Liverpool City Council election, 1903

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1903.

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 1903
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	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill	737	50.1%
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	734	49.9%
Majority			3
Registered electors			2,796
Turnout			1,471	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Salmon	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Jones	unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Duncan *	1,200	50.02%
	Protestant	Dr. John Percy Waddy	1,199	49.98%
Majority			1
Registered electors			4,196
Turnout			2,399	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal	John Alfred Kelly	994	55%
	Conservative	James Maddrell	804	45%
Majority			190
Registered electors			2,961
Turnout			1,798	61%
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal gain from Liberal

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas Wood *	586	59%'
	Liberal	Henry Baker Wyatt	409	41%
Majority			177
Registered electors			2,130
Turnout			995	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephen Collard *	1,159	72%
	Liberal	Cæsar Alfred Mudie	446	28%
Majority			713
Registered electors			5,249
Turnout			1,605	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Parry	1,417	50%
	Independent	Arthur Grove Wragg	749	26%
	Labour	Samuel Reeves	676	24%
Majority			668
Registered electors			4,999
Turnout			2,842	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Lloyd *	1,424	56%
	Liberal	Robert Roberts	974	38%
	Independent Conservative	Edward Forrester	156	6%
Majority			450
Registered electors			4,672
Turnout			2,554	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood Banner *	424	80%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	101	19%
	Independent	John Hughes	7	1%
Majority			323
Registered electors			1,643
Turnout			532	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph	1,323	71%
	Conservative	George Harold Jäger	550	29%
Majority			773
Registered electors			3,384
Turnout			1,873
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Frederick Maddocks	631'	39%
	Liberal	James Pickthall	510	32%
	Conservative	Joseph Matthews	458	35%
Majority			121
Registered electors			1,913
Turnout			1,599	84%
	[[Protestant\|{{Template:Protestant/meta/shortname}}]] win (new seat)

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	1,188	54%
	Conservative	Alexander Henderson	1,016	46%
Majority			172
Registered electors			3,899
Turnout			2,204	57%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	800	59%
	Liberal	John Henderson	551	41%
Majority			249
Registered electors			1,833
Turnout			1,351	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Burns *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	David Henry Grant	2,424	61%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor *	1,526	39%
Majority			898
Registered electors			6,302
Turnout			3,950	63%
	Protestant gain from Conservative

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 *	1,648	69%
	Liberal	William Harrop	731	31%
Majority			917
Registered electors			4,200
Turnout			2,379	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker	723	56%
	Liberal	William Ramsden	577	44%
Majority			146
Registered electors			2,168
Turnout			1,300	60%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	1,206	53%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	1,090	47%
Majority			116
Registered electors			3,723
Turnout			2,296	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney	1,081	54%
	Conservative	David Henry Grant *	911	46%
Majority			170
Registered electors			3,339
Turnout			1,992	60%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George King *
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William Gilbert	1,627	59%
	Conservative	Robert Alfred Hampson *	1,102	40%
	Independent	Patrick Arthur Loftus	9	0.33%
Majority			525
Registered electors			4,582
Turnout			2,738	60%
	Protestant gain from Conservative

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 *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist gain from Independent Irish Nationalist		Swing

Vauxhall

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

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brunskill	1,257	62%
	Liberal	Alfred Thomas Davies	775	38%
Majority			482
Registered electors			3,859
Turnout			2,032	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harvey Farmer *	262	95%
	Independent	Patrick Cullen	15	5%
Majority			247
Registered electors			2,722
Turnout			277	10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Crossthwaite	unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison	unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Stephen Porter	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	1,091	54%
	Liberal	Charles Allcot Whitney	947	46%
Majority			144
Registered electors			3,315
Turnout			2,038	61%
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	831	52%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	827	51%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson	780	48%
	Liberal	John Lyon Langford	769	48%
	Conservative	David Scott	616	38%
	Conservative	George James Smith	584	36%
Majority			51
Registered electors			2,619
Turnout			1,611	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1903
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904

Council elections in Merseyside

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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