1897 Liverpool City Council election
1897 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1897. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | -1 | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
Contents
1 Election result
2 Ward results
2.1 Abercromby
2.2 Breckfield
2.3 Brunswick
2.4 Castle Street
2.5 Dingle
2.6 Edge Hill
2.7 Everton
2.8 Exchange
2.9 Fairfield
2.10 Granby
2.11 Great George
2.12 Kensington
2.13 Kirkdale
2.14 Low Hill
2.15 Netherfield
2.16 North Scotland
2.17 North Walton
2.18 Prince's Park
2.19 Sandhills
2.20 St. Anne's
2.21 St. Domingo
2.22 St. Peter's
2.23 Sefton Park
2.24 South Scotland
2.25 South Walton
2.26 Vauxhall
2.27 Wavertree
2.28 West Derby
3 By-elections
3.1 No.25, Brunswick
3.2 No.3, South Walton, 25 January 1898
3.3 No.12, Edge Hill, 26 April 1898
3.4 No. 3 South Walton, 20 July 1898
3.5 No.24, Sefton Park, 18 October 1898
4 See also
5 References
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 21 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 75% | 55% | 24,293 | |
| Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14% | 40% | 17,888 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11% | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.8% | 1,243 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 787 | |
| Independent Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.043% | 19 |
Ward results[edit]
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorents Braun Haddock | 1,076 | 56% | ||
Liberal | Louis Bartlett Phillips | 854 | 44% | ||
Majority | 222 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,089 | ||||
Turnout | 1,930 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hall Walker * | 1,434 | 60% | ||
Liberal | Jonathan Hargrove | 973 | 40% | ||
Majority | 461 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,038 | ||||
Turnout | 2,407 | 60% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | 1,016 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 961 | 49% | ||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,116 | ||||
Turnout | 1,977 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Castle Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas Wood | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Evans * | 1,914 | 64% | ||
Liberal | Harold Coventry | 1,062 | 36% | ||
Majority | 852 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,276 | ||||
Turnout | 2,976 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barclay Light | 1,566 | 66% | ||
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 816 | 34% | ||
Majority | 750 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,966 | ||||
Turnout | 2,382 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lewis Lloyd * | 1,763 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Thompson | 1,448 | 45% | ||
Ind. Conservative | William Forshaw | 19 | 0.59% | ||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,764 | ||||
Turnout | 3,230 | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fairfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas May Smith * | 853 | 61% | ||
Liberal | John Henry Evans | 539 | 39% | ||
Majority | 314 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,385 | ||||
Turnout | 1,392 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Henry Samuel * | 1,253 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | 1,201 | 49% | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,962 | ||||
Turnout | 2,454 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Great George[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Donnelly | 853 | 54% | ||
Conservative | George Dalton | 736 | 46% | ||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,338 | ||||
Turnout | 1,589 | 68% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kensington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Barns * | 1,404 | 66% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Faraday | 708 | 34% | ||
Majority | 696 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,218 | ||||
Turnout | 2,112 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | John Wilson * | 1,939 | 58% | ||
Liberal | John Lyon Langford | 1,398 | 42% | ||
Majority | 541 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,265 | ||||
Turnout | 3,337 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Petrie * | 1,656 | 61% | ||
Liberal | William Boote | 1,006 | 37% | ||
Independent | Edward Stott | 37 | 1.4% | ||
Majority | 650 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,215 | ||||
Turnout | 2,699 | 64% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Jude * | 1,389 | 82% | ||
Labour | John Shannon | 313 | 18% | ||
Majority | 1,076 | ||||
Registered electors | 4.342 | ||||
Turnout | 1,702 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Daly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
North Walton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Harvey Farmer * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Burgess * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Nelson * | 998 | 62% | ||
Independent | William Hopson | 623 | 38% | ||
Majority | 375 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,334 | ||||
Turnout | 1,621 | 49% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | 721 | 89% | ||
Independent | Hanst Hargreaves | 50 | 6% | ||
Independent | Edward Phillips | 42 | 5% | ||
Majority | 671 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,473 | ||||
Turnout | 813 | 23% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Domingo[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Alfred Hampson * | 1,541 | 68% | ||
Liberal | Charles Albert Slater | 611 | 27% | ||
Labour | Clement William George | 114 | 5% | ||
Majority | 930 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,603 | ||||
Turnout | 2,266 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Watts * | 416 | 92% | ||
Independent | Alfred Allsop | 35 | 7.8% | ||
Majority | 381 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,078 | ||||
Turnout | 451 | 22% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Frederick Warr MP * | 1,413 | 56% | ||
Liberal | John Morris | 1,094 | 44% | ||
Majority | 319 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
Turnout | 2,507 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
South Walton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Atwood Beaver | 1,218 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Arthur Henry Bunney | 1,162 | 49% | ||
Majority | 56 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Turnout | 2,380 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Vauxhall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas John Flynn * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Wavertree[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | 1,053 | 54% | ||
Liberal | Charles William Jones | 900 | 46% | ||
Majority | 153 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,598 | ||||
Turnout | 1,953 | 75% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * | 1,069 | 52% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Utley | 983 | 48% | ||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,132 | ||||
Turnout | 2,052 | 66% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[1][2][3][4][5]
By-elections[edit]
No.25, Brunswick[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Arden (Conservative, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1896)[6] on 29 November 1897.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Dalton | 1,053 | 51% | ||
Liberal | John Clancy | 1,015 | 49% | ||
Edward Phillips | 8 | 0.39% | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,116 | ||||
Turnout | 2,076 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[8][9]
No.3, South Walton, 25 January 1898[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Henry Richard Powell (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1896)[10]
.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[11]
No.12, Edge Hill, 26 April 1898[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Jonathan Parry (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895)[6] on 5 March 1898.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,066 | 75% | ||
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 354 | 25% | ||
Majority | 712 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,966 | ||||
Turnout | 1,420 | 29% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[13]
No. 3 South Walton, 20 July 1898[edit]
Alderman Joseph Glover died on 21 April 1898.[14]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart. MP was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 June 1898[15]
.[16]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart.MP resigned as an Alderman on 1 June 1898.[16]
Councillor John Ellison (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1895)[17] was elected as an Alderman by the city Council[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Houlding B.Sc. | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[18]
No.24, Sefton Park, 18 October 1898[edit]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Augustus Frederick Warr MP (Conservative, Sefton Park, elected 1 November 1895[19] which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1898.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Radcliffe William Smith | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[21]
See also[edit]
- Liverpool City Council
Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present- History of local government in England
References[edit]
^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1897
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