Draft:1894 Stretford Urban District Council election

1894 Stretford Urban District Council election
All 18 seats to Stretford Urban District; 9 seats needed for a majority
	Leader after election ; ; Conservative

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Elections to Stretford Council were held on Monday, 17 December 1894. This was a new council created by the Local Government Act 1894 to replace the Stretford Local Board. This election would create the entire 18-member council which would oversee local government in Stretford. The Conservative Party won overall control on the council.^[1]

Election result

Party	Votes	Seats
Conservative Party	3,566 (67.6%)	15 (83.3%)	15 / 18
Liberal Party	1,297 (24.6%)	3 (16.7%)	3 / 18
Independent	344 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 18
Independent Labour Party	68 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 / 18

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Ward results

Clifford

Clifford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Williams Jones	415	30.2
	Conservative	John Stott	371	27.0
	Conservative	John Howarth Pemberton	337	24.5
	Liberal	William Wardle	37	2.7
	Liberal	Frederick Henry Worswick	30	2.2
Majority			300	21.8
Turnout			1,190
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cornbrook

Cornbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John James Kent-Fairclough	300	21.8
	Conservative	John Roberts*	290	21.2
	Conservative	William Henry Fulford	285	20.8
	Liberal	Matthew Ingram*	200	14.6
	Liberal	James Begg Shaw*	155	11.3
	Liberal	John Snaddon	143	10.4
Majority			85	6.2
Turnout			1,373
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Longford

Longford
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	John Alker*	uncontested
Liberal	George Battersby	uncontested
Liberal	Charles Hardman*	uncontested
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Stretford

Stretford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	363	26.0
	Conservative	John Slyman*	332	23.8
	Conservative	Thomas Johnston	289	20.7
	Independent	Fred Hulme	185	13.3
	Independent	Joseph James Lawrence	84	6.0
	Independent	Robert Cannell	75	5.4
	Ind. Labour Party	John Dalby Sutcliffe	68	4.9
Majority			104	7.4
Turnout			1,396
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Talbot

Talbot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Wainwright*	108	31.9
	Conservative	Charles Estcourt*	100	29.5
	Conservative	William Mann Mitchell*	100	29.5
	Liberal	James France	31	9.1
Majority			69	20.4
Turnout			1,396
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Trafford

Trafford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Bates	231	23.6
	Conservative	Charles Martyne*	215	22.0
	Conservative	Walter Gibbons	193	19.8
	Liberal	James Wadhew	123	12.6
	Liberal	James Cornelius Saunders	122	12.5
	Liberal	James Albert Slater*	93	9.5
Majority			70	7.2
Turnout			977
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

^ Parish and District Councils, Manchester Guardian, December 18, 1894, p.8

[1] Parish and District Councils, Manchester Guardian, December 18, 1894, p.8

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