Liverpool City Council election, 1881

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1881. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Ten of the sixteen wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalists	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1881
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	2	0	+2	69%	55%	4,169
	Liberal	3	0	2	-2	19%	45%	3,439
	Home Rule	2				12.5%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Bower *	954	58%
	Liberal	Astrup Cariss	697	42%
Majority			257
Registered electors			2,426
Turnout			1,551	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan	752	52%
	Liberal	William Crosfield *	702	48%
Majority			50
Registered electors			1,911
Turnout			1,454	76%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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	%
	Conservative	George Peet	455	54%
	Liberal	Samuel Bennett Jackson	387	46%
Majority			68
Registered electors			1,168
Turnout			842	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Grindley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth

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

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Francis Joseph McAdam	326	58%
	Conservative	Horatio Syred	235	42%
Majority			91
Registered electors			811
Turnout			561	69%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William John Stewart	796	57%
	Liberal	William Oulton	611	43%
Majority			185
Registered electors			2,332
Turnout			1,407	60%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Hayes Sheen *	977	58%
	Liberal Party (UK)	Ronald McDougall	716	42%
Majority			261
Registered electors			2,417
Turnout			1,693	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Owen Hugh Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Tricks Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Home Rule	Laurence Connolly *	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 League	Charles McArdle *	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]

By-elections

No. 12, Lime Street, 25th November 1881

Caused by the death of Councillor John Henstock (Party? Lime Street, elected 4th April 1881) ^[3] which was reported to the Council on 7th December 1881. ^[4]

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Stevenson	577	50%
		Robert Wilson	533	46%
		Patrick Byrne	50	4%
Majority			44
Registered electors
Turnout			1,160
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[5]

No. 7, St. Peter's, 25th November 1881

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alexander Balfour (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1st November 1879). ^[6] ^[7]

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Stevenson	577	50%
		Robert Wilson	533	46%
		Patrick Byrne	50	4%
Majority			44
Registered electors
Turnout			1,160
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[8]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2nd November 1881
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881 pg 197
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 29
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1879-1880
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 pg 30

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