Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1894. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
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16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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Eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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| Conservative | 20 | 0 | 8 | 28 | |
| Liberal | 21 | -2 | 6 | 27 | |
| Irish Nationalists | 5 | +2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Election result
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44% | 69% | 8,537 | ||
| Liberal | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 44% | 10% | 1,208 | ||
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | ||||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 15% | 1,902 | ||
Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.
Ward results
edit* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 691 | 94% | ||
| Labour | John O'Brien | 41 | 5.6% | ||
| Majority | 650 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 732 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | William Bartlett * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Everton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | John Houlding * | 4,737 | 89% | ||
| Labour | John Naylor | 568 | 11% | ||
| Majority | 4,169 | 78% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 5,305 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Alphonse Doughan * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Lamport Eills | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Lime Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Charles Petrie * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
North Toxteth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | William James Burgess * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Pitt Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Scott * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Rodney Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Henry Picton * | 555 | 93% | ||
| Labour | William Gibson | 43 | 7.2% | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne Street
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Samuel McMillin * | 653 | 66% | ||
| Labour | John Callow | 337 | 34% | ||
| Labour | Aaron John Fowler | 28 | 2.8% | ||
| Majority | 316 | 32% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 990 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Paul's
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | George Grierson * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Scotland
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
South Toxteth
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Thomas Evans | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Irish Nationalist | Thomas John Flynn | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
West Derby
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | 3,800 | 81% | ||
| Labour | Samuel Reeves | 885 | 19% | ||
| Majority | 2,915 | 62% | |||
| Registered electors | 11,825 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,685 | 40% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections
editCouncillor Thomas Kelly (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1893)[5] died on 17 October 1895.[6]
As the November 1895 election was near and an all-up election, there was no by-election.
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 Friday 2 November 1894
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 front page". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 1". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 281". Retrieved 9 April 2017.