Liverpool City Council election, 1902

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1902.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1902
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Irish Nationalist
	Labour
	Independent

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Black	966	60%
	Conservative	Morris Paterson Jones *	647	40%
Majority			319
Registered electors
Turnout			1,613
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Bathgate	unopposed
	Conservative	William Hall Jowett	unopposed
	Conservative	Arthur Twiss Kemble	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Evans *	unopposed
	Liberal win (new seat)

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Roberts *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lawrence *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Austin Taylor
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Wasse Higginbottom MP *	1,500	64%
	Labour	Robert Clement Faulkener	847	36%
Majority			653
Registered electors
Turnout			237
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Denton *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

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

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Edward Wrake Turner	993	38%
	Independent Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson	891	34%
	Liberal	James Picthall	750	29%
	Conservative	Thomas Semmens	593	23%
	Conservative	George Washington Hughes	568	22%
	Independent	Michael Somers	249	10%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout			2,585
	Independent Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lea *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	704	55%
		George Allen	582	45%
Majority			122
Registered electors
Turnout			1,286
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Edwardes *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Quilliam Roby	1,118	68%
	Labour	Nicholas Donovan	518	32%
Majority			600
Registered electors
Turnout			1,636
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	*William Watson Rutherford '**	1,567	95%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	88	5%
Majority			1,479
Registered electors
Turnout			1,655
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

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

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Liberal
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone	1,347	57%
	Conservative	Walter William Thomas *	1,032	43%
Majority			315
Registered electors
Turnout			2,379
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julius Jacobs	1,058	50%
	Liberal	John Clancy	1,055	50%
Majority			1,058
Registered electors
Turnout			2,113
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Bennett Colton *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Armour	371	95%
	Independent	John Grimes	19	5%
Majority			352
Registered electors
Turnout			390
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Bowring Stoddart	1,188	52%
	Conservative	Dr. Richard Caton	1,092	48%
Majority			96
Registered electors
Turnout			2,280
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dart *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist gain from Independent Irish Nationalist

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith Brodrick	944	72%
	Independent	Joseph Carleton	355	27%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	7	1%
Majority			589
Registered electors
Turnout			1,306
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter McGuffie	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	James Willcox Alsop *	unopposed
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Utley *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1902
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1902
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1902-1904

Council elections in Merseyside

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Merseyside County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(1901 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1902 (→ 1903)

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