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28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards 57 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1896. 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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 57 | -3 | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | 17 | -3 | 6 | 23 | |
Irish Nationalists | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 17 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 28% | 9,559 | |||
Liberal | 7 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 35% | 12,031 | |||
Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7% | 3,010 | |||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3.8% | 1,318 | ||
Independent Irish Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.6% | 208 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.08% | 28 | ||
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Morris Paterson Jones * | 976 | 58% | ||
Liberal | William Boyle | 688 | 41% | ||
Labour | John O'Brien | 17 | 1% | ||
Majority | 288 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,049 | ||||
Turnout | 1,681 | 55% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Samuel Cohen * | 1,240 | 88% | ||
Labour | Robert Clement Faulkener | 175 | 12% | ||
Majority | 1,065 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,978 | ||||
Turnout | 1,415 | 36% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Arden * | 1,073 | 52% | ||
Liberal | John Alphonse Doughan | 981 | 48% | ||
Majority | 92 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,110 | ||||
Turnout | 2,054 | 66% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lawrence | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Robets * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Wasse Higginbottom * | 1,446 | 67% | ||
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 725 | 33% | ||
Majority | 721 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,770 | ||||
Turnout | 2,171 | 46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Captain William Denton | 1,342 | 51% | ||
Conservative | John Richard Pritchard * | 1,209 | 46% | ||
Labour | James Brinton | 71 | 3% | ||
Majority | 133 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,826 | ||||
Turnout | 2,622 | 65% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lea * | 1,404 | 56% | ||
Conservative | Arthur Noel Newling | 1,085 | 44% | ||
Majority | 319 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,978 | ||||
Turnout | 2,489 | 63% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | 767 | 57% | ||
Conservative | George Brodrick Smith Brodrick | 581 | 43% | ||
Majority | 186 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,216 | ||||
Turnout | 1,348 | 61% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Captain William Henry Edwards * | 1,348 | 59% | ||
Liberal | William Henry Watts the younger | 681 | 30% | ||
Labour | Isaac Newton | 250 | 11% | ||
Majority | 667 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,175 | ||||
Turnout | 2,279 | 55% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Thompson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Col. Charles Stewart Dean * | 1,304 | 50.02% | ||
Liberal | Dr. Joseph George McCann | 1,303 | 49.98% | ||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,151 | ||||
Turnout | 2,607 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Watson Rutherford * | 1,203 | 89% | ||
Independent Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke | 146 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,057 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,327 | ||||
Turnout | 1,349 | 31% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter McGuffie | 1,069 | 70% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Macreavey | 448 | 30% | ||
Majority | 621 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,263 | ||||
Turnout | 1,517 | 46% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter William Thomas * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery * | 1,062 | 53% | ||
Conservative | George Louis Meade | 932 | 47% | ||
Majority | 130 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,196 | ||||
Turnout | 1,994 | 62% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George King | 1,110 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Ellis Brammall junior | 944 | 44% | ||
Independent Irish Nationalist | John McKiernan | 62 | 2.9% | ||
Independent | George John Trgilgas | 28 | 1.3% | ||
Majority | 166 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,485 | ||||
Turnout | 2,144 | 62% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Bennett Colton * | 1,107 | 66% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Pritchard | 481 | 29% | ||
Labour | Clement William George | 80 | 4.8% | ||
Majority | 626 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,479 | ||||
Turnout | 1,668 | 37% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Hough * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Dart * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Owen O'Hara * | 1,072 | 71% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | 438 | 29% | ||
Majority | 634 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,537 | ||||
Turnout | 1,510 | 43% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Henry Richard Powell * | 1,044 | 50.3% | ||
Liberal | Arthur Henry Bunney | 1,032 | 49.7% | ||
Majority | 12 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,728 | ||||
Turnout | 2,076 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Kellitt | 919 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Henry Arthur Watson * | 899 | 49% | ||
Majority | 20 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,494 | ||||
Turnout | 1,818 | 73% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Craigie Williams * | 1,057 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Utley | 875 | 45% | ||
Majority | 182 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,085 | ||||
Turnout | 1,932 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Caused by the death of Councillor Simeon Smith (Liberal, Great George elected 1 November 1895) [6] on 28 October 1896. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Paull JP | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,216 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Hewitson (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1895) [6] on 6 February 1897. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hunter | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Following a petition causing the election of Col. Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative) on 2 November 1896 [4] to be declared void. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Col. Charles Stewart Dean * | 1,636 | 53% | ||
Liberal | Dr. Joseph George McCann | 1,427 | 47% | ||
Majority | 209 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,151 | ||||
Turnout | 3,063 | 74% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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