1890 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1890. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

1890 Liverpool City Council election
November 1, 1890 (1890-11-01)
16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative ??-516 ??
Liberal ??+50 ??
Irish Nationalists6+106
Independent1+101

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1890
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 4 0 6 -6 25% 49% 18,864
  Liberal 9 5 0 +5 56% 28% 10,868
  Irish Nationalist 2 0 0 0 13% 7.9% 3,076
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 6.3% 8.6% 3,320
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0% 6.9% 2,684

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Lea 836 53%
Conservative William James Burgess 734 47%
Majority 102 6% N/A
Registered electors 2,223
Turnout 1,570 71%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Bond Morgan * 776 55%
Liberal William Crosfield 642 45%
Majority 134 10%
Registered electors 2,166
Turnout 1,418 65%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton
No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Barklay Smith * 5,566 63%
Liberal Eli Brooks 3,045 34%
Labour Thomas Murphy 169 1.8%
Independent William Saxton 74 0.84%
Majority 2,521 31%
Registered electors 23,145
Turnout 8,844 38%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmond Brownbill 872 57%
Conservative William Charles Green 659 43%
Majority 213 14% N/A
Registered electors 2,154
Turnout 1,531 71%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Great George
No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Paull * 451 60%
Conservative William Roberts 299 40%
Majority 152 20%
Registered electors 1,059
Turnout 750 71%
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Davy Laurence 604 54%
Conservative Henry Fitzwilliam Neale 512 46%
Majority 92 8% N/A
Registered electors 1,492
Turnout 1,116 75%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Edward Willink 3,246 59%
Conservative Thomas Henry William Walker 2,274 41%
Majority 972 18% N/A
Registered electors 9,618
Turnout 5,520 57%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Joseph McAdam * 308 66%
Conservative William King 161 34%
Majority 147 32%
Registered electors 710
Turnout 469 66%
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Smith * 801 51%
Conservative Major Matthew Henry Larmor 773 49%
Majority 28 2%
Registered electors 2,329
Turnout 1,574 68%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant 939 56%
Conservative William Clarkson * 732 44%
Majority 207 12% N/A
Registered electors 2,172
Turnout 1,671 77%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathaniel Topp 525 56%
Conservative Frank John Leslie 405 44%
Majority 120 12% N/A
Registered electors 1,342
Turnout 930 69%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Benjamin Bowring * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell * 2,534 70%
Conservative Richard Beckett 1,097 30%
Majority 1,446 40%
Registered electors 6,824
Turnout 3,640 53%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Ball * 1,939 51%
Liberal Joseph Paul Brunner 1,845 49%
Majority 94 2%
Registered electors 5,968
Turnout 3,784 63%
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Kelly 533 79%
Conservative Major John McCabe 139 21%
Majority 394 58%
Registered electors 1,002
Turnout 672 67%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Barrell Rodway 2,798 53%
Labour William Mafkin 2.525 47%
Majority 273 6%
Registered electors 10,700
Turnout 5,323 50%
Conservative hold Swing

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By-elections

No. 16, North Toxteth, 19 March 1891

Caused by the death of Alderman Anthony Bower on 31 January 1891.[5] Following this Councillor Thomas Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1888)[6] was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 March 1891 [7] [8] resulting in a vacancy in the North Toxteth ward.

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William James Burgess 2,326 51%
Liberal John Lamport Eills 2,212 49%
Majority 114 2%
Registered electors 9,618
Turnout 4,538 47%
Conservative hold Swing

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See also

References
  1. Liverpool Daily Post Monday 3 November 1890
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 1". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 2". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 3". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 86". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1888 - 1889 page 2". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 114". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 115". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 134". Retrieved 8 April 2017.
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