1888 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool Town Council elections 1888 February 2018 February 2018 1888 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1888 11 01 1887 1887 Liverpool City Council election 1889 1889 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 Saturday 1 November 1888. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Eight of the sixteen seats were contested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +1 16 ??Liberal ?? -1 0 ??Irish Home Rule 4 -2 0 4Irish Nationalists 2 +2 0 2 Election result Liverpool local election result 1888 Conservative Party (UK) 10 1 0 +1 63% 52% 5,098 Liberal Party (UK) 4 0 1 -1 25% 48% 4,779 Nationalist Party (Ireland) 2 12.5% Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Abercromby No. 11 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * 854 56% Liberal Party (UK) Henry Cartwright Gillmore 658 44% 196 12% 2,226 1,512 68% Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 6 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) William Bartlett unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 1 Everton Conservative Party (UK) John Houlding * Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) Ralph Watts Leyland 754 51% Liberal Party (UK) Edwin Morris 737 49% 37 2% 2,061 1,491 72% Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) James Ruddin * 389 52% Conservative Party (UK) Samuel King 352 48% 37 4% 1,086 741 68% Liberal Party (UK) Lime Street No. 12 Lime Street Liberal Party (UK) Sir James Allanson Picton * Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) North Toxteth No. 16 North Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Hughes * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Pitt Street No. 8 Pitt Street Liberal Party (UK) Jeremiah Miles * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Rodney Street No. 10 Rodney Street Conservative Party (UK) Hugh McCubbin 625 50.4% Liberal Party (UK) Philip Henry Rathbone * 615 49.6% 10 0.8% N/A 2,288 1,240 54% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne Street No. 13 St. Anne Street Liberal Party (UK) Samuel McMillin 940 58% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Woodcock * 676 42% 264 16% N/A 2,153 1,616 75% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St. Paul's No. 4 St. Paul's Liberal Party (UK) John Davies * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 7 St. Peter's Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Hill Holme * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Scotland No. 2 Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Alexander Murray Bligh * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Home Rule League South Toxteth No. 15 South Toxteth Conservative Party (UK) William Radcliffe * 1,837 56% Liberal Party (UK) John Thomas 1,440 44% 397 12% 5,323 3,277 62% Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 3 Vauxhall Nationalist Party (Ireland) Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Unopposed N/A N/A Nationalist Party (Ireland) Home Rule League West Derby No. 14 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Edward Hatton Cookson * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1888 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSlFMdktqaW9wNms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 front page 1 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrajItaTNsX3RlelU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 1 1 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdDMxRnF4am9FVGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2 1 April 2017 By-elections No. 9 Great George, 14 May 1889 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Bird Hall (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1886) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pU29tX1Z6Z1EtSnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2 1 April 2017 reported to the Council on 1 May 1889 . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrS0tqYjl0SW1JcXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 188 1 April 2017 No. 9 Great George Liberal Party (UK) William Whiteley * 392 56% Conservative Party (UK) Samuel King 308 44% 84 12% 1,086 700 64% Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM3FWZFY0OVdJT1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 208 1 April 2017 No. 12, Lime Street, 8 August 1889 Caused by the death of Councillor Sir James Allanson Picton (Liberal, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1888) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdDMxRnF4am9FVGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 2 1 April 2017 on 15 July 1889 . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWnR6RUpqakVWUUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 259 1 April 2017 No. 12 Lime Street Conservative Party (UK) James Henderson 472 61% John Bond 299 39% 173 771 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrX2wzY3haa2EwelU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888-1889 page 280 1 April 2017 No. 2, Scotland Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick Edmund O'Hare (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 29 December 1887) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSHpJblRWQ3pHOUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 66 1 April 2017 on 3 October 1889 . https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSWJVa1FrYzlPdU0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 310 1 April 2017 Councillor O'Hare's term of office was due to expire on 1 November 1889. No. 2 Scotland 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 1888 Category:1888 English local elections Category:November 1888 in the United Kingdom Category:1880s in Liverpool