1884 Liverpool City Council election

1884 Liverpool City Council election
â 1883 November 1, 1884 1885 â
16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards; 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1884. 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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After the election, the composition of the council was:

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	Councillors	Â±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	-1	16	??
Liberal	??	+1	0	??
Irish Home Rule	3	-1	0	3
Irish Nationalists	1	+1	0	1

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	10	0	1	-1	63%	56%	15,144
Liberal	4	1	0	+1	25%	40%	10,928
Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	6%	2.4%	652
Home Rule	1	0	1	-1	6%	1.6%	423

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Bower *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,312
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan *	746	51%
	Liberal	Thomas Cropper Ryley	731	49%
Majority			15	2%
Registered electors			2,045
Turnout			1,477	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Barkeley Smith *	7,859	62%
	Liberal	Washington Champion Rawlins	4,891	38%
Majority			2,968	24%
Registered electors			22,147
Turnout			12,750	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Holder *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,148
	Liberal hold		Swing

1884 Liverpool City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Castle Street

Everton

Exchange

Great George

Lime Street

North Toxteth

Pitt Street

Rodney Street

St. Anne Street

St. Paul's

St. Peter's

Scotland

South Toxteth

Vauxhall

West Derby

By-elections

No. 1, Everton, 21 November 1884

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Peet *	452	52%
	Liberal	William Hood	424	48%
Majority			28	4%
Registered electors			1,151
Turnout			876	76%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas William Oakshott	unopposed
Registered electors			1,531
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Hamilton *	3,410	59%
	Liberal	Henry Vaughan	2,380	41%
Majority			1,030	18%
Registered electors			9,641
Turnout			5,790	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Joseph McAdam *	unopposed
Registered electors			803
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Liberal	Frederick Smith	763	50%
	Conservative	William John Stewart *	748	50%
Majority			15	0%	N/A
Registered electors			2,327
Turnout			1,511	65%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Hayes Sheen *	884	56%
	Liberal	James Fitzpatrick	684	44%
Majority			200	12%
Registered electors			2,278
Turnout			1,568	69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Curzon Dobell	561	51%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	540	49%
Majority			21	2%
Registered electors			1,530
Turnout			1,101	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring	515	52%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	484	48%
Majority			31	4%
Registered electors			1,467
Turnout			999	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Home Rule	Laurence Connolly *	unopposed
Registered electors			7,083
	Home Rule hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Byrne	652	61%
	Home Rule	Charles McArdle *	423	39%
Majority			229	22%	N/A
Registered electors			1,546
Turnout			1,075	70%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William John Lunt *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,960
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Houlding	8,198	58%
		David Hughes	5,819	42%
Majority			2,379
Registered electors			22,147
Turnout			14,017	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing