Local election in Manchester
1839 Manchester City Council election|
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First party
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Party
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Whig
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Last election
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48 seats, 90.8%
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Seats before
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64
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Seats won
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16
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Seats after
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64
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Seat change
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Popular vote
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642
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Percentage
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54.5%
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Swing
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36.3%
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Manchester_1839.png/300px-Manchester_1839.png) Map of results of 1839 election |
Leader of the Council before election
Whig
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Leader of the Council after election
Whig
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Elections to Manchester Town Council were held on Friday, 1 November 1839. One third of the councillors seats were up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a three-year term of office. The Conservative Party continued their boycott of municipal elections due to their opposition to Manchester's incorporation[1] and only one of the fifteen wards was contested.[2] Pro-incorporation candidates aligned with the Whigs retained overall control of the council.[3]
Election result
Party
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Votes
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Seats
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Full Council
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Whigs
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642 (54.5%)
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36.3
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16 (100.0%)
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64 (100.0%)
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Radical
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536 (45.5%)
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36.3
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0 (0.0%)
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0 (0.0%)
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Full council
Aldermen
Councillors
Ward results
All Saints'
Ardwick
Cheetham
Collegiate Church
Exchange
Medlock Street
New Cross
Oxford
St. Ann's
St. Clement's
St. George's
St. James'
St. John's
St. Luke's
St. Michael's
References
- ^ THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1839, p.4
- ^ MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, Manchester Guardian, November 2, 1839, p.3
- ^ BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER, Manchester Courier, November 2, 1839, p.1