1905 Liverpool City Council election

1905 Liverpool City Council election

November 1, 1905 (1905-11-01)
34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1905.

There were three new seats: the first seat for Fazakerley, the third seat for Wavertree West and the second seat for Old Swan.

This election saw the first Socialist and Labour Councillors elected to the Council.

Eleven of the 35 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-3	??	70
	Liberal	??	+7	??	48
	Irish Nationalist	??	-1	??	12
	Protestant	5	-1	0	5
	Socialist	1	+1	0	1
	Labour	1	+1	0	1
	Independent Irish Nationalist	??	-1	0	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1905

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal	20	7	0	+6	54%	34%	15,864
	Conservative	10	2	5	-3	31%	47%	22,319
	Irish Nationalist	2	0	1	-1	5.7%	3.6%	1,715
	Socialist	1	1	0	+1	2.9%	2.4%	1,137
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	1	1	0	+1	2.9%	1.9%	884
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1	1	0	+1	2.9%	1.7%	809
	Protestant	0	0	1	-1	0%	4.3%	2,037
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.73%	344

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1902 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Black *	850	51%
	Conservative	William Phillips	827	49%
Majority			23
Registered electors			2,647
Turnout			1,677	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson *	469	50%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob	466	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			1,319
Turnout			935	71%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Evans *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	1,612	62%
	Protestant	James Henry Taylor	978	38%
Majority			634
Registered electors			4,190
Turnout			2,590	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Roberts *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Augustus Patterson *	675	53%
	Conservative	Alexander Wilson	600	47%
Majority			75
Registered electors			2,106
Turnout			1,275
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Richard Caton	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman	1,380	51%
	Conservative	John Gordon	1,341	49%
Majority			39
Registered electors			4,831
Turnout			2,721	56%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Denton *	1,319	53%
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams	1,163	47%
Majority			156
Registered electors			4,631
Turnout			2,482	54%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Bibby *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	650	84%
	Independent	James McCormick	126	16%
Majority			524
Registered electors			3,694
Turnout			776	21%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Sharrock Higginbottom	290	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Hesketh	154	35%
Majority			290
Registered electors			560
Turnout			444	79%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 30 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Picthall	832	54%
	Conservative	George Washington Hughes	706	46%
Majority			126
Registered electors			2,016
Turnout			1,538	76%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	John Wolfe Tone Morrisey	1,137	40%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill	1,076	37%
	Liberal	Benjamin Loft Wilson	659	23%
Majority			61
Registered electors			4,632
Turnout			2,872	62%
	Socialist gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting *	1,609	62%
	Labour	John Stewart Ratcliffe	986	38%
Majority			623
Registered electors			6,338
Turnout			2,595	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McEvoy	1,013	51%
	Conservative	Joseph Roby *	972	49%
Majority			41
Registered electors			3,902
Turnout			1,985	51%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Watson Rutherford MP *	1,244	78%
	Independent	John Carr	342	22%
Majority			902
Registered electors			4,181
Turnout			1,586	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Michael Phelan	809	53%
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger	713	47%
Majority			96
Registered electors			3,123
Turnout			1,522	49%
	Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat)

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone *	1,098	51%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	1,069	49%
Majority			29
Registered electors
Turnout			2,167
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal and Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery	1,002	51%
	Protestant	William Singleton	978	49%
Majority			24
Registered electors			3,332
Turnout			1,980	59%
	Liberal and Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sexton	884	54%
	Conservative	Harris Fineberg	709	44%
	Independent	John Murphy	2	0.13%
Majority			175
Registered electors			2,903
Turnout			1,595	55%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George William Whittaker	1,406	57%
	Protestant	William Ellis Jones *	1,059	43%
Majority			347
Registered electors			4,553
Turnout			2,465	54%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Armour *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart *	1,137	54%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	983	46%
Majority			154
Registered electors			3,484
Turnout			2,120	61%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dart *	780	56%
	Liberal	Harold Goad Crosfield	618	44%
Majority			780
Registered electors			2,092
Turnout			1,398	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith Brodrick *	1,079	51%
	Liberal	George Mitchell	1,057	49%
Majority			22
Registered electors			4,062
Turnout			2,136	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward West	957	59%
	Conservative	Thomas Alfred Bell	663	41%
Majority			294
Registered electors			2,828
Turnout			1,620	57%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison	907	63%
	Conservative	James Stewart	543	37%
Majority			364
Registered electors			2,323
Turnout			1,450	62%
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Berrington Jones	1,167	55%
	Conservative	James Willcox Allsopp	938	45%
Majority			229
Registered electors			3,496
Turnout			2,105	60%
	Liberal win (new seat)

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	966	57%
	Conservative	Sidney Stanley Dawson	741	43%
Majority			225
Registered electors			2,742
Turnout			1,707	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Aldermanic Election, 13 June 1906

Caused by the resignation of Alderman William Edward Willink (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 9 November 1903)[21] [22] [23] was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906,[24] in his place, Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903)[25]

was elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Simon Jude	No.5A Wavertree	1907

[26] [27]

By-elections

No.18 Castle Street, 18 December 1905

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Thomas Wood (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 2 November 1903)[28] was reported to the Council on 6 December 1905[29]

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop	unopposed
Registered electors			2,106
	Conservative hold		Swing

[30] [31]

No.17 St. Anne's,

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Isaac Caton Glover (Conservative, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1904)[32] which was reported to the Council on 7 February 1906[33]

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. James Clement Baxter	710	55%
		Joseph Maguire	574	45%
Majority			136
Registered electors			2,903
Turnout			1,284	44%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

[34] [35]

No.4 Fairfield, 19 April 1906

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1905) [3] which was reported to the Council on 4 April 1906.[36]

No. 4 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Gates	1,000	53%
	Independent	Thomas Dowd	894	47%
Majority			106
Registered electors			3,694
Turnout			1,894	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

[24] [37]

No.25 Brunswick, 15 May 1906

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Byrne (Liberal, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1904)[32] which was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906[24]

No. 25 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Charles Kelly	730	56%
		William Richard Gasking	444	33%
		Thomas Byrne	176	13%
Majority			286
Registered electors
Turnout			1,350
	Liberal hold		Swing

[38]

No.8 Netherfied, 5 July 1906

Caused by Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903)[25] being elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906[26][27]

No. 8 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Tomkinson	797	56%
	Protestant	John Walker	619	44%
Majority			178
Registered electors			4,181
Turnout			1,416	34%
	gain from		Swing

[39]

See also

• 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

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