1904 Liverpool City Council election

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1904 Liverpool City Council election
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←  1903 November 1, 1904 (1904-11-01) 1905  →
34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.

Contents

The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.

18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ??-3 ?? ??
Liberal  ??+4 ?? ??
Irish Nationalist  ??0 ?? ??
Protestant 5+205
Liberal Unionist  ??-1 ?? ??
Irish Nationalist and Liberal 1001
Labour  ?? ??0 ??
Independent ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1904
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1525-339%
  Liberal 1440+437%
  Irish Nationalist 30009%
  Protestant 220+26%
  Liberal Unionist 001-10%
  Labour Repr. Cmte. 00000%
 Independent00000%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dr. William Permewan83751%
Conservative William Phillips *81349%
Majority24
Registered electors 2,699
Turnout 1,65061%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Archibald Bathgate *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Russell Taylorunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin Berry *1,45857%
Protestant William Ellis Jones1,11943%
Majority339
Registered electors 4,258
Turnout 2,57761%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Byrne *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Garner74853%
Liberal Thomas James McGeorge66847%
Majority80
Registered electors 2,104
Turnout 1,41667%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward James Chevalier *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Wilson Walker *1,23250.3%
Liberal Clement Freeman1,21949.7%
Majority13
Registered electors 4,901
Turnout 2,45150%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor* Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Durning Holt *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Hughes jnr1,21755%
Conservative Joseph Hunter *1,00545%
Majority212
Registered electors 3,497
Turnout 2,22264%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henry Bullen *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Burton William Eills *73858%
Conservative Edmund Roberts Latham52742%
Majority211
Registered electors 1,796
Turnout 1,26570%
Liberal hold Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Mason Hutchinson *1,42468%
Protestant Joseph Bowers68532%
Majority739
Registered electors 4,638
Turnout 2,10945%
Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant John George Parisunopposed
Registered electors
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Boote *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sturla *1,47260%
Protestant John Carr97640%
Majority496
Registered electors 4,144
Turnout 2,44859%
Liberal hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey *unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Listerunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Max Muspratt *1,23458%
Protestant Robert Griffiths90042%
Majority334
Registered electors 3,625
Turnout 2,13459%
Liberal hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Arthur Appleton1,07555%
Conservative Harris Fineberg88945%
Majority186
Registered electors 3,364
Turnout 1,96458%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Isaac Caton Glover *1,02878%
Independent Edward Joseph Gearing29422%
Majority734
Registered electors 3,025
Turnout 1,32244%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Henry Porter1,51853%
Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine *1,32347%
Majority195
Registered electors 4,530
Turnout 2,84163%
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Miles *62970%
Labour Walter Russell26930%
Majority360
Registered electors 1,806
Turnout 89850%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Morris *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Wilson76862%
Conservative Thomas Stanley Rogerson *47838%
Majority290
Registered electors 3,001
Turnout 1,24642%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford *unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart *unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Kelly *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Stephen Porterunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Heywood Brunner1,11054%
Conservative Isaac Turner *94846%
Majority162
Registered electors 3,417
Turnout 2,05860%
Liberal win (new seat)

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson98655%
Liberal Thomas Utley80945%
Majority177
Registered electors 2,468
Turnout 1,79573%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired. [5]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAldermanWard
Conservative William Bartlett *Brunswick
Liberal William Benjamin Bowring JP *Exchange
Liberal Edmond Brownbill *South Scotland
Conservative William James Burgess *Anfield
Irish Nationalist Dr. Andrew Commins MP *Vauxhall
Conservative Charles Herbert Giles *Prince's Park
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant *Old Swan
Conservative Thomas Menlove JP *Breckfield
Liberal Edward Paull JP *Sandhills
Conservative Sir Charles Petrie Warbreck
Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell *North Scotland
Conservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP Abercromby
Liberal Frederick Smith *Castle Street
Conservative Edward Wrake Turner *Aigburth
Conservative Ephraim Walker JP *Sefton Park West
Liberal William Henry Watts *St. Anne's
Conservative William Humphrey Williams *St. Domingo

[5] [7] [8] [9] [10]

In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903) [13] was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative Councillor Thomas Bland Royden No.24A Sefton Park East1907

[14] [10]

By-elections

No.11 Kensington, 23 November 1904

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903) [15] as an alderman on 9 November 1904 [16] [10]

No. 11 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Lowry Burns1,321
Benjamin Loft Wilson1,280
Majority41
Registered electors
Turnout 2,501
Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist Swing

[17]

No. 7 St. Domingo, 17 January 1905

The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902) [18] was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905 [19]

No. 7 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant William Ellis Jones94353%
Conservative Charles Alexander Hill82146%
John Henry Newcomb221.2%
Majority122
Registered electors
Turnout 1,786
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

[20]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 front page" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 1" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 2" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 3" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 4" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1904
  7. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 6" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 7" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 8" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 10" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8" . Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 524" . Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116" . Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  14. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116" . Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  16. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  17. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 86" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  18. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1902-1903 page 2" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 128" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 180" . Retrieved 2 May 2017.
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