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1886 Liverpool City Council election

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.

1886 Liverpool City Council election
← 1886 November 1, 1886 (1886-11-01) 1887 →
16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? +4 16 ??
Liberal ?? -6 0 ??
Irish Home Rule 5 +2 0 5
Irish Nationalists 1 0 0 1

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1886
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

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No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Marke Wood * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

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No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Whitley MP * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Exchange

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No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Durning Holt * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Great George

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No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Duncan the younger unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Swing

North Toxteth

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No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Herbert Campbell unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street

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No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sylvester Mattison unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule William Madden unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

South Toxteth

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No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Vauxhall

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No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John Yates * unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing

West Derby

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No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Poole * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4]

Aldermanic Election

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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
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

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

By-elections

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No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886

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Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1884).[11]

No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Edward Purcell 1,237 51%
Patrick Edmund O'Hare 1,175 49%
Majority 62
Registered electors
Turnout 2,412
Home Rule hold Swing

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No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886

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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.

No. 13 St. Anne's Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
William Bennett 841 54%
John Prendiville 710 46%
Majority 131
Registered electors 2,234
Turnout 1,551 69%
Swing

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No. 11, Abercromby

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2 November 1886
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 front page". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 1". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 4". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 4". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 5". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 6". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 7". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 8". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 3". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 48". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 203". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 207". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 208". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 209". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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