1908 Liverpool City Council election
1908 Liverpool City Council election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1908.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 62 | +6 | 24 | 86 | |
Liberal | 28 | -5 | 6 | 34 | |
Irish Nationalist | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Protestant | ? | -1 | ? | ? |
Contents
1 Election result
2 Ward results
2.1 Abercromby
2.2 Aigburth
2.3 Anfield
2.4 Breckfield
2.5 Brunswick
2.6 Castle Street
2.7 Dingle
2.8 Edge Hill
2.9 Everton
2.10 Exchange
2.11 Fairfield
2.12 Fazakerley
2.13 Garston
2.14 Granby
2.15 Great George
2.16 Kensington
2.17 Kirkdale
2.18 Low Hill
2.19 Netherfield
2.20 North Scotland
2.21 Old Swan
2.22 Prince's Park
2.23 Sandhills
2.24 St. Anne's
2.25 St. Domingo
2.26 St. Peter's
2.27 Sefton Park East
2.28 Sefton Park West
2.29 South Scotland
2.30 Vauxhall
2.31 Walton
2.32 Warbreck
2.33 Wavertree
2.34 Wavertree West
2.35 West Derby
3 Aldermanic elections
3.1 Aldermanic election, 9 November 1908
3.2 Aldermanic election, 27 October 1909
4 By-elections
4.1 No. 8 Netherfield, 26 November 1908
4.2 No. 28A Old Swan, 26 November 1908
4.3 No.16 Exchange ward, 29 January 1909
4.4 No.19 St. Peter's, 15 June 1909
4.5 No. 22 Granby, 7 October 1909
5 See also
6 References
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 18 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 53% | 55% | 14,708 | |
| Liberal | 13 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 38% | 29% | 7,771 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 3.5% | 928 | |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3% | 0% | 0 | |
| Socialist | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 4.5% | 1,203 | |
| Protestant | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 3.7% | 972 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.23% | 593 |
Note that due to the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in context.
Ward results[edit]
* - Retiring councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1905 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke | 873 | 56% | ||
Liberal | Arthur Black * | 677 | 44% | ||
Majority | 196 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,417 | ||||
Turnout | 1,550 | 64% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Aigburth[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Evans * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roberts * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Castle Street[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard George Hough | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dingle[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Richard Caton * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,605 | 70% | ||
Liberal | Clement Freeman * | 701 | 30% | ||
Majority | 904 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,643 | ||||
Turnout | 2,306 | 50% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Everton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Denton * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Exchange[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Bibby * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Fairfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dowd | 1,477 | 56% | ||
Liberal | A. Gates | 1,156 | 44% | ||
Majority | 321 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,818 | ||||
Turnout | 2,633 | 69% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Sharrock Higginbottom * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Garston[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Picthall * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Granby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lea * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kensington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gordon | 1,641 | 58% | ||
Socialist | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * | 1,203 | 42% | ||
Majority | 438 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,639 | ||||
Turnout | 2,844 | 61% | |||
Conservative gain from Socialist | Swing |
Kirkdale[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. John Utting * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pearson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Waugh * | 996 | 57% | ||
Protestant | John Walker | 740 | 43% | ||
Majority | 256 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,007 | ||||
Turnout | 1,736 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Bolger | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edwards | 1,265 | 75% | ||
Socialist | Alan John Tracy | 431 | 25% | ||
Majority | 834 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,173 | ||||
Turnout | 1,696 | 53% | |||
Conservative gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing |
Prince's Park[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sandhills[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery * | 928 | 61% | ||
Ind. Conservative | John Carr | 459 | 30% | ||
Independent | James Maher | 134 | 9% | ||
Majority | 469 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,303 | ||||
Turnout | 1,521 | 46% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
St. Anne's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Sexton * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George William Whittaker * | 1,345 | 85% | ||
Protestant | Isaac Adams | 232 | 15% | ||
Majority | 1,113 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,447 | ||||
Turnout | 1,577 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Burton William Ellis * | 617 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Henry Lyons | 516 | 46% | ||
Majority | 101 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,744 | ||||
Turnout | 1,133 | 65% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald George Layton | 1,318 | 53% | ||
Liberal | Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart | 1,156 | 47% | ||
Majority | 162 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,534 | ||||
Turnout | 2,474 | 70% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Sefton Park West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | F. Pritchard | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Max Muspratt | 651 | 55% | ||
Conservative | George Marks Davey | 530 | 45% | ||
Majority | 121 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,779 | ||||
Turnout | 1,181 | 66% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Walton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. McDermott | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward West * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Clarke Morrison * | 960 | 53% | ||
Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick | 864 | 47% | ||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,938 | ||||
Turnout | 1,824 | 62% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Gerson Jackson | 1,175 | 55% | ||
Liberal | William Berrington Jones * | 971 | 45% | ||
Majority | 204 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,475 | ||||
Turnout | 2,146 | 62% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
West Derby[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Bailes | 1,103 | 56% | ||
Liberal | Samuel Skelton * | 882 | 44% | ||
Majority | 221 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,029 | ||||
Turnout | 1,985 | 66% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
[1][2][3][4][5]
Aldermanic elections[edit]
Aldermanic election, 9 November 1908[edit]
Following the death of Alderman William Hall Jowett (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1907),[6] Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November
1907)[7] was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908.[8]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lister | ' | 1913 |
Aldermanic election, 27 October 1909[edit]
The resignation of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, elected as an alderman 9 November
1904)[9][10] was reported to the Council on 6 October 1909.[11]
In his place, Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1906)[12] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 27 October 1909.[13]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite | No.3 Anfield | 1910 |
[14][15]
By-elections[edit]
No. 8 Netherfield, 26 November 1908[edit]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Sturla (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1907)[16] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1908[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Alfred Irving | 1,008 | 58% | |||
Protestant | John Walker | 721 | 42% | ||
Majority | 287 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,007 | ||||
Turnout | 1,729 | 43% | |||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing |
[18]
No. 28A Old Swan, 26 November 1908[edit]
Caused by the election of Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November
1907)[7] was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Burchall | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,173 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[19]
No.16 Exchange ward, 29 January 1909[edit]
Caused by the death of Robert Durning Holt (Liberal, Exchange, elected 1 November 1907)[20] on 10 December 1908.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
[21]
No.19 St. Peter's, 15 June 1909[edit]
The resignation of Councillor Horace Muspratt (Party?, St. Peter's, elected 15 April 1908)[22] was reported to the Council on 2 June 1909.[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Byrne | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
[24]
No. 22 Granby, 7 October 1909[edit]
Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Henry Bullen (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1907).[25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Eleanor Florence Rathbone | 1,066 | 67% | ||
Francis James Welland | 516 | 33% | |||
Majority | 550 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,582 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing |
[26][14]
This by-election was notable in that Eleanor Rathbone
was the first woman elected to Liverpool City Council.
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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