Liberal	C. Rowley	880	48.4
	Conservative	E. H. Jones	820	45.1
	Conservative	S. Mills	789	43.4
Majority			54	3.0
Turnout			1,817
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Tunstall*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Boddington*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Bagnall*	842	58.3	+0.9
	Liberal	J. Harrop	602	41.7	−0.9
Majority			240	16.6	+1.8
Turnout			1,444
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Butterworth	uncontested
	Liberal	G. Rhodes	uncontested
	Conservative	E. Holt	uncontested
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. B. Worthington*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Sherratt*	2,115	50.5	+12.5
	Conservative	J. Faulkner	2,075	49.5	−12.5
Majority			40	1.0
Turnout			4,190
	Liberal hold		Swing

Longsight

Longsight (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Jennison	1,014	60.2
	Liberal	G. H. Russell	974	57.8
	Liberal	T. Uttley	855	50.8
	Conservative	C. Kay	780	46.3
	Conservative	E. Dodd	731	43.4
	Liberal	E. N. Worthington	698	41.4
Majority			75	4.5
Turnout			1,684
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Cardwell*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miles Platting

Miles Platting (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Morgan	uncontested
	Liberal	J. Bowes	uncontested
	Conservative	H. Tetlow	uncontested
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Aldred*	uncontested
	Liberal	J. B. Fullerton*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Evans	1,167	54.3
	Liberal	W. Trevor	1,153	53.7
	Conservative	J. M. Elliott	1,124	52.3
	Liberal	R. Brown	1,063	49.5
	Conservative	J. Garlick	982	45.7
	Conservative	T. Milnes	956	44.5
Majority			61	2.8
Turnout			2,148
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Openshaw

Openshaw (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	S. J. Erwin	1,594	53.5
	Conservative	J. Battersby	1,557	52.2
	Liberal	J. H. Crosfield	1,512	50.7
	Conservative	J. Robinson	1,499	49.9
	Liberal	J. Brierley	1,401	47.0
	Conservative	W. Charlton	1,381	46.3
Majority			13	0.8
Turnout			2,981
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Oxford

Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Simpson*	383	50.2	N/A
	Liberal	J. H. Greenhow	380	49.8	N/A
Majority			3	0.4	N/A
Turnout			763
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	W. T. Gunson*	uncontested
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. G. Copeland*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. C. Abbott	803	54.6	+9.7
	Conservative	J. Brierley	668	45.4	−9.7
Majority			135	9.2
Turnout			1,471
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	R. Gibson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H. Samson*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. H. Cuff*	590	57.6	N/A
	Liberal	W. G. Sutherland	435	42.5	N/A
Majority			155	15.2	N/A
Turnout			1,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. W. Southern*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	L. Higginbottom	1,179	63.1
	Liberal	S. H. Brooks	1,016	54.4
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright	935	50.0
	Conservative	E. J. Reynolds	922	49.3
	Conservative	J. Phythian	846	45.3
	Conservative	W. Macbeth	710	38.0
Majority			13	0.7
Turnout			1,869
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wells	1,789	53.8	−4.5
	Conservative	J. Lee	1,168	35.2	−6.5
	Independent Liberal	W. Brown	366	11.0	N/A
Majority			621	18.6	+2.0
Turnout			3,323
	Liberal hold		Swing