1897 Manchester City Council election

1897 Manchester City Council election

1 November 1897 (1897-11-01)
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 9 seats, 37.1% 16 seats, 38.2% 1 seats, 3.7% Seats before 47 48 6 Seats won 10 12 0 Seats after 50 46 4 Seat change 3 2 2 Popular vote 17,306 24,722 1,664 Percentage 32.2% 45.9% 3.1% Swing 4.9% 7.7% 0.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Labour Party Social Democratic Federation Independent Last election 0 seats, 19.4% 0 seats, 3.4% 0 seats, 0.6% Seats before 2 0 1 Seats won 2 1 1 Seats after 2 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 7,851 1,798 464 Percentage 14.6% 3.3% 0.9% Swing 4.8% 0.1% 0.3%
Map of results of 1897 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 Monday, 1 November 1897. 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		17,306 (32.2%)		4.9	10 (38.5%)	10 / 26	3	50 (48.1%)	50 / 104
Conservative Party		24,722 (45.9%)		7.7	12 (46.2%)	12 / 26	2	46 (44.2%)	46 / 104
Liberal Unionist		1,664 (3.1%)		0.6	0 (0.0%)	0 / 26	2	4 (3.8%)	4 / 104
Ind. Labour Party		7,851 (14.6%)		4.8	2 (7.7%)	2 / 26		2 (1.9%)	2 / 104
Social Democratic Federation		1,798 (3.3%)		0.1	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26	1	1 (1.0%)	1 / 104
Independent		464 (0.9%)		0.3	1 (3.8%)	1 / 26		1 (1.0%)	1 / 104

Full council

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1

2

50

1

4

46

Aldermen

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16

3

8

Councillors

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1

2

34

1

1

38

Ward results

All Saints'

All Saints'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Hornby	1,175	51.2	N/A
	Liberal	J. D. Pennington	1,119	48.8	N/A
Majority			56	2.4	N/A
Turnout			2,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ardwick

Ardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Whittaker	2,358	56.4	+4.9
	Liberal	J. Shaw	1,821	43.6	−4.9
Majority			537	12.8	+9.8
Turnout			4,179
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackley and Moston

Blackley and Moston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Briggs*	1,151	76.0	+23.1
	Ind. Labour Party	W. Tweedale	363	24.0	N/A
Majority			788	52.0	+46.2
Turnout			1,514
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford

Bradford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Labour Party	J. E. Sutton*	2,378	50.5	N/A
	Conservative	S. L. Keymer	2,333	49.5	N/A
Majority			45	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,711
	Ind. Labour Party hold		Swing

Cheetham

Cheetham

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

Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Royle*	656	50.9	N/A
	Conservative	J. R. Smith	633	49.1	N/A
Majority			23	1.8	N/A
Turnout			1,289
	Liberal hold		Swing

Crumpsall

Crumpsall

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

Exchange

Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	F. Moss*	464	64.3	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	C. Hughes	258	35.7	N/A
Majority			206	28.6
Turnout			722
	Independent hold		Swing

Harpurhey

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Labour Party	F. Brocklehurst	2,865	52.4	+21.4
	Conservative	G. Needham*	2,606	47.6	+8.9
Majority			259	4.8
Turnout			5,471
	Ind. Labour Party gain from Conservative		Swing

Longsight

Longsight

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Jones	1,033	56.8	N/A
	Liberal	T. Uttley*	786	43.2	N/A
Majority			247	13.6	N/A
Turnout			1,819
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Medlock Street

Medlock Street

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

Miles Platting

Miles Platting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Dixon*	uncontested
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Cross

New Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	D. Boyle*	3,219	61.8	−8.5
	Liberal	J. Simpson	2,683	51.5	−18.8
	Conservative	J. Grime	2,510	48.2	−16.2
	Conservative	J. N. Ogden*	2,008	38.5	−26.4
Majority			173	3.2
Turnout			5,210
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Newton Heath

Newton Heath

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

Openshaw

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Pollitt	2,044	58.1	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	J. Butler*	1,473	41.9	+7.7
Majority			571	16.2
Turnout			2,757
	Conservative gain from Ind. Labour Party		Swing

Oxford

Oxford

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

Rusholme

Rusholme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. K. Ashton	1,310	69.8	N/A
	Conservative	F. E. Estcourt*	568	30.2	N/A
Majority			742	39.6	N/A
Turnout			1,878
	Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Ann's

St. Ann's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Vaudrey*	689	74.4	N/A
	Liberal	J. Bowie	237	25.6	N/A
Majority			452	48.8	N/A
Turnout			926
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Clement's

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Harrop	819	53.6	+9.2
	Conservative	F. R. Cooper	708	46.4	−9.2
Majority			111	7.2
Turnout			1,527
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. George's

St. George's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Democratic Federation	W. Maben	1,798	53.3	+7.5
	Conservative	S. W. Royse*	1,575	46.7	+0.3
Majority			223	6.6
Turnout			3,373
	Social Democratic Federation gain from Conservative		Swing

St. James'

St. James'

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. T. Shann	411	62.1	N/A
	Liberal	T. A. Bazley	251	37.9	N/A
Majority			160	24.2	N/A
Turnout			662
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

St. John's

St. John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	M. Wells*	590	55.2	−0.6
	Conservative	W. H. Huddleston	478	44.8	+0.6
Majority			112	10.4	−1.2
Turnout			1,068
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Luke's

St. Luke's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. H. Scott	2,101	59.9	+1.9
	Liberal Unionist	W. Sinclair*	1,406	40.1	N/A
Majority			695	19.8	+3.8
Turnout			3,507
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

St. Mark's

St. Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. H. Wainwright*	1,087	58.5	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	W. H. Griffiths	772	41.5	N/A
Majority			315	17.0
Turnout			1,859
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	T. Quinn Ruddin	1,937	63.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Faulkner*	1,132	36.9	N/A
Majority			805	26.2	N/A
Turnout			3,069
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 18 May 1898

Caused by the death on 2 May 1898 of Alderman John Roberts (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 January 1893).

In his place, Councillor H. H. Mainwaring (Conservative, Medlock Street, elected 19 May 1886) was elected as an alderman by the council on 18 May 1898.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	H. H. Mainwaring		1898

By-elections between 1897 and 1898

Harpurhey, 5 November 1897

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor John Richards (Conservative, Harpurhey, elected 2 November 1885) on 20 October 1897 following the resignation on 6 October 1897 of Alderman John Mark (Liberal Unionist, elected as an alderman by the council on 30 October 1889).

Harpurhey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	P. Whyman	2,972	61.4	N/A
	Conservative	J. Hargreaves	1,870	38.6	−9.0
Majority			1,102	22.8
Turnout			4,842
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Openshaw, 20 May 1898

Caused by the resignation of Councillor James Saxon (Liberal, Openshaw, elected 6 August 1891) on 4 May 1891.

Openshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Needham	1,058	44.5	−13.6
	Ind. Labour Party	W. H. Taylor	760	32.0	−9.9
	Lib-Lab	J. Butler*	557	23.5	N/A
Majority			298	12.5	−3.7
Turnout			2,375
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Medlock Street, 28 May 1898

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor H. H. Mainwaring (Conservative, Medlock Street, elected 19 May 1886) on 18 May 1898 following the death on 2 May 1898 of Alderman John Roberts (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 4 January 1893).

Medlock Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. H. Hesketh	1,538	62.7	N/A
	Liberal	I. Pearson	915	37.3	N/A
Majority			623	25.4	N/A
Turnout			2,453
	Conservative hold		Swing