1885 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1885. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

After the elections, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	+3	16	??
Liberal	??	-3	0	??
Irish Home Rule	3	0	0	3
Irish Nationalists	1	0	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1885
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9	3	0	+3	56%	41%	2,184
Liberal	5	0	3	-3	31%	39%	2,103
Home Rule	2	0	0	0	12.5%	11%	607

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,325
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bartlett	830	55%
	Liberal	Walter Blease	687	45%
Majority			143	10%	N/A
Registered electors			2,081
Turnout			1,517	73%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Houlding	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			22,344
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Wheeler Preston	788	56%
	Home Rule	Dr. John Bligh	607	44%
Majority			181	12%	N/A
Registered electors			2,154
Turnout			1,395	65%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Ruddin	unopposed
Registered electors			1,158
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Allanson Picton *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,863
	Liberal hold

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,709
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jeremiah Miles *	unopposed
Registered electors			719
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone *	856	64%
		N. Smyth	477	36%
Majority			379
Registered electors			2,312
Turnout			1,333	58%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Woodcock *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,351
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Davies *	unopposed
Registered electors			1,512
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	566	50%
	Liberal	John Stevenson *	560	50%
Majority			6	0%	N/A
Registered electors			1,489
Turnout			1,126	76%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Home Rule	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh *	unopposed
Registered electors			7,855
	Home Rule hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Radcliffe *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,586
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors			1,515
	Home Rule hold

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Hatton Cookson	unopposed
Registered electors			10,084
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No.2, Scotland, 11 November 1885

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Joseph Simpson (Liberal, Scotland, elected 1 November 1883),^[4] reported to the Council on 2 December 1885.^[5]

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Home Rule	William Madden	1,791	85%
		John McArdle	318	15%
Majority			1,473
Registered electors			7,855
Turnout			2,109	27%
	Home Rule gain from Liberal		Swing

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No.12, Lime Street, 4 June 1886

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Patrick Holden (Party?, Lime Street, elected 1 November 1883)^[8] on 17 May 1886.

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Duncan the younger	unopposed
Registered electors			1,863
	Conservative gain from		Swing

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No. 16, North Toxteth, 22 July 1886

Alderman Thomas Rigby died on 4 June 1886.^[11]In his place Councillor John Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1st November 1883)^[12]was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 7 July 1886^[13]^[14]

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell	unopposed
Registered electors			2,709
	Conservative hold		Swing

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