1907 Liverpool City Council election

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1907 Liverpool City Council election
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  1906 November 1, 1907 (1907-11-01) 1908  

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 1907.

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This was the first Liverpool City Council election in which women stood as candidates : Miss Harriet Mary Johnson stood as an independent in the Dingle ward and Miss Ellen Robinson stood as a Liberal in the West Derby ward.

Nine of the thirty-four seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 54+72680
Liberal 35-6641
Irish Nationalist 110213
Labour 2002
Protestant 1-101

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1907
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2281+765%57%27,877
  Liberal 817-624%26%12,880
  Irish Nationalist 30009%0%0
  Protestant 101-13%6.7%3,294
  Independent 00000%3.4%1,685
  Labour 00000%3.1%1,533
  Socialist 00000%2.3%1,141
  Ind. Labour Party 00000%1.6%767

The significant number of uncontested seats means that these statistics should be taken in context.

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1905 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas James Smith jnr97359%
Liberal Dr. William Permewan *67641%
Majority 297
Registered electors 2,513
Turnout 1,64966%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Parkfield Wethered69664%
Liberal Archibald Bathgate *38936%
Majority 307
Registered electors 1,450
Turnout 1,08575%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Russell Taylor *93083%
Independent William Robert Roberts19017%
Majority 740
Registered electors 2,830
Turnout 1,12040%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Samuel Cohen1,42162%
Liberal John Meek88138%
Majority 540
Registered electors 4,133
Turnout 2,32056%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Patrick Charles Kelly *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Garner *77459%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring53341%
Majority 241
Registered electors 2,099
Turnout 1,30762%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward James Chevalier *1,48766%
Independent Miss Harriet Mary Johnson76534%
Majority 722
Registered electors 5,268
Turnout 2,25243%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Henry Harrison1,46162%
Independent Thomas Byrne58925%
Socialist Charles Wilson31413%
Majority 872
Registered electors 4,791
Turnout 2,36449%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor *1,39265%
Liberal Charles Phillips76435%
Majority 628
Registered electors 4,437
Turnout 2,15649%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

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

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Hughes *1,14150%
Conservative Harry Shakespeare Badger1,12450%
Majority 17
Registered electors 3,845
Turnout 2,26559%
Liberal hold Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 24 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Henry Bullen *94140%
Conservative Herbert John Davis92840%
Socialist Francis James Welland64320%
Majority 13
Registered electors 3,683
Turnout 2,33263%
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. Albert Edward Davis64152%
Liberal Burton William Eills *60148%
Majority 40
Registered electors 1,761
Turnout 1,24271%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Mason Hutchinson *1,67769%
Ind. Labour Party Nelson Taylor76731%
Majority 910
Registered electors 4,754
Turnout 2,44451%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant John George Paris *unopposed
Registered electors
Protestant hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Boote *1,26565%
Labour David Little68635%
Majority 579
Registered electors
Turnout 1,95150%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Sturla *1,40065%
Protestant John Walker76435%
Majority 636
Registered electors 4,093
Turnout 2,16453%
Conservative gain from Liberal 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 Lister *1,04274%
Socialist Alan John Tracy36426%
Majority 678
Registered electors 2,984
Turnout 1,40647%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick William Frodsham1,33159%
Liberal Max Muspratt *92741%
Majority 404
Registered electors 3,600
Turnout 2,25863%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Arthur Appleton *93850%
Conservative John Lucas Rankin93250%
Majority 6
Registered electors 3,383
Turnout 1,87055%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter99458%
Conservative David Pearson72942%
Majority 265
Registered electors 2,806
Turnout 1,72361%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. Charles Alexander Hill1,21456%
Protestant Henry Porter *94644%
Majority 268
Registered electors 4,522
Turnout 2,16048%
Conservative gain from Protestant Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Miles *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Morris *1,12250%
Conservative Reginald George Layton1,10050%
Majority 22
Registered electors 3,643
Turnout 2,22267%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Pritchard94960%
Liberal Joseph Wilson63040%
Majority 319
Registered electors 2,467
Turnout 1,57964%
Conservative gain from Liberal 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 *1,15789%
Independent John Sidney Smith14111%
Majority 1,016
Registered electors 3,190
Turnout 1,29841%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colonel Robert Stephen Porter *88454%
Liberal John Kellitt75246%
Majority 132
Registered electors 2,629
Turnout 1,63662%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Josiah Mason Hargreaves1,18855%
Liberal Cecil Haywood Brunner *97145%
Majority 217
Registered electors 3,552
Turnout 2,15961%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson *1,18266%
Liberal Miss Ellen Robinson62034%
Majority 562
Registered electors 2,917
Turnout 1,80262%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Aldermanic Election, 9 November 1907

