Liverpool City Council election, 1882

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:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Home Rule	??	??	??	??

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
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
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
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
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
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

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

South Toxteth

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

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Home Rule	Andrew Commins MP *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Home Rule hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Leigh Gregson	3,025	57%
	Liberal	William Simpson	2,266	43%
Majority			759
Registered electors
Turnout			5,291
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

No.2, Scotland, 7th August 1883

Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick de Lacy Garton (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1st November 1880-1881) ^[3] on 19th July 1883. ^[4]

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Patrick Byrne	1,690	58%
		Joseph Thomas	1,153	39%
		John O'Brien	78	2.7%
Majority			537
Registered electors
Turnout			2,921
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[5]

Aldermanic By Election, 18th September 1883

Alderman John Weightman died on 5th August 1883. ^[6] Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1st November 1876) ^[7] was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18th September 1883. ^[8]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post Thursday 2nd November 1882
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1882
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 pg 237
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 pg251
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 pg 252
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1876-1977
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 pg 268

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