London County Council election 1889

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Preceded by: Metropolitan Board of Works London School Board		Succeeded by: Greater London Council Inner London Education Authority

The election of the first London County Council was held on 17 January 1889.

There were 118 seats to be filled, with the County of London divided into 58 electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies used to elect members of the parliament. Each division returned two councillors except for the City of London, which elected four.

Politics

Originally it was envisaged that the county council would not have any formal political groupings. Many candidates were supported by local Conservative/Unionist or Liberal/Radical organisations. When the council met it quickly formed into two main parties, the Progressive and Moderate Parties, using the same labels as the groups on the London School Board.

Party strength 1889–1892

Although the 1889 election was not fought on strict party lines, two groups almost immediately emerged, the majority Progressive Party and the minority Moderate Party. At the first meeting, when the election of 19 aldermen was made, 17 were Progressive candidates and only one was a Moderate. Two candidates had been nominated by both parties, but took the Progressive whip. This gave the Progressives a safe majority with 72 councillors and 18 aldermen to the Moderate Party's 46 councillors and single alderman. The Moderates gained one seat from the Progressives in a by-election in March 1891.

County councillors

Successful candidates are shown in bold text. The political affiliations are those given in the contemporary newspapers.

City of London

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Sir John Lubbock	Member of parliament and banker	Non-Party took Progressive Party whip	8,976
Earl of Rosebery	Privy councillor	Non-Party took Progressive Party whip	8,032
Benjamin Louis Cohen	Foreign banker	Conservative took Moderate Party whip	3,925
Henry Clarke	Common councilman and merchant	Conservative took Moderate Party whip	3,622
George Shaw	Common councilman and builder	Conservative	2,752
George Noah Johnson	Common councilman	Non-Party, (Independent Conservative)	729

Battersea and Clapham, Battersea

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Burns	Mechanical engineer	Social Democratic Federation: took Progressive Party whip	3,071
James Tims	Gentleman	Liberal/Radical: took Progressive Party whip	2,307
Andrew Cameron	Coal factor, member of Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent Liberal	2,279
Robert Arthur Valpy	Barrister	Independent Radical	1,564
George Harrison	Clerk	Independent Liberal	188
William Davies	Retired builder and vestryman	Independent	54

Battersea and Clapham, Clapham

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Thomas Lorimer Corbett	Gentleman	Conservative: took Moderate Party whip	2,501
Arthur Rotton	Colonel in Royal Artillery, retired	Conservative: took Moderate Party whip	2,336
Horace Turnor	Butcher	Liberal	2,286
Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare	Member of parliament	Independent Liberal	1,883

Bethnal Green North East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
James Fenning Torr	Barrister	Liberal: took Progressive Party whip	1,740
Walter Wren	Private tutor	Liberal: took Progressive Party whip	1,709
Theodore Lumley	Solicitor	Conservative	1,456
William George Henry Wright	Photographer	Independent Conservative	718
James Bishop	Estate Agent	Liberal Unionist, also described as Non-Party	484
James Milbourne	Engineer	Independent Liberal	401

Bethnal Green South West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
James Branch	Boot and shoe manufacturer	Liberal: took Progressive Party whip	2,406
Charles Harrison	Solicitor	Liberal: took Progressive Party whip	2,366
Thomas Watson Francis	Licensed victualler, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board	Conservative, also described as Non-party	975
Alfred Ewin	Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Conservative	835
Isaac C Walton	Grocer and tea dealer	Independent	677

Camberwell, Dulwich

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William Mitchell Acworth	Railway economist and barrister, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Variously described as Conservative, Liberal Unionist and Non-Party. Took Moderate Party whip	2,222
Harry James Powell	Glass manufacturer	Conservative: took Moderate Party whip	2,151
Lord Sandhurst	Peer of the realm	Liberal	1,810
Dr Richard Sandon Gutteridge	Physician	Liberal	1,622
William Matthews	Umbrella material manufacturer and merchant	Independent Conservative	1,400
Dr Horatio Nelson Hardy	Physician	Liberal Unionist/Independent	125
Alfred Watson	Accountant	Independent	88

Camberwell North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Richard Strong	Justice of the peace	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,962
Reverend Hugh Boswell Chapman	Vicar of St Luke's, Camberwell	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,612
William Edward Teather	Solicitor	Liberal Unionist/Independent	1,097
Wiliam B Thornton	Auctioneer and financier	Conservative	1,071
Edward Dresser Rogers	Gentleman, Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Liberal	823

