Liverpool City Council election, 1905

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1905.

There were two new seats Fazakerley and Wavertree West.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	70
Liberal	??	??	??	48
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	12
Protestant	??	??	??	5
Labour	??	??	??	1
Socialist	??	??	??	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1905
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11					47%	22,319
	Liberal	19					34%	15,864
	Irish Nationalist	2					3.6%	1,715
	Socialist	1	1				2.4%	1,137
	Labour	1					1.9%	884
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1					1.7%	809
	Protestant	0					4.3%	2,037
	Independent	0					0.73%	344

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1905 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Black	850	51%
	Conservative	William Phillips	827	49%
Majority			23
Registered electors			2,647
Turnout			1,677	63%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson	469	50%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob	466	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			1,319
Turnout			935	71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Evans *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	1,612	62%
	Protestant	James Henry Taylor	978	38%
Majority			634
Registered electors			4,190
Turnout			2,590	62%
	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	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Augustus Patterson	675	53%
	Conservative	Alexander Wilson	600	47%
Majority			75
Registered electors			2,106
Turnout			1,275
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Richard Caton	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman	1,380	51%
	Conservative	John Gordon	1,341	49%
Majority			39
Registered electors			4,831
Turnout			2,721	56%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Denton *	1,319	53%
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams	1,163	47%
Majority			156
Registered electors			4,631
Turnout			2,482	54%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Bibby	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	650	84%
	Independent	James McCormick	126	16%
Majority			524
Registered electors			3,694
Turnout			776	21%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Sharrock Higginbottom	290	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Hesketh	154	35%
Majority			290
Registered electors			560
Turnout			444	79%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Picthall *	832	54%
	Conservative	George Washington Hughes	706	46%
Majority			126
Registered electors			2,016
Turnout			1,538	76%
	Liberal hold		Swing

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	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist (GB)	John Wolfe Tone Morrisey	1,137	40%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill	1,076	37%
	Liberal	Benjamin Loft Wilson	659	23%
Majority			61
Registered electors			4,632
Turnout			2,872	62%
	Socialist (GB) gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting *	1,609	62%
	Labour	John Stewart Ratcliffe	986	38%
Majority			623
Registered electors			6,338
Turnout			2,595	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McEvoy	1,013	51%
	Conservative	Jooseph Roby	972	49%
Majority			41
Registered electors			3,902
Turnout			1,985	51%
	Liberal gain from Protestant		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Watson Rutherford MP *	1,244	78%
	Independent	John Carr	342	22%
Majority			902
Registered electors			4,181
Turnout			1,586	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Michael Phelan	809	53%
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger	713	47%
Majority			96
Registered electors			3,123
Turnout			1,522	49%
	Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone	'1,098	51%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	1,069	49%
Majority			29
Registered electors			3,657
Turnout			2,167	59%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sexton	884	54%
	Conservative	Harris Fineberg	709	44%
	Independent	John Murphy	2	0.13%
Majority			175
Registered electors			2,903
Turnout			1,595	55%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Whittaker	1,406	57%
	Protestant	William Ellis Jones	1,059	43%
Majority			347
Registered electors			4,553
Turnout			2,465	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Armour *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart	1,137	54%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	983	46%
Majority			154
Registered electors			3,484
Turnout			2,120	61%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dart	780	56%
	Liberal	Harold Goad Crosfield	618	44%
Majority			780
Registered electors			2,092
Turnout			1,398	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

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

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 *	1,079	51%
	Liberal	George Mitchell	1,057	49%
Majority			22
Registered electors			4,062
Turnout			2,136	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward West	957	59%
	Conservative	Thomas Alfred Bell	663	41%
Majority			294
Registered electors			2,828
Turnout			1,620	57%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison	907	63%
	Conservative	James Stewart	543	37%
Majority			364
Registered electors			2,323
Turnout			1,450	62%

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Berrington Jones	1,167	55%
	Conservative	James Willcox Allsopp	938	45%
Majority			229
Registered electors			3,496
Turnout			2,105	60%
	Liberal win (new seat)

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	966	57%
	Conservative	Sidney Stanley Dawson	741	43%
Majority			225
Registered electors			2,742
Turnout			1,707	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing

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By-elections

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1905
↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1905
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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