1889


County council Councillors + aldermen Date of election Conservative & allies Liberals & allies Independents Others Control First chairman
Anglesey
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Brecknockshire
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire
Carnarvonshire 24 January[1]
Cheshire
Cornwall
Cumberland
Denbighshire 48 + 16[2] 16 January[1] 17 (Con 16 LU 1)[2] 15 (14, 1)[3] 31[2] 33[3] 0[2] 0[2] Liberal[2]
Derbyshire 60 + [3] 22 January[4] 0[4] Liberal 10[4] 50[4] 0[4] Independent[3] [4]
Devon 78 + [4] 16 January[4]
Dorset
Durham
Isle of Ely
Essex
Flintshire 22 January[1]
Glamorganshire 66 + 22[2] 17 January[2] Con 10[5] Radicals 41[5] 6[5] 0[5] Radical[5]
Gloucestershire 60 + C c40[4] Lib c20[4] Conservative[4]
Hampshire Lord Basing
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Huntingdonshire
Isle of Wight***
Kent
Lancashire 105 + 35[3] 15 January 56 (C 49 LU 7)[4] Lib 46[4] 3[4] Unionist[4]"Most candidates preferred not to declare themselves in a political sense". At least 1 candidate was supported by both Liberals and Conservatives[3]
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire - Parts of Holland
Lincolnshire - Parts of Kesteven
Lincolnshire - Parts of Lindsey
London
Merionethshire 18 January[1]
Middlesex
Monmouthshire 48 + 16[2] 17 January[2] Con 17[5] Radicals 28 Independents & Co. 3 Radical
Montgomeryshire 17 January[1]
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Northumberland Conservative and Unionist by about two to one[4]
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire 48 + [5] Con 16[5] Radical 29[5] Independents 3[5] Radical[5]
Soke of Peterborough
Radnorshire
Rutland
Salop 16 January[3] Con 42[3] Lib 9[3] Conservative[3]
Somerset
Staffordshire 24 January[6]
East Suffolk
West Suffolk
Surrey
East Sussex
West Sussex
Warwickshire
Westmorland 42 + [3] 24 January[3]
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire East Riding
Yorkshire North Riding
Yorkshire West Riding
  1. ^ a b c d e "County Councils". North Wales Chronicle. 5 January 1889.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "County Council Elections". Western Mail. 17 January 1889.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "County Council Elections". Manchester Times. 19 January 1889.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "County Council Elections". Derby Mercury. 23 January 1889.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "County Council Elections. Completed Polling Results". Western Mail. 19 January 1889.
  6. ^ "The County Councils". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 January 1889.