1901 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections for one third of the Councillors' seats for Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1901.

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1901 Liverpool City Council election
← 1900
1 November 1901 (1901-11-01)
1902 â†’
 
Conservative
Liberal
Irish Nationalist
Party Conservative Liberal Irish Nationalist
Popular vote 18,212 6,547 4,501
Percentage 55% 20% 14%
 
Liberal Unionist
Party Liberal Unionist
Popular vote 2,584
Percentage 7.8%
Council Leader before election


Conservative

 Council Leader after election


Conservative

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There were elections for each of the 32 wards, with the second councillors being elected for then Anfield and Warbreck wards for the first time.

Eight of the thirty two seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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PartyCouncillors  Â±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??+121??
Liberal??+16??
Irish Nationalist??02??
Liberal Unionist??+11??
Independent??00??
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Election result

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Liverpool local election result 1901
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 17 4 3 +1 57% 55% 18,212
  Liberal 8 2 1 +1 27% 20% 6,547
  Irish Nationalist 3 0 0 0 10% 14% 4,501
  Liberal Unionist 2 1 0 +1 7% 7.8% 2,584
  Lib-Lab 0 1.7% 557
  Labour Repr. Cmte. 0 1.6% 520
  Independent 0 1% 321
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Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1898 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 21 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Phillips 553 87%
Independent Edward Phillips 85 13%
Majority 468
Registered electors 2,887
Turnout 638 22%
Conservative hold Swing
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Anfield

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No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Houlding unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)
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Breckfield

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No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Berry * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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Brunswick

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No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Henry Beloe * 992 71%
Conservative Joseph Titley 374 29%
Majority 548
Registered electors 3,073
Turnout 1,296 42%
Liberal hold Swing
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Castle Street

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No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Binley Neale * 575 71%
Independent Edward Hood 236 29%
Majority 339
Registered electors 2,126
Turnout 811 38%
Conservative hold Swing
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Dingle

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No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward James Chevalier * 1,608 58%
Irish Nationalist Patrick J. Higgins 145 10%
Majority 1,191
Registered electors 5,304
Turnout 1,481 28%
Conservative hold Swing
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Edge Hill

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No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wilson Walker * 1,336 89%
Irish Nationalist John McGrath 160 11%
Majority 1,176
Registered electors 5,125
Turnout 1,496 29%
Conservative hold Swing
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Everton

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No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Oulton * 1,010 89%
Irish Nationalist John Hughes 125 11%
Majority 885
Registered electors 4,701
Turnout 1,135 24%
Liberal Unionist hold Swing
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Exchange

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

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No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Hunter * 1,203 61%
Liberal Samuel Skelton 776 39%
Majority 427
Registered electors 3,959
Turnout 1,979 50%
Conservative hold Swing
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Granby

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No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henry Bullen * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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Great George

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No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Burton William Eills unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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Kensington

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No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Samuel Mason Hutchinson 1,180 90%
Irish Nationalist Hugh O'Donnell 134 10%
Majority 1,046
Registered electors 4,590
Turnout 1,314 29%
Liberal Unionist gain from Conservative Swing
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Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Edward Rayner 1,592 84%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Cullen 297 16%
Majority 1,295
Registered electors 6,479
Turnout 1,889 29%
Conservative hold Swing
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Low Hill

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No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Boote 1,031 66%
Labour Isaac Newton 520 34%
Majority 511
Registered electors 4,141
Turnout 1,551 37%
Conservative hold Swing
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Netherfield

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No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Sturla 1,307 53%
Conservative David Scott 1,163 47%
Majority 144
Registered electors 4,418
Turnout 2,470 56%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
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North Scotland

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey 1,355 75%
Conservative David John Williams 452 25%
Majority 903
Registered electors 3,239
Turnout 1,807 56%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Edward Willink * 778 90%
Irish Nationalist William Donnelly 90 10%
Majority 688
Registered electors 3,734
Turnout 868 23%
Conservative hold Swing
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Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Salter * 1,017 55%
Conservative Frederick Hilditch 844 45%
Majority 173
Registered electors 3,463
Turnout 1,861 54%
Liberal hold Swing
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St. Anne's

