Liverpool City Council election, 1908

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1908.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	62	+6	24	86
Liberal	28	-5	6	34
Irish Nationalist	11	0	3	14
Labour	1	0	0	1
Protestant	?	-1	?	?

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1908
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18	6	0	+6		55%	14,708
	Liberal	13	0	5	-5		29%	7,771
	Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0		3.5%	928
	Labour	1	0	0	0		0%	0
	Socialist (GB)	0	0	0	0	0%	4.5%	1,203
	Protestant	0	0	1	-1		3.7%	972
	Independents	0	0	0	0	0%	2.23%	593

Note that due to the large number of uncomtested seats, these statistics should be taken in context.

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	Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke	873	56%
	Liberal	Arthur Black *	677	44%
Majority			196
Registered electors			2,417
Turnout			1,550	64%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Aigburth

No. 36 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

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

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

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

Castle Street

No. 15 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Richard Caton *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson Walker	1,605	70%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman *	701	30%
Majority			904
Registered electors			4,643
Turnout			2,306	50%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Everton

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

Exchange

No. 13 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Bibby *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd	1,477	56%
	Liberal	A. Gates	1,156	44%
Majority			321
Registered electors			3,818
Turnout			2,633	69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	H.S. Higginbottom *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	J. Picthall *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	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	%	±%
	Conservative	John Gordon	1,641	58%
	Socialist (GB)	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *	1,203	42%
Majority			438
Registered electors			4,639
Turnout			2,844	61%
	Conservative gain from Socialist (GB)		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	D. Pearson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Waugh	996	57%
	Protestant	John Walker	740	43%
Majority			256
Registered electors			4,007
Turnout			1,736	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist gain from Independent Irish Nationalist

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edwards	1,265	75%
	Socialist	Alan John Tracy	431	25%
Majority			834
Registered electors			3,173
Turnout			1,696	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery *	928	61%
	Independent Conservative	John Carr	459	30%
	Independent	James Maher	134	9%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,303
Turnout			1,521	46%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sexton *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Whittaker *	1,345	85%
	Protestant	Isaac Adams	232	15%
Majority			1,113
Registered electors			4,447
Turnout			1,577	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Ellis	617	54%
	Conservative	Henry Lyons	516	46%
Majority			101
Registered electors			1,744
Turnout			1,133	65%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald George Layton	1,318	53%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart	1,156	47%
Majority			162
Registered electors			3,534
Turnout			2,474	70%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F. Pritchard	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

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

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	651	55%
	Conservative	George Marks Davey	530	45%
Majority			121
Registered electors			1,779
Turnout			1,181	66%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. McDermott	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward West *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison *	960	53%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick	864	47%
Majority			96
Registered electors			2,938
Turnout			1,824	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Gerson Jackson	1,175	55%
	Liberal	William Berrington Jones *	971	45%
Majority			204
Registered electors			3,475
Turnout			2,146	62%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William James Bailes	1,103	56%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton *	882	44%
Majority			221
Registered electors			3,029
Turnout			1,985	66%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

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References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3rd November 1908
↑ The Liverpool Courier 3rd November 1908
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1908-1909

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