1888 Liverpool City Council election

1888 Liverpool City Council election

November 1, 1888 (1888-11-01)
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 Saturday 1 November 1888. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eight of the sixteen seats were contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1888

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	0	+1	63%	52%	5,098
	Liberal	4	0	1	-1	25%	48%	4,779
	Irish Nationalist	2				12.5%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *	854	56%
	Liberal	Henry Cartwright Gillmore	658	44%
Majority			196	12%
Registered electors			2,226
Turnout			1,512	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bartlett	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Houlding *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Watts Leyland	754	51%
	Liberal	Edwin Morris	737	49%
Majority			37	2%
Registered electors			2,061
Turnout			1,491	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Ruddin *	389	52%
	Conservative	Samuel King	352	48%
Majority			37	4%
Registered electors			1,086
Turnout			741	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Allanson Picton *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Miles *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh McCubbin	625	50.4%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone *	615	49.6%
Majority			10	0.8%	N/A
Registered electors			2,288
Turnout			1,240	54%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel McMillin	940	58%
	Conservative	Joseph Woodcock *	676	42%
Majority			264	16%	N/A
Registered electors			2,153
Turnout			1,616	75%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Davies *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Alexander Murray Bligh *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	1,837	56%
	Liberal	John Thomas	1,440	44%
Majority			397	12%
Registered electors			5,323
Turnout			3,277	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Hatton Cookson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1886) ^[5] reported to the Council on 1 May 1889 .^[6]

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Whiteley *	392	56%
	Conservative	Samuel King	308	44%
Majority			84	12%
Registered electors			1,086
Turnout			700	64%
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[7]

No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889

Caused by the death of Councillor Sir James Allanson Picton (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1888) ^[8] on 15 July 1889 .^[9]

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Henderson	472	61%
		John Bond	299	39%
Majority			173
Registered electors
Turnout			771
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

.^[10]

No. 2, Scotland

Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 29 December 1887)^[11] on 3 October 1889 .^[12]

Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889.

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

See also

• 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

1. Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1888
2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 front page". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 1". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 188". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 208". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 259". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
10. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 280". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
11. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 66". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
12. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 310". Retrieved 1 April 2017.