Camberwell, Peckham

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Edwin Jones	Draper and general warehouseman	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,608
Robert Lyon	Marine salvage surveyor and broker	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,194
John Howard	Civil engineer	Conservative	1,639
John Borland	Provision merchant, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Conservative	1,578
William Leonard Dowton	Artists' colourman, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Liberal Unionist	973

Chelsea

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
George William Osborn	Manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	3,170
William Æneas Smith	Mechanical engineer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,512
Leedham White	Gentleman	Described as Conservative or Independent	1,774
W (James?) Jeffrey	Surveyor	Described as Conservative or Independent Liberal	1,617
Charles Mossop	Solicitor, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	1,217
Andrew Thompson	Barrister	Independent	211

Deptford

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Ernest Collard	Merchant	Described as Conservative and Non-Party. Took Moderate Party whip	2,294
William Hazlewood Phillips	Coal factor	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,283
Henry Keylock	Oilman, poor law guardian and member of Greenwich Board of Works	Liberal/Labour	1,871
Althro Alfred Knight	Proprietor of Knightsville College for Ladies	Described as Non-Party or Liberal	1,047

Finsbury Central

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Earl Compton	Peer of the realm	Described as Liberal or Non-Party. Took Progressive Party whip	2,323
Frederick Alfred Ford	Gentleman	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,461
Henry Edward Davis	Music Hall proprietor	Ratepayers' candidate	1,074
William Robson	Van and cart builder, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	841
William Davies	Churchwarden, Gentleman	Independent	561
Joseph John Goode	Wholesale stationer	Independent	374
John Ross	Vestryman	Independent	74

Finsbury East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Williams Benn	Journalist	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,791
John Sinclair	Late captain, 5th Lancers	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,655
John Brogden Moreland	Builder	Conservative	1,098
George Berry	Merchant and manufacturer, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Conservative	1,071
Robert Josiah Hall	Accountant and estate agent	Independent Conservative	66

Finsbury, Holborn

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Alfred Hoare	Banker	Described variously as being an Independent and as having the support of the Conservative and Liberal Parties. Took Moderate Party whip	1,791
Thomas William Maule	Manufacturer, chairman of Ratepayers' Association	Non-Party, also with Liberal support. Took Progressive Party whip	975
John Patrick Murrough	Solicitor	Independent, also described as Liberal	749
Dr William Robert Smith	Barrister and MD	Independent	712
Edward James Gardiner	Architect and lieutenant	Ratepayers/Liberal	671
Walter Manningdale Blott	Builder	Independent	234

Fulham

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
James Beal	Law agent	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,309
Robert Arthur Germaine	Barrister	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,950
Leveson Edward Scarth	Gentleman, barrister	Non-Party, also described as Conservative	1,509
Philip Pethick Perry	Surveyor, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	1,203
Edward George Easton	Journalist	Independent	366

Greenwich

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
George Lidgett	Shipowner	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	3,102
Richard Stephens Jackson	Solicitor	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	3,025
Thomas William Boord	Distiller, merchant and member of parliament	Conservative	2,440
Stuart Knill	Wharfinger and alderman of the City of London	Conservative	2,390

Hackney Central

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Lowles	Wholesale tea dealer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,764
Walter Johnston	Auctioneer and estate agent	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,602
Richard Martin	Manufacturer	Liberal	1,455
Alfred Bowser	Actuary	Conservative	1,362

Hackney North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Joseph Beck	Optician	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,980
Alfred Davies	Underwriter, foreign carrier and merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,805
John Runtz	Gentleman, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Liberal	1,770
Edward Jones	Gentleman, former member of the London School Board	Described as Conservative or Independent Liberal	1,029

Hackney South

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Jones	Justice of the peace	Liberal but also had Conservative support. Took Progressive Party whip	1,980
George Bethell Holmes	Retired builder	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,968
John Lobb	Editor and publisher	Described as Conservative and as Independent	1,863
Rev. Thomas Jackson	Primitive Methodist minister	Anti-vaccination, had Conservative and Liberal Party support	1786

Hammersmith

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Charles Courtenay Cramp	Gentleman	Independent Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,591
Andrew Arter	Timber merchant	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,569
Charles Cordingley	Newspaper proprietor	Liberal	1,539
William Frederick Layton	Barrister	Conservative	1,127
Robert Francis Webb	Colonel (retired), vestryman and member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Independent	388

