1891 Liverpool City Council election

1891 Liverpool City Council election

←  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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-2	16	??
	Liberal	??	+2	0	??
	Irish Nationalists	6	0	0	6
	Independent	1	0	0	1

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1891

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	3	-2	44%	50%	23,384
	Liberal	7	3	1	+2	44%	23%	10,936
	Irish Nationalist	2	0	0	0	13%	6%	3,009
	Labour	0				0%	19%	8,638
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0	0	0%	1.5%	694
	Parnellist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.028%	13

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *	820	53%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Beloe	724	47%
Majority			96	6%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,544
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bartlett *	733	52%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	677	48%
Majority			56	4%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,410
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Houlding *	7,100	57%
	Labour	William Nicholson	5,388	43%
Majority			1,712	14%
Registered electors
Turnout			12,488
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Alphonse Doughan	821	51%
	Conservative	Ralph Watts Leyland *	804	49%
Majority			17	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,625
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Ruddin *	452	59%
	Conservative	William Roberts	308	41%
Majority			144	18%
Registered electors
Turnout			760
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Petrie	609	54%
	Liberal	John Henderson	529	46%
Majority			80	8%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,138
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William James Burgess	3,375	54%
	Liberal	John Lamport Eills	2,819	46%
Majority			556	8%
Registered electors
Turnout			6,194
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Scott	325	59%
	Conservative	William King	229	41%
Majority			96	18%
Registered electors
Turnout			554
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Picton	806	54%
	Ind. Conservative	George Henry Ball	694	46%
Majority			112	8%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,500
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel McMillin *	833	52%
	Conservative	William Clarkson	751	47%
	Parnellite Nationalist	Thomas O'Brien	13	0.81%
Majority			82
Registered electors
Turnout			1,597
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King	502	51%
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Dean	475	49%
Majority			27	2%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			977
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Grierson	521	51%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	499	49%
Majority			22	2%
Registered electors
Turnout			1,020
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh *	2,623	66%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting	1,330	34%
Majority			1,293	32%
Registered electors			6.775
Turnout			3,953	58%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James De Bels Adam	2,256	54%
	Liberal	Joseph Paul Brunner	1,927	46%
Majority			329	8%
Registered electors			5,600
Turnout			4,183	75%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 14 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Andrew Commins MP *	386	52%
	Conservative	William Henry Edwardes	249	34%
	Labour	Hugh McAleavy	102	14%
Majority			137	18%
Registered electors
Turnout			737
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Hatton Cookson *	3,846	55%
	Labour	William Matain	3,148	45%
Majority			698	10%
Registered electors			11,222
Turnout			6,994	62%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynsky *	Unopposed	N/A	N/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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Watts Leyland	4,712	57%
		Thomas McCracken	3,288	40%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Patrick Kelly	205	2.5%
	I & T	William Saxton	31
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

• 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 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.