1893 Liverpool City Council election

1893 Liverpool City Council election

←  1892 November 1, 1893 (1893-11-01) 1894  →
16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1893. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Four of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	??	8	??
	Liberal	??	??	6	??
	Irish Nationalists	5	0	2	7
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1	0	0	1
	Liberal Unionist	1	0	0	1

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1893

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	+3	50%	58%	21,136
	Liberal	6	0	3	-3	38%	33%	12,086
	Irish Nationalist	2	0	0	0	12.5%	6.4%	2,321
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	2.2%	818

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Morris Paterson Jones	781	50.2%
	Liberal	John Lea *	774	49.8%
Majority			7	0.4%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,555
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bond Morgan *	836	59%
	Liberal	George Jager the younger	580	41%
Majority			256	18%
Registered electors			2,157
Turnout			1,416
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hoult	7,912	66%
	Labour & Liberal	Charles McLeod	4,145	34%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout			12,057
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

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

Great George

No. 9 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Paull *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ripley	642	54%
	Liberal	Thomas Davy Laurence *	558	47%
Majority			84
Registered electors
Turnout			1,200
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Edward Willink *	1,823	83%
	Labour	Patrick Flynn	385	17%
Majority			1,438
Registered electors
Turnout			2,208
			Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. Joseph George McCann	306	62%
	Conservative	Isaac Ashton	187	38%
Majority			119	24%
Registered electors			728
Turnout			493	68%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell jun.	926	57%
	Liberal	Charles Lancaster	696	43%
Majority			926	14%	N/A
Registered electors
Turnout			1,622
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Topp *	484	52%
	Conservative	Robert Atwood Beaver	442	47%
	Labour	Edward Kaney	8	0.86%
Majority			42
Registered electors			1,232
Turnout			934	76%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Hough	515	52%
	Conservative	John Wannop	480	48%
Majority			35	4%
Registered electors			1,430
Turnout			995	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Scotland

No. 1 Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	2,321	70%
	Conservative	George Turner	977	30%
Majority			1,344	40%
Registered electors
Turnout			3,298
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ball *	2,157	56%
	Liberal	John Thomas Warrington	1,693	44%
Majority			464	12%
Registered electors			3,850
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Thomas Clarke	3,973	59%
	Liberal	John Henderson	2,335	35%
	Labour	Samuel Reeves	425	6%
Majority			1,638	24%
Registered electors
Turnout			6,733
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

No. 15, South Toxteth, 20 February 1894

Caused by the resignation of Councillor James De Bels Adam (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1891), ^[4] which was reported to the Council on 7 February 1894. ^[5]

No. 15 South Toxteth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Evans	unopposed
Registered electors			3,850
	Conservative hold		Swing

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No. 6 Castle Street, 19 June 1894

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Henry Hugh Hornby (Liberal Unionist, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1892), ^[8] which was reported to the Council on 6 June 1894. ^[9]

No. 6 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Hugh Hornby JP *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,157
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

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See also

• 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

1. Liverpool Echo Thursday 2 November 1893
2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 front page" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 1" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 3" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 115" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 149" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 150" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1892-1893 page 2" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 225" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
10. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 243" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
11. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 244" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.