1884_Liverpool_City_Council_election
1884 Liverpool City Council election
City Council elections
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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
More information Party, Councillors ...
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | -1 | 16 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +1 | 0 | ?? | |
Irish Home Rule | 3 | -1 | 0 | 3 | |
Irish Nationalists | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | |
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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 | ||
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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Bower * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,312 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Castle Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Everton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Exchange
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Holder * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,148 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Great George
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Peet * | 452 | 52% | ||
Liberal | William Hood | 424 | 48% | ||
Majority | 28 | 4% | |||
Registered electors | 1,151 | ||||
Turnout | 876 | 76% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Lime Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas William Oakshott | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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North Toxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Pitt Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Francis Joseph McAdam * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 803 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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Rodney Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Anne Street
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Paul's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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St. Peter's
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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Scotland
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Laurence Connolly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,083 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | ||||
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South Toxteth
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Ball * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,473 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Vauxhall
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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West Derby
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William John Lunt * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,960 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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No. 1, Everton, 21 November 1884
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Robert Galloway (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1882).[6]
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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- 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
- Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1884
- Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1884
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 front page". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 1". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1884-1885 page 32". Retrieved 25 March 2017.