Hampstead

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Samuel Fletcher	Barrister and justice of the peace	Described as Non-Party and as Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,730
Henry Harben	Gentleman, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Described as Non-Party and as Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,630
E K Blyth	Solicitor	Liberal	905
Thomas Birch	Bricklayer	Described as Non-Party and Liberal	364

Islington East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Andrew Mitchell Torrance	Muslin manufacturer and warehouseman, common councilman.	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,388
Charles Horsley	Civil engineer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,066
Hugh Robert Taylor	Lithographer	Independent Liberal	512
Thomas Francis Stonelake	Stationer	Independent Liberal	371
Amelia Varley	Spinster	Social Democratic Federation	226

Islington North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William Coulson Parkinson	Gas engineer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,159
William Ebenezer Grigsby	Barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,080
Arthur Robert Chamberlayne	Solicitor	Conservative	1,787
Herbert Stephen	Barrister	Described as Conservative and as Liberal	1,464

Islington South

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
George Samuel Elliott	Refreshment contractor	Non-Party, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Took Progressive Party whip	2,663
Richard Roberts	Builder	Independent. Took Progressive Party whip	1,284
Alfred W Memory	Looking glass manufacturer	Described as "Economist" candidate and Independent Liberal	1,012
John Spencer Furlong	Gentleman, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Conservative	713

Islington West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Donald Horne Macfarlane	Merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,661
Robert Brudenell Carter	Surgeon	Described as Non-Party and as Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	883
James Boddely Keene	Journalist	Described as Non-Party and as Conservative.	854
James May	Tea merchant	Described as Independent and as Liberal	798
William Goodman	Builder and contractor	Independent Conservative	771
Dr. John Thomas Slater	Medical doctor	Described as Independent Conservative and as Independent Liberal	506

Kensington North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Frederick Charlwood Frye	Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	3,026
John Lloyd	Municipal reformer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,163
Edward Morton Daniel	Barrister	Conservative	1,770
Joseph James Stansfeld	Brewer	Described as Independent Liberal and as Liberal	559

Kensington South

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Charles Hallyburton Campbell	Retired Indian civil servant, vestryman and justice of the peace	Non-Party: nominated by the Kensington Ratepayers Association. Took Moderate Party whip	2,086
Captain Walter Haweis James	Retired army officer and tutor	Non-Party: nominated by the Kensington Ratepayers Association. Took Moderate Party whip	2,015
T Melladew	Vestryman	Described as an Independent and as a Liberal, Supported by Temperance organisations	861
Jubal Webb	Businessman and member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent Conservative	738
William A Lindsay	Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works and vestryman	Independent Conservative	629
J W Duffield	Builder and former vestryman	Independent	596

Lambeth, Brixton

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Captain Edmund Hope Verney	Captain, Royal Navy	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,192
Dowager Lady Sandhurst**	Vestryman	Liberal	1,986
Charles Thompson Beresford-Hope**	Barrister	Conservative	1,686
H Smallman		Conservative	1,397

** Following the election, Beresford-Hope challenged the right of Lady Sandhurst to sit as a member of the council on the grounds that she was a woman. Following a court case and an appeal, Sandhurst's election was declared illegal and Beresford Hope took the seat as a Moderate in May 1889.

Lambeth, Kennington

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Horatio Myer	Iron founder and bedstead maker	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,139
Harry Seymour Foster	Member of the London School Board	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,192
Captain Charles William Andrew	Sanitary engineer, Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	1,061
Charles Richard White	Auctioneer	Liberal	918
William Stockbridge	Churchwarden and poor law guardian	Independent	211

Lambeth North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
James Rolls Hoare	Varnish manufacturer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,361
Henry Bell	India rubber manufacturer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,130
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles W Ford	Solicitor	Independent Liberal	1,061
Hon. Reverend Francis Godolphin Pelham	Rector of Lambeth	Independent	955
Charles Wager Ryalls	Barrister	Liberal	954
John Henry Lile	Advertising contractor	Independent Liberal	794

Lambeth, Norwood

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William Bennett Doubleday	Merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,101
Nathaniel William Hubbard	Coal merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,525
Frederick Frampton Day	Collar manufacturer	Conservative	1,329
Horace W Chatterton	Solicitor	Conservative	1,326
Joseph Edmund Shepherd King	Solicitor	Independent Conservative	435
Amos Cave	Retired merchant	Independent	35

Lewisham

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William George Lemon	Barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,351
Franc Sadleir Brereton	Architect	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,127
Arthur Poyser	Barrister	Described as Non-Party and as a Conservative	1,889
Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare	Barrister and member of the London School Board	Liberal	1,512

