1890 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Saturday 1 November 1890. 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:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-5	16	??
	Liberal	??	+5	0	??
	Irish Nationalists	6	+1	0	6
	Independent	1	+1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1890

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	4	0	6	-6	25%	49%	18,864
	Liberal	9	5	0	+5	56%	28%	10,868
	Irish Nationalist	2	0	0	0	13%	7.9%	3,076
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	6.3%	8.6%	3,320
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	6.9%	2,684

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lea	836	53%
	Conservative	William James Burgess	734	47%
Majority			102	6%	N/A
Registered electors			2,223
Turnout			1,570	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan *	776	55%
	Liberal	William Crosfield	642	45%
Majority			134	10%
Registered electors			2,166
Turnout			1,418	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barklay Smith *	5,566	63%
	Liberal	Eli Brooks	3,045	34%
	Labour	Thomas Murphy	169	1.8%
	Independent	William Saxton	74	0.84%
Majority			2,521	31%
Registered electors			23,145
Turnout			8,844	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill	872	57%
	Conservative	William Charles Green	659	43%
Majority			213	14%	N/A
Registered electors			2,154
Turnout			1,531	71%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Paull *	451	60%
	Conservative	William Roberts	299	40%
Majority			152	20%
Registered electors			1,059
Turnout			750	71%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Davy Laurence	604	54%
	Conservative	Henry Fitzwilliam Neale	512	46%
Majority			92	8%	N/A
Registered electors			1,492
Turnout			1,116	75%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Edward Willink	3,246	59%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry William Walker	2,274	41%
Majority			972	18%	N/A
Registered electors			9,618
Turnout			5,520	57%
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Joseph McAdam *	308	66%
	Conservative	William King	161	34%
Majority			147	32%
Registered electors			710
Turnout			469	66%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Smith *	801	51%
	Conservative	Major Matthew Henry Larmor	773	49%
Majority			28	2%
Registered electors			2,329
Turnout			1,574	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant	939	56%
	Conservative	William Clarkson *	732	44%
Majority			207	12%	N/A
Registered electors			2,172
Turnout			1,671	77%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Topp	525	56%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie	405	44%
Majority			120	12%	N/A
Registered electors			1,342
Turnout			930	69%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

Scotland

No. 2 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	2,534	70%
	Conservative	Richard Beckett	1,097	30%
Majority			1,446	40%
Registered electors			6,824
Turnout			3,640	53%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	1,939	51%
	Liberal	Joseph Paul Brunner	1,845	49%
Majority			94	2%
Registered electors			5,968
Turnout			3,784	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	533	79%
	Conservative	Major John McCabe	139	21%
Majority			394	58%
Registered electors			1,002
Turnout			672	67%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Barrell Rodway	2,798	53%
	Labour	William Mafkin	2.525	47%
Majority			273	6%
Registered electors			10,700
Turnout			5,323	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

No. 16, North Toxteth, 19 March 1891

Caused by the death of Alderman Anthony Bower on 31 January 1891. Following this Councillor Thomas Hughes (Conservative, North Toxteth, elected 1 November 1888) was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 4 March 1891 resulting in a vacancy in the North Toxteth ward.

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William James Burgess	2,326	51%
	Liberal	John Lamport Eills	2,212	49%
Majority			114	2%
Registered electors			9,618
Turnout			4,538	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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