# 1887 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Tuesday, 1 November 1887. 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 | Votes | Seats | Seats | Seats | Full Council | Full Council |
| Conservative Party | 12,405 (49.3%) | 1.3 | 9 (47.4%) | 9 / 19 | 1 | 33 (43.4%) | 33 / 76 |
| Liberal Party | 12,733 (50.7%) | 2.7 | 8 (42.1%) | 8 / 19 | 1 | 32 (42.1%) | 32 / 76 |
| Liberal Unionist | 0 (0.0%) | | 2 (10.5%) | 2 / 19 | | 11 (14.5%) | 11 / 76 |

### Full council

| 32 | 11 | 33 |

### Aldermen

| 10 | 3 | 6 |

### Councillors

| 22 | 8 | 27 |

## Ward results
### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | A. McDougall* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. Tatton | 2,065 | 57.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal | J. H. Crosfield* | 1,516 | 42.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 549 | 15.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,581 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Bradford

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

### Cheetham

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

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. Affleck | 683 | 53.4 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | D. Reid | 597 | 46.6 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 6.8 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,280 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | S. B. Worthington | 409 | 53.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. Kay | 355 | 46.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 764 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Hapurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. Sherratt* | 2,032 | 54.2 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | R. Smith | 1,716 | 45.8 | −13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 8.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,748 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Medlock Street

Medlock Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. Cardwell | 1,746 | 62.0 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal | S. Woolford | 1,071 | 38.0 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 675 | 24.0 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,817 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | H. Aldred | 2,695 | 54.6 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | J. B. Fullerton | 2,582 | 52.3 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | S. Redfern* | 2,346 | 47.5 | −1.9 |
| | Conservative | J. Swindells* | 2,257 | 45.7 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 | 4.8 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,940 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Oxford

Oxford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Gibbons* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Rusholme

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

### St. Ann's

St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | A. G. Copeland* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Clement's

St. Clement's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | C. Howarth* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. Gibson* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. James'

St. James' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. T. Windsor* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. H. Cuff* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. W. Southern* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | R. M. Newton | 1,745 | 56.7 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | J. Faulkner* | 1,333 | 43.3 | −8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | 13.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,078 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |