1886_Liverpool_City_Council_election
1886 Liverpool City Council election
Liverpool Town Council elections 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.
Quick Facts 16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority ...
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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 | ||||
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Councillors ...
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | ?? | +4 | 16 | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | -6 | 0 | ?? | |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Irish Nationalists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| 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% | ||||
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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 903 | 60% | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Goffey | 606 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 297 | 20% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,323 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,509 | 65% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Castle Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Marke Wood * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Everton
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Edward Whitley MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Exchange
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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Great George
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Bird Hall | 400 | 51% | ||
| Liberal | Edward Paull | 389 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 11 | 2% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,132 | ||||
| Turnout | 789 | 70% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lime Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Duncan the younger | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative gain from | Swing | ||||
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North Toxteth
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Herbert Campbell | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Pitt Street
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Henry Charles Hawley * | 327 | 57% | ||
| Conservative | Ephraim Walker | 246 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 81 | 14% | |||
| Registered electors | 785 | ||||
| Turnout | 573 | 73% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodney Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Matthew Henry Larmor | 809 | 56% | ||
| Liberal | John McDiarmid * | 626 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 183 | 16% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,403 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,435 | 60% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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St. Anne Street
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Dr. William Cross * | 889 | 60% | ||
| Liberal | John Prendeville | 600 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 289 | 20% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,489 | 67% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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St. Paul's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Sylvester Mattison | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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St. Peter's
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Isaac Morris | 558 | 50% | ||
| Liberal | Edmund Knowles Muspratt * | 555 | 50% | ||
| Majority | 3 | 0% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,523 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,113 | 73% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Scotland
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | William Madden | unopposed | |||
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| Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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South Toxteth
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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| Conservative hold | |||||
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Vauxhall
West Derby
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Poole * | unopposed | |||
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1886, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.[5] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1886 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
More information Party, Alderman ...
| Party | Alderman | |
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| 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 | |
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No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1884).[11]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||
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No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886
Caused by the election of Dr. William Cross (Conservative, St. Anne's Street, elected 1 November 1886)[13] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1886.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| William Bennett | 841 | 54% | |||
| John Prendiville | 710 | 46% | |||
| Majority | 131 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,551 | 69% | |||
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No. 11, Abercromby
Alderman John Pearson died on 2 June 1887.[15] Councillor Anthony Bower (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1884) [16] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 July 1887. [17] [18] [19]
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- Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2 November 1886
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