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Liverpool City Council elections 1880
February 2018
February 2018
1880 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1880 11 01 1879 1879 Liverpool Town Council election 1881 1881 Liverpool City Council election 16 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 1 November 1880. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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 1880
Conservative Party (UK)
9
0
1
-1
56%
53%
25,821
Liberal Party (UK)
6
1
0
+1
37.5%
41%
20,040
Home Rule League
1
0
0
0
6%
6.1%
2,972
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas English Stephens
1,041
52%
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. George Gill *
960
48%
81
4%
N/A
2,478
2,001
81%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexander Garnett *
782
51%
Liberal Party (UK)
George Holt
756
49%
26
2%
1,945
1,538
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 1 Everton
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Whitley MP *
7,972
61%
Liberal Party (UK)
Owen Williams
5,166
39%
2,806
22%
29,110
13,138
45%
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Liberal Party (UK)
Robert Durning Holt *
905
57%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Bond Morgan
693
43%
212
14%
2,223
1,598
72%
Liberal Party (UK)
Great George
No. 9 Great George
Liberal Party (UK)
John Hays Wilson *
523
56%
Conservative Party (UK)
Walter Pierce
415
44%
108
12%
1,210
938
78%
Liberal Party (UK)
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Conservative Party (UK)
James Alexander Forrest *
713
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Henderson
658
48%
55
4%
1,705
1,371
80%
Conservative Party (UK)
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hughes
2,934
55%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Thomas Warrington
2,400
45%
534
10%
7,844
5,334
68%
Conservative Party (UK)
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Charles Hawley *
393
57%
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Jennings
294
43%
99
14%
848
687
81%
Liberal Party (UK)
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Conservative Party (UK)
David Radcliffe *
955
50%
Liberal Party (UK)
Edward Richard Russell
938
50%
17
0%
2,499
1,893
76%
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. William Cross *
1,070
51%
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Shepherd Little
1,018
49%
52
2%
2,571
2,088
81%
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Conservative Party (UK)
George Curzon Dobell
708
50%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Williams
703
50%
5
0%
1,767
1,411
80%
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
Edmund Knowles Muspratt *
667
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Boumphrey
560
46%
107
8%
1,632
1,227
75%
Liberal Party (UK)
Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Home Rule League
Patrick de Lacy Garton *
2,972
59%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joshua Siddeley
2,096
41%
876
18%
N/A
7,828
5,068
65%
Irish Home Rule
Irish Home Rule and Liberal
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Bland Royden *
1,937
57%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Evans
1,486
43%
451
14%
5,004
3,423
68%
Conservative Party (UK)
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall
Liberal Party (UK)
John Yates *
875
75%
Conservative Party (UK)
David Quaile
299
25%
576
50%
1,732
1,174
68%
Liberal Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
William Samuel Graves *
3,433
58%
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles Frederick Bosomworth
2,511
42%
922
16%
8,821
5,944
67%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liverpool Daily Post Tuesday 2 November 1880
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUmJpTzdtNUlhNDQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 front page 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pd3pOUW9xU29KMUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 1 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pbjJvQWVEbl9ZN28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 2 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTUlTSjRBeWV6MUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 3 31 January 2017
Aldermanic Elections
At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1880, the terms of office of eight
alderman expired. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pTWdudXFONlZLbE0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 4 31 January 2017 The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1880 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
PartyAlderman Conservative William Chambres * Conservative Henry Jennings Conservative Joseph Gibbons Livingston * Conservative David MacIver MP * Conservative Hugh Hathorn Nicholson * Conservative Thomas Rigby * Conservative Thomas Richard Shallcross Conservative Sir Andrew Barclay Walker *
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMl82anh1UDA4MWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 11 31 January 2017
By-elections
No. 6, Castle Street, 21 March 1881
Caused by the death of Councillor William Crossfield (Liberal, Castle Street,
elected 1 November 1878),
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pN2JpMWpsOEhzeEU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-1879 page 2 19 March 2017
which was reported to the Council meeting on 2 March 1881.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUjdzakNtYTdSaUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 169 31 January 2017
No. 6 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Bond Morgan
727
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Crosfield
679
48%
48
4%
N/A
1,945
1,406
72%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peXRoRGRybFJVZmM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 195 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1paERhTXJQQjdvVGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 196 31 January 2017
No. 4, St. Paul's, 4 April 1881
Caused by the result of the election for the St. Paul's ward on 1 November 1879
being declared void under the Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act, 1872.
Andrew Patterson, the Agent for George Curzon Dobell (Conservative), was found to
have given 5 shillings to Catherine Tallon in order to induce her to vote for
George Curzon Dobell.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWXVKRkdzTE9Cam8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 187 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pUTVHQkNnbnVlbWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 188 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pR0w5cTlOUmprVnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 189 31 January 2017
No. 4 St. Paul's
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Wheeler Preston
635
50.4%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Thomas Warrington
626
49.6%
9
0.8%
1,767
1,261
71%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peXRoRGRybFJVZmM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 195 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWXBkUWZNZldIQm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 196 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pak1oc2ZkMFFqNkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 197 31 January 2017
No. 12, Lime Street, 4 April 1881
Caused by the result of the election for the Lime Street ward on 1 November 1879
being declared void under the Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act, 1872.
Edward Dobson, the Agent for James Alexander Forrest (Conservative), was found to
have given a pair of gloves to Martha Wilson in order to induce her to vote for James Alexander Forrest.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pR0w5cTlOUmprVnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 189 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pY29xMFcyRm9oaGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 190 31 January 2017
No. 12 Lime Street
John Henstock
713
52%
Mr. Turner
513
45%
113
1,705
1,139
67%
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pWXBkUWZNZldIQm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 196 31 January 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pak1oc2ZkMFFqNkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 197 31 January 2017
No. 6, Castle Street, 11 May 1881
No. 6 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
James Marke Wood
unopposed
1,945
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcEJVbHdSNlVmV2s Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 197 19 March 2017
No. 10, Rodney Street, 11 May 1881
No. 10 Rodney Street
Liberal Party (UK)
John McDiarmid
unopposed
2,499
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pcEJVbHdSNlVmV2s Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 197 19 March 2017
No. 9, Great George, 26 May 1881
No. 9 Great George
John Frederick Rogers
unopposed
1,210
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pOWl6dmt3ZTNkMkE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 239 19 March 2017
No. 16, North Toxteth, 17 June 1881
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Fell Steble
(Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1878).
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pc0gtWGk5Y1N1Tm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-79 page 1 19 March 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pN2JpMWpsOEhzeEU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1878-79 page 2 19 March 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peElIcDJiMFM3VVE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 251 19 March 2017
No. 16 North Toxteth
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Hamilton
unopposed
7,844
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1peElIcDJiMFM3VVE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 251 19 March 2017
No. 4, St. Paul's, 4 July 1881
No. 4 St. Paul's
John William McWean
641
52%
Mr. Preston
585
48%
56
1,767
1,226
69%
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pZXBRZjhSY0Q0djg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880 page 252 19 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
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