1888_Liverpool_City_Council_election

1888 Liverpool City Council election

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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:

More information Party, Councillors ...

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

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Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1888

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

	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%

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

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

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

1888_Liverpool_City_Council_election

1888 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. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889

No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889

No. 2, Scotland

See also

References

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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