1894 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1894. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

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Eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 200828
Liberal 21-2627
Irish Nationalists 5+227
Independent Irish Nationalist1001
Liberal Unionist 1001

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1894
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 700044%69%8,537
  Liberal 702-244%10%1,208
  Irish Nationalist 220+212.5%
  Labour 00000%15%1,902

Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Menlove 691 94%
Labour John O'Brien415.6%
Majority650
Registered electors
Turnout 732
Conservative hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Bartlett * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 1 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Houlding * 4,737 89%
Labour John Naylor56811%
Majority4,16978%
Registered electors
Turnout 5,305
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Alphonse Doughan * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 9 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Lamport Eills unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Petrie * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Burgess * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Scott * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Henry Picton * 555 93%
Labour William Gibson437.2%
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel McMillin * 653 66%
Labour John Callow33734%
Labour Aaron John Fowler282.8%
Majority31632%
Registered electors
Turnout 990
Liberal hold Swing

St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Robert Meade-King * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Grierson * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Scotland

No. 1 Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Kearney unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Evans unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas John Flynn unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

West Derby

No. 14 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Hatton Cookson * 3,800 81%
Labour Samuel Reeves 88519%
Majority2,91562%
Registered electors 11,825
Turnout 4,68540%
Conservative hold Swing

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By-elections

Councillor Thomas Kelly (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1893) [5] died on 17 October 1895. [6]

As the November 1895 election was near and an all-up election, there was no by-election.

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References

  1. Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2 November 1894
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 front page" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 1" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 2" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 2" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 281" . Retrieved 9 April 2017.