1909 Liverpool City Council election
Appearance
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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 1 November 1909.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | -2 | ?? | 86 | |
Liberal | ?? | +1 | ?? | 34 | |
Irish Nationalist | ?? | ?? | ?? | 14 | |
Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | 1 | |
Protestant | 2 | +1 | 0 | 2 |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 20 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 51% | 9,908 | |||
Liberal | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 29% | 5,661 | |||
Irish Nationalist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | |||
Protestant | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.4% | 1,064 | |||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 8% | 1,558 | ||
Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 7% | 1,362 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.17% | 34 |
Ward results
[edit]* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1906 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Lawrence * | 882 | 56% | ||
Liberal | Philip Durning Holt | 700 | 44% | ||
Majority | 182 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,369 | ||||
Turnout | 1,582 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aigburth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob * | 760 | 58% | ||
Conservative | David Jackson | 542 | 42% | ||
Majority | 218 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,691 | ||||
Turnout | 1,302 | 77% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Anfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Jones * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Herbert Priest * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | John Alfred Kelly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Castle Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Willcox Alsop * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Owen Harrison Williams * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Reginald Jaeger Clarke | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Rutherford | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * | 683 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Alfred Gates | 549 | 45% | ||
Majority | 134 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,705 | ||||
Turnout | 1,232 | 72% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fairfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Francis L'Estrange Joseph * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Garston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joshua Burrow * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones * | 962 | 66% | ||
Socialist | Francis J. Welland | 497 | 34% | ||
Majority | 1,459 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,600 | ||||
Turnout | 1,459 | 41% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Muirhead * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kensington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Lowry Burns * | 1,434 | 62% | ||
Socialist | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey | 865 | 38% | ||
Majority | 569 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,606 | ||||
Turnout | 2,299 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Theodore Lowey * | 1,937 | 67% | ||
Labour | William White | 967 | 33% | ||
Majority | 970 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,236 | ||||
Turnout | 2,904 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Shelerdine * | 1,039 | 64% | ||
Labour | Griffith J. Jones | 591 | 36% | ||
Majority | 448 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,803 | ||||
Turnout | 1,630 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protestant | John Walker | 1,064 | 56% | ||
Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford * | 831 | 44% | ||
Majority | 233 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,711 | ||||
Turnout | 1,895 | 51% | |||
Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing |
North Scotland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Dr. Joseph Maguire | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Wilson Walker * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Harold Chaloner Dowdall * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Michael Edward Kearney * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George King * | 209 | 86% | ||
Independent | George Gretton | 34 | 14% | ||
Majority | 175 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 243 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Roby * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 562 | 55% | ||
Conservative | Hugh Toner | 456 | 45% | ||
Majority | 106 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,715 | ||||
Turnout | 1,018 | 59% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sefton Park East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Japp * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Herbert Reynolds Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
South Scotland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | John O'Shea * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Pritchard * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Charles Herman * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Bowler | 1,117 | 54% | ||
Liberal | Wilfrid B. Stoddart | 959 | 46% | ||
Majority | 158 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,313 | ||||
Turnout | 2,076 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Herbert Preston Reynolds * | 987 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Cecil H. Brunner | 960 | 49% | ||
Majority | 27 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,465 | ||||
Turnout | 1,947 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Henry Parkinson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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By-elections
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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
References
[edit]- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1909
- ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1909-1910