Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1890. 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 | ?? | -5 | 16 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +5 | 0 | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | 6 | +1 | 0 | 6 | |
Independent | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 4 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 25% | 49% | 18,864 | ||
Liberal | 9 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 56% | 28% | 10,868 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 7.9% | 3,076 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.3% | 8.6% | 3,320 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6.9% | 2,684 |
Ward results edit
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lea | 836 | 53% | ||
Conservative | William James Burgess | 734 | 47% | ||
Majority | 102 | 6% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,223 | ||||
Turnout | 1,570 | 71% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Castle Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Bond Morgan * | 776 | 55% | ||
Liberal | William Crosfield | 642 | 45% | ||
Majority | 134 | 10% | |||
Registered electors | 2,166 | ||||
Turnout | 1,418 | 65% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barklay Smith * | 5,566 | 63% | ||
Liberal | Eli Brooks | 3,045 | 34% | ||
Labour | Thomas Murphy | 169 | 1.8% | ||
Independent | William Saxton | 74 | 0.84% | ||
Majority | 2,521 | 31% | |||
Registered electors | 23,145 | ||||
Turnout | 8,844 | 38% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmond Brownbill | 872 | 57% | ||
Conservative | William Charles Green | 659 | 43% | ||
Majority | 213 | 14% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,154 | ||||
Turnout | 1,531 | 71% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Great George edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Paull * | 451 | 60% | ||
Conservative | William Roberts | 299 | 40% | ||
Majority | 152 | 20% | |||
Registered electors | 1,059 | ||||
Turnout | 750 | 71% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Lime Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Davy Laurence | 604 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Henry Fitzwilliam Neale | 512 | 46% | ||
Majority | 92 | 8% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,492 | ||||
Turnout | 1,116 | 75% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
North Toxteth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Edward Willink | 3,246 | 59% | ||
Conservative | Thomas Henry William Walker | 2,274 | 41% | ||
Majority | 972 | 18% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,618 | ||||
Turnout | 5,520 | 57% | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pitt Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Joseph McAdam * | 308 | 66% | ||
Conservative | William King | 161 | 34% | ||
Majority | 147 | 32% | |||
Registered electors | 710 | ||||
Turnout | 469 | 66% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rodney Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Smith * | 801 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Major Matthew Henry Larmor | 773 | 49% | ||
Majority | 28 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 2,329 | ||||
Turnout | 1,574 | 68% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne Street edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant | 939 | 56% | ||
Conservative | William Clarkson * | 732 | 44% | ||
Majority | 207 | 12% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,172 | ||||
Turnout | 1,671 | 77% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Paul's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Nathaniel Topp | 525 | 56% | ||
Conservative | Frank John Leslie | 405 | 44% | ||
Majority | 120 | 12% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,342 | ||||
Turnout | 930 | 69% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Peter's edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Scotland edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | 2,534 | 70% | ||
Conservative | Richard Beckett | 1,097 | 30% | ||
Majority | 1,446 | 40% | |||
Registered electors | 6,824 | ||||
Turnout | 3,640 | 53% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
South Toxteth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Ball * | 1,939 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Paul Brunner | 1,845 | 49% | ||
Majority | 94 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 5,968 | ||||
Turnout | 3,784 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Kelly | 533 | 79% | ||
Conservative | Major John McCabe | 139 | 21% | ||
Majority | 394 | 58% | |||
Registered electors | 1,002 | ||||
Turnout | 672 | 67% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
West Derby edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Barrell Rodway | 2,798 | 53% | ||
Labour | William Mafkin | 2.525 | 47% | ||
Majority | 273 | 6% | |||
Registered electors | 10,700 | ||||
Turnout | 5,323 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections edit
No. 16, North Toxteth, 19 March 1891 edit
Caused by the death of Alderman Anthony Bower on 31 January 1891.[5] Following this Councillor Thomas Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1888)[6] was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 March 1891 [7] [8] resulting in a vacancy in the North Toxteth ward.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Burgess | 2,326 | 51% | ||
Liberal | John Lamport Eills | 2,212 | 49% | ||
Majority | 114 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 9,618 | ||||
Turnout | 4,538 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | 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 1890
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 1". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 2". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 3". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 86". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888 - 1889 page 2". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 114". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 115". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 134". Retrieved 8 April 2017.