Liverpool City Council election, 1906

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1906.

One councillor was elected for each of the thirty-four wards. A total of fourteen councillors were elected unopposed, and twenty councillors were elected in contested elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	72
Liberal	??	??	??	46
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	14
Protestant	??	??	??	2
Labour	??	??	??	1
Socialist	??	??	??	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1906
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Irish Nationalist
	Protestant
	Labour
	Independent

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1903 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	879	54%
	Liberal	Charles Allcot Whitney	756	46%
Majority			123
Registered electors			2,514
Turnout			1,635	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob	559	52%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	520	48%
Majority			39
Registered electors			1,450
Turnout			1,079
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Jones *	1,030	86%
	Independent	Joseph Bowers	174	14%
Majority			856
Registered electors			2,830
Turnout			1,204	43%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Herbert Priest	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Japp *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams	1,499	72%
	Liberal	Thomas Byrne	586	28%
Majority			913
Registered electors			5,268
Turnout			2,085	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Parry *	1,551	64%
	Liberal	George Parker	870	36%
Majority			681
Registered electors			4,791
Turnout			2,421	51%
	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 *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Burrow	1,035	64%
	Labour	William James Gerrard	575	36%
Majority			460
Registered electors			2,139
Turnout			1,610	75%
	Conservative gain from Protestant

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	836	65%
	Liberal	Horace Muspratt	454	35%
Majority			382
Registered electors			1,761
Turnout			1,290	73%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns	1,784	69%
	Socialist (GB)	Arthur Kilpin Bulley	787	31%
Majority			997
Registered electors			4,754
Turnout			2,571	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theodore Lowry	1,570	46%
	Protestant	William Singleton	1,200	35%
	Labour	Frederick Norris	612	13%
Majority			370
Registered electors			6,396
Turnout			3,382	53%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelerdine	1,277	64%
	Liberal	Evan Arthur Davies	703	36%
Majority			574
Registered electors			3,874
Turnout			1,980	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	1,057	54%
	Protestant	John Walker	907	46%
Majority			150
Registered electors			4,093
Turnout			1,964	48%
	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 *	1,044	68%
	Liberal	John Harrison	498	32%
Majority			546
Registered electors			2,984
Turnout			1,542	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	1,297	59%
	Conservative	William Edward Woodall	888	41%
Majority			409
Registered electors			3,600
Turnout			2,185	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

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

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Roby	1,155	54%
	Protestant	Samuel George Thomas	984	46%
Majority			171
Registered electors			4,552
Turnout			2,139	47%
	Conservative gain from Protestant

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Fewkes Clarke	629	59%
	Liberal	William Cossfield *	430	41%
Majority			199
Registered electors			1,809
Turnout			1,059	59%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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 hold		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	Richard Pritchard	1,582	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Utley	835	35%
Majority			747
Registered electors			4,318
Turnout			2,417	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman	1,194	65%
	Liberal	Robert Owen	651	35%
Majority			543
Registered electors			3,190
Turnout			1,845	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Croathwaite *	805	58%
	Liberal	Thomas Philip Maguire	586	42%
Majority			219
Registered electors			2,629
Turnout			1,391	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Preston Reynolds	1,065	54%
	Liberal	George Reed Beale	890	46%
Majority			175
Registered electors			3,552
Turnout			1,955	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Parkinson	1,208	66%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	624	34%
Majority			584
Registered electors			2,917
Turnout			1,832	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1906
↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1906
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1906-1921

(1905 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1906 (→ 1907)

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