1882 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:	1882 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:	Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Year:	1881
Previous Election:	1881 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:	1883
Next Election:	1883 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

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
		??	??	??	??
		??	??	??	??
		5	0	0	5

Ward results

• - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

West Derby

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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)^{[5] [6]}

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Aldermanic By Election, 18 September 1883

Alderman John Weightman died on 5 August 1883.^[9] Former Councillor Robert Vining (Conservative, Everton, elected 1 November 1876)^[10] was elected as an alderman by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) on 18 September 1883.^[11]

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

Notes and References

1. [Liverpool Daily Post]
2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 front page. 20 March 2017 .
3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 1. 20 March 2017 .
4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 2. 20 March 2017 .
5. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1880-1881 page 2. 20 March 2017 .
6. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 237. 20 March 2017 .
7. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 251. 20 March 2017 .
8. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 251. 20 March 2017 .
9. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 252. 20 March 2017 .
10. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1876-1877 page 2. 20 March 2017 .
11. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1882-1883 page 268. 20 March 2017 .