1886 Liverpool City Council election
1886 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1886. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | +4 | 16 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | -6 | 0 | ?? | |
Irish Home Rule | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 | |
Irish Nationalists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Contents
1 Election result
2 Ward results
2.1 Abercromby
2.2 Castle Street
2.3 Everton
2.4 Exchange
2.5 Great George
2.6 Lime Street
2.7 North Toxteth
2.8 Pitt Street
2.9 Rodney Street
2.10 St. Anne Street
2.11 St. Paul's
2.12 St. Peter's
2.13 Scotland
2.14 South Toxteth
2.15 Vauxhall
2.16 West Derby
3 Aldermanic Election
4 By-elections
4.1 No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886
4.2 No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886
4.3 No. 11, Abercromby
5 See also
6 References
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75% | 55% | 3,805 | |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 12.5% | 45% | 3,103 | |
| Home Rule | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% |
Ward results[edit]
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 903 | 60% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Goffey | 606 | 40% | ||
Majority | 297 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,323 | ||||
Turnout | 1,509 | 65% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Castle Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Marke Wood * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Whitley MP * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bird Hall | 400 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Edward Paull | 389 | 49% | ||
Majority | 11 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,132 | ||||
Turnout | 789 | 70% | |||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Lime Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Duncan the younger | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing |
North Toxteth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Campbell | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pitt Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Charles Hawley * | 327 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Ephraim Walker | 246 | 43% | ||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Registered electors | 785 | ||||
Turnout | 573 | 73% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rodney Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Henry Larmor | 809 | 56% | ||
Liberal | John McDiarmid * | 626 | 40% | ||
Majority | 183 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,403 | ||||
Turnout | 1,435 | 60% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Anne Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. William Cross * | 889 | 60% | ||
Liberal | John Prendeville | 600 | 40% | ||
Majority | 289 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
Turnout | 1,489 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sylvester Mattison | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Peter's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Morris | 558 | 50% | ||
Liberal | Edmund Knowles Muspratt * | 555 | 50% | ||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,523 | ||||
Turnout | 1,113 | 73% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | William Madden | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing |
South Toxteth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Yates * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing |
West Derby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Poole * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[1][2][3][4]
Aldermanic Election[edit]
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1886, the terms of office of eight
alderman expired.[5] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1896 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cross | |
Conservative | John Hughes * | |
Conservative | Henry Jennings * | |
Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston * | |
Conservative | David MacIver * | |
Conservative | Hugh Hathorn Nicholson * | |
Conservative | Thomas Richard Shallcross * | |
Conservative | Sir Andrew Barclay Walker |
[6][7][8][9][10]
By-elections[edit]
No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886[edit]
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1884).[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Edward Purcell | 1,237 | 51% | ||
Patrick Edmund O'Hare | 1,175 | 49% | |||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,412 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing |
[12]
No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886[edit]
Caused by the election of Dr. William Cross (Conservative, St. Anne's Street,
elected 1 November 1886)[13] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1886.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Bennett | 841 | 54% | |||
John Prendiville | 710 | 46% | |||
Majority | 131 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
Turnout | 1,551 | 69% | |||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
[14]
No. 11, Abercromby[edit]
Alderman John Pearson died on 2 June 1887.[15]
Councillor Anthony Bower (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1884)
[16] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 July 1887.
[17][18][19]
See also[edit]
- Liverpool City Council
Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present- History of local government in England
References[edit]
^ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2 November 1886
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