Liverpool City Council election, 1907

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1907.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	54	+7	26	80
Liberal	35	-6	6	41
Irish Nationalist	11	0	2	13
Labour	2	0	0	2
Protestant	1	-1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1907
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	22	8	1	+7		57%	27,877
	Liberal	8	1	7	-6		26%	12,880
	Irish Nationalist	3					0%	0
	Protestant	1	0	1	-1		6.7%	3,294
	Independent	0	0	0	0		3.4%	1,685
	Labour						3.1%	1,533
	Socialist	0	0	0	0		2.3%	1,141
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0		1.6%	767

The significant number of uncontested seats means that these statistics should be taken in contexr.

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	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas James Smith jnr	973	59%
	Liberal	Dr. William Peremewan *	676	41%
Majority			297
Registered electors			2,513
Turnout			1,649	66%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	696	64%
	Liberal	Archibald Bathgate *	389	36%
Majority			307
Registered electors			1,450
Turnout			1,085	75%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor *	930	83%
	Independent	William Robert Roberts	190	17%
Majority			740
Registered electors			2,830
Turnout			1,120	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen	1,421	62%
	Liberal	John Meek	881	38%
Majority			540
Registered electors			4,133
Turnout			2,320	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Charles Kelly	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Frederick Garner *	774	59%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	533	41%
Majority			241
Registered electors			2,099
Turnout			1,307	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Chevalier *	1,487	66%
	Independent	Miss Harriet Mary Johnson	765	34%
Majority			722
Registered electors			5,268
Turnout			2,252	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Harrison	1,461	62%
	Independent	Thomas Byrne	589	25%
	Socialist (GB)	Charles Wilson	314	13%
Majority			872
Registered electors			4,791
Turnout			2,364	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor *	1,392	65%
	Liberal	Charles Phillips	764	35%
Majority			628
Registered electors			4,437
Turnout			2,156	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

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

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Hughes *	1,141	50%
	Conservative	Harry Shakespeare Badger	1,124	50%
Majority			17
Registered electors			3,845
Turnout			2,265	59%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 24 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Henry Bullen *	941	40%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis	928	40%
	Socialist (GB)	Francis James Welland	643	20%
Majority			13
Registered electors			3,683
Turnout			2,332	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Albert Edward Davis	641	52%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	601	48%
Majority			40
Registered electors			1,761
Turnout			1,242	71%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hutchinson *	1,677	69%
	Ind. Labour Party	Nelson Taylor	767	31%
Majority			910
Registered electors			4,754
Turnout			2,444	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	John George Paris *	unopposed
	Protestant hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Boote *	1,265	65%
	Labour	David Little	686	35%
Majority			579
Registered electors			3,874
Turnout			1,951	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Sturla *	1,400	65%
	Protestant	John Walker	764	35%
Majority			636
Registered electors			4,093
Turnout			2,164	53%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28a Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lister *	1,042	74%
	Socialist (GB)	Alan John Tracy	364	26%
Majority			678
Registered electors			2,984
Turnout			1,406	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	1,331	59%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt *	927	41%
Majority			404
Registered electors			3,600
Turnout			2,258	63%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Arthur Appleton *	938	50%
	Conservative	John Lucas Rankin	932	50%
Majority			6
Registered electors			3,383
Turnout			1,870	55%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. James Clement Baxter	994	58%
	Conservative	David Pearson	729	42%
Majority			265
Registered electors			2,806
Turnout			1,723	61%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill	1,214	56%
	Protestant	Henry Porter *	946	44%
Majority			268
Registered electors			4,522
Turnout			2,160	48%
	Conservative gain from Protestant

St. Peter's

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

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morris *	1,122	50%
	Conservative	Reginald George Layton	1,100	50%
Majority			22
Registered electors			3,643
Turnout			2,222	67%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Pritchard	949	60%
	Liberal	Joseph Wilson	630	40%
Majority			319
Registered electors			2,467
Turnout			1,579	64%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John George Moyles *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kelly *	1,157	89%
	Independent	John Sidney Smith	141	11%
Majority			1,016
Registered electors			3,190
Turnout			1,298	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colonel Robert Stephen Porter *	884	54%
	Liberal	John Kellitt	752	46%
Majority			132
Registered electors			2,629
Turnout			1,636	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josiah Mason Hargreaves	1,188	55%
	Liberal	Cecil Haywood Brunner *	971	45%
Majority			217
Registered electors			3,552
Turnout			2,159	61%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson *	1,182	66%
	Liberal	Miss Ellen Robinson	620	34%
Majority			562
Registered electors			2,917
Turnout			1,802	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1907
↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1907
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1907-1908

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