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1907, the terms of office of fifteen alderman expired. [9]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1907 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAlderman
Conservative Edward Hatton Cookson JP *
Conservative John Duncan JP *
Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood JP *
Conservative Edward Grindley JP *
Conservative Sir Robert Alfred Hampson JP *
Conservative William Hall Jowett JP *
Conservative Simon Jude *
Conservative Richard Kelly JP
Conservative Edward Lewis Lloyd JP
Conservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP *
Conservative Thomas William Oakshott JP *
Conservative William Oulton JP *
Conservative William Radcliffe JP *
Conservative William Roberts *
Conservative Sir Thomas Bland Royden, Bart. *
Conservative William Watson Rutherford MP JP
Conservative Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht *

[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Aldermanic Election, 2 September 1908

Caused by the resignation of alderman Sir Robert Alfred Hampson (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1907) [12] was reported to the Council on 1 July 1908. [14]

In his place Councillor John Gregory Taggart (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1907) [4] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 2 September 1908

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Irish Nationalist John Gregory TaggartNo.20 Great George1910

[15] [16]

Aldermanic Election, 21 October 1908

Following the death of Alderman Edward Paull (Liberal, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1904) [17] [18] on 25 September 1908, [19] his place was taken by Councillor Richard Robert Meade-King (Liberal, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1905) [20] when he was elected as an alderman by the Council on 21 October 1908.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal Richard Robert Meade-KingNo.1 Sandhills1910

[21] [22]

By-Elections

No.8 Netherfield, 26 November 1907

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor William Watson Rutherford MP (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1905) [23] on 9 November 1907 [12] [13]

No. 8 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waugh
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

[24]

No.9 Everton, 26 November 1907

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Edward Lewis Lloyd JP (Conservative, Everton, elected unopposed 1 November 1906) [25] on 9 November 1907. [12] [13]

No. 9 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Richard Rutherfordunopposed
Registered electors 4,437
gain from Swing

[26]

No.27 Warbreck, 26 November 1907

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Richard Kelly JP (Conservative, Warbreck, elected 1 November 1907) [6] on 9 November 1907. [12] [13]

No. 27 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney Edward Davies1,10367%
William Holgate55333%
Majority 550
Registered electors
Turnout 1,656
Conservative hold Swing

[26] [27]

No.19 St. Peter's, 19 December 1907

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Alexander Armour (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1905) [20] on 6 November 1907, which was reported to the Council on 4 December 1907. [24]

No. 19 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Burton William Eillsunopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

[28]

No.19 St. Peter's, 15 April 1908

Caused by the death of Councillor Henry Miles (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1907) [4] on 21 March 1908. [29]

No. 19 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Horace Musprattunopposed
Registered electors
gain from Swing

[30]

No.10 Low Hill, 15 April 1907

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John McEvoy (Liberal, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1905) [23] which was reported to the Council on 1 April 1907, [31]

No. 10 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Pearson1,01360%
William Nash68940%
Majority 324
Registered electors 3,874
Turnout 1,70244%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

[32]

No.15 Vauxhall, 16 September 1908

Caused by Councillor John Gregory Taggart (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1907) [4] being elected as an alderman by the Council on 2 September 1908 . [15] [16]

No. 15 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Joseph Hughes57458%
George Marks Davey41342%
Majority 161
Registered electors
Turnout 987
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

[33]

See also

References

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