1889 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1889. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Four of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	-5	16	??
Liberal	??	+4	0	??
Irish Nationalists	4	+2	0	4
Irish Home Rule	2	-2	0	2
Liberal Unionist	1	+1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1889
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	7	0	5	-5	44%	57%	16,723
Liberal	6	4	0	+4	50%	18%	5,163
Irish Nationalist	2	2	0	+2	13%	19%	5,423
Liberal Unionist	1	1	0	+1	6.3%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	5.5%	1,602

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove *	757	53%
	Liberal	John Lea	684	47%
Majority			73	6%
Registered electors			2,210
Turnout			1,441	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Hugh Hornby	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal Unionist gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Whitley MP *	5,433	84%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	1,050	16%
Majority			4,383	68%
Registered electors			23,228
Turnout			6,483	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Durning Holt *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Whitely	423	54%
	Conservative	William Roberts	364	46%
Majority			59	8%	N/A
Registered electors			1,079
Turnout			787	73%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Duncan the younger *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell *	2,135	71%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael McGrath	893	29%
Majority			1,242	42%
Registered electors			9,549
Turnout			3,028	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hawley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Augustine Gibson	721	51%
	Conservative	Matthew Henry Larmor	682	49%
Majority			39	2%	N/A
Registered electors			2,275
Turnout			1,403	62%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur John Jones Bamford	640	43%
	Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant	613	41%
		Henry Cartwright Gilmore	247	16%
Majority			27
Registered electors			2,080
Turnout			1,500	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone	520	54%
	Conservative	Sylvester Mattison *	450	46%
Majority			70	8%	N/A
Registered electors			1,353
Turnout			970	72%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts	609	54%
	Conservative	Isaac Morris *	515	45%
Majority			94		N/A
Registered electors			1,479
Turnout			1,124	76%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey	2,890	77%
	Conservative	Harry Thomas	858	23%
Majority			2,032	54%	N/A
Registered electors			6,832
Turnout			3,748	56%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Evans	1,717	52%
	Liberal	John Thomas	1,593	48%
Majority			124	4%
Registered electors			5,468
Turnout			3,310	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart	574	73%
	Conservative	Henry Fitzwilliam Neale	214	27%
Majority			360	46%	N/A
Registered electors			1,174
Turnout			788	67%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ephraim Walker	2,958	65%
	Labour	William Matkin	1,602	35%
Majority			1.356	30%
Registered electors			10,448
Turnout			4,560	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Aldermanic Election

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1892, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.^[5]

The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1889 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Anthony Bower *
	Conservative	Arthur Bower Forwood *
	Conservative	Sir William Bower Forwood *
	Conservative	Alexander Garnett *
	Conservative	Edward Grindley *
	Conservative	Sir David Radcliffe *
	Conservative	William Radcliffe
	Conservative	Edward Samuelson *

^[6]

By-elections

No. 15, South Toxteth, Tuesday 26 November 1889

Caused by the election of William Radcliffe (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1888)^[7] being elected as an alderman on 9 November 1889 ^[8]

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James De Bels Adam	1,734	45%
	Liberal	John Thomas	1,699	44%
		Harry Thomas	398	10%
Majority			135
Registered electors			5,468
Turnout			3,831	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 14, West Derby, Tuesday 17 December 1889

Following the resignation of Sir Andrew Barclay Walker as an alderman ^[10] , Councillor William John Lunt (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1887) ^[11] was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 December 1889 .^[12]

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Barrell Rodway	2,384	60%
	Labour	William Matkin	1,566	40%
Majority			818	20%
Registered electors			10,448
Turnout			3,950	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[13]

No. 12, Lime Street, Tuesday 25 February 1890

The resignation of Alderman Sir David Radcliffe was reported to the Council on 8 January 1890 .^[14]

Councillor Thomas William Oakshott (Conservative. Lime Street, elected 1 November 1887) ^[15] , was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 5 February 1890 .^[16]

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Davy Laurence	574	54%
	Conservative	Isaac Morris	496	46%
Majority			78	8%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,070
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[17]

No. 3, Vauxhall, Friday 23 May 1890

The death, on 5 May 1890, of Councillor Patrick Byrne (Irish Home Rule, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1887) ^[18] was reported to the Council on 7 May 1890 .^[19]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	394	52%
	Conservative	Henry Fitzwilliam Neale	218	29%
		Patrick Joseph Deery	149	20%
Majority			176
Registered electors			1,174
Turnout			761	65%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Home Rule		Swing

^[20]

References

^ Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1889
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