1890 Cardiff County Borough Council election

Local election in Cardiff, Wales April 2022 The 1890 Cardiff County Borough Council election was held on Saturday 1 November 1890 to elect councillors to Cardiff County Borough Council in Cardiff, Wales. These were the second all-Cardiff elections since the creation of the county borough. They were first to take place since the increase in number of electoral wards from four to ten. Background Cardiff had become a county borough on 1 April 1889 as a result of the Local Government Act 1888. With its municipal year running from November, the November 1889 elections were the first all-Cardiff elections in the town since becoming a county borough.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 In July 1890 the town's ward boundaries were redrawn, increasing the number of electoral wards from five to ten. On 25 July the General Purposes Committee of the council had redistributed the existing councillors over the ten wards.District News - Cardiff https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4321566/4321572 The Western Mail 6 26 July 1890 Welsh Newspapers Online "The General Purposes Committee of the Cardiff Corporation sat yesterday for the purpose of re-distributing the seats of the council, consequent on the re-division of the borough into ten wards. It had been anticipated that a good deal of acrimony would be shown in this delicate task. The matter, however, passed off good humouredly." The November 1890 elections were the second all-Cardiff elections in the county borough. Not all council seats were up for election, because councillors stood down for election in three-yearly rotation. The next all-Cardiff election took place in November 1891. The council consisted of 30 councillors who were elected by the town's voters and ten aldermen who were elected by the councillors. Overview of the result Contests took place in all ten electoral wards, namely Adamsdown, Canton, Cathays, Central, Grangetown, Park, Riverside, Roath, South and Splott. One council seat was up for election in all wards except for Riverside, where two seats were up for election because of the recent death of a sitting councillor.Cardiff Municipal Elections - Liberal Victory https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3718794/3718797 South Wales Daily News 3–4 3 November 1890 Welsh Newspapers Online Prior to the election, seven of the eleven seats were held by the Liberal Party and four by the Conservatives. The election resulted in the Liberals increasing their overall representation by one. The Liberals received 6,518 votes in comparison with 5,535 for the Conservative candidates. Notable defeats included Sir Morgan Morgan in the Park ward, who lost to the Liberal candidate by 98 votes. Council composition Following these elections, the council's Liberal majority increased by two, with 25 Liberal members and 15 Conservatives.The Municipal Elections - Cardiff https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4322331/43223367 The Western Mail 5 3 November 1890 Welsh Newspapers Online Ward results Adamsdown Adamsdown ward 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Edward Thomas * 727 Conservative Party (UK) L. S. Bickley 287 Liberal Party (UK) Canton Canton ward 1890 Liberal Party (UK) W. E. Vaughan * 548 Conservative Party (UK) H. Butler 382 Liberal Party (UK) Cathays Cathays ward 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Peter Price * 621 Conservative Party (UK) H. White 561 Independent Labour A. Good 262 Liberal Party (UK) Central Central ward 1890 Conservative Party (UK) Walter Raleigh Parker 617 Liberal Party (UK) J. Guy Proger * 615 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Mr Proger had represented the ward for the previous 12 years. Grangetown Grangetown ward 1890 Liberal-Labour (UK) John Jenkins 484 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Upham 260 John Jenkins, a shipwright and a nominee of Cardiff Trades Council, was declared to be the first genuine working man's representative elected to the council. Park Cathays ward 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Charles Shepherd 747 Conservative Party (UK) Sir Morgan Morgan * 649 Independent politician Rees Enoch 36 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Despite trailing by 100 votes after the first count, Sir Morgan Morgan's supporters demanded two recounts before conceding defeat. Riverside (two seats) Riverside ward (1) 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Dr James 638 Conservative Party (UK) R. Price * 615 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) An election was held on the same date, for the seat of Conservative councillor Smith, who had recently died. Riverside ward (2) 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Noah Rees 635 Conservative Party (UK) Mr Evans 605 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Roath Roath ward 1890 Conservative Party (UK) W. J. Trounce * 746 Liberal Party (UK) J. Sully Stowe 378 Conservative Party (UK) South South ward 1890 Conservative Party (UK) J. H. Cory 512 Liberal Party (UK) F. J. Beavan * 456 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Splott Splott ward 1890 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Andrews 397 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Jenkins 301 * = 'retiring' ward councillor for re-election References collapsed collapsed Cardiff Category:Council elections in Cardiff Category:19th century in Cardiff