1887 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool Town Council elections 1887 February 2018 February 2018 1887 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1887 11 01 1886 1886 Liverpool City Council election 1888 1888 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 Tuesday 1 November 1887. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Fourteen of the sixteen seats were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? -1 16 ??Liberal ?? +1 0 ??Irish Home Rule 6 0 0 6 Election result Liverpool local election result 1887 Conservative Party (UK) 9 0 1 -1 56% 51.34% 1,267 Liberal Party (UK) 5 1 0 +1 31% 48.66% 1,201 Home Rule League 2 0 0 0 12.5% Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) George Henry Ball unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Bond Morgan * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) James Barkeley Smith * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Holder * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Edward Paull 431 51% Conservative Party (UK) George Peet * 420 49% 11 2% N/A 851 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas William Oakshott * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Robert Hamilton * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Conservative Party (UK) Francis Joseph McAdam * Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Smith * Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) William Clarkson 847 52% Liberal Party (UK) Samuel McMillin 770 48% 77 4% 1,617 Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) George Curzon Dobell * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) William Benjamin Bowring * Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League Edward Purcell unopposed Home Rule League South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Ball * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Home Rule League Patrick Byrne unopposed Home Rule League West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) William John Lunt * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2 November 1887 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdG9qU2dmeXVjVGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 front page 1 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMTRsTl9OYnphTlE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 1 1 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraFUxM2d3OGhYb00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 2 1 April 2017 By-elections No. 2 Scotland, 29 December 1887 Caused by the resignation of Cllr. William Madden (Home Rule, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pU29tX1Z6Z1EtSnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2 1 April 2017 No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League Patrick Edmund O'Hare unopposed Home Rule League https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSHpJblRWQ3pHOUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 66 1 April 2017 No. 3, Vauxhall, 31 January 1888 Caused by the death of Councillor John Yates (Irish Home Rule, Vauxhall, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pU29tX1Z6Z1EtSnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2 1 April 2017 No. 3 Vauxhall Home Rule League John Gregory Taggart unopposed Home Rule League https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdGZwRU93MnZZUEU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 94 1 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 1887 Category:1887 English local elections Category:1880s in Liverpool