1886 Liverpool City Council election
Liverpool Town Council elections 1886
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1886. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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November 1, 1886
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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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After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | ?? | +4 | 16 | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | -6 | 0 | ?? | |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Irish Nationalists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/â | |
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| Conservative | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75% | 55% | 3,805 | ||
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 12.5% | 45% | 3,103 | ||
| Home Rule | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | ||||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 903 | 60% | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Goffey | 606 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 297 | 20% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,323 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,509 | 65% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Marke Wood * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Edward Whitley MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Exchange
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Great George
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Bird Hall | 400 | 51% | ||
| Liberal | Edward Paull | 389 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 11 | 2% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,132 | ||||
| Turnout | 789 | 70% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Duncan the younger | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative gain from | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Herbert Campbell | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Henry Charles Hawley * | 327 | 57% | ||
| Conservative | Ephraim Walker | 246 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 81 | 14% | |||
| Registered electors | 785 | ||||
| Turnout | 573 | 73% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Matthew Henry Larmor | 809 | 56% | ||
| Liberal | John McDiarmid * | 626 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 183 | 16% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,403 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,435 | 60% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Dr. William Cross * | 889 | 60% | ||
| Liberal | John Prendeville | 600 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 289 | 20% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,489 | 67% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Sylvester Mattison | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Isaac Morris | 558 | 50% | ||
| Liberal | Edmund Knowles Muspratt * | 555 | 50% | ||
| Majority | 3 | 0% | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,523 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,113 | 73% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Scotland
South Toxteth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Vauxhall
West Derby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Poole * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Election
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1886, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.[5] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1886 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | |
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| Conservative | William Cross | |
| Conservative | John Hughes * | |
| Conservative | Henry Jennings * | |
| Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston * | |
| Conservative | David MacIver * | |
| Conservative | Hugh Hathorn Nicholson * | |
| Conservative | Thomas Richard Shallcross * | |
| Conservative | Sir Andrew Barclay Walker | |
By-elections
No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886
Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1884).[11]
No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886
Caused by the election of Dr. William Cross (Conservative, St. Anne's Street, elected 1 November 1886)[13] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1886.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| William Bennett | 841 | 54% | |||
| John Prendiville | 710 | 46% | |||
| Majority | 131 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,234 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,551 | 69% | |||
| Swing | |||||
No. 11, Abercromby
Alderman John Pearson died on 2 June 1887.[15] Councillor Anthony Bower (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1884) [16] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 July 1887. [17] [18] [19]
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880âpresent
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England