Marylebone East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Harry Hananel Marks	Newspaper editor	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,874
Horace Brand Townsend-Farquhar	Banker	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,815
Sir Thomas Farrer, Bt.	Late Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,300
Timothy Holmes	Consulting Surgeon to St George's Hospital	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,201

Marylebone West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Edmund Boulnois	Chairman of Marylebone Bench of Justices and Board of Guardians	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,278
Sir Reginald Hanson, Bt.	Ex-Lord Mayor of London	Described as Non-Party and as a Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,231
Frank Debenham	Auctioneer	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,683
Richard E Farrant	Managing Director of Artisan's Dwelling Company	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,438

Newington, Walworth

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Marsland	Builder	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,912
William Saunders	Gentleman	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,787
James Pain	Firework manufacturer	Conservative	1,031
Edward Yates	Builder	Conservative	866
Henry Quelch	Labourer	Social Democratic Federation	100

Newington West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Dr. William Gibson Bott	Medical practitioner	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,656
Albert Bassett Hopkins	Barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,594
Eli Marsh Mullins	Builder	Independent	1,084
Walter Sydney Sichel	Gentleman	Conservative	803
Frederick Sutton	Gentleman	Conservative	793

Paddington North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Richard Melvill Beachcroft	Solicitor	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,779
Dr Edward Parker Young	Surgeon	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,598
George Henry Maberly	Coachbuilder	Liberal	1,170
Mark Hayler Judge	Sanitary surveyor, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,043

Paddington South

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Thomas George Fardell	Barrister, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,631
Sir George David Harris	Former member of the Bahamas Legislative Assembly and vestryman	Non-Party. Took Moderate Party whip	1,362
Archibald E Dobbs	Barrister	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,283
Reverend J Mitchell Cox	Minister of St Peters Park Baptist Chapel	Described as Independent and as an Independent Liberal	213
H L Mills	Undertaker	Independent Liberal	186

St George's Hanover Square

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Robert Crawfurd Antrobus	Banker	Non-Party. Took Moderate Party whip	Unopposed
Colonel Charles Edward Howard Vincent	Member of parliament	Non-Party. Took Moderate Party whip	Unopposed

St Pancras East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Nathan Robinson	Gentleman	Described as an Independent and as a Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,824
Thomas Bentley Westacott	Auctioneer, vestryman and poor law guardian	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,649
Harry Simon Samuel	Gentleman	Conservative	1,259
Forbes E Hallett	Barrister	Non-Party	1,059
H W Hobart		Social Democratic Federation, also supported by Liberal Party	471

St Pancras North

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Thomas Howell Williams	Vestryman	Non-Party. Took Progressive Party whip	1,536
Charles Lee Lewes	Gentleman	Non-Party. Took Progressive Party whip	1,128
William James Wetenhall	Victualler, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Non-Party	1,087
John William Dixon	Builder and vestryman	Conservative	1,051
John Leighton	Gentleman	Independent	614

St Pancras South

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
John Hutton	Gentleman	Non-Party. Took Progressive Party whip	1,672
Colonel Robert William Edis	Architect	Independent Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,322
W H Matthews	Greengrocer	Conservative	620
James Samuel Burroughes	Billiard table manufacturer, former member of the London School Board	Conservative	577
William Walter Bartlett		Social Democratic Federation	277

St Pancras West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson	Member of parliament	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,800
Herbert Henry Raphael	Barrister	Independent Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,594
J H Allen	Justice of the peace and poor law guardian	Described as Non-Party and Independent Liberal	1,198
F G Baker	Tailor and vestryman	Described as Independent and as a Conservative	738

Shoreditch, Haggerston

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth	Member of parliament and barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,791
Lord Monkswell	Peer of the realm	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,671
Henry William Mason	Carriage builder	Conservative	1,035
Frederick Moore Wenborn	Accountant and estate agent, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Described as Non-Party and as a Conservative	978
Dr Henry Greenwood	Doctor of medicine and surgeon	Independent	507
John Richard Sackett	Boot manufacturer	Described as Conservative and Independent Conservative	60

Shoreditch, Hoxton

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Edward Austin	Manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,901
Nathan Moss	Cabinet manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,703
Henry William Mason	Carriage builder	Conservative	1,035
Edward Thomas Holloway	Barrister	Independent	1,319
William Beasley	Leather merchant	Independent	844
Henry Alfred Barker	Decorator	Independent Labour	169
Frederick James Genge	Gentleman	Independent	142

