Liverpool City Council election, 1899
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. 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 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
| Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
| Liverpool Local Election Result 1899 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | ||||||||||
| Liberal | ||||||||||
| Irish Nationalist | ||||||||||
| Independent | ||||||||||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1899 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
| No. 21 Abercromby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Morris Paterson Jones * | 844 | 53% | ||
| Liberal | Dr. William Permewan | 741 | 46% | ||
| Independent | John O'Brien | 15 | 0.94% | ||
| Majority | 103 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,983 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,600 | 54% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Breckfield
| No. 6 Breckfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Louis Samuel Cohen * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Brunswick
| No. 25 Brunswick | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Roberts | 1,031 | 52% | ||
| Conservative | Roderick Killip | 969 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 62 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,157 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,000 | 63% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
| No. 18 Castle Street | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Lawrence * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Dingle
| No. 26 Dingle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Roberts * | 1,761 | 64% | ||
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Byrne | 1,002 | 36% | ||
| Majority | 759 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,402 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,763 | 51% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Edge Hill
| No.No. 12 Edge Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Samuel Wasse Higginbottom * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
| No. 9 Everton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | William Denton * | 977 | 71% | ||
| Independent Conservative | David John Williams | 399 | 29% | ||
| Majority | 578 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,706 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,376 | 29% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
| No. 16 Exchange | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
| No. 4 Fairfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | 713 | 59% | ||
| Liberal | John Henry Evans | 495 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 218 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,512 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,208 | 34% | |||
| Conservative gain from {{{loser}}} | Swing | ||||
Granby
| No. 22 Granby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Lea * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
| No. 20 Great George | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Kensington
| No. 11 Kensington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Henry Edwardes * | 1,418 | 65% | ||
| Liberal | William Benjamin Lewis | 760 | 35% | ||
| Majority | 658 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,307 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,178 | 51% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kirkdale
| No. 2 Kirkdale | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dr. John Utting | 1,803 | 57% | ||
| Liberal | Thomas Backhouse | 1,352 | 43% | ||
| Majority | 451 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,361 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,155 | 50% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Low Hill
| No. 10 Low Hill | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Stewart Dean * | 1,216 | 80% | ||
| Liberal and Labour | Clement William George | 301 | 20% | ||
| Majority | 915 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,153 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,517 | 37% | |||
| [[|N/A]] hold | Swing | ||||
Netherfield
| No. 8 Netherfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Watson Rutherford * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Scotland
| No. 13 North Scotland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh | unopposed | |||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
North Walton
| No. 27 North Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter McGuffie * | 1,018 | 65% | ||
| Liberal | Alexander McLaren | 549 | 35% | ||
| Majority | 469 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,689 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,567 | 42% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Prince's Park
| No. 23 Prince's Park | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Walter William Thomas * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sandhills
| No. 1 Sandhills | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery * | 550 | 90% | ||
| Independent | John McGrath | 59 | 10% | ||
| Majority | 491 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,461 | ||||
| Turnout | 609 | 18% | |||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Anne's
| No. 17 St. Anne's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Frederick Saunby | 1,022 | 51% | ||
| Liberal | John Clancy | 903 | 45% | ||
| Independent | Michael Conway | 58 | 3% | ||
| Independent | Thomas Hart | 11 | 0.55% | ||
| Independent | Edward Phillips | 3 | 0.15% | ||
| Majority | 119 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,401 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,997 | 59% | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Party (UK)- | Swing | ||||
St. Domingo
| No. 7 St. Domingo | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Joseph Bennett Colton * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
| No. 19 St. Peter's | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Samuel Hough * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Sefton Park East
| No. 24A Sefton Park East - 3 seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | John Japp | unopposed | |||
| Liberal | John Morris | unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Lt. Col. Robert Stephen Porter | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Sefton Park West
| No. 24 Sefton Park West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Dart * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Scotland
| No. 14 South Scotland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | 929 | 65% | ||
| Irish Nationalist | James Fitzpatrick | 510 | 35% | ||
| Majority | 419 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,439 | 43% | |||
| Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist | |||||
South Walton
| No. 27 South Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | William Evans | 1,061 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick | 1,034 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 27 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,971 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,095 | 53% | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
| No. 15 Vauxhall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | 396 | 74% | ||
| Independent | John Hughes | 136 | 26% | ||
| Majority | 260 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,080 | ||||
| Turnout | 532 | 26% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Wavertree
| No. 5 Wavertree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Unionist | James Willcox Alsop | 1,026 | 59% | ||
| Liberal | EbenezerThompson | 712 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 314 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,359 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,738 | 52% | |||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
West Derby
| No. 28 West Derby | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Dr. Thomas Utley | 963 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | William Craigie Williams * | 915 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,189 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,878 | 59% | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
By-elections
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899
- ↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900
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