1889 United Kingdom local elections

none April 2022 thumb|Resulting party control by county council. Elections to the municipal and county councils of England and Wales were held in 1889. Elections to the various county councils were held in January 1889. Progressive candidates won a majority on London County Council, although at this point party labels were relatively unimportant, with municipal and county politics in Victorian Britain being somewhat detached from national politics, and national political divisions.https://books.google.com/books?id=A1yI5GjsmNsC&q=1889+local+elections+january&pg=PA29 POLITICS & PEOPLE OF LONDON: London County Council, 1889-1965 Andrew Saint Jan 1, 1989 Bloomsbury Academic 9781852850296 Google Books Liberal candidates would do particularly well in Wales however, winning clear majorities in 11 of Wales' 13 counties.http://www.clickonwales.org/wp-content/uploads/13_Factfile_Democracy_6.pdf p.2 2015-11-14 2013-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20130125040616/http://www.clickonwales.org/wp-content/uploads/13_Factfile_Democracy_6.pdf dead The Liberals only failed to take Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, which had hung councils. In the English counties the Liberals took only Cumberland, Holland, London, and the West Riding, with most councils being run on a non-party basis. The elections were the first following the Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), which had established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales. Prior to the act there had been no elected body at the county level, with counties being governed by justices of the peace in Quarter Sessions.Surrey History Centre – Electoral Registers Research Guide http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/36321/5-The-local-government-franchise-before-1918.pdf live May 31, 2021 www.surreycc.gov.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024034/http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/36321/5-The-local-government-franchise-before-1918.pdf 2015-11-17 A similar act - the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 - would later establish county councils in Scotland. Irish local governance would remain unreformed until 1898, and the passing of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Results England thumb|English administrative counties, 1890-1965. thumb|200px|Representation by divisions on the London County Council. Liberals held a majority. Council Result Details Bedfordshire Independent (politician)Details Berkshire Independent (politician)Details Buckinghamshire Independent (politician)Details Cambridgeshire Independent (politician)Details Cheshire Independent (politician)Details Cornwall Independent (politician)Details Cumberland Liberal Party (UK)Details Derbyshire Independent (politician)Details Devon Independent (politician)Details Dorset Independent (politician)Details Durham Independent (politician)Details East Suffolk Independent (politician)Details East Sussex Independent (politician)Details Essex Independent (politician)Details Gloucestershire Independent (politician)Details Hampshire Independent (politician)Details Herefordshire Independent (politician)Details Hertfordshire Independent (politician)Details Holland Liberal Party (UK)Details Huntingdonshire Independent (politician)Details Isle of Ely Independent (politician)Details Kent Independent (politician)Details Kesteven Independent (politician)Details Lancashire Independent (politician)Details Leicestershire Independent (politician)Details Lindsey Independent (politician)Details London Progressive Party (London)Details Middlesex Independent (politician)Details Nottinghamshire No overall controlDetails East Riding Independent (politician)Details North Riding Independent (politician)Details West Riding Liberal Party (UK)Details West Suffolk Independent (politician)Details West Sussex Independent (politician)Details Westmorland Independent (politician)Details Wiltshire Independent (politician)Details Worcestershire Independent (politician)Details Wales Council Result Details Anglesey Liberal Party (UK)Details Brecknockshire No overall controlDetails Carnarvonshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Cardiganshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Carmarthenshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Denbighshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Flintshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Glamorgan Liberal Party (UK)Details Merionethshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Monmouthshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Montgomeryshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Pembrokeshire Liberal Party (UK)Details Radnorshire No overall controlDetails See also United Kingdom national and local elections United Kingdom by-election records References