Southwark, Bermondsey

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Dr George Joseph Cooper	Surgeon and Secretary of Bermondsey Liberal Association	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,602
Joseph Thornton	Brush manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,401
Hugh Colin Smith	Director of the Bank of England and wharfinger	Liberal Unionist	1,319
Thomas Brooksbank	Justice of the Peace	Described as Non-Party and as Conservative	1,280
William Shepherd	Builder and member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	556

Southwark, Rotherhithe

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Francis Culling Carr-Gomm	Gentleman and lord of the manor	Independent Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,968
Lawrence Stevens	Builder and vestryman	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,652
John Bulmer	Builder and poor law guardian	Conservative	1,607
William Watson Tyler	Builder and churchwarden	Conservative	741

Southwark West

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Alfred Henry Haggis	Sawmill proprietor	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,030
John George Rhodes	Merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,024
Thomas Francis Rider	Builder and contractor	Conservative	1,431
Robert Drewitt Hilton	Tent, marquee and tarpaulin manufacturer and vestryman	Independent	869
Henry Kenwyn Stopes	Engineer and hop merchant	Independent Conservative	776

Strand

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Augustus Harris	Theatrical manager of Drury Lane Theatre	Non Party. Took Moderate Party whip	2,146
Captain Clifford Probyn	Retired army officer	Non Party. Took Moderate Party whip	1,407
Edward Colston Keevil	Gentleman	Liberal	1,284
John Bonthron	Confectioner, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Independent	894
Edward Curtice	Publisher	Described as Non-Party and as Liberal	822
David Laing	Confectioner	Described as Independent Liberal and as Independent Conservative	597
Walter Emden	Architect	Independent Conservative	498
John Robert Hale	Law stationer	Independent	55

Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Walter Hunter	Justice of the peace and civil engineer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,159
Emma Jane Catherine Cobden	Spinster	Non Party. As a woman was unable to take her seat. As no action was taken to remove her from the council, as the next placed candidate was in favour of female suffrage, the seat was effectively vacant.	2,045
Edward Rider Cook	Soap and chemical manufacturer, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Liberal	1,722
James Henry Howard	Timber merchant	Conservative	1,561

Tower Hamlets, Limehouse

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
James Ambrose	Provision merchant	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,817
Arthur Lewis Leon	Stock and share dealer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,684
Robert Johnson	Manufacturer	Conservative	1,243
John Abbott	Manufacturing chemist, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Non-Party	1,067
(J H) Henry Cox	Pawnbroker	Described as an Independent and as an Independent Conservative	204

Tower Hamlets, Mile End

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Frederick Nicholas Charrington	Gentleman and Temperance activist	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,424
Alfred Jordan Hollington	Clothing manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,265
Rowland Hirst	Licensed victualler and churchwarden	Described as Independent and as a Conservative	1,187
Frederick James Reilly	Physician and surgeon	Conservative	1,172

Tower Hamlets, Poplar

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William Pelham Bullivant	Wire rope manufacturer	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,925
John McDougall	Retired chemical manufacturer	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	2,345
Hon. Richard Cecil Grosvenor	Barrister	Described as non-Party and as a Liberal	2,215
John Lenanton	Timber merchant, member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Described as an Independent and as a Conservative	1,363

Tower Hamlets, St George's in the East

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Richard Stevens Sly	Tent, flag and tarpaulin maker. Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works.	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,146
Philip Meadows Martineau	Justice of the peace	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	786
Frederick Joseph White Dellow	Cotton waste merchant and member of the London School Board	Conservative	558
Robert Gresley Hall	Wharfinger, member of the Common Council of the City of London	Independent Conservative	175

Tower Hamlets, Stepney

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William Spencer Beaumont	Gentleman, justice of the peace	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,808
Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe	Barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,322
James Woollen	Advertisement agent	Liberal	1,316
John Dewson Kemp	Furnace builder	Described as Non-Party and as a Conservative	1,185

Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Stuart Montagu Samuel	Banker, justice of the peace	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,523
Charles Tarling		Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	1,477
Morris Abrahams	Proprietor of the Pavilion Theatre	Described as Independent and a Conservative	1,205
John Harris	Member of the Common Council of the City of London	Independent	854
Thomas Catmur	Journalist	Independent Liberal	845
Henry Wren Henderson	Solicitor	Conservative	512

