1887 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1887. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Fourteen of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-1	16	??
	Liberal	??	+1	0	??
	Irish Home Rule	6	0	0	6

Election result[]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1887

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	1	-1	56%	51.34%	1,267
	Liberal	5	1	0	+1	31%	48.66%	1,201
	Home Rule	2	0	0	0	12.5%

Ward results[]

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby[]

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Henry Ball	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Street[]

No. 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton[]

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barkeley Smith *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange[]

No. 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Holder *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George[]

No. 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Paull	431	51%
	Conservative	George Peet *	420	49%
Majority			11
Registered electors
Turnout			851
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Lime Street[]

No. 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Oakshott *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Toxteth[]

No. 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Hamilton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pitt Street[]

No. 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Joseph McAdam *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street[]

No. 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Smith *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne Street[]

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Clarkson	847	52%
	Liberal	Samuel McMillin	770	48%
Majority			77
Registered electors
Turnout			1,617
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Paul's[]

No. 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Curzon Dobell *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's[]

No. 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland[]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Edward Purcell	unopposed
Registered electors
	Home Rule hold		Swing

South Toxteth[]

No. 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall[]

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Patrick Byrne	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

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By-elections[]

No. 2 Scotland, 29 December 1887[]

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. William Madden (Home Rule, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) .^[5]

No. 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Patrick Edmund O'Hare	unopposed
Registered electors
	Home Rule hold		Swing

^[6]

No. 3, Vauxhall, 31 January 1888[]

Caused by the death of Councillor John Yates (Irish Home Rule, Vauxhall, elected unopposed 1 November 1886) .^[7]

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	John Gregory Taggart	unopposed
Registered electors
	Home Rule hold		Swing

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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

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