# 1894 Manchester City Council election

Elections to Manchester City Council were held on Thursday, 1 November 1894. 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 |
| Liberal Party | 16,882 (33.3%) | 6.7 | 8 (30.8%) | 8 / 26 | | 48 (46.2%) | 48 / 104 |
| Conservative Party | 20,287 (40.1%) | 3.6 | 14 (53.8%) | 14 / 26 | 1 | 47 (45.2%) | 47 / 104 |
| Liberal Unionist | 3,327 (6.6%) | 6.6 | 2 (7.7%) | 2 / 26 | 1 | 7 (6.7%) | 7 / 104 |
| Labour Party | 10,032 (19.8%) | 4.0 | 2 (7.7%) | 2 / 26 | 2 | 2 (1.9%) | 2 / 104 |
| Independent Liberal | 98 (0.2%) | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 26 | N/A | 0 (0.0%) | 0 / 104 |

### Full council

| 2 | 48 | 7 | 47 |

### Aldermen

| 14 | 5 | 7 |

### Councillors

| 2 | 34 | 2 | 40 |

## Ward results
### All Saints'

All Saints' :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | H. C. Smale | 1,041 | 60.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | M. Deller | 686 | 39.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 355 | 20.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,727 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ardwick

Ardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. Fitzgerald* | 2,306 | 61.4 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal | R. A. Brown | 1,448 | 38.6 | −6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 858 | 22.8 | +12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,754 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Blackley & Moston

Blackley & Moston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Briggs* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford

Bradford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. E. Sutton | 2,072 | 54.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | E. Williams* | 1,737 | 45.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 335 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,809 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Cheetham

Cheetham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Hampson* | 1,508 | 65.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | R. Ramsbottom | 784 | 34.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | 31.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,292 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Collegiate Church

Collegiate Church :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | J. Royle* | uncontested | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Crumpsall

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

### Exchange

Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | F. Smallman* | 346 | 50.7 | −11.1 |
| | Conservative | R. Cooper | 337 | 49.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 1.4 | −22.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 683 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Harpurhey

Harpurhey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Needham* | 2,616 | 54.8 | +12.3 |
| | Liberal | G. W. Chadwick | 1,125 | 23.6 | −19.0 |
| | Labour | J. Harker | 1,032 | 21.6 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,491 | 31.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,773 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Longsight

Longsight :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | T. Uttley* | 783 | 50.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. Jones | 762 | 49.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,545 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Medlock Street

Medlock Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. T. Bax* | 1,782 | 65.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Lee | 959 | 35.0 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 823 | 30.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,741 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### Miles Platting

Miles Platting :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. Dixon | 1,083 | 49.7 | −8.0 |
| | Labour | H. Henshall | 607 | 27.9 | −14.4 |
| | Liberal | E. McGee | 488 | 22.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 476 | 21.9 | +6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### New Cross

New Cross (2 vacancies) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. N. Ogden* | 1,950 | 38.5 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal | D. Boyle | 1,938 | 39.3 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal | E. M. Powell | 1,921 | 38.0 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Unionist | H. C. Pingstone* | 1,789 | 35.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Billam | 1,261 | 24.9 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,061 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | | |

### Newton Heath

Newton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Garlick* | 1,241 | 55.9 | −17.7 |
| | Liberal | G. Evans | 981 | 44.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 11.8 | −35.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,222 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Openshaw

Openshaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Butler | 1,464 | 50.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | H. P. Ilderton | 1,442 | 49.6 | +12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 0.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,906 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Oxford

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

### Rusholme

Rusholme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | F. E. Estcourt* | 823 | 53.1 | +18.8 |
| | Liberal | E. C. Harding | 728 | 46.9 | −18.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Ann's

St. Ann's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | W. H. Vaudrey* | uncontested | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St. Clement's

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

### St. George's

St. George's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. W. Royse | 1,826 | 50.6 | −11.9 |
| | Liberal | P. Mooney | 1,166 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Anderson | 615 | 17.1 | −20.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 660 | 18.3 | −6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,607 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. James'

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

### St. John's

St. John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | M. Wells | 452 | 49.7 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | T. Watmough | 369 | 40.6 | −4.6 |
| | Labour | W. Harley | 88 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 9.1 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 909 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St. Luke's

St. Luke's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Unionist | W. J. Sinclair* | 1,538 | 73.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | F. Leeming | 542 | 26.1 | +10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 996 | 47.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,080 | | |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | W. H. Wainwright* | 1,140 | 61.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | F. Lawler | 706 | 38.2 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 434 | 23.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,846 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |

### St. Michael's

St. Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Faulkner | 1,246 | 40.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal | T. Quinn Ruddin | 1,165 | 37.4 | +28.9 |
| | Liberal | J. McCreesh* | 605 | 19.4 | −72.1 |
| | Independent Liberal | W. Brown | 98 | 3.1 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,114 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |