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1891 Liverpool City Council election
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Liverpool City Council elections 1891
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February 2018
1891 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1891 11 01 1890 1890 Liverpool City Council election 1892 1892 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 1891. 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:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? -2 16 ??Liberal ?? +2 0 ??Irish Nationalists 6 0 0 6Independent 1 0 0 1
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1891
Conservative Party (UK)
7
1
3
-2
44%
50%
23,384
Liberal Party (UK)
7
3
1
+2
44%
23%
10,936
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
2
0
0
0
13%
6%
3,009
Labour Party (UK)
0
0%
19%
8,638
Independent Conservative
0
0
0
0
0%
1.5%
694
Parnellist
0
0
0
0
0%
0.028%
13
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *
820
53%
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles Henry Beloe
724
47%
96
6%
1,544
Conservative Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
William Bartlett *
733
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
Samuel Hough
677
48%
56
4%
1,410
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 1 Everton
Conservative Party (UK)
John Houlding *
7,100
57%
Labour Party (UK)
William Nicholson
5,388
43%
1,712
14%
12,488
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Liberal Party (UK)
James Alphonse Doughan
821
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Ralph Watts Leyland *
804
49%
17
2%
N/A
1,625
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Great George
No. 9 Great George
Liberal Party (UK)
James Ruddin *
452
59%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Roberts
308
41%
144
18%
760
Liberal Party (UK)
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Petrie
609
54%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Henderson
529
46%
80
8%
N/A
1,138
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
William James Burgess
3,375
54%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Lamport Eills
2,819
46%
556
8%
6,194
Conservative Party (UK)
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Liberal Party (UK)
John Scott
325
59%
Conservative Party (UK)
William King
229
41%
96
18%
554
Liberal Party (UK)
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Liberal Party (UK)
William Henry Picton
806
54%
Independent Conservative
George Henry Ball
694
46%
112
8%
N/A
1,500
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Liberal Party (UK)
Samuel McMillin *
833
52%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Clarkson
751
47%
Parnellite Nationalist
Thomas O'Brien
13
0.81%
82
1,597
Liberal Party (UK)
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Liberal Party (UK)
Richard Robert Meade-King
502
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Stewart Dean
475
49%
27
2%
N/A
977
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
George Grierson
521
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Arthur Hill Holme
499
49%
22
2%
1,020
Liberal Party (UK)
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh *
2,623
66%
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. John Utting
1,330
34%
1,293
32%
6.775
3,953
58%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
James De Bels Adam
2,256
54%
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Paul Brunner
1,927
46%
329
8%
5,600
4,183
75%
Conservative Party (UK)
Vauxhall
No. 14 Vauxhall
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Andrew Commins MP *
386
52%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Henry Edwardes
249
34%
Labour Party (UK)
Hugh McAleavy
102
14%
137
18%
737
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Hatton Cookson *
3,846
55%
Labour Party (UK)
William Matain
3,148
45%
698
10%
11,222
6,994
62%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1891
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdXFKdThvNU9TTlk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 front page 8 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQWZ0MXBNQVNQb00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 1 8 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrODYzcUhSYWZ5R00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 2 8 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrY1lBTkZfWHU5YjQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 3 8 April 2017
By-elections
No. 2, Scotland, 16 January 1892
Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Jeremy Lynsky (Irish Nationalist, Scotland, elected 1 November 1889) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdHZocEp0czNGNDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2 8 April 2017 was reported to the council on 6 January 1892
. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreDQxaktzZ3dyS0k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 92 8 April 2017
Councillor Lynsky resigned his seat to become a candidate for the city coronership.
No. 2 Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
George Jeremy Lynsky *
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbXN4Wkdrcy1IOWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 100 8 April 2017
No. 10, Rodney Street,
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ernest Augustine Gibson (Liberal, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1889), https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdHZocEp0czNGNDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2 8 April 2017 which was reported to the council on 3 February 1892. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbXN4Wkdrcy1IOWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 100 8 April 2017
No. 10 Rodney Street
No. 1, Everton ward, 16 February 1892
Caused by the death of Councillor Edward Whitley MP (Conservative, Everton ward, elected 1 November 1889). https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdHZocEp0czNGNDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2 8 April 2017
No. 1 Everton
Conservative Party (UK)
Ralph Watts Leyland
4,712
57%
Thomas McCracken
3,288
40%
Independent Irish Nationalist
Patrick Kelly
205
2.5%
I & T
William Saxton
31
1,424
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYjZ2WU5TTXVfLWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 129 8 April 2017
Aldermanic By-election, 2 March 1892
The death of Alderman William John Lunt on 14 February 1892 was reported to the council on 2 March 1892. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMjI2VWllSEFMa1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 128 8 April 2017
To fill this position Edward Lawrence was elected by the council as an Alderman on 2 March 1892 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtremdXd0JHdTJGRGM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 131 8 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtramRUaVBvaVl3eXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 132 8 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWFNaX0g0WnNDMXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 133 8 April 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
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