1900 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1900.

1900 Liverpool City Council election

← 1899 November 1, 1900 (1900-11-01) 1901 →

34 seats, being 29 for existing wards plus the new wards of Anfield (1 seat), Walton (3 seats) and Warbreck (1 seat): one seat for each of the 32 wards with the exception of Walton, which was a new ward with 3 councillors to be elected. Making a new total of 92 Councillors. An additional aldermanic position was created for the new ward of Walton at the Council meeting on 9th November, but not for Anfield nor Warbreck. making a total of 30 Aldermanic posts.
62 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Following the creation of new wards: Anfield (1 seat), Walton (3 seats) and Warbreck (1 seat), there were a total of 32 wards with elections, each with one seat up for election, with the exception of Walton, which was a new ward with 3 councillors elected at this election.

There were 5 new seats at this election : Anfield (1 seat); Walton (3 seats) and Wavertree (1 seat). Of the 32 wards with elections 17 were contested and 15 uncontested. There were a total of 92 Councillors after the election on 1 November 1900. At the Council meeting on 9 November a new Alderman was elected for the new Walton ward, making a total of 30 Aldermen.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative 56 +4 21 77
Liberal 23 +2 6 29
Irish Nationalist 6 -1 2 8
Independent Irish Nationalist 3 +1 0 3
Liberal Unionist 2 0 1 3

Election result

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Liverpool local election result 1900
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 22 7 3 +4 71% 47.6 13,849
  Liberal 6 4 2 +2 19% 35.7 10,371
  Irish Nationalist 2 0 1 -1 6% 11.7 3,415
  Independent Irish Nationalist 1 1 0 +1 3.2% 3.0 871
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 2.0 577

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1897 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 21 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lorents Braun Haddock * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

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No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Arwood Beaver 712 52%
Liberal Henry Jones 669 48%
Majority 43
Registered electors 2,108
Turnout 1,381 66%
Conservative win (new seat)

Breckfield

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No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Duncan unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dr. William Permewan 1,009 53%
Conservative Hartley Wilson * 884 47%
Majority 125
Registered electors 3,113
Turnout 1,893 61%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Castle Street

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No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Thomas Wood * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Stephen Collard 1,746 80%
Liberal David Jones 446 20%
Majority 1,300
Registered electors 5,312
Turnout 2,192 41%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

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No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Barclay Light * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Everton

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No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Lewis Lloyd * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

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No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * 559 86%
Independent Joseph Hughes 88 14%
Majority 471
Registered electors 1,780
Turnout 647 36%
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas May Smith * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

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No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Harrison Jones 1,218 53%
Conservative Frederick John Miners 1,065 47%
Majority 153
Registered electors 4,000
Turnout 2,263 57%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

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No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Muirhead 721 53%
Liberal Thomas Dowdall 640 47%
Majority 81
Registered electors 2,054
Turnout 1,361 66%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Kensington

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No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Burns unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Russell Taylor unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

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No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Alexander McNeight unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

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No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Jude * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist James Daly * 1,050 85%
Independent James Flynn 190 15%
Majority 860
Registered electors 3,305
Turnout 1,240 38%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harold Chaloner Dowdall * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henry Grant 931 55%
Irish Nationalist Bernard Conlon 750 45%
Majority 181
Registered electors 4,383
Turnout 1,681 48%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

St. Anne's

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No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George King * 1,038 50.2%
Conservative Alfred John Fishlock 1,029 49.8%
Majority 9
Registered electors 3,411
Turnout 2,067 61%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Domingo

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No. 7 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Alfred Hampson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Crossfield * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

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No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Japp * 1,047 57%
Conservative Rupert Stanley Bremner 806 43%
Majority 241
Registered electors 3,170
Turnout 1,853 58%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Herbert Reynolds Rathbone 666 60%
Conservative Radcliffe William Radcliffe-Smith 446 40%
Majority 220
Registered electors 1,843
Turnout 1,112 60%
Liberal win (new seat)

South Scotland

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No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Nationalist John O'Shea 871 56%
Irish Nationalist Michael Heron 673 44%
Majority 198
Registered electors 3,472
Turnout 1,544 44%
Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist

Vauxhall

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No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Thomas Burke 643 53%
Conservative Julius Jacobs 578 47%
Majority 65
Registered electors 2,090
Turnout 1,221 58%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

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No. 3A Walton - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Brunskill 1,218 49%
Conservative George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick * 1,180 47%
Conservative Jacob Reuben Grant 1,019 41%
Liberal Alfred Thomas Davies 993 40%
Liberal Alexander McLaren 800 32%
Liberal Robert Alfred Bellwood 702 28%
Independent William Henry Quilliam 299 12%
Majority 225
Registered electors 3,559
Turnout 2,510 71%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Warbreck

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No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Harvey Farmer unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

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No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Croathwaite * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ramsden 1,143 54%
Conservative George Layton 955 46%
Majority 188
Registered electors 3,259
Turnout 2,098 64%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

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Aldermanic election

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On 9 November 1900, Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899)[12] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.[12][13]

By-elections

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No. 21 Abercromby, 29 January 1901

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The resignation of Alderman Alexander Garnett (Conservative, elected as an alderman in 1883[14] 1889[15] and 1895[16]) was reported to the council on 5 December 1900.[17]

Councillor Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell the younger (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1898)[18] was elected by the council as an alderman on 2 January 1901.[19]

No. 21 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Phillips 538
Independent Edward Phillips 57
Majority 481
Registered electors 3,113
Turnout 595
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 26 Dingle, 27 November 1900

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Caused by the election of Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899)[12] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.[12]

No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Austin Taylor unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 11 Kensington, 28 February 1901

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The resignation of Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 19 March 1891[22] and 9 November 1895)[23] was reported to the council on 2 January 1901.[24]

Councillor Dr. Thomas Clarke (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2 November 1898) [25] was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 February 1901.[26]

No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Samuel Mason Hutchinson 1,067
Liberal Alexander Armour 886
Majority
Registered electors 5,312
Turnout
Liberal Unionist hold Swing

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No. 10 Low Hill, 28 February 1901

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The resignation of Councillor Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1899)[28] was reported to the Council on 6 February 1901.[29]

No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Quillam Roby 1,054
Liberal Samuel McMillin 800
Majority 254
Registered electors 5,312
Turnout 1,854
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 20 Great George

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The resignation of Councillor John Henderson (Great George, elected 25 November 1898)[31] was reported to the council on 6 March 1901.[32]

No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Muirhead
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative gain from Swing

No. 3 Anfield, 10 May 1901

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Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Atwood Beaver (Conservative, Anfield, elected 1 November 1900)[3] on 12 April 1901.[33]

No. 20 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Valentine Smith unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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See also

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References

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