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No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isaac Caton Glover 1,126 51%
Liberal Harold Goad Crosfield 1,086 49%
Majority 40
Registered electors 3,383
Turnout 2,212 65%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
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St. Domingo

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No. 7 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine * 1,355 63%
Liberal Dr. Charles Ritchie Niven 792 37%
Majority 563
Registered electors 4,598
Turnout 2,147 47%
Conservative hold Swing
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St. Peter's

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No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Miles * 647 62%
Liberal Unionist William Harold Stowe Oulton 394 38%
Majority 253
Registered electors 1,924
Turnout 1,041 54%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
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Sefton Park East

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No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Morris unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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Sefton Park West

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No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Stanley Rogerson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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South Scotland

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No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford 1,242 69%
Conservative James Marsh 559 31%
Majority 683
Registered electors 3,484
Turnout 1,801 52%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Vauxhall

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No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart 730 51%
Conservative Julius Jacobs 698 49%
Majority 32
Registered electors 2,032
Turnout 1,428 70%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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Walton

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No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacob Reuben Grant 1,277 70%
Lib-Lab Alexander McLaren 557 30%
Majority 720
Registered electors 3,672
Turnout 1,834 50%
Conservative win (new seat)
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Warbreck

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No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kelly 823 90%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Kelly 94 10%
Majority 729
Registered electors 2,579
Turnout 917 36%
Conservative win (new seat)
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Wavertree

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No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isaac Turner * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing
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West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lister * 1,137 90%
Irish Nationalist Peter Murphy 129 10%
Majority 1,008
Registered electors 3,359
Turnout 1,266 38%
Conservative hold Swing
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Aldermanic elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1901, the terms of office of fifteen alderman expired.[5] [16]

The following fifteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1901 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

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PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeJoseph Ball JP *
ConservativeHerbert Campbell JP *
ConservativeDr. Thomas Clarke *
ConservativeEdward Hatton Cookson JP *
ConservativeJohn Ellison *
ConservativeThomas Evans *
ConservativeSir William Bower Forwood JP *
ConservativeEdward Grindley *
ConservativeJohn Houlding *
ConservativeMaxwell Hyslop Maxwell (the younger) JP *
ConservativeHugh McCubbin *
ConservativeThomas William Oakshott JP *
ConservativeWilliam Radcliffe JP *
ConservativeWilliam Roberts *Walton
ConservativeJoachim Nicolas Stolterfoht *
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[17]

By-elections

No. 13 North Scotland, 28 May 1902

Following the death of Alderman John Houlding (Conservative), Councillor Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland ward, elected 1 November 1899)[18] was elected by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) as an Alderman on 7 May 1902[19] .[20]

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Joseph Daly unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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[21] [22]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.

No.16 Exchange, 17 June 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edmond Brownbill (Liberal, Exchange, elected 1 November 1899),[18] which was reported to the Council on 4 June 1902. [21]

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No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmond Brownbill * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing
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[23]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.

No.25 Brunswick, 15 July 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charles Henry Beloe (Liberal, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1901),[5] which was reported to the Council on 2 July 1902.[24]

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No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Byrne 670
Knowles Stretch 515
James Sexton 214
Majority 155
Registered electors 3,305
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
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[25] [26]

No. 15 Vauxhall, 21 August 1902

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Burke (Irish Nationalist, elected 1 November 1900),[27] which was reported to the Council on 6 August 1902.[28]

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No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Burke * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
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The term of office to expire on 1 November 1903. [29]

No. 19. St Peter's, August 1902

Caused by the death of Councillor Samuel Hough (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1899)[30] on 12 August 1902.[31]

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No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
gain from Swing
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