1905 Liverpool City Council election
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34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1905.
There were three new seats: the first seat for Fazakerley, the third seat for Wavertree West and the second seat for Old Swan.
This election saw the first Socialist and Labour Councillors elected to the Council.
Eleven of the 35 seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | -3 | ?? | 70 | |
Liberal | ?? | +7 | ?? | 48 | |
Irish Nationalist | ?? | -1 | ?? | 12 | |
Protestant | 5 | -1 | 0 | 5 | |
Socialist | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | |
Labour | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | |
Independent Irish Nationalist | ?? | -1 | 0 | ?? |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 20 | 7 | 0 | +6 | 54% | 34% | 15,864 | ||
Conservative | 10 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 31% | 47% | 22,319 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.7% | 3.6% | 1,715 | ||
Socialist | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1,137 | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 1.9% | 884 | ||
Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 1.7% | 809 | ||
Protestant | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 4.3% | 2,037 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.73% | 344 |
Ward results
[edit]* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1902 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Black * | 850 | 51% | ||
Conservative | William Phillips | 827 | 49% | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,647 | ||||
Turnout | 1,677 | 63% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Aigburth
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Evans * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roberts * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Castle Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Augustus Patterson * | 675 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Alexander Wilson | 600 | 47% | ||
Majority | 75 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,106 | ||||
Turnout | 1,275 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dingle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Richard Caton | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
[edit]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 gain from Conservative | Swing |
Everton
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Bibby * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Fairfield
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lea * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kensington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socialist | 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 gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kirkdale
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McEvoy | 1,013 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Roby * | 972 | 49% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,902 | ||||
Turnout | 1,985 | 51% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Netherfield
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
[edit]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 win (new seat) |
Prince's Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * | 1,098 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Frederick William Frodsham | 1,069 | 49% | ||
Majority | 29 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,167 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sandhills
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal and Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery | 1,002 | 51% | ||
Protestant | William Singleton | 978 | 49% | ||
Majority | 24 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,332 | ||||
Turnout | 1,980 | 59% | |||
Liberal and Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]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
[edit]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 gain from Protestant | Swing |
St. Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Armour * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Walton
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Clarke Morrison | 907 | 63% | ||
Conservative | James Stewart | 543 | 37% | ||
Majority | 364 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,323 | ||||
Turnout | 1,450 | 62% | |||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |
Wavertree West
[edit]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
[edit]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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Aldermanic Election, 13 June 1906
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Alderman William Edward Willink (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 9 November 1903)[21] [22] [23] was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906,[24] in his place, Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903)[25]
was elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906.
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Jude | No.5A Wavertree | 1907 |
By-elections
[edit]No.18 Castle Street, 18 December 1905
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Thomas Wood (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 2 November 1903)[28] was reported to the Council on 6 December 1905[29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Willcox Alsop | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,106 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.17 St. Anne's,
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Councillor Isaac Caton Glover (Conservative, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1904)[32] which was reported to the Council on 7 February 1906[33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter | 710 | 55% | ||
Joseph Maguire | 574 | 45% | |||
Majority | 136 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,903 | ||||
Turnout | 1,284 | 44% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
No.4 Fairfield, 19 April 1906
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1905) [3] which was reported to the Council on 4 April 1906.[36]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Gates | 1,000 | 53% | ||
Independent | Thomas Dowd | 894 | 47% | ||
Majority | 106 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,694 | ||||
Turnout | 1,894 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No.25 Brunswick, 15 May 1906
[edit]Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Byrne (Liberal, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1904)[32] which was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Patrick Charles Kelly | 730 | 56% | ||
William Richard Gasking | 444 | 33% | |||
Thomas Byrne | 176 | 13% | |||
Majority | 286 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,350 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
No.8 Netherfied, 5 July 1906
[edit]Caused by Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903)[25] being elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906[26][27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Tomkinson | 797 | 56% | |||
Protestant | John Walker | 619 | 44% | ||
Majority | 178 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,181 | ||||
Turnout | 1,416 | 34% | |||
gain from | Swing |
See also
[edit]- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
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