1885 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool City Council elections 1885 February 2018 February 2018 1885 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary yes 1885 11 02 1884 1884 Liverpool City Council election 1886 1886 Liverpool City Council election 16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1885. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. After the elections, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +3 16 ??Liberal ?? -3 0 ??Irish Home Rule 3 0 0 3Irish Nationalists 1 0 0 1 Election result Liverpool local election result 1885 Conservative Party (UK) 9 3 0 +3 56% 41% 2,184 Liberal Party (UK) 5 0 3 -3 31% 39% 2,103 Home Rule League 2 0 0 0 12.5% 11% 607 Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * unopposed 2,325 Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) William Bartlett 830 55% Liberal Party (UK) Walter Blease 687 45% 143 10% N/A 2,081 1,517 73% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) John Houlding Unopposed N/A N/A 22,344 Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) Robert Wheeler Preston 788 56% Home Rule League Dr. John Bligh 607 44% 181 12% N/A 2,154 1,395 65% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) James Ruddin unopposed 1,158 Liberal Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Liberal Party (UK) Sir James Allanson Picton * Unopposed N/A N/A 1,863 Liberal Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Hughes * unopposed 2,709 Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Liberal Party (UK) Jeremiah Miles * unopposed 719 Liberal Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Liberal Party (UK) Philip Henry Rathbone * 856 64% N. Smyth 477 36% 379 2,312 1,333 58% Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Woodcock * unopposed 2,351 Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Liberal Party (UK) John Davies * unopposed 1,512 Liberal Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Hill Holme 566 50% Liberal Party (UK) John Stevenson * 560 50% 6 0% N/A 1,489 1,126 76% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * unopposed 7,855 Home Rule League South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) William Radcliffe * unopposed 5,586 Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Home Rule League Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Unopposed N/A N/A 1,515 Home Rule League West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Edward Hatton Cookson unopposed 10,084 Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 3 November 1885 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pbWdNZ1pTRWFqOE0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 front page 25 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdXJiMlhJeG44dEE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 2 25 March 2017 By-elections No.2, Scotland, 11 November 1885 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Simpson (Liberal, Scotland, elected 1 November 1883), https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcnR0eFpJZlRXekk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 2 25 March 2017 reported to the Council on 2 December 1885. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peHNZN3VqZUhjYUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 34 25 March 2017 No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League William Madden 1,791 85% John McArdle 318 15% 1,473 7,855 2,109 27% Home Rule League Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUFdmZlB1YjZTTmc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 33 25 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peHNZN3VqZUhjYUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 34 25 March 2017 No.12, Lime Street, 4 June 1886 Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Patrick Holden (Party?, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1883) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcnR0eFpJZlRXekk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 2 25 March 2017 on 17 May 1886. No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) John Duncan the younger unopposed 1,863 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pT1I0MUNGeWM1V3M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 18835-1886 page 224 25 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSG9oaHV5TEpldTg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 225 25 March 2017 No. 16, North Toxteth, 22 July 1886 Alderman Thomas Rigby died on 4 June 1886. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pT1I0MUNGeWM1V3M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 224 25 March 2017 In his place Councillor John Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1st November 1883) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcnR0eFpJZlRXekk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 2 25 March 2017 was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 7 July 1886 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSG9oaHV5TEpldTg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 225 25 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcWNGMGlrZjgxbGs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 226 25 March 2017 No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Campbell unopposed 2,709 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWVhfUmN2clNFVXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1885-1886 page 244 25 March 2017 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 30em 1885 Category:1885 English local elections Category:1880s in Liverpool