1887 Cardiff Town Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales April 2022 The 1887 Cardiff Town Council election was held on Tuesday 1 November 1887 to elect councillors to Cardiff Town Council in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. These were to be the penultimate all-Cardiff elections before the creation of the county borough in 1889. The previous elections were in November 1886 and the final town council elections were to take place on 1 November 1888. The election saw the Liberals gain an extra four seats in Cardiff. Background Cardiff Town Council had been created in 1836. Elections were held annually, though not all council seats were included in each contest, because the six councillors in each ward stood down for election in three-yearly rotation. The council consisted of 30 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and ten aldermen who were elected by the councillors.B. W. Row, F. G. Squire Cardiff 1889-1974 - The Story of the County Borough 1974 14–16 The Corporation of Cardiff, City Hall, Cardiff Ten seats were up for election in November 1888. Overview of the result Contests took place in four of the five Cardiff electoral wards in November 1887. In the East ward the two councillors were elected unopposed. The weather was exceptionally poor on polling day, but the South Wales Echo reported a strong turnout of the town's Irish voters. There was also noticeably strong campaigning by the Liberal Party, with many carriages made available to transport 'lady voters' to the polling booths.The Municipal Elections at Cardiff https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4408886/4408890 South Wales Echo 4 2 November 1887 Welsh Newspapers Online Council composition The Liberal Party saw an increase of four seats, which made the composition of the council immediately following these elections as Conservatives 20, Liberals 19. There was one vacant alderman seat following the death of Alderman Jones. Whoever filled the post could affect the balance of the council.The Municipal Elections - Cardiff https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3373806/3373811 Weekly Mail 5 5 November 1887 Welsh Newspapers Online Ward results Canton Canton ward 1887 Liberal Party (UK) W. E. Vaughan * 1,381 Liberal Party (UK) J. R. James 1,366 Conservative Party (UK) J. W. A. Stevens * 935 Liberal Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) East East ward 1887 Conservative Party (UK) Sir Morgan Morgan * Liberal Party (UK) P. Price * Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Roath Roath ward 1887 Liberal Party (UK) E. F. Kennard 1,409 Conservative Party (UK) W. J. Trounce * 1,271 Liberal Party (UK) John Sully Stowe 1,222 Conservative Party (UK) Solomon Andrews* 721 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) In such a large ward there was only one polling station, in the schoolroom in Metal Street, but interest was much stronger than normal. South South ward 1887 Liberal Party (UK) F. J. Beavan 574 Liberal Party (UK) W. B. Gibbs 547 Conservative Party (UK) W. C. Hurley * 500 Conservative Party (UK) V. Trayes * 463 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) South had been regarded as a Conservative stronghold. However, with a 79% turnout and with Irish voters supporting the Liberals almost exclusively, the retiring Conservative councillors lost their seats. New councillor Beavan had stood unsuccessfully in November 1886 (previously representing the Canton ward). West West ward 1887 Liberal Party (UK) J. G. Proger * 645 Conservative Party (UK) R. Price 601 Liberal Party (UK) J. H. Jones * 575 Conservative Party (UK) S. Herne 455 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) There was considerable interest in the West ward election (with very large crowds at the results) because there had been no contest in the ward for many years. Mr Proger had represented the ward for nine years without having to fight a contest. * = 'retiring' ward councillor for re-election References collapsed Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:19th century in Cardiff Category:1887 Welsh local elections