Liverpool City Council election, 1901

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1901.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
Liberal Unionist	??	??	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1901
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17					55%	18,212
	Liberal	8					20%	6,547
	Irish Nationalist	4					14%	4,501
	Liberal Unionist	2					7.8%	2,584
	Liberal and Labour	0					1.7%	557
	Labour	0					1.6%	520
	Independent	0					1%	321

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1898 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Phillips	553	87%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	85	13%
Majority			468
Registered electors			2,887
Turnout			638	22%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Houlding	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Berry *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Beloe *	992	71%
	Conservative	Joseph Titley	374	29%
Majority			548
Registered electors			3,073
Turnout			1,296	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Binley Neale *	575	71%'
	Independent	Edward Hood	236	29%
Majority			339
Registered electors			2,126
Turnout			811	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Chevalier *	1,608	58%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick J. Higgins	145	10%
Majority			1,191
Registered electors			5,304
Turnout			1,481	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson Walker *	1,336	89%
	Irish Nationalist	John McGrath	160	11%
Majority			1,176
Registered electors			5,125
Turnout			1,496	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	William Oulton *	1,010	89%
	Irish Nationalist	John Hughes	125	11%
Majority			885
Registered electors			4,701
Turnout			1,135	24%
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Durning Holt *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Hunter *	1,203	61%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	776	39%
Majority			427
Registered electors			3,959
Turnout			1,979	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Henry Bullen *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Samuel Mason Hutchinson	1,180	90%
	Irish Nationalist	Hugh O'Donnell	134	10%
Majority			1,046
Registered electors			4,590
Turnout			1,314	29%
	Liberal Unionist gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Rayner	1,592	84%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Cullen	297	16%
Majority			1,295
Registered electors			6,479
Turnout			1,889	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Boote	1,031	66%
	Labour	Isaac Newton	520	34%
Majority			511
Registered electors			4,141
Turnout			1,551	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sturla	1,307	53%
	Conservative	David Scott	1,163	47%
Majority			144
Registered electors			4,418
Turnout			2,470	56%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynsky	1,355	75%
	Conservative	David John Williams	452	25%
Majority			903
Registered electors			3,239
Turnout			1,807	56%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Willink *	778	90%
	Irish Nationalist	William Donnelly	90	10%
Majority			688
Registered electors			3,734
Turnout			868	23%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Salter *	1,017	55%
	Conservative	Frederick Hilditch	844	45%
Majority			173
Registered electors			3,463
Turnout			1,861	54%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Caton Glover	1,126	51%
	Liberal	Harold Goad Crosfield	1,086	49%
Majority			40
Registered electors			3,383
Turnout			2,212	65%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine *	1,355	63%
	Liberal	Dr. Charles Ritchie Niven	792	37%
Majority			563
Registered electors			4,598
Turnout			2,147	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles *	647	62%
	Liberal Unionist	William Harold Stowe Oulton	394	38%
Majority			253
Registered electors			1,924
Turnout			1,041	54%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morris	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Stanley Rogerson	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford	1,242	69%
	Conservative	James Marsh	559	31%
Majority			683
Registered electors			3,484
Turnout			1,801	52%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart	730	51%
	Conservative	Julius Jacobs	698	49%
Majority			32
Registered electors			2,032
Turnout			1,428	70%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacob Reuben Grant	1,277	70%
	Liberal and Labour	Alexander McLaren	557	30%
Majority			720
Registered electors			3,672
Turnout			1,834	50%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kelly	823	90%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	94	10%
Majority			729
Registered electors			2,579
Turnout			917	36%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Turner *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lister *	1,137	90%
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Murphy	129	10%
Majority			1,008
Registered electors			3,359
Turnout			1,266	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1901, the terms of office of fifteen alderman expired.^[3] The following fifteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1901 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	Joseph Ball JP *
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell JP *
	Conservative	Dr. Thomas Clarke *
	Conservative	Edward Hatton Cookson JP *
	Conservative	John Ellison *
	Conservative	Thomas Evans *
	Conservative	Sir William Bower Forwood JP *
	Conservative	Edward Grindley *
	Conservative	John Houlding *
	Conservative	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell (the younger) JP *
	Conservative	Hugh McCubbin *
	Conservative	Thomas William Oakshott JP *
	Conservative	William Radcliffe JP *
	Conservative	William Roberts *
		Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht *

^[4]

By-elections

No. 13 North Scotland, 28 May 1902

Following the death of Alderman John Houlding (Conservative), Councillor Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland ward, elected 1 November 1899)^[5] was elected by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) as an Alderman on 7 May 1902.^[6]

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Daly	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.^[7]

No.16 Exchange, 17 June 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edmond Brownbill, which was reported to the Council on 4 June 1902.^[8]

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.^[9]

No.25 Brunswick, 15 July 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charles Henry Beloe (Liberal, elected 1 November 1901), which was reported to the Council on 2 July 1902.^[10]

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Byrne	670
		Knowles Stretch	515
		James Sexon	214
Majority			155
Registered electors			3,305
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[11]

No. 15 Vauxhall, 21 August 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Burke (Irish Nationalist, elected 1 November 1900),^[12] which was reported to the Council on 6 August 1902.^[13]

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1903.^[14]

No. 19. St Peter's,

Caused by the death of Councillor Samuel Hough (Liberal, St. Pter's, elected 1 November 1899)^[15] on 12 August 1902.^[16]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 2 November 1901
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 4
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 8
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 290
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 329
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 328
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 366
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 367
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 393
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 392
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 442
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1899 - 1900
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 pg 441

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