1891 Liverpool City Council election
1891 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1891. 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 | ?? | -2 | 16 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +2 | 0 | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Independent | 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 By-elections
3.1 No. 2, Scotland, 16 January 1892
3.2 No. 10, Rodney Street,
3.3 No. 1, Everton ward, 16 February 1892
3.4 Aldermanic By-election, 2 March 1892
4 See also
5 References
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 7 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 44% | 50% | 23,384 | |
| Liberal | 7 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 44% | 23% | 10,936 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 6% | 3,009 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0% | 19% | 8,638 | ||||
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.5% | 694 | |
| Parnellist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.028% | 13 |
Ward results[edit]
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | 820 | 53% | ||
Liberal | Charles Henry Beloe | 724 | 47% | ||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,544 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Bartlett * | 733 | 52% | ||
Liberal | Samuel Hough | 677 | 48% | ||
Majority | 56 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,410 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Houlding * | 7,100 | 57% | ||
Labour | William Nicholson | 5,388 | 43% | ||
Majority | 1,712 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 12,488 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Alphonse Doughan | 821 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Ralph Watts Leyland * | 804 | 49% | ||
Majority | 17 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,625 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Great George[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Ruddin * | 452 | 59% | ||
Conservative | William Roberts | 308 | 41% | ||
Majority | 144 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 760 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Lime Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Petrie | 609 | 54% | ||
Liberal | John Henderson | 529 | 46% | ||
Majority | 80 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,138 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
North Toxteth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Burgess | 3,375 | 54% | ||
Liberal | John Lamport Eills | 2,819 | 46% | ||
Majority | 556 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 6,194 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pitt Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Scott | 325 | 59% | ||
Conservative | William King | 229 | 41% | ||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 554 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rodney Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Picton | 806 | 54% | ||
Ind. Conservative | George Henry Ball | 694 | 46% | ||
Majority | 112 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,500 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Anne Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel McMillin * | 833 | 52% | ||
Conservative | William Clarkson | 751 | 47% | ||
Irish National League | Thomas O'Brien | 13 | 0.81% | ||
Majority | 82 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Paul's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King | 502 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Charles Stewart. Dean | 475 | 49% | ||
Majority | 27 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 977 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Peter's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Grierson | 521 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Hill Holme | 499 | 49% | ||
Majority | 22 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,020 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * | 2,623 | 66% | ||
Conservative | Dr. John Utting | 1,330 | 34% | ||
Majority | 1,293 | ||||
Registered electors | 6.775 | ||||
Turnout | 3,953 | 58% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
South Toxteth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James De Bels Adam | 2,256 | 54% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Paul Brunner | 1,927 | 46% | ||
Majority | 329 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,600 | ||||
Turnout | 4,183 | 75% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Andrew Commins MP * | 386 | 52% | ||
Conservative | William Henry Edwardes | 249 | 34% | ||
Labour | Hugh McAleavy | 102 | 14% | ||
Majority | 137 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 737 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
West Derby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | 3,846 | 55% | ||
Labour | William Matain | 3,148 | 45% | ||
Majority | 698 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,222 | ||||
Turnout | 6,994 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[1][2][3][4][5]
By-elections[edit]
No. 2, Scotland, 16 January 1892[edit]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Jeremy Lynsky (Irish Nationalist, Scotland, elected 1 November 1889)[6] was reported to the Council on 6 January 1892
.[7]
Councillor Lynsky resigned his seat to become a candidate for the city coronorship.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynsky * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
[8]
No. 10, Rodney Street,[edit]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ernest Augustine Gibson (Liberal, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1889),[9] which was reported to the council on 3 February 1892.[10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing |
No. 1, Everton ward, 16 February 1892[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Edward Whitley MP (Conservative, Everton ward, elected 1 November 1889).[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Watts Leyland | 4,712 | 57% | ||
Thomas McCracken | 3,288 | 40% | |||
Independent Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kelly | 205 | 2.5% | ||
I & T | William Saxton | 31 | |||
Majority | 1,424 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[12]
Aldermanic By-election, 2 March 1892[edit]
The death of Alderman William John Lunt on 14 February 1892 was reported to the Council on 2 March 1892.[13]
To fill this position Edward Lawrence was elected by the Council as an Alderman on 2 March 1892[14][15][16]
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 Tuesday 2 November 1891
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