Nottinghamshire County Council election, 1889

Map of Nottinghamshire within the various counties of Great Britain & Ireland.

Elections to the first Nottinghamshire County Council were held on 15 January 1889. The new council consisted of 68 members; 51 councillors and 17 aldermen. Of the 17 aldermen, 7 were elected from the county council, and 10 from outside the county council.^[1]

Amongst those elected was one Labour Electoral Association candidate; William Mellors, who topped the poll in the Byron Division. Five candidates, including Mellors ran in the division, with 2 Conservatives also being elected, whilst three Liberals failed to be elected. Following the vote the Liberal candidates accused Mellors of splitting the vote.^[2] Following the election the council was controlled by Conservatives and allied political independents, and their control would continue until 1946.^[3]

Following the election Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper was nominated as Chairman.^[4] Over half of the councils members came from Nottinghamshire's landowning class, although this would decline in later years.^[5]

Provisional meetings of the new County Council were held on 24 January and 28 February 1889, with the first full meeting being held on 1 April 1889.

References

Council elections in Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Ashfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Bassetlaw District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015
Broxtowe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Gedling Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Mansfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Newark and Sherwood District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Nottingham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Rushcliffe Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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