1897 Liverpool City Council election

English local election November 2017 November 2017 1897 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1897 11 01 1896 1896 Liverpool City Council election 1898 1898 Liverpool City Council election 28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards 57 (incl. Aldermen) Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1897. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? -1 ?? ??Liberal ?? +1 ?? ??Irish Nationalists ?? 0 ?? ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1897 Conservative Party (UK) 21 0 1 -1 75% 55% 24,293 Liberal Party (UK) 4 1 0 +1 14% 40% 17,888 Nationalist Party (Ireland) 3 0 0 0 11% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 2.8% 1,243 Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 1.8% 787 Independent Conservative 0 0 0 0 0% 0.043% 19 Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year. Abercromby No. 21 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Lorents Braun Haddock 1,076 56% Liberal Party (UK) Louis Bartlett Phillips 854 44% 222 3,089 1,930 62% Conservative Party (UK) Breckfield No. 6 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) William Hall Walker * 1,434 60% Liberal Party (UK) Jonathan Hargrove 973 40% 461 4,038 2,407 60% Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 25 Brunswick Conservative Party (UK) Hartley Wilson * 1,016 51% Liberal Party (UK) Samuel McMillin 961 49% 55 3,116 1,977 63% Conservative Party (UK) Castle Street No. 18 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) John Thomas Wood unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Dingle No. 26 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Evans * 1,914 64% Liberal Party (UK) Harold Coventry 1,062 36% 852 5,276 2,976 56% Conservative Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 12 Edge Hill Conservative Party (UK) James Barclay Light 1,566 66% Labour Party (UK) Samuel Reeves 816 34% 750 4,966 2,382 48% Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 9 Everton Conservative Party (UK) Edward Lewis Lloyd * 1,763 55% Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Thompson 1,448 45% Independent Conservative William Forshaw 19 0.59% 315 4,764 3,230 68% Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 16 Exchange Conservative Party (UK) John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Fairfield No. 4 Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) Thomas May Smith * 853 61% Liberal Party (UK) John Henry Evans 539 39% 314 3,385 1,392 41% Conservative Party (UK) Granby No. 22 Granby Conservative Party (UK) Albert Henry Samuel * 1,253 51% Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Harrison Jones 1,201 49% 52 3,962 2,454 62% Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 20 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Donnelly 853 54% Conservative Party (UK) George Dalton 736 46% 117 2,338 1,589 68% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Kensington No. 11 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Edward Barns * 1,404 66% Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Faraday 708 34% 696 4,218 2,112 50% Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale No. 2 Kirkdale Protestant John Wilson * 1,939 58% Liberal Party (UK) John Lyon Langford 1,398 42% 541 6,265 3,337 53% Conservative Party (UK) Low Hill No. 10 Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) Charles Petrie * 1,656 61% Liberal Party (UK) William Boote 1,006 37% Independent (politician) Edward Stott 37 1.4% 650 4,215 2,699 64% Conservative Party (UK) Netherfield No. 8 Netherfield Conservative Party (UK) Simon Jude * 1,389 82% Labour Party (UK) John Shannon 313 18% 1,076 4.342 1,702 39% Conservative Party (UK) North Scotland No. 13 North Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Daly * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) North Walton No. 27 North Walton Conservative Party (UK) John Harvey Farmer * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park No. 23 Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) William James Burgess * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills No. 1 Sandhills Liberal Party (UK) William Nelson * 998 62% Independent (politician) William Hopson 623 38% 375 3,334 1,621 49% Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne's No. 17 St. Anne's Liberal Party (UK) Jacob Reuben Grant * 721 89% Independent (politician) Hanst Hargreaves 50 6% Independent (politician) Edward Phillips 42 5% 671 3,473 813 23% Liberal Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 7 St. Domingo Conservative Party (UK) Robert Alfred Hampson * 1,541 68% Liberal Party (UK) Charles Albert Slater 611 27% Labour Party (UK) Clement William George 114 5% 930 4,603 2,266 49% Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 19 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) William Henry Watts * 416 92% Independent (politician) Alfred Allsop 35 7.8% 381 2,078 451 22% Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park No. 24 Sefton Park Conservative Party (UK) Augustus Frederick Warr MP * 1,413 56% Liberal Party (UