Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1888. 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 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Eight of the sixteen seats were contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | ?? | +1 | 16 | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | -1 | 0 | ?? | |
| Irish Home Rule | 4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Irish Nationalists | 2 | +2 | 0 | 2 | |
Election result
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Conservative | 10 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 63% | 52% | 5,098 | ||
| Liberal | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25% | 48% | 4,779 | ||
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 12.5% | |||||||
Ward results
edit* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | 854 | 56% | ||
| Liberal | Henry Cartwright Gillmore | 658 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 196 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,226 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,512 | 68% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Bartlett | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Houlding * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Exchange
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Ralph Watts Leyland | 754 | 51% | ||
| Liberal | Edwin Morris | 737 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 37 | 2% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,061 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,491 | 72% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Ruddin * | 389 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Samuel King | 352 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 37 | 4% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,086 | ||||
| Turnout | 741 | 68% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
North Toxteth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Hugh McCubbin | 625 | 50.4% | ||
| Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | 615 | 49.6% | ||
| Majority | 10 | 0.8% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,288 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,240 | 54% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 940 | 58% | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Woodcock * | 676 | 42% | ||
| Majority | 264 | 16% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,153 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,616 | 75% | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Arthur Hill Holme * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Radcliffe * | 1,837 | 56% | ||
| Liberal | John Thomas | 1,440 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 397 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,323 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,277 | 62% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule | Swing | ||||
West Derby
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections
editNo. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889
editCaused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1886) [5] reported to the Council on 1 May 1889 .[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Whiteley * | 392 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | Samuel King | 308 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 84 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,086 | ||||
| Turnout | 700 | 64% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889
editCaused by the death of Councillor Sir James Allanson Picton (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1888) [8] on 15 July 1889 .[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Henderson | 472 | 61% | ||
| John Bond | 299 | 39% | |||
| Majority | 173 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 771 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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No. 2, Scotland
editCaused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 29 December 1887)[11] on 3 October 1889 .[12]
Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| gain from | Swing | ||||
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 Monday 3 November 1888
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 front page". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 1". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 188". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 208". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 259". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 280". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 66". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 310". Retrieved 1 April 2017.