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Elections to the municipal and county councils of England and Wales were held in 1889. Elections to the various county councils were held in January 1889. Progressive candidates won a majority on London County Council, although at this point party labels were relatively unimportant, with municipal and county politics in Victorian Britain being somewhat detached from national politics, and national political divisions.^[1] Liberal candidates would do particularly well in Wales however, winning clear majorities in 11 of Wales' 13 counties.^[2] The Liberals only failed to take Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, which had hung councils.^[2] In the English counties the Liberals took only Cumberland, Holland, London, and the West Riding, with most councils being run on an apolitical basis.

The elections were the first following the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which established county councils and county borough councils in Scotland.

Municipal elections

Scottish county council results

Council		Details
Aberdeenshire		Details
Argyllshire		Details
Ayrshire		Details
Banffshire		Details
Berwickshire		Details
Buteshire		Details
Caithness		Details
Clackmannanshire		Details
Dumfriesshire		Details
Dumbartonshire		Details
Elginshire	Unionist	Details
Fife		Details
Forfarshire		Details
Haddingtonshire		Details
Inverness-shire		Details
Kincardineshire		Details
Kinross-shire		Details
Kirkcudbrightshire		Details
Lanarkshire		Details
Linlithgowshire		Details
Midlothian		Details
Nairnshire	Unionist	Details
Peeblesshire		Details
Perthshire		Details
Orkney		Details
Renfrewshire		Details
Ross and Cromarty		Details
Roxburghshire		Details
Selkirkshire		Details
Stirlingshire		Details
Sutherland	Highland Land League	Details
Wigtownshire		Details
Zetland	Independent	Details

References

The first elections to West Riding County Council were held on 29 January 1889 as part of the wider 1889 local elections.

Council results

1889 West Riding County Council election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal	1
	Independent	2

Electoral division results

Ackworth

Ackworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Sugden (manufacturer)	unopposed
	Liberal gain from		Swing

Alverthorpe

Alverthorpe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George William Young (surgeon)	unopposed
	Independent gain from		Swing

Baildon

Baildon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Waugh (civil engineer)	unopposed
	Independent gain from		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "County Council Elections. West Riding of Yorkshire. The polling". Leeds Mercury. 30 January 1889.

Category:January 1889 events Category:1889 English local elections

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000076/18890131/034/0008

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1934

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1790 Irish general election

The 1790 Irish general election was the penultimate general election to the Irish House of Commons.

The House of Commons was dissolved on 8 April.

Since the last election a new political grouping had emerged in Ireland - the Irish Whig Club. This group, was largely composed of members of the Patriot Party, and led by Henry Grattan, George Ponsonby, John Forbes, and Lord Charlemont,^[1] with Thomas Conolly being appointed General Secretary. Whilst the new party did well in County Dublin, which saw several heated contests, it fared poorly in the country at large.^[2] ^[3]

William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby, leader of the Irish Whigs, who was close to William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam^[4]

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Officeholder boxes

1	Charles Abbot (1757–1829)		20 years and 315 days		The Earl of Hardwicke	George III
No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Picture	Took office	Left office	Lord-Lieutenant	Monarch
1	Charles Abbot (1757–1829)		1801	1802	The Earl of Hardwicke	George III
2	Robert Stewart (1769–1822)		1798	1801	The Marquess Cornwallis	George III
2	Robert Stewart (1769–1822)		20 years and 315 days		The Marquess Cornwallis	George III
3	Charles Abbot (1757–1829)		1801	1802	The Earl of Hardwicke	George III
3	Charles Abbot (1757–1829)		20 years and 315 days		The Earl of Hardwicke	George III

DFID

1753 by-election

The 1753 Armagh by-election was a by-election held in the Irish parliamentary constituency of Armagh County following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Robert Cope. The by-election - alongside another in County Galway - came at the height of the Money Bill dispute; when the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, Henry Boyle, refused to hand over an Irish tax surplus to London. The election was won by William Brownlow - who had the support of Primate Stone and the Dublin Castle administration. His opponent - Francis Caulfield, Lord Charlemont's brother, lost narrowly, and subsequently petitioned Parliament claiming

Context

Following the refusal of Boyle to provide Irelands tax surplus to London, Primate Stone Archbishop of Armagh, had been attempting to reduce the influence of the leading parliamentary undertakers; Speaker Boyle, Anthony Malone and Thomas Carter. Stone aimed to replace them with his own supporters, the Ponsonbys led by the Earl of Bessborough.

Boyle, Malone and Carter whipped up popular support, turning the issue into a trial of strength between the Lord Lieutenant and the country or "Patriot" party. Boyle, helped by Carter's wickedly provocative tongue, began a whispering campaign against Primate Stone. There was a personal antagonism between Carter and Primate Stone as the latter had been instrumental in foiling Carter's attempts to obtain the reversion of his office of Master of the Rolls for his young unknown and inexperienced son.

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Candidates

26 October to Friday 9 November 1753 inclusive;

Results

By-election 1753: Armagh^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Primate Stone interest / Castle party	William Brownlow	637	53.98
	Charlemont interest / 'Patriot' party	Francis Caulfeild	543	46.02	–
Majority			94	7.97	N/A
Turnout			1180		–
	Stone/Castle party gain from

References

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Results in district, borough, and unitary councils

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1907 Transvaal parliamentary election

1907 Transvaal election
All 95 seats in the Assembly; 48 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Vacant; Vacant	Elected Prime Minister ; Louis Botha; Het Volk

Elections for the Transvaal Legislative Assembly were held in the Transvaal Colony on 20 February 1907. The election was a victory for the Progressives under Leander Starr Jameson, who had first achieved prominence for his role in the ill-fated Jameson Raid.

Aftermath

Following the victory of Het Volk, Louis Botha was invited the Governor, The Earl of Selbourne, to form a government. Botha would create a 6 person cabinet, including 3 members of Het Volk and 3 members of the Nationalist Party.

Results


Party		Seats	+/–
	Het Volk	36	+6
	Progressive Party	42	New
	Independent	2	–
	ILP independent	1	–
	Nationalist Party	0	New
Total		81	+16

References

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[1] POLITICS & PEOPLE OF LONDON: London County Council, 1889-1965 p.29

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[39_Jan_1889_LM-3] "County Council Elections. West Riding of Yorkshire. The polling". Leeds Mercury. 30 January 1889.

[4] ttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zeTaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16&lpg=PT16&dq=%22irish+whig+party%22+1789&source=bl&ots=02pveLME80&sig=ACfU3U3ipTJ57Ya1Sj7sUcWlFc__xIiSNw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCltPwo_jpAhXjUxUIHUA2BhoQ6AEwA3oECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22irish%20whig%20party%22%201789&f=false

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[7] ttp://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1790-1820/member/ponsonby-william-brabazon-1744-1806

[8] ttps://www.jstor.org/stable/30071279?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

[9] ttps://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/county-armagh/

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Municipal elections

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See also

References

Council results

Electoral division results

Ackworth

Alverthorpe

Baildon

References

1934

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1790 Irish general election

Officeholder boxes

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1753 by-election

Context

Candidates

Results

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1907 Transvaal parliamentary election

Aftermath

Results

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