1891 Liverpool City Council election

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1891 Liverpool City Council election
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  1890 November 1, 1891 (1891-11-01) 1892  

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 Monday 2 November 1891. 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 ??-216??
Liberal ??+20??
Irish Nationalists 6006
Independent 1001

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1891
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 713-244%50%23,384
  Liberal 731+244%23%10,936
  Irish Nationalist 200013%6%3,009
  Labour 00%19%8,638
  Ind. Conservative 00000%1.5%694
  Parnellist 00000%0.028%13

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *82053%
Liberal Charles Henry Beloe72447%
Majority 966%
Registered electors
Turnout 1,544
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Bartlett *73352%
Liberal Samuel Hough67748%
Majority 564%
Registered electors
Turnout 1,410
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Houlding *7,10057%
Labour William Nicholson5,38843%
Majority 1,71214%
Registered electors
Turnout 12,488
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Alphonse Doughan82151%
Conservative Ralph Watts Leyland *80449%
Majority 172%N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 1,625
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Ruddin *45259%
Conservative William Roberts30841%
Majority 14418%
Registered electors
Turnout 760
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Petrie60954%
Liberal John Henderson52946%
Majority 808%N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 1,138
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Burgess3,37554%
Liberal John Lamport Eills2,81946%
Majority 5568%
Registered electors
Turnout 6,194
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Scott32559%
Conservative William King22941%
Majority 9618%
Registered electors
Turnout 554
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Henry Picton80654%
Ind. Conservative George Henry Ball69446%
Majority 1128%N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 1,500
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel McMillin *83352%
Conservative William Clarkson75147%
Parnellite Nationalist Thomas O'Brien130.81%
Majority 82
Registered electors
Turnout 1,597
Liberal hold Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Robert Meade-King50251%
Conservative Charles Stewart Dean47549%
Majority 272%N/A
Registered electors
Turnout 977
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Grierson52151%
Conservative Arthur Hill Holme49949%
Majority 222%
Registered electors
Turnout 1,020
Liberal hold Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh *2,62366%
Conservative Dr. John Utting1,33034%
Majority 1,29332%
Registered electors 6.775
Turnout 3,95358%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James De Bels Adam2,25654%
Liberal Joseph Paul Brunner1,92746%
Majority 3298%
Registered electors 5,600
Turnout 4,18375%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 14 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Andrew Commins MP *38652%
Conservative William Henry Edwardes24934%
Labour Hugh McAleavy10214%
Majority 13718%
Registered electors
Turnout 737
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Hatton Cookson *3,84655%
Labour William Matain3,14845%
Majority 69810%
Registered electors 11,222
Turnout 6,99462%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

By-elections

No. 2, Scotland, 16 January 1892

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 coronership.

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynsky *UnopposedN/AN/A
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold

[8]

No. 10, Rodney Street,

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]

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
gain from Swing

No. 1, Everton ward, 16 February 1892

Caused by the death of Councillor Edward Whitley MP (Conservative, Everton ward, elected 1 November 1889). [11]

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ralph Watts Leyland4,71257%
Thomas McCracken3,28840%
Independent Irish Nationalist Patrick Kelly2052.5%
I & TWilliam Saxton31
Majority 1,424
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

[12]

Aldermanic By-election, 2 March 1892

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

References

  1. Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1891
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 front page" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 1" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 3" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 92" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 100" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  10. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 100" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  11. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  12. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 129" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  13. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 128" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  14. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 131" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  15. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 132" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  16. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 133" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.