1900 Liverpool City Council election
1900 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1900.
There were a total of 30 wards, each with one seat up for election, with the exception of Walton, which was a new ward with 3 councillors elected at this election.
There were 5 new seats at this election : Anfield (1 seat); Walton (3 seats) and Wavertree (1 seat).
Of the 32 seats up for election 17 seats were contested and 15 uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 56 | +4 | 21 | 77 | |
Liberal | 23 | +2 | 6 | 29 | |
Irish Nationalist | 6 | -1 | 2 | 8 | |
Independent Irish Nationalist | 3 | +1 | 0 | 3 | |
Liberal Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Contents
1 Election result
2 Ward results
2.1 Abercromby
2.2 Anfield
2.3 Breckfield
2.4 Brunswick
2.5 Castle Street
2.6 Dingle
2.7 Edge Hill
2.8 Everton
2.9 Exchange
2.10 Fairfield
2.11 Granby
2.12 Great George
2.13 Kensington
2.14 Kirkdale
2.15 Low Hill
2.16 Netherfield
2.17 North Scotland
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 East
2.24 Sefton Park West
2.25 South Scotland
2.26 Vauxhall
2.27 Walton
2.28 Warbreck
2.29 Wavertree
2.30 West Derby
3 Aldermanic election
4 By-elections
4.1 No. 21 Abercromby, 29 January 1901
4.2 No. 26 Dingle, 27 November 1900
4.3 No. 11 Kensington, 28 February 1901
4.4 No. 10 Low Hill, 28 February 1901
4.5 No. 20 Great George
4.6 No. 3 Anfield, 10 May 1901
5 See also
6 References
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 22 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 71% | 55% | 13,849 | |
| Liberal | 6 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 19% | 41% | 10,371 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6% | 14% | 3,415 | |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3.2% | 3.5% | 871 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.3% | 577 |
Ward results[edit]
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1897 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorents Braun Haddock * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Arwood Beaver | 712 | 52% | ||
Liberal | Henry Jones | 669 | 48% | ||
Majority | 43 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,108 | ||||
Turnout | 1,381 | 66% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Breckfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duncan | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr. William Permewan | 1,009 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | 884 | 47% | ||
Majority | 125 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,113 | ||||
Turnout | 1,893 | 61% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Castle Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas Wood * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Stephen Collard | 1,746 | 80% | ||
Liberal | David Jones | 446 | 20% | ||
Majority | 1,300 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,312 | ||||
Turnout | 2,192 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barclay Light * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lewis Lloyd * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * | 559 | 86% | ||
Independent | Joseph Hughes | 88 | 14% | ||
Majority | 471 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,780 | ||||
Turnout | 647 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fairfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas May Smith * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | 1,218 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Frederick John Miners | 1,065 | 47% | ||
Majority | 153 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,000 | ||||
Turnout | 2,263 | 57% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Great George[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Muirhead | 721 | 53% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Dowdall | 640 | 47% | ||
Majority | 81 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,054 | ||||
Turnout | 1,361 | 66% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Kensington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Burns | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Russell Taylor | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Alexander McNeight | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Jude * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Daly * | 1,050 | 85% | ||
Independent | James Flynn | 190 | 15% | ||
Majority | 860 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,305 | ||||
Turnout | 1,240 | 38% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Prince's Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Chaloner Dowdall * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Henry Grant | 931 | 55% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Bernard Conlon | 750 | 45% | ||
Majority | 181 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,383 | ||||
Turnout | 1,681 | 48% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Anne's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George King * | 1,038 | 50.2% | ||
Conservative | Alfred John Fishlock | 1,029 | 49.8% | ||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,411 | ||||
Turnout | 2,067 | 61% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Domingo[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Alfred Hampson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Crossfield * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Japp * | 1,047 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Rupert Stanley Bremner | 806 | 43% | ||
Majority | 241 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,170 | ||||
Turnout | 1,853 | 58% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Reynolds Rathbone | 666 | 60% | ||
Conservative | Radcliffe William Radcliffe-Smith | 446 | 40% | ||
Majority | 220 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,843 | ||||
Turnout | 1,112 | 60% | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
South Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish Nationalist | John O'Shea | 871 | 56% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Michael Heron | 673 | 44% | ||
Majority | 198 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,472 | ||||
Turnout | 1,544 | 44% | |||
Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist |
Vauxhall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke | 643 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Julius Jacobs | 578 | 47% | ||
Majority | 65 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,090 | ||||
Turnout | 1,221 | 58% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Brunskill | 1,218 | 49% | ||
Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick * | 1,180 | 47% | ||
Conservative | Jacob Reuben Grant | 1,019 | 41% | ||
Liberal | Alfred Thomas Davies | 993 | 40% | ||
Liberal | Alexander McLaren | 800 | 32% | ||
Liberal | Robert Alfred Bellwood | 702 | 28% | ||
Independent | William Henry Quilliam | 299 | 12% | ||
Majority | 225 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,559 | ||||
Turnout | 2,510 | 71% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Warbreck[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Harvey Farmer | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Croathwaite * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Derby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Ramsden | 1,143 | 54% | ||
Conservative | George Layton | 955 | 46% | ||
Majority | 188 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,259 | ||||
Turnout | 2,098 | 64% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Aldermanic election[edit]
On 9 November 1900, Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899)[12] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.[12][13]
By-elections[edit]
No. 21 Abercromby, 29 January 1901[edit]
The resignation of Alderman Alexander Garnett (Conservative, elected as an alderman in 1883[14] 1889[15] and 1895[16]) was reported to the council on 5 December 1900.[17]
Councillor Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell the younger (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1898)[18] was elected by the council as an alderman on 2 January 1901.[19]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Phillips | 538 | |||
Independent | Edward Phillips | 57 | |||
Majority | 481 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,113 | ||||
Turnout | 595 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[20]
No. 26 Dingle, 27 November 1900[edit]
Caused by the election of Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899)[12] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Austin Taylor | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[21]
No. 11 Kensington, 28 February 1901[edit]
The resignation of Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 19 March 1891[22] and 9 November 1895)[23] was reported to the council on 2 January 1901.[24]
Councillor Dr. Thomas Clarke (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2 November 1898)
[25] was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 February 1901.[26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Samuel Mason Hutchinson | 1,067 | |||
Liberal | Alexander Armour | 886 | |||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 5,312 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
[27]
No. 10 Low Hill, 28 February 1901[edit]
The resignation of Councillor Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1899)[28] was reported to the Council on 6 February 1901.[29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Quillam Roby | 1,054 | |||
Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 800 | |||
Majority | 254 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,312 | ||||
Turnout | 1,854 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[30]
No. 20 Great George[edit]
The resignation of Councillor John Henderson (Great George, elected 25 November 1898)[31] was reported to the council on 6 March 1901.[32]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Muirhead | ||||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing |
No. 3 Anfield, 10 May 1901[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Atwood Beaver (Conservative, Anfield, elected 1 November 1900)[3] on 12 April 1901.[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Valentine Smith | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[34]
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–present- History of local government in England
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