1884 Liverpool City Council election

1884 Liverpool City Council election

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16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1884. 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	??	-1	16	??
	Liberal	??	+1	0	??
	Irish Home Rule	3	-1	0	3
	Irish Nationalists	1	+1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1884

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	1	-1	63%	56%	15,144
	Liberal	4	1	0	+1	25%	40%	10,928
	Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	6%	2.4%	652
	Home Rule	1	0	1	-1	6%	1.6%	423

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Bower *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,312
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan *	746	51%
	Liberal	Thomas Cropper Ryley	731	49%
Majority			15	2%
Registered electors			2,045
Turnout			1,477	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barkeley Smith *	7,859	62%
	Liberal	Washington Champion Rawlins	4,891	38%
Majority			2,968	24%
Registered electors			22,147
Turnout			12,750	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Holder *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,148
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Peet *	452	52%
	Liberal	William Hood	424	48%
Majority			28	4%
Registered electors			1,151
Turnout			876	76%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Oakshott	unopposed
Registered electors			1,531
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Hamilton *	3,410	59%
	Liberal	Henry Vaughan	2,380	41%
Majority			1,030	18%
Registered electors			9,641
Turnout			5,790	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Joseph McAdam *	unopposed
Registered electors			803
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Smith	763	50%
	Conservative	William John Stewart *	748	50%
Majority			15	0%	N/A
Registered electors			2,327
Turnout			1,511	65%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Hayes Sheen *	884	56%
	Liberal	James Fitzpatrick	684	44%
Majority			200	12%
Registered electors			2,278
Turnout			1,568	69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Curzon Dobell	561	51%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	540	49%
Majority			21	2%
Registered electors			1,530
Turnout			1,101	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring	515	52%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	484	48%
Majority			31	4%
Registered electors			1,467
Turnout			999	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Laurence Connolly *	unopposed
Registered electors			7,083
	Home Rule hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Byrne	652	61%
	Home Rule	Charles McArdle *	423	39%
Majority			229	22%	N/A
Registered electors			1,546
Turnout			1,075	70%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Lunt *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,960
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 1, Everton, 21 November 1884

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Robert Galloway (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1882). ^[6]

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Houlding	8,198	58%
		David Hughes	5,819	42%
Majority			2,379
Registered electors			22,147
Turnout			14,017	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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See also

• 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

1. Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1884
2. Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1884
3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 front page" . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 1" . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 2" . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2" . Retrieved 25 March 2017.
7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 32" . Retrieved 25 March 2017.