Liverpool City Council election, 1886
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1886. 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 | ?? | ?? | 16 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | 0 | ?? | |
Home Rule League | ?? | ?? | 0 | ?? | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1886 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75% | 55% | 3,805 | |||
Liberal | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 12.5% | 45% | 3,103 | |||
Home Rule | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | |||||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 903 | 60% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Goffey | 606 | 40% | ||
Majority | 297 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,323 | ||||
Turnout | 1,509 | 65% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Marke Wood * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Whitley MP * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bird Hall | 400 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Edward Paull | 389 | 49% | ||
Majority | 11 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,132 | ||||
Turnout | 789 | 70% | |||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Duncan the younger | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Campbell | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Charles Hawley * | 327 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Ephraim Walker | 246 | 43% | ||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Registered electors | 785 | ||||
Turnout | 573 | 73% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Henry Larmor | 809 | 56% | ||
Liberal | John McDiarmid * | 626 | 40% | ||
Majority | 183 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,403 | ||||
Turnout | 1,435 | 60% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. William Cross * | 889 | 60% | ||
Liberal | John Prendeville | 600 | 40% | ||
Majority | 289 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
Turnout | 1,489 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sylvester Mattison | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Morris | 558 | 50% | ||
Liberal | Edmund Knowles Muspratt * | 555 | 50% | ||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,523 | ||||
Turnout | 1,113 | 73% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | William Madden | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | John Yates * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Poole * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Election
At the meeting of the Council on 9th November 1886, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.[3] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9th November 1896 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cross | |
Conservative | John Hughes * | |
Conservative | Henry Jennings * | |
Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston * | |
Conservative | David MacIver * | |
Conservative | Hugh Hathorn Nicholson * | |
Conservative | Thomas Richard Shallcross * | |
Conservative | Sir Andrew Barclay Walker | |
By-elections
No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2nd November 1886
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Scotland, Irish Home Rule, elected 1st November 1884). [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Edward Purcell | 1,237 | 51% | ||
Patrick Edmund O'Hare | 1,175 | 49% | |||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,412 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23rd November 1886
Caused by the election of Dr. William Cross (Conservative, St. Anne's Street, elected 1st November 1886) [7] as an alderman by the Council on 9th November 1886.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William Bennett | 841 | 54% | |||
John Prendiville | 710 | 46% | |||
Majority | 131 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
Turnout | 1,551 | 69% | |||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
No. 11, Abercromby
Alderman John Pearson died on 2nd June 1887.
Councillor Anthony Bower (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1st November 1884) [8] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6th July 1887. [9]
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2nd November 1886
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 pg 4
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 pg 8
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 pg 3
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 pg 203
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 pg 207