Liverpool City Council election, 1900

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

There were a total of 30 wards, 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 3 new wards at this election : Anfield (1 seat); Walton (3seats) and Wavertree (1 seat). Of the 32 seats up for election 17 seats were contested and 15 uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	8	0	??	??
Independent Irish Nationalist	2	+1	0	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1900
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22					55%	13,849
	Liberal	7					41%	10,371
	Irish Nationalist	2					14%	3,415
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1					3.5%	871
	Independent	0					2.3%	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
	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
	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
	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.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barclay Light *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Lloyd *	unopposed
	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
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alexander McNeight	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Jude *	unopposed
	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
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crossfield	unopposed
	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Croathwaite *	unopposed
	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

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic election

On 9th November 1900, Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1st November 1900) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.^[3]

By-elections

No. 21 Abercromby, 29th January 1901

The resignation of Alderman Alexander Garnett ( ) was reported to the council on 5th December 1900.^[4] Councillor Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell the younger (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1st November 1898)^[5] was elected by the council as an alderman on 2nd January 1901.^[6]

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

^[7]

No. 26 Dingle, 27th November 1900

Caused by the election of Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1st November 1900) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.^[8]

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Austin Taylor	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 11 Kensington, 28th February 1901

The resignation of Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes was reported to the council on 2nd January 1901.^[10] Councillor Dr. Thomas Clarke (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2st November 1898)^[11] was elected as an alderman by the council on 6th February 1901.^[12]

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

^[13]

No. 10 Low Hill, 28th February 1901

The resignation of Councillor Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1st November 1899)^[14] was reported to the Council on 6th February 1901.^[15]

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

^[16]

No. 20 Great George

The resignation of Councillor John Henderson ( ) was reported to the council on 6th March 1901.^[17]

No. 3 Anfield, 10th May 1901

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Atwood Beaver on 12th April 1901.^[18]

No. 20 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Valentine Smith	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

^[19]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 6
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 58
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1898-1889
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 100
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 140
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 6
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 58
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 98
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 142
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 206
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 141
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 205
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 207
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 277
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 pg 205

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