1881 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool Town Council elections 1881 February 2018 February 2018 1881 Liverpool Town Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1881 11 01 1880 1880 Liverpool City Council election 1882 1882 Liverpool City Council election 16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (including Aldermen) seats needed for a majority Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1881. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??Irish Home Rule 5 0 0 5 Election result Liverpool local election result 1881 Conservative Party (UK) 11 2 0 +2 69% 55% 4,169 Liberal Party (UK) 3 0 2 -2 19% 45% 3,439 Home Rule League 2 12.5% Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Bower * 954 58% Liberal Party (UK) Astrup Cariss 697 42% 257 16% 2,426 1,551 68% Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Bond Morgan 752 52% Liberal Party (UK) William Crosfield * 702 48% 50 4% N/A 1,911 1,454 76% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal 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 Conservative Party (UK) George Peet 455 54% Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Bennett Jackson 387 46% 68 8% 1,168 842 72% Conservative Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) Edward Grindley * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Robert Hamilton unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Liberal Party (UK) Francis Joseph McAdam 326 58% Conservative Party (UK) Horatio Syred 235 42% 91 16% 811 561 69% Liberal Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) William John Stewart 796 57% Liberal Party (UK) William Oulton 611 43% 185 14% N/A 2,332 1,407 60% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Hayes Sheen * 977 58% Liberal Party (UK) Ronald McDougall 716 42% 261 16% 2,417 1,693 70% Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Conservative Party (UK) Owen Hugh Williams * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Charles Tricks Bowring * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Home Rule League Laurence Connolly * 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 Charles McArdle * 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 1881 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peXExT1NSX25ieDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 front page 19 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pQjFyMGFib2g2YXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 2 19 March 2017 By-elections No. 12, Lime Street, 25 November 1881 Caused by the death of Councillor John Henstock (Party? Lime Street, elected 4 April 1881) which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1881. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcDJFeW9YS3RIcTA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 1 19 March 2017 No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Patrick Holden 609 55% Thomas Davy Laurence 491 45% 118 1,100 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdHdUb20wYUhKdUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30 20 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pZFNXandVN1NXR1k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 31 5 April 2017 Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1883 No. 7, St. Peter's, 25 November 1881 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alexander Balfour (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1879). https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pOGZQa0E4Vm9RQkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1879-1880 pg 2 20 March 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdHdUb20wYUhKdUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30 20 March 2017 No. 7 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) John Stevenson 577 50% Robert Wilson 533 46% Patrick Byrne 50 4% 44 1,160 Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdHdUb20wYUhKdUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30 20 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 1881 Category:1881 English local elections Category:November 1881 in the United Kingdom Category:1880s in Liverpool