1882 Liverpool City Council election

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.

1882 Liverpool City Council election

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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

Ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative????????
Liberal????????
Irish Home Rule5005

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1882
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Conservative600037.5%43%4,926
 Liberal800050%48%5,540
 Home Rule200012.5%
 Ratepayers' Association00000%5.8%663
 Labour00000%2.7%304
 Labour League00000%0.24%28

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalSamuel Smith *78852%
ConservativeEdmund Taylor73048%
Majority584%
Registered electors
Turnout1,518
Liberal holdSwing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Gallowayunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalStephen Barker Guion *84273%
LabourPatrick Murphy30427%
Majority53846%
Registered electors
Turnout1,146
Liberal holdSwing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalBenjamin Lewis *56361%
ConservativeThomas McCracken35639%
Majority20722%
Registered electors
Turnout919
Liberal holdSwing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalSir James Allanson Picton *69078%
Ratepayers' AssociationArchibald Beatty19522%
Majority49556%
Registered electors
Turnout885
Liberal holdSwing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas Hughes *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJeremiah Miles *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPhilip Henry Rathbone *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJoseph Woodcock81548%
Ratepayers' AssociationPatrick Byrne46827%
LiberalHenry Vaughan39123%
Labour LeagueJohn O'Brien281.6%
Majority42421%
Registered electors
Turnout1,702
Conservative holdSwing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Davies *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Stevensonunopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home RuleDr. Alexander Murray Bligh *unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule holdSwing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Radcliffe *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home RuleAndrew Commins MP *unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule holdSwing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSamuel Leigh Gregson3,02557%
LiberalWilliam Simpson2,26643%
Majority75914%
Registered electors
Turnout5,291
Conservative holdSwing

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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]

No. 2 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Home RulePatrick Byrne1,69058%
Joseph Thomas1,15339%
John O'Brien782.7%
Majority537
Registered electors
Turnout2,921
Home Rule holdSwing

[7][8]

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

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