1890 Liverpool City Council election

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1890 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 Saturday 1 November 1890. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ??-516 ??
Liberal  ??+50 ??
Irish Nationalists 6+106
Independent 1+101

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1890
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 406-625%49%18,864
  Liberal 950+556%28%10,868
  Irish Nationalist 200013%7.9%3,076
 Independent110+16.3%8.6%3,320
  Labour 00000%6.9%2,684

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Lea83653%
Conservative William James Burgess73447%
Majority1026%N/A
Registered electors 2,223
Turnout 1,57071%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Bond Morgan *77655%
Liberal William Crosfield64245%
Majority13410%
Registered electors 2,166
Turnout 1,41865%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Barklay Smith *5,56663%
Liberal Eli Brooks3,04534%
Labour Thomas Murphy1691.8%
Independent William Saxton740.84%
Majority2,52131%
Registered electors 23,145
Turnout 8,84438%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmond Brownbill87257%
Conservative William Charles Green65943%
Majority21314%N/A
Registered electors 2,154
Turnout 1,53171%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Paull *45160%
Conservative William Roberts29940%
Majority15220%
Registered electors 1,059
Turnout 75071%
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Davy Laurence60454%
Conservative Henry Fitzwilliam Neale51246%
Majority928%N/A
Registered electors 1,492
Turnout 1,11675%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Edward Willink3,24659%
Conservative Thomas Henry William Walker2,27441%
Majority97218%N/A
Registered electors 9,618
Turnout 5,52057%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Francis Joseph McAdam *30866%
Conservative William King16134%
Majority14732%
Registered electors 710
Turnout 46966%
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Smith *80151%
Conservative Major Matthew Henry Larmor77349%
Majority282%
Registered electors 2,329
Turnout 1,57468%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant93956%
Conservative William Clarkson *73244%
Majority20712%N/A
Registered electors 2,172
Turnout 1,67177%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nathaniel Topp52556%
Conservative Frank John Leslie40544%
Majority12012%N/A
Registered electors 1,342
Turnout 93069%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Benjamin Bowring *UnopposedN/AN/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell *2,53470%
Conservative Richard Beckett1,09730%
Majority1,44640%
Registered electors 6,824
Turnout 3,64053%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Ball *1,93951%
Liberal Joseph Paul Brunner1,84549%
Majority942%
Registered electors 5,968
Turnout 3,78463%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Kelly53379%
Conservative Major John McCabe13921%
Majority39458%
Registered electors 1,002
Turnout 67267%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Barrell Rodway2,79853%
Labour William Mafkin2.52547%
Majority2736%
Registered electors 10,700
Turnout 5,32350%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4]

By-elections

No. 16, North Toxteth, 19 March 1891

Caused by the death of Alderman Anthony Bower on 31 January 1891. [5] Following this Councillor Thomas Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1888) [6] was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 March 1891 [7] [8] resulting in a vacancy in the North Toxteth ward.

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Burgess2,32651%
Liberal John Lamport Eills2,21249%
Majority1142%
Registered electors 9,618
Turnout 4,53847%
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1890
  2. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 1" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 3" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 86" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888 - 1889 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 114" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 115" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 134" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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