1888 Liverpool School Board election

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Election to the Liverpool School Board were held in November 1888. [1] [2]

There were twenty-seven candidates for the fifteen Board member positions.

Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.

After the election, the composition of the school board was:

AllegianceMembers  ±  
Catholic 6
Church of England 4
Independent3
Nonconformist 2

* - Retiring board member seeking re-election

Elected

AllegianceNameVotes
Catholic M. Fitzpatrick28,053
Catholic C. McArdle26,604
Catholic J.A. Doughan26,537
Catholic R. Yates25,542
Catholic John Hand *25,270
Catholic W.J. Sparrow25,291
IndependentH. Thomas22,425
IndependentS.G. Rathbone *21,337
Church of England T. Major Lester 18,585
Church of England R.B. Baron18,188
IndependentJ. Bell Cox17,763
Church of England James Hakes *17,501
Church of England D. Rycroft *14,121
Nonconformist Anne Jane Davies *13,377
Nonconformist William Oulton *11,572

Not Elected

Nonconformist T.C Ryley9,705
Church of England J.H. Parker8,062
Church of England W. Pierce7,698
IndependentJ.R. Anderson4,918
IndependentD.S. Collin4,432
IndependentW. A. Newcomb4,131
IndependentH.W. Pearson2,779
IndependentW. King755
IndependentW. Saxton734
IndependentB. Jones650
IndependentC.J. Fox452
IndependentH.S. Anthony252

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References

  1. Collins, Neil (2017). Politics and Elections in Nineteenth-Century Liverpool. Taylor & Francis. pp. 209–209. ISBN   9781351910224.
  2. Fidler, Geoffrey C. (1980). "The Liverpool Labour Movement and the School Board: an Aspect of Education and the Working Class". Journal of the History of Education Society. 9 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1080/0046760800090104.
  3. Liverpool Daily Post November 1888