1883 Liverpool City Council election
{{Short description|Liverpool City Council elections 1883}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1883 Liverpool City Council election
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
| type = parliamentary
| election_date = {{Start date|1883|11|01}}
| previous_year = 1882
| previous_election = 1882 Liverpool City Council election
| next_year = 1884
| next_election = 1884 Liverpool City Council election
|seats_for_election = 16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards
|majority_seats = 33 (incl. Aldermen)
}}
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1883. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
This was the first local election since the passing of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 which "criminalised attempts to bribe voters and standardised the amount that could be spent on election expenses" and introduced election agents.
Twelve of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| colspan="2"|Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 23 | ?? | 16 | 39 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | 19 | ?? | 0 | 19 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}} " | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Liverpool Local Election Result 1883}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 7
|gain =
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{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|seats = 9
|gain =
|loss =
|net =
|seats % =
|votes % = 61.48%
|votes = 3,972
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Home Rule League
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = -1
|net = -1
|seats % =
|votes % = 38.52%
|votes = 2,489
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
=Abercromby=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 11 Abercromby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas English Stephens *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,345
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Castle Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 6 Castle Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Marke Wood
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,021
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Everton=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 1 Everton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Whitley MP *
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 21,491
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Exchange=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 5 Exchange}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Durning Holt *
|votes = 862
|percentage = 79%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Home Rule League
|candidate = Edward Purcell
|votes = 236
|percentage = 21%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 626
|percentage = 58%
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,080
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,098
|percentage = 53%
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 10
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Great George=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 9 Great George}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Frederick Rogers
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,176
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lime Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 12 Lime Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Patrick Holden
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,575
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=North Toxteth=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 16 North Toxteth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hughes *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,131
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Pitt Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 8 Pitt Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Charles Hawley *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 798
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Rodney Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 10 Rodney Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John McDiarmid
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,332
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Anne Street=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 13 St. Anne Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dr. William Cross *
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,364
}}
{{Election box hold with party link |
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Paul's=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 4 St. Paul's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Thomas Warrington
|votes = 560
|percentage = 77%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Home Rule League
|candidate = Patrick Murphy
|votes = 169
|percentage = 23%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 391
|percentage = 54%
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,542
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 729
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 3
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=St. Peter's=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 7 St. Peter's}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edmund Knowles Muspratt *
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,481
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Scotland=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 2 Scotland}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Simpson
|votes = 1,930
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Home Rule League
|candidate = Patrick Byrne *
|votes = 1,805
|percentage = 48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 125
|percentage = 4%
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,150
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,735
|percentage = 52%
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 33
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Home Rule League
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=South Toxteth=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 15 South Toxteth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Bland Royden *
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,482
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Vauxhall=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 3 Vauxhall}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Yates *
|votes = 620
|percentage = 69%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Party (Ireland)
|candidate = John Denvir
|votes = 279
|percentage = 31%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 341
|percentage = 38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,692
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 341
|percentage = 53%
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 5
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=West Derby=
{{Election box begin | title=No. 14 West Derby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Poole
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,913
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2 November 1883
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 1
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
Aldermanic Elections
At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1883, the terms of office of eight
alderman expired.
The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1883 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| class="wikitable" | |
| colspan="2"|Party | Alderman |
|---|---|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Andrew Boyd * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Arthur Bower Forwood * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Sir William Bower Forwood * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Alexander Garnett |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Edward Grindley |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | John Nicol * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | John Pearson * |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}} " | | Edward Samuelson * |
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 3
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 4
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 5
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 6
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 7
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
By-elections
=No. 6, Castle Street, 13 November 1883=
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Samuel Smith MP (Liberal, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1882)
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which was reported to the council on 5 December 1883.
{{Election box begin | title=No. 6 Castle Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = William Crossfield
|votes = unopposed
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 45
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 46
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }}
=No. 12, Lime Street, 23 November 1883=
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Grindley (Conservative, Lime Street,
elected 1 November 1881){{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pQjFyMGFib2g2YXM
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1881-1882 page 2
|access-date= 20 March 2017 }} as an aldermen by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1883.
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 6
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{{Election box begin | title=No. 12 Lime Street}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas William Oakshott
|votes = 674
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Henderson
|votes = 581
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 93
|percentage = 8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,575
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,255
|percentage = 80%
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected
|votes = 12
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pajdMN196a3R2Z1k
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 46
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=Aldermanic By-Election, 9 January 1884=
Caused by the death of Alderman Andrew Boyd on 20 December 1883.
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Subsequently, former Councillor David Radcliffe (Conservative, Rodney Street, elected 1 November 1880), {{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pVXpUbFRuaUhYVm8
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881 page 2
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }} of Formby Hall Ainsdale, was elected as an alderman by the council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 9 January 1884.
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|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 79
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
=No. 14, West Derby, 26 April 1884=
Caused by the death of Councillor Samuel Leigh Gregson (Conservative, West Derby,
elected 1 November 1882){{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdURHR09qX1VvNTg
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2
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on 3 April 1884.{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMWlVRmoyaFFfUEk
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 165
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{{Election box begin | title=No. 14 West Derby}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Hatton Cookson
|votes = 3,589
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George McFerran
|votes = 3,015
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 574
|percentage = 8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,913
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,604
|percentage = 67%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pSHVVSGJRZ1BmYTg
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 184
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
=No. 9, Great George, 21 May 1884=
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Frederick Rogers (Party?, Great George,
elected 1 November 1883).{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pRTczYnBhdDZCQ3c
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 214
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{{Election box begin | title=No. 9 Great George}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Paull
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,176
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pc1lfN2pQakZ3eW8
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 213
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pRTczYnBhdDZCQ3c
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 214
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
=No. 9, Great George, 2 September 1884=
Caused by the death of Councillor Benjamin Lewis (Liberal, Great George,
elected 1 November 1882) {{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pdURHR09qX1VvNTg
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|access-date= 25 March 2017 }} on 12 August 1884.{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pa3F1eGkxZE5IaGc
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 271
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{{Election box begin | title=No. 9 Great George}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Ruddin
|votes = 475
|percentage = 54%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = John Ellis
|votes = 397
|percentage = 46%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 78
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,176
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 872
|percentage = 74%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pMnFMdDNqNGY5UmM
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 277
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
{{Cite web |url= https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pOXczZUVYc1c5T0U
|title=Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 278
|access-date= 25 March 2017 }}
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
References
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