1882 English local government election
1882 Liverpool City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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← 1881 | November 1, 1882 (1882-11-01) | 1883 → |
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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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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.
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
Liverpool Local Election Result 1882 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
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 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
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Galloway | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 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
No. 9 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
No. 12 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
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 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
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Stevenson | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Radcliffe * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
West Derby
No. 14 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 | | |
[1] [2] [3] [4]
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]
[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
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2 November 1882
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 front page". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 1". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 237". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 251". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 252". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 2". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 268". Retrieved 20 March 2017.