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1904 Liverpool City Council election
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Liverpool City Council elections 1904
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1904 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1904 11 01 1903 1903 Liverpool City Council election 1905 1905 Liverpool City Council election 34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.
The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.
18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? -3 ?? ??Liberal ?? +4 ?? ??Irish Nationalist ?? 0 ?? ??Protestant 5 +2 0 5Liberal Unionist ?? -1 ?? ??Irish Nationalist and Liberal 1 0 0 1Labour ?? ?? 0 ??Independent ?? ?? ?? ??
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1904
Conservative Party (UK)
15
2
5
-3
39%
Liberal Party (UK)
14
4
0
+4
37%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
3
0
0
0
9%
Liverpool Protestant Party
2
2
0
+2
6%
Liberal Unionist Party
0
0
1
-1
0%
Labour Representation Committee (1900)
0
0
0
0
0%
Independent
0
0
0
0
0%
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
No. 21 Abercromby
Liberal Party (UK)
Dr. William Permewan
837
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Phillips *
813
49%
24
2,699
1,650
61%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 29 Aigburth
Liberal Party (UK)
Archibald Bathgate *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 3 Anfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Russell Taylor
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 6 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Edwin Berry *
1,458
57%
Liverpool Protestant Party
William Ellis Jones
1,119
43%
339
4,258
2,577
61%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 25 Brunswick
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Byrne *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 18 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Frederick Garner
748
53%
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas James McGeorge
668
47%
80
2,104
1,416
67%
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 26 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward James Chevalier *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 12 Edge Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
William Wilson Walker *
1,232
50.3%
Liberal Party (UK)
Clement Freeman
1,219
49.7%
13
4,901
2,451
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 9 Everton
Conservative Party (UK)
Gerald Kyffin-Taylor*
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 16 Exchange
Liberal Party (UK)
Robert Durning Holt *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Fairfield
No. 4 Fairfield
Liberal Party (UK)
James Hughes jnr
1,217
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Hunter *
1,005
45%
212
3,497
2,222
64%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 30 Garston
Conservative Party (UK)
Frederick James Rawlinson *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Granby
No. 22 Granby
Liberal Party (UK)
Robert Henry Bullen *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Great George
No. 20 Great George
Liberal Party (UK)
Burton William Eills *
738
58%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edmund Roberts Latham
527
42%
211
1,796
1,265
70%
Liberal Party (UK)
Kensington
No. 11 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Samuel Mason Hutchinson *
1,424
68%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Joseph Bowers
685
32%
739
4,638
2,109
45%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Unionist
Kirkdale
No. 2 Kirkdale
Liverpool Protestant Party
John George Paris
unopposed
Liverpool Protestant Party
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 10 Low Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
William Boote *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 8 Netherfield
Liberal Party (UK)
George Sturla *
1,472
60%
Liverpool Protestant Party
John Carr
976
40%
496
4,144
2,448
59%
Liberal Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 13 North Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
George Jeremy Lynskey *
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Old Swan
No. 28A Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
James Lister
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 23 Prince's Park
Liberal Party (UK)
Max Muspratt *
1,234
58%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Robert Griffiths
900
42%
334
3,625
2,134
59%
Liberal Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Liberal Party (UK)
James Arthur Appleton
1,075
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Harris Fineberg
889
45%
186
3,364
1,964
58%
Liberal Party (UK)
St. Anne's
No. 17 St. Anne's
Conservative Party (UK)
Isaac Caton Glover *
1,028
78%
Independent (politician)
Edward Joseph Gearing
294
22%
734
3,025
1,322
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 7 St. Domingo
Liverpool Protestant Party
Henry Porter
1,518
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Shelmerdine *
1,323
47%
195
4,530
2,841
63%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 19 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Miles *
629
70%
Labour Party (UK)
Walter Russell
269
30%
360
1,806
898
50%
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 24A Sefton Park East
Liberal Party (UK)
John Morris *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 24 Sefton Park West
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Wilson
768
62%
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Stanley Rogerson *
478
38%
290
3,001
1,246
42%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 14 South Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Francis Joseph Harford *
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Vauxhall
No. 15 Vauxhall
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
John Gregory Taggart *
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Walton
No. 3A Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. John George Moyles *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 27 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Kelly *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 5 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Stephen Porter
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 5A Wavertree West
Liberal Party (UK)
Cecil Heywood Brunner
1,110
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
Isaac Turner *
948
46%
162
3,417
2,058
60%
Liberal Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson
986
55%
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Utley
809
45%
177
2,468
1,795
73%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrclE1YXdLR0VzNEE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 front page 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtranMyNTIzeDVFelU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 1 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQUJWTDVHNWpNOFU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 2 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQVA1RUlHUFgwa2c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 3 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrT3dEMTlxU2RTdlU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 4 2 May 2017
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1904
Aldermanic Elections
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.
The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
PartyAldermanWard Conservative William Bartlett * Brunswick Liberal William Benjamin Bowring JP * Exchange Liberal Edmond Brownbill * South Scotland Conservative William James Burgess * Anfield Irish Nationalist Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Vauxhall Conservative Charles Herbert Giles * Prince's Park Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant * Old Swan Conservative Thomas Menlove JP * Breckfield Liberal Edward Paull JP * Sandhills Conservative Sir Charles Petrie Warbreck Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell * North Scotland Conservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP Abercromby Liberal Frederick Smith * Castle Street Conservative Edward Wrake Turner * Aigburth Conservative Ephraim Walker JP * Sefton Park West Liberal William Henry Watts * St. Anne's Conservative William Humphrey Williams * St. Domingo
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZ2E2MGRzN1lVQjA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 6 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTjZsbkR1LXFSS0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 7 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWWcya2IxUUI4RzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 8 2 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZTNIQ3BTSm5Uejg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 10 2 May 2017
Alderman John Ellison (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtra3FVZVhFa1poMm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8 26 April 2017 died on 17 October 1904https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVEpSUVlOWTNnZUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 524 1 May 2017
In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTGlPSGhKUG9qVzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116 1 May 2017 was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative Councillor Thomas Bland Royden No.24A Sefton Park East 1907
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVzN3T0JkNExYelk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9 2 May 2017
By-elections
No.11 Kensington, 23 November 1904
Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTGlPSGhKUG9qVzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116 1 May 2017 as an alderman on 9 November 1904https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVzN3T0JkNExYelk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9 2 May 2017
No. 11 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Lowry Burns
1,321
Benjamin Loft Wilson
1,280
41
2,501
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Unionist
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMmczSGJtSS1RZHM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 86 2 May 2017
No. 7 St. Domingo, 17 January 1905
The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVy1YeHRvNE90NFU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1902-1903 page 2 2 May 2017 was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUEM1LW9zWmtmLUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 128 2 May 2017
No. 7 St. Domingo
Liverpool Protestant Party
William Ellis Jones
943
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Alexander Hill
821
46%
John Henry Newcomb
22
1.2%
122
1,786
Liverpool Protestant Party
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNzNwVHVhdjV5eUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 180 2 May 2017
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
References
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