# 1882 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1882. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Ten of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Home Rule | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1882 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5% | 43% | 4,926 |
| Liberal | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 48% | 5,540 |
| Home Rule | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | | |
| Ratepayers' Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 5.8% | 663 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.7% | 304 |
| Labour League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 28 |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. Nicholas Kenrick Marsh * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith * | 788 | 52% |
| | Conservative | Edmund Taylor | 730 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | 4% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,518 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Galloway | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Stephen Barker Guion * | 842 | 73% |
| | Labour | Patrick Murphy | 304 | 27% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 538 | 46% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,146 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Benjamin Lewis * | 563 | 61% |
| | Conservative | Thomas McCracken | 356 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 207 | 22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 919 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Sir James Allanson Picton * | 690 | 78% |
| | Ratepayers' Association | Archibald Beatty | 195 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 56% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 885 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hughes * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Jeremiah Miles * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Philip Henry Rathbone * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Woodcock | 815 | 48% |
| | Ratepayers' Association | Patrick Byrne | 468 | 27% |
| | Liberal | Henry Vaughan | 391 | 23% |
| | Labour League | John O'Brien | 28 | 1.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 21% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Davies * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Stevenson | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Scotland

No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Home Rule | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Home Rule hold | Home Rule hold | Swing |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Radcliffe * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Home Rule | Andrew Commins MP * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Home Rule hold | Home Rule hold | Swing |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Leigh Gregson | 3,025 | 57% |
| | Liberal | William Simpson | 2,266 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,291 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections
### No.2, Scotland, 7 August 1883

Caused by the death of Councillor Patrick de Lacy Garton (Irish Home Rule, Scotland, elected 1 November 1880 – 1881)
No. 2 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Home Rule | Patrick Byrne | 1,690 | 58% |
| | | Joseph Thomas | 1,153 | 39% |
| | | John O'Brien | 78 | 2.7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,921 | |
| | Home Rule hold | Home Rule hold | Swing | |

### Aldermanic By Election, 18 September 1883

Alderman John Weightman died on 5 August 1883.
Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1876)
was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18 September 1883.