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.

Contents

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%
Majority 1026%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%
Majority 13410%
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%
Majority 2,52131%
Registered electors 23,145
Turnout 8,84438%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmond Brownbill87257%
Conservative William Charles Green65943%
Majority 21314%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%
Majority 15220%
Registered electors 1,059
Turnout 75071%
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Davy Laurence60454%
Conservative Henry Fitzwilliam Neale51246%
Majority 928%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%
Majority 97218%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%
Majority 14732%
Registered electors 710
Turnout 46966%
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Smith *80151%
Conservative Major Matthew Henry Larmor77349%
Majority 282%
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%
Majority 20712%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%
Majority 12012%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%
Majority 1,44640%
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%
Majority 942%
Registered electors 5,968
Turnout 3,78463%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Kelly53379%
Conservative Major John McCabe13921%
Majority 39458%
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%
Majority 2736%
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%
Majority 1142%
Registered electors 9,618
Turnout 4,53847%
Conservative hold Swing

[9]

See also

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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