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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

1. ^Nottinghamshire County Council - History of Nottinghamshire County Council/
2. ^[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MfWQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=PA218&dq=nottinghamshire+1889+election&source=bl&ots=kDgUKkwbDp&sig=Ycuv2K9xEmv_3-E3Mr32zcBiDZY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCWoVChMIp93b94CPyQIVCW0UCh2CcwoZ#v=onepage&q=nottinghamshire%201889%20election&f=false Mining in the East Midlands 1550–1947 p.218]
3. ^p.115
4. ^p.95
5. ^p.105

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