1838 Manchester Town Council election

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1838 Manchester Town Council election
14 December 1838 (1838-12-14) 1839 →
48 of 64 seats
to Manchester Town Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Party Whig
Seats won 48
Seats after 64
Popular vote 10,713
Percentage 90.8%
Map of results of 1838 election
Leader of the Council after election


Whig

Elections to Manchester Town Council were held on Friday, 14 December 1838.

This was the first local election held in Manchester since it had been incorporated under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 alongside the townships of Beswick, Cheetham Hill, Chorlton upon Medlock, and Hulme. As this was the first election to the Council, all seats for each of the fifteen wards were up for election. The candidate in each ward with the highest number of votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year. Only one of the fifteen wards was contested.

The Conservative Party boycotted the election due to their opposition to incorporation.[1] All seats were won by pro-incorporation candidates aligned with the Whigs with the only opposition coming in New Cross ward where the Radicals stood a slate of candidates.[2]

Election result

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Party Votes Seats Full Council
Whigs 10,713 (90.8%)
48 (100.0%)
48 / 48
 64 (100.0%)
64 / 64
Radical 1,082 (9.2%)
0 (0.0%)
0 / 48
 0 (0.0%)
0 / 64

Full council

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64

Aldermen

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16

Councillors

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48

Ward results

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All Saints'

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All Saints'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig H. Marsland 150 100.0
Whig S. D. Darbishire 149 99.3
Whig S. Eveleigh 149 99.3
Turnout 150
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Ardwick

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Ardwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig W. B. Watkins 186 100.0
Whig P. F. Willert 185 99.5
Whig A. Nodal 181 97.3
Turnout 186
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Cheetham

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Cheetham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig J. Harrison 127 100.0
Whig G. Heywood 127 100.0
Whig T. Hopkins 127 100.0
Turnout 127
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Collegiate Church

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Collegiate Church
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig S. Satterthwaite 440 100.0
Whig J. Kershaw 439 99.8
Whig G. H. Winder 437 99.3
Turnout 440
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Exchange

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Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig E. Armitage 194 100.0
Whig D. Broadhurst 194 100.0
Whig E. Shawcross 194 100.0
Turnout 194
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Medlock Street

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Medlock Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig A. Smith 179 100.0
Whig J. R. White 178 99.4
Whig T. Hopkins 175 97.8
Turnout 179
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

New Cross

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New Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig H. Day 368 73.0
Whig E. Dodgshon 328 65.1
Whig W. Howarth 324 64.3
Whig J. Hampson 319 63.3
Whig A. Prentice 301 59.7
Whig C. J. S. Walker 299 59.3
Radical J. Wroe 221 43.8
Radical J. Broadie 184 36.5
Radical J. Redfern 179 35.5
Radical W. G. Seed 171 33.9
Radical W. Willis 165 32.7
Radical W. Croft 162 32.1
Majority 78 15.5
Turnout 504
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Oxford

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Oxford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig S. Stocks 199 100.0
Whig R. Roberts 198 99.5
Whig H. Tootal 198 99.5
Turnout 199
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. Ann's

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St. Ann's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig J. Herford 193 100.0
Whig H. Newbery 193 100.0
Whig J. E. Taylor 192 99.5
Turnout 193
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. Clement's

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St. Clement's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig T. Molineaux 204 100.0
Whig W. Neild 204 100.0
Whig W. Woodward 203 99.5
Turnout 204
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. George's

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St. George's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig H. Wadkin 137 100.0
Whig G. Smith 136 99.3
Whig T. Hopkins 135 98.5
Turnout 137
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. James'

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St. James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig W. Nuttall 284 100.0
Whig W. R. Callender 281 98.9
Whig G. Nelson 281 98.9
Turnout 284
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. John's

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St. John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig G. Brown 238 100.0
Whig A. Kay 238 100.0
Whig J. Griffiths 237 99.6
Turnout 238
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. Luke's

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St. Luke's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig J. Mayson 245 100.0
Whig J. Smith 245 100.0
Whig T. Hopkins 244 99.6
Turnout 245
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

St. Michael's

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St. Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig R. Cobden 160 100.0
Whig J. Brooks 159 99.4
Whig T. Potter 159 99.4
Turnout 160
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Aldermanic elections

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Aldermanic election, 15 December 1838

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Aldermanic elections took place during the council's first meeting on 15 December 1838, all Aldermanic seats were up for election.[3]

Party Alderman Votes Term Ward
Whigs Henry Tootal 45 1844 All Saints'
Whigs Thomas Potter 45 1844 Ardwick
Whigs James Kershaw 45 1844 Collegiate Church
Whigs Richard Cobden 45 1844 Medlock Street
Whigs C. J. S. Walker 45 1844 New Cross
Whigs William Romaine Callender 45 1844 St. James'
Whigs John Brooks 45 1844 St. Michael's
Whigs Daniel Broadhurst 45 1841 Exchange
Whigs James Murray 45 1841 New Cross
Whigs Alexander Kay 45 1841 St. John's
Whigs William Neild 44 1844 St. Clement's
Whigs John Burd 44 1841 Cheetham
Whigs John Macvicar 44 1841 Oxford
Whigs Richard Roberts 44 1841 St. Ann's
Whigs John Shuttleworth 44 1841 St. George's
Whigs Joshua Procter Westhead 44 1841 St. Luke's
Whigs James Hampson 2 N/A N/A
Whigs Thomas Hopkins 1 N/A N/A
Whigs Shakespear Phillips 1 N/A N/A
Whigs William Rawson 1 N/A N/A

References

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  1. ^ "The Approaching Municipal Elections". The Manchester Guardian. Vol. 18, no. 1035. 8 December 1838. p. 3. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The Elections of Councillors for the Borough of Manchester". The Manchester Guardian. Vol. 18, no. 1037. 15 December 1838. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Borough of Manchester Municipal Elections". The Manchester Guardian. Vol. 18, no. 1038. 19 December 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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