Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1882. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 seats needed for a majority | ||
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Ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Home Rule | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% | 43% | 4,926 | ||
Liberal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 48% | 5,540 | ||
Home Rule | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | ||||
Ratepayers' Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5.8% | 663 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 304 | ||
Labour League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 28 |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Smith * | 788 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Edmund Taylor | 730 | 48% | ||
Majority | 58 | 4% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,518 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Galloway | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | 842 | 73% | ||
Labour | Patrick Murphy | 304 | 27% | ||
Majority | 538 | 46% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,146 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Lewis * | 563 | 61% | ||
Conservative | Thomas McCracken | 356 | 39% | ||
Majority | 207 | 22% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 919 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Lime Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | 690 | 78% | ||
Ratepayers' Association | Archibald Beatty | 195 | 22% | ||
Majority | 495 | 56% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 885 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
North Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pitt Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Rodney Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Woodcock | 815 | 48% | ||
Ratepayers' Association | Patrick Byrne | 468 | 27% | ||
Liberal | Henry Vaughan | 391 | 23% | ||
Labour League | John O'Brien | 28 | 1.6% | ||
Majority | 424 | 21% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,702 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Paul's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Stevenson | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule hold | Swing |
South Toxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Radcliffe * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Andrew Commins MP * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Home Rule hold | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Leigh Gregson | 3,025 | 57% | ||
Liberal | William Simpson | 2,266 | 43% | ||
Majority | 759 | 14% | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 5,291 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections
No.2, Scotland, 7 August 1883
Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick de Lacy Garton (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1880 – 1881)[5][6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Patrick Byrne | 1,690 | 58% | ||
Joseph Thomas | 1,153 | 39% | |||
John O'Brien | 78 | 2.7% | |||
Majority | 537 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,921 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing |
Aldermanic By Election, 18 September 1883
Alderman John Weightman died on 5 August 1883.[9]Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1876)[10]was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18 September 1883.[11]
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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