Wandsworth

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Willoughby Hyatt Dickinson	Barrister	Liberal. Took Progressive Party whip	3,232
George Blundell Longstaff	Doctor of medicine	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	2,837
Charles Mortimer	Justice of the peace	Described as a Liberal and a Conservative	2,634
Joseph J Richmond	Commercial traveller	Social Democratic Federation	927

Westminster

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Sir Walter Eugene de Souza		Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,539
Vernon James Watney	Chairman of the board of directors of Watney's Brewery Company	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	1,482
John Coppen	Wholesale provision merchant	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,415
Hon. Ashley George John Ponsonby	Former Liberal Party member of parliament	Described as Non-Party and as a Liberal	1,184
David de Pinna	Manager of the Royal Aquarium, Westminster	Independent	455
William Lewis Josephs	Financial agent	Independent	88

Woolwich

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Colonel Edwin Hughes	Member of parliament and member of the Metropolitan Board of Works	Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	5,140
James Alexander Rentoul	Barrister	Described as Non-Party and as a Conservative. Took Moderate Party whip	3,795
Robert Green	Chemist and druggist	Liberal	2,430
John Watts	Gentleman	Described as Independent and as a Liberal	2,417

County aldermen

In addition to the 118 councillors the council consisted of 19 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Half of the aldermanic bench (nine or ten aldermen) were elected every three years following the tri-ennial council election. In the first election of aldermen in February 1889, ten of the nineteen chosen had three-year terms, retiring in 1892.

Aldermen with two asterisks ** after their names had stood as candidates for election as councillors, but had been been unsuccessful.

Aldermen serving until 1892

Alderman	Party
John Barker	Progressive
Stephen Seaward Tayler	Progressive
Hon. Richard Cecil Grosvenor**	Progressive
Samuel Hope Morley	Progressive
Thomas Eccleston Gibb	Progressive
Earl of Meath	Moderate
Evan Spicer	Progressive
Mark Beaufoy	Progressive
Emma Cons	Progressive
Rev Charles Fleming Williams	Progressive

Aldermen serving until 1895

Alderman	Party
Lord Lingen	Nominated by both parties. Took Progressive Party whip
Lord Hobhouse	Nominated by both parties. Took Progressive Party whip
Quintin Hogg	Progressive
Sir Thomas Farrer **	Progressive
Frederic Harrison	Progressive
Edmund Routledge	Progressive
Frank Debenham **	Progressive
Arthur Arnold	Progressive
George William Erskine Russell	Progressive

By-elections and filling of casual vacancies to 1892

Where a county councillor died or resigned a by-election was held to fill the vacant seat. If there was only one candidate nominated there was no poll and they were elected unopposed.

Where a similar vacancy occurred on the aldermanic benches the vacancy was filled by a vote of the council.

Haggerston by-election, 1889

J F B Firth, Progressive Party councillor for Shoreditch, Haggerston, died on 3 September 1889. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 14 October 1889.

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William James Orsman	Retired postal inspector	Progressive Party	1,953
Edward Thomas Holloway	Barrister	Moderate Party	626
Progressive Party hold

Holloway had been an unsuccessful candidate at Shoreditch, Hoxton, in the January 1889 election.

Aldermanic vacancies, 1890

On 15 January 1890 two Progressive Party aldermen (M Beaufoy and S H Morley) resigned. The vacancies were filled by the council at their meeting of 4 February 1890:

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Sir Vincent Kennett-Barrington	Deputy Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce and member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Progressive Party	61
Professor James Stuart	Member of parliament for Shoreditch, Hoxton	Progressive Party	53
Sir Douglas Strutt Galton	Chairman of the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain and member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board	Moderate Party	49
Charles Algernon Whitmore	Member of parliament for Chelsea	Moderate Party	40
No change

St Pancras North by-election, 1891

C L Lewes, Progressive Party councillor for St Pancras North, died on 26 February 1891. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 17 March 1891.

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
William James Wetenhall	Licensed victualler and member of St Pancras Vestry	Moderate Party	1,261
John Leighton	Gentleman	Progressive Party	754
Moderate Party gain from Progressives

Both candidates had also contested this division at the January 1889 election.

Hackney North by-election, 1891

J Beck, Moderate Party councillor for St Pancras North, died on 21 April 1891. A by-election to fill the vacancy was held on 11 May 1891.

Candidate Name	Description	Party description	Votes received
Dr Elijah Baxter Forman	Doctor of medicine	Moderate Party	2,526
William Borrow Trick	Chemist	Progressive Party	1,735
Moderate Party hold

Trick was later to become a member of Stoke Newington Borough Council , and mayor of the borough in 1906-07.

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