1898 Liverpool City Council election
English local election
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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November 1, 1898
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28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards 57 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | |
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Sixteen of the twenty-eight wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | 56 | -1 | 18 | 74 | |
| Liberal | 18 | +1 | 8 | 26 | |
| Irish Nationalists | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/â | |
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| Conservative | 17 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 61% | 52% | 11,656 | ||
| Liberal | 7 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 25% | 31% | 6,842 | ||
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11% | ||||
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4% | 1,123 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | 5.3% | 1,185 | |||||
| Independent | 0 | 3.1% | 683 | ||||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.8% | 626 | ||
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 0 | 0% | 0.31% | 70 | |||||
Because of the large number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in that context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell * | 570 | 93% | ||
| Independent | John O'Brien | 46 | 7% | ||
| Majority | 524 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,002 | ||||
| Turnout | 616 | 21% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 2 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Breckfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Edwin Berry | 1,310 | 55% | ||
| Liberal | Jonathan Hargrove | 1,075 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 235 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,046 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,385 | 59% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Brunswick
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Charles Henry Beloe * | 1,079 | 56% | ||
| Conservative | John Thomas | 838 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 241 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,053 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,917 | 63% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Binley Neale | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | ||||
Dingle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward James Chevalier | 1,608 | 58% | ||
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Byrne | 1,185 | 42% | ||
| Majority | 423 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,367 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,793 | 52% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Edge Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,441 | 63% | ||
| Liberal | John William Fairbrother | 861 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 580 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,938 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,302 | 47% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | William Oulton * | 1,123 | 84% | ||
| Labour | Robert Clement Faulkener | 208 | 16% | ||
| Majority | 915 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,745 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,331 | 28% | |||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Hunter | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Granby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Henry Bullen | 1,439 | 59% | ||
| Conservative | Herbert Campbell * | 992 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 447 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,992 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,431 | 61% | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Great George
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Edward Paull | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Kensington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dr. Thomas Clarke * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kirkdale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Hoult * | 1,832 | 65% | ||
| Liberal | John Lyon Langford | 987 | 35% | ||
| Majority | 845 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,228 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,819 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Low Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Jones * | 1,029 | 71% | ||
| Labour | Clement William George | 418 | 29% | ||
| Majority | 611 | ||||
| Registered electors | 4,213 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,447 | 34% | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Netherfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Robert Fletcher * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | James Bolger * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
North Walton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Kelly * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Prince's Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Edward Willink * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sandhills
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Salter | 1,023 | 53% | ||
| Conservative | Barnett Lipson | 870 | 45% | ||
| Independent Irish Nationalist | Michael Thomas Bolger | 20 | 1% | ||
| Majority | 153 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,308 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,913 | 58% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Crean * | 378 | 88% | ||
| Independent Irish Nationalist | Thomas Hart | 50 | 12% | ||
| Majority | 328 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,461 | ||||
| Turnout | 428 | 12% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Domingo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Miles | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Sefton Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Francis Henderson * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
South Scotland
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
South Walton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Houlding * | 1,166 | 63% | ||
| Independent | Alexander McLaren | 683 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 483 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,846 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,849 | 48% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Wavertree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Isaac Turner * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
West Derby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Lister * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aldermanic Elections
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1898, the terms of office of fourteen alderman expired.[13] The following fourteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1898 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Bartlett * | |
| Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring JP * | |
| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | |
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles * | |
| Liberal Unionist | Henry Hugh Hornby JP * | |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove JP * | |
| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles JP * | |
| Liberal | Edward Paull JP | |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell | |
| Liberal | James Ruddin JP * | |
| Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP | |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith * | |
| Conservative | Ephraim Walker JP * | |
| Conservative | William Humphry Williams * | |
By-elections
Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1898
Following the death of Alderman Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP, former councillor Herbert Campbell JP (Conservative, North Toxteth elected 1886,[18] 1889[19] and 1892[20]) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1898[17] [21] .[22]
No. 20, Great George, 25 November 1898
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Paul (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1898)[3] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1898.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Henderson | 925 | 63% | |||
| George Henry Ball | 537 | 37% | |||
| Majority | 388 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,462 | ||||
| Swing | |||||
No. 13, North Scotland, 29 November 1898
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)[25] as an alderman by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1898.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Alexander Murray Bligh | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
No. 14, South Scotland, 29 November 1898
Caused by the death of Councillor Owen O'Hara (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)[26] on 11 November 1898.[27]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | 756 | 49% | ||
| Terence Edward Brady | 472 | 24% | |||
| George Turner | 470 | 24% | |||
| Patrick Redmond | 231 | 12% | |||
| Majority | 284 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,929 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
No. 20, Great George, 10 February 1899
Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Donnelly (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1897)[30] on 18 January 1899.[31]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Dowdall | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
No.1, Sandhills, 17 March 1899
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Nelson (Liberal, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1897)[33] which was reported to the Council on 1 March 1899.[34]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | Bernard Conlon | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
No. 14, South Scotland, 28 April 1899
The election of George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1898)[3] was declared void by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice 15 April 1899[36] .[37]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Francis Joseph Harford | 993 | 53% | |||
| George Jeremy Lynskey | 893 | 47% | |||
| Majority | 100 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,886 | ||||
| Swing | |||||
No. 15, Vauxhall, 19 May 1899
Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Flynn (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1897)[38] on 3 May 1899.[39]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke | 680 | 69% | ||
| Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | 304 | 31% | |||
| Majority | 376 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 984 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
No. 14, South Scotland,
Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Thompson (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896) [41] on 21 July 1899.[42]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
No. 26, Dingle, 10 October 1899
Caused by the resignation of Alderman Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, elected by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1895)[43] [44]
Councillor Thomas Evans (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1897) [30] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman on 6 September 1899[44] .[45]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alfred Stephen Collard | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 19, St. Peter's, October 1899
The resignation of Alderman Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, elected 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 4 October 1899.[46] Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1899.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Miles * | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880âpresent
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England