1899_Liverpool_City_Council_election

1899 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Quick Facts 32 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 existing wards and 3 seats for the new Sefton Park East ward 59 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority ...

Eleven of the thirty-one seats (29 wards, with a new ward of Sefton Park East electing three new councillors) were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

More information Party, Councillors ...

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1896 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

By-elections

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	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	+1	??	??
Liberal	??	+2	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	0	??	??
Independent Irish Nationalist	??	+1	??	??
Liberal Unionist	??	+1	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	16	2	1	+1	52.0	51.7	13,739
Liberal	11	4	2	+2	35.0	36.5	9,692
Irish Nationalist	2	1	1	0	6.5
Independent Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	3.2	3.5	929
Liberal Unionist	1	1	0	+1	3.2
Independent Liberal	0				0.0	3.8	1,002
Labour Repr. Cmte.	0				0.0	2.1	549
Ind. Conservative	0				0.0	1.5	399
Independent	0				0.0	1.0	279

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Morris Paterson Jones *	844	53%
	Liberal	Dr. William Permewan	741	46%
	Independent	John O'Brien	15	0.94%
Majority			103
Registered electors			2,983
Turnout			1,600	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Roberts	1,031	52%
	Conservative	Roderick Killip	969	48%
Majority			62
Registered electors			3,157
Turnout			2,000	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Lawrence *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Roberts *	1,761	64%
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Byrne	1,002	36%
Majority			759
Registered electors			5,402
Turnout			2,763	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Wasse Higginbottom *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Denton *	977	71%
	Ind. Conservative	David John Williams	399	29%
Majority			578
Registered electors			4,706
Turnout			1,376	29%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	713	59%
	Liberal	John Henry Evans	495	41%
Majority			218
Registered electors			3,512
Turnout			1,208	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Henry Edwardes *	1,418	65%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Lewis	760	35%
Majority			658
Registered electors			4,307
Turnout			2,178	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting	1,803	57%
	Liberal	Thomas Backhouse	1,352	43%
Majority			451
Registered electors			6,361
Turnout			3,155	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Saunby	1,022	51%
	Liberal	John Clancy	903	45%
	Independent	Michael Conway	58	3%
	Independent	Thomas Hart	11	0.55%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	3	0.15%
Majority			119
Registered electors			3,401
Turnout			1,997	59%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

No. 24A Sefton Park East - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Japp	unopposed
	Liberal	John Morris	unopposed
	Conservative	Lt. Col. Robert Stephen Porter	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Dean *	1,216	80%
	Liberal and Labour	Clement William George	301	20%
Majority			915
Registered electors			4,153
Turnout			1,517	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Watson Rutherford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter McGuffie *	1,018	65%
	Labour	Alexander McLaren	549	35%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,689
Turnout			1,567	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter William Thomas *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery *	550	90%
	Independent	John McGrath	59	10%
Majority			491
Registered electors			3,461
Turnout			609	18%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Bennett Colton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Hough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Dart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	929	65%
	Irish Nationalist	James Fitzpatrick	510	35%
Majority			419
Registered electors			3,329
Turnout			1,439	43%
	Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist

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Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Breckfield

Brunswick

Castle Street

Dingle

Edge Hill

Everton

Exchange

Fairfield

Granby

Great George

Kensington

Kirkdale

Low Hill

Netherfield

North Scotland

North Walton

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Anne's

St. Domingo

St. Peter's

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park West

South Scotland

South Walton

Vauxhall

Wavertree

West Derby

By-elections

No. 24 Sefton Park West, November 1899

No. 17, St. Anne's, November 1899

No.19, St. Peter's, November 1899

No.23 Prince's Park, November 1899

No. 4, Fairfield ward, 15 May 1900

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Evans	1,061	51%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick	1,034	49%
Majority			27
Registered electors			3,971
Turnout			2,095	53%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	396	74%
	Independent	John Hughes	136	26%
Majority			260
Registered electors			2,080
Turnout			532	26%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Unionist	James Willcox Alsop	1,026	59%
	Liberal	Ebenezer Thompson	712	41%
Majority			314
Registered electors			3,359
Turnout			1,738	52%
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dr. Thomas Utley	963	51%
	Conservative	William Craigie Williams *	915	49%
Majority			48
Registered electors			3,189
Turnout			1,878	59%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Stanley Rogerson	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			3,189
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George King	558	96%
		William Saxton	18	3.1%
		Thomas Hart	8	1.4%
Majority			540
Registered electors			3,401
Turnout			584	17%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Crosfield	499	96%
		Thomas Hill Joseph	22	4.2%
Majority			477
Registered electors
Turnout			521
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harild Chaloner Dowdall	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	William Craigie Williams	720	59%
	John Henry Evans	495	41%
Majority		218
Registered electors
Turnout		1,215
		Swing