Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1882. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Election result edit
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% | 43% | 4,926 | ||
| Liberal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 48% | 5,540 | ||
| Home Rule | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | ||||
| Ratepayers' Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5.8% | 663 | ||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 304 | ||
| Labour League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 28 | ||
Ward results edit
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Samuel Smith * | 788 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Edmund Taylor | 730 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 58 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,518 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Everton edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | 842 | 73% | ||
| Labour | Patrick Murphy | 304 | 27% | ||
| Majority | 538 | 46% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,146 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Benjamin Lewis * | 563 | 61% | ||
| Conservative | Thomas McCracken | 356 | 39% | ||
| Majority | 207 | 22% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 919 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | 690 | 78% | ||
| Ratepayers' Association | Archibald Beatty | 195 | 22% | ||
| Majority | 495 | 56% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 885 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Joseph Woodcock | 815 | 48% | ||
| Ratepayers' Association | Patrick Byrne | 468 | 27% | ||
| Liberal | Henry Vaughan | 391 | 23% | ||
| Labour League | John O'Brien | 28 | 1.6% | ||
| Majority | 424 | 21% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,702 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Stevenson | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | William Radcliffe * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | Andrew Commins MP * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Samuel Leigh Gregson | 3,025 | 57% | ||
| Liberal | William Simpson | 2,266 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 759 | 14% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 5,291 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections edit
No.2, Scotland, 7 August 1883 edit
Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick de Lacy Garton (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1880 – 1881) [5] [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Home Rule | Patrick Byrne | 1,690 | 58% | ||
| Joseph Thomas | 1,153 | 39% | |||
| John O'Brien | 78 | 2.7% | |||
| Majority | 537 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,921 | ||||
| Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic By Election, 18 September 1883 edit
Alderman John Weightman died on 5 August 1883. [9] Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1876) [10] was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18 September 1883. [11]
See also edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2 November 1882
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 front page". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 1". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 237". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 252". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 268". Retrieved 20 March 2017.