1887 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1887. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Fourteen of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??-116??
Liberal??+10??
Irish Home Rule6006

Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1887
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 9 0 1 -1 56% 51.34% 1,267
  Liberal 5 1 0 +1 31% 48.66% 1,201
  Home Rule 2 0 0 0 12.5%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Henry Ball unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Bond Morgan * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Everton
No. 1 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Barkeley Smith * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Holder * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Great George
No. 9 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edward Paull 431 51%
Conservative George Peet * 420 49%
Majority 11
Registered electors
Turnout 851
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas William Oakshott * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Hamilton * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Francis Joseph McAdam * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Frederick Smith * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Clarkson 847 52%
Liberal Samuel McMillin 770 48%
Majority 77
Registered electors
Turnout 1,617
Conservative hold Swing

St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Curzon Dobell * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Benjamin Bowring * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Scotland
No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Edward Purcell unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule hold Swing

South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Ball * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Patrick Byrne unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule hold Swing

West Derby
No. 14 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William John Lunt * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4]

By-elections

No. 2 Scotland, 29 December 1887

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. William Madden (Home Rule, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) .[5]

No. 2 Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Patrick Edmund O'Hare unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule hold Swing

[6]

No. 3, Vauxhall, 31 January 1888

Caused by the death of Councillor John Yates (Irish Home Rule, Vauxhall, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) .[7]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule John Gregory Taggart unopposed
Registered electors
Home Rule hold Swing

[8]

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See also

References
  1. Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2 November 1887
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 front page". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 1". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 66". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1887-1888 page 94". Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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