1900 Liverpool City Council election

1900 Liverpool City Council election

←  1899 1 November 1900 (1900-11-01) 1901  →
34 seats, being 29 for existing wards plus the new wards of Anfield (1 seat), Walton (3 seats) and Warbreck (1 seat): one seat for each of the 32 wards with the exception of Walton, which was a new ward with 3 councillors to be elected. Making a new total of 92 Councillors. An additional aldermanic position was created for the new ward of Walton at the Council meeting on 9 November, but not for Anfield nor Warbreck. making a total of 30 Aldermanic posts. 62 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1900.

Following the creation of new wards: Anfield (1 seat), Walton (3 seats) and Warbreck (1 seat), there were a total of 32 wards with elections, 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 wards with elections 17 were contested and 15 uncontested. There were a total of 92 Councillors after the election on 1 November 1900. At the Council meeting on 9 November a new Alderman was elected for the new Walton ward, making a total of 30 Aldermen.

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

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1900

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22	7	3	+4	71%	47.6	13,849
	Liberal	6	4	2	+2	19%	35.7	10,371
	Irish Nationalist	2	0	1	-1	6%	11.7	3,415
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	3.2%	3.0	871
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	2.0	577

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1897 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorents Braun Haddock *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield

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

No. 6 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Duncan	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick

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

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas Wood *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle

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

No. 12 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barclay Light *	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Everton

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Lloyd *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange

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

No. 4 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas May Smith *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby

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

No. 20 Great George

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

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Burns	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alexander McNeight	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Jude *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland

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

No. 23 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

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

No. 17 St. Anne's

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

No. 7 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Alfred Hampson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crossfield *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East

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

No. 24 Sefton Park West

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

No. 14 South Scotland

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

No. 15 Vauxhall

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

No. 3A Walton - 3 seats

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

No. 27 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harvey Farmer	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Croathwaite *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

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

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Aldermanic election

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

No. 21 Abercromby, 29 January 1901

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]

No. 21 Abercromby

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

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]

No. 26 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Taylor	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[21]

No. 11 Kensington, 28 February 1901

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]

No. 11 Kensington

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

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]

No. 10 Low Hill

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

The resignation of Councillor John Henderson (Great George, elected 25 November 1898) ^[31] was reported to the council on 6 March 1901. ^[32]

No. 20 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative gain from		Swing

No. 3 Anfield, 10 May 1901

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Atwood Beaver (Conservative, Anfield, elected 1 November 1900) ^[3] on 12 April 1901. ^[33]

No. 20 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Valentine Smith	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[34]

See also

• 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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