1885 Manchester City Council election

1885 Manchester City Council election
25 of 76 seats ; to Manchester City Council; 39 seats needed for a majority
	Map of results of 1885 election
Leader of the Council before election; ; Liberal	Leader of the Council after election ; ; Liberal

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Monday, 2 November 1885. 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,^[1] three new wards (Bradford, Harpurhey, and Rusholme) elected all of their councillors for the first time.

The Liberal Party retained overall control of the council.^[2]^[3]

Election result

Party	Votes	Seats			Full Council
Liberal Party	12,313 (46.9%)	13 (52.0%)	13 / 25	2	42 (55.3%)	42 / 76
Conservative Party	13,199 (50.3%)	12 (48.0%)	12 / 25	7	34 (44.7%)	34 / 76
Independent Liberal	749 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 25		0 (0.0%)	0 / 76

Full council

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42	34

Aldermen

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14	5

Councillors

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28	29

Ward results

All Saints'

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

Ardwick

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

Bradford

Bradford (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Williams	1,538	65.4
	Conservative	J. Tunstall	1,502	63.8
	Liberal	J. Hutt	1,196	50.8
	Liberal	C. Cooper	1,082	46.0
	Liberal	J. Maudsley	991	42.1
	Independent Liberal	R. W. Bird	749	31.8
Majority			114	4.8
Turnout			2,353
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Cheetham

Cheetham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. Holt*	1,278	53.3
	Conservative	S. P. Bidder	1,119	46.7
Majority			159	6.6
Turnout			2,397
	Liberal hold		Swing

Collegiate Church

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

Exchange

Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Rawson*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Needham	2,052	60.9
	Liberal	W. Sharratt	1,855	55.0
	Conservative	J. Richards	1,755	52.1
	Conservative	A. Wilkinson	1,601	47.5
	Liberal	J. R. Lancashire	1,507	44.7
	Liberal	T. W. Foxcroft	1,343	39.8
Majority			154	4.6
Turnout			3,371
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Medlock Street

Medlock Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Evans*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

New Cross

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

Oxford

Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	G. Clay*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rusholme

Rusholme (3 vacancies)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	F. E. Estcourt	678	69.8
	Liberal	W. T. Gunson	491	50.5
	Conservative	J. Ramsay	441	45.4
	Conservative	S. Royle	438	45.1
	Liberal	S. Jewsbury	382	39.2
Majority			3	0.3
Turnout			972
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St. Ann's

St. Ann's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Mark*	uncontested
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. H. Andrews	798	52.0
	Liberal	T. A. Bazley*	737	48.0
Majority			61	4.0
Turnout			1,535
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. George's

St. George's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Lovatt Reade*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. James'

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

St. John's

St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Kenworthy*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Luke's

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

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	W. Brown*	1,451	53.2
	Conservative	R. Walker	1,277	46.8
Majority			174	6.4
Turnout			2,728
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic elections, 9 November 1885

Caused by the creation of Bradford, Harpurhey, and Rusholme wards on 1 November 1885, requiring the election of three aldermen by the council.^[4]

Councillors William Griffin (Conservative, Collegiate Church, elected 1 November 1871),^[5] Hugo Shaw (Conservative, New Cross, elected 1 November 1871),^[6] and William Brown (Liberal, St. Michael's, elected 1 November 1870)^[7] were elected as aldermen by the council on 9 November 1885.^[8]

	Alderman	Ward
Conservative	William Griffin	Harpurhey
Conservative	Hugo Shaw	Bradford
Liberal	William Brown

By-elections between 1885 and 1886

References

^ THE MANCHESTER CITY EXTENSION AND RATING BILL, Manchester Courier, May 6, 1885, p.7
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1885, p.5
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1885, p.5
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1885, p.5
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1871, p.8
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1871, p.8
^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1870, p.6
^ ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7

[1] THE MANCHESTER CITY EXTENSION AND RATING BILL, Manchester Courier, May 6, 1885, p.7

[2] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 3, 1885, p.5

[3] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1885, p.5

[4] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 3, 1885, p.5

[5] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1871, p.8

[6] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1871, p.8

[7] THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1870, p.6

[8] ELECTION OF MAYORS, Manchester Courier, November 10, 1885, p.7

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