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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:

























PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal

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]








































































Liverpool Local Election Result 1897
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]





































No. 21 Abercromby
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]





































No. 6 Breckfield
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]





































No. 25 Brunswick
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]























No. 18 Castle Street
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas Wood

unopposed



Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing



Dingle[edit]





































No. 26 Dingle
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]





































No.No. 12 Edge Hill
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]











































No. 9 Everton
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]























No. 16 Exchange
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Sutherland Harmood-Banner *

unopposed



Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing



Fairfield[edit]





































No. 4 Fairfield
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]





































No. 22 Granby
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]





































No. 20 Great George
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]





































No. 11 Kensington
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]





































No. 2 Kirkdale
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]











































No. 10 Low Hill
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]





































No. 8 Netherfield
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]























No. 13 North Scotland
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Nationalist

James Daly *

unopposed



Registered electors





Irish Nationalist hold

Swing



North Walton[edit]























No. 27 North Walton
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Harvey Farmer *

unopposed



Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing



Prince's Park[edit]























No. 23 Prince's Park
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

William James Burgess *

unopposed



Registered electors





Conservative hold

Swing



Sandhills[edit]





































No. 1 Sandhills
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]











































No. 17 St. Anne's
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]











































No. 7 St. Domingo
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]





































No. 19 St. Peter's
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]





































No. 24 Sefton Park
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]























No. 14 South Scotland
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Nationalist

Patrick Kearney *

unopposed



Registered electors





Irish Nationalist hold

Swing



South Walton[edit]





































No. 3 South Walton
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]























No. 15 Vauxhall
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Irish Nationalist

Thomas John Flynn *

unopposed



Registered electors





Irish Nationalist hold

Swing



Wavertree[edit]





































No. 5 Wavertree
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]





































No. 28 West Derby
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]











































No. 25 Brunswick
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]























No. 3 South Walton
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]





































No.No. 12 Edge Hill
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]























No. 3 South Walton
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]























No. 24 Sefton Park
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]




  1. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1897


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