# 1886 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Tuesday 1 November 1886. 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 | ?? | +4 | 16 | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | -6 | 0 | ?? |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |
| Irish Nationalists | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1886 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 12 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75% | 55% | 3,805 |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 12.5% | 45% | 3,103 |
| Home Rule | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | | |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 903 | 60% | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Goffey | 606 | 40% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 20% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,323 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,509 | 65% | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Marke Wood * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Whitley MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bird Hall | 400 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Edward Paull | 389 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | 2% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,132 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 789 | 70% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Duncan the younger | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative gain from | Conservative gain from | Swing |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Herbert Campbell | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Henry Charles Hawley * | 327 | 57% |
| | Conservative | Ephraim Walker | 246 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 81 | 14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 785 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 573 | 73% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matthew Henry Larmor | 809 | 56% | |
| | Liberal | John McDiarmid * | 626 | 40% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 16% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,403 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | 60% | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. William Cross * | 889 | 60% |
| | Liberal | John Prendeville | 600 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,234 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,489 | 67% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sylvester Mattison | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Isaac Morris | 558 | 50% | |
| | Liberal | Edmund Knowles Muspratt * | 555 | 50% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,523 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,113 | 73% | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Scotland

No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Home Rule | William Madden | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Bland Royden M.P. * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Home Rule | John Yates * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Poole * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

## Aldermanic Election

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1886, the terms of office of eight alderman expired. The following eight were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1886 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William Cross |
| Conservative | John Hughes * |
| Conservative | Henry Jennings * |
| Conservative | Joseph Gibbons Livingston * |
| Conservative | David MacIver * |
| Conservative | Hugh Hathorn Nicholson * |
| Conservative | Thomas Richard Shallcross * |
| Conservative | Sir Andrew Barclay Walker |

## By-elections
### No. 2, Scotland, Tuesday 2 November 1886

Caused by the resignation of Cllr. Laurence Connolly MP (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1884).
No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Home Rule | Edward Purcell | 1,237 | 51% |
| | | Patrick Edmund O'Hare | 1,175 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,412 | |
| | Home Rule hold | Home Rule hold | Swing | |

### No. 13, St. Anne's Street, 23 November 1886

Caused by the election of Dr. William Cross (Conservative, St. Anne's Street, elected 1 November 1886) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1886.
No. 13 St. Anne's Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | William Bennett | 841 | 54% |
| | | John Prendiville | 710 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,234 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,551 | 69% |
| | | | Swing | |

### No. 11, Abercromby

Alderman John Pearson died on 2 June 1887. Councillor Anthony Bower (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1884) was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 July 1887.