Liverpool City Council election, 1892

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1st November 1892. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	8	??
Liberal	??	??	6	??
Irish Nationalists	??	??	2	??
Liberal Unionist	??	??	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1892
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	4	0	3	-3	25%	51%	19,285
	Liberal	9	3	0	+3	56%	41%	15,584
	Liberal Unionist	1	0	0	0	6%
	Irish Nationalist	1	0	1	-1	6%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	6%	7%	2,511
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	0.46%	174

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Beloe	785	50.3%
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove *	776	49.7%
Majority			9
Registered electors
Turnout			1,561
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Hugh Hornby *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Austin Taylor	6,171	62%
	Liberal	Robert Roberts	3,741	38%
Majority			2,430
Registered electors
Turnout			9,912
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Durning Holt *	955	59%
	Conservative	David MacIver	655	41%
Majority			300
Registered electors
Turnout			1,610
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Simeon Smith	481	64%
	Conservative	James Lowry	248	33%
	Labour	Charles Henry Rouse	20	3%
Majority			233
Registered electors
Turnout			749
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jeremiah Miles	634	53%
	Conservative	John Duncan *	573	47%
Majority			61
Registered electors
Turnout			1,207
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell *	2,953	55%
	Liberal	Egerton Stewart Brown	2,411	45%
Majority			542
Registered electors
Turnout			5,364
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hawley *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald Williamson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eli Brooks	922	62%
	Conservative	Robert Foote	572	38%
Majority			350
Registered electors
Turnout			1,494
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone *	552	56%
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Dean	431	44%
Majority			121
Registered electors
Turnout			983
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts *	549	51%
	Conservative	Arthur Hill Holme	524	49%
Majority			25
Registered electors
Turnout			1,073
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey *	2,511	71%
	Conservative	George James Crane	1,023	29%
Majority			1,488
Registered electors
Turnout			3,534
	Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Roberts	1,923	52%
	Liberal	Joseph Wilson	1,624	44%
	Labour	Edward Kaney	154	4%
Majority			299
Registered electors
Turnout			3,701
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ephraim Walker *	3,436	54%
	Liberal	Dr. Joseph George McCann1	2,930	46%
Majority			506
Registered electors
Turnout			6,366
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9th November 1892, the terms of office of eight alderman expired.^[3] The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9th November 1892 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Liberal	Philip Henry Rathbone JP
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh
	Irish Nationalist	Andrew Commins
	Liberal	Henry Charles Hawley
	Liberal	Francis Joseph McAdam
	Liberal	James Ruddin
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring
	Liberal	Frederick Smith

^[4]

By-elections

No. 9, Great George, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor James Ruddin (Liberal, Great George, elected 2nd November 1891)^[5] as an alderman by the Council on 9th November 1891.^[6]

No. 9 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lamport Eills	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[7]

No. 2, Scotland, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh (Irish Nationalist, Scotland, elected 2nd November 1891)^[8] as an alderman by the Council on 9th November 1891.^[9]

No. 2 Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Kearney	2,322	70%
	Conservative	George James Crane	1,017	29%
Majority			1,305
Registered electors
Turnout			3,339
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[10]

No. 3, Vauxhall, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor Andrew Commins MP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1st November 1891)^[11] as an alderman by the Council on 9th November 1892.^[12]

No. 3 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas John Flynn	495	69%
		William Henry Edwardes	224	31%
Majority			271
Registered electors
Turnout			719
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 4, St. Paul's, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor Philip Henry Rathbone JP (Liberal, St, Paul's, elected 1st November 1892)^[13] as an alderman by the Council on 9th November 1892.^[14]

No. 4 St. Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Dean	517	50.6%
	Liberal	Jacob Gaitskell Brown	504	49.4%
Majority			13
Registered electors
Turnout			1,021
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[15]

No. 8, Pitt Street, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor Henry Charles Hawley (Liberal, Pitt Street, elected 1st November 1892)^[16] and Councillor Francis Joseph McAdam (Liberal, Pitt Street, elected 1st November 1890)^[17] as aldermen by the Council on 9th November 1892.^[18]

No. 8 Pitt Street - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Donnelly	306	53%
	Liberal	Dr. Joseph George McCann	300	52%
		William King	204	35%
	Labour	William Matkin	72	12%
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[19]

No. 7, St. Peter's, 23rd November 1892

Caused by the election of Councillor William Benjamin Bowring (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1st November 1890)^[20] as an aldermen by the Council on 9th November 1892.^[21]

No. 7 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	516	52%
		John Wannop	463	46%
	Labour	William Alfred Newcombe	17	2%
Majority			53
Registered electors
Turnout			996
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 8, Rodney Street, 23rd November 1891

Caused by the election of Councillor Henry Charles Hawley (Liberal, Pitt Street, elected 1st November 1892)^[22] and Councillor Francis Joseph McAdam (Liberal, Pitt Street, elected 1st November 189)^[23] as aldermen by the Council on 9th November 1892.

No. 10 Rodney Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell jnr.	808	51%
		Egerton Stewart-Brown	771	49%
Majority			37
Registered electors
Turnout			1,579
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[24]

No. 11, Abercromby, 18th February 1893

Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Nicholas Kennick Marsh (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1st November 1890)^[25] on 2nd February 1893.^[26]

No. 11 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove JP	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[27]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 2nd November 1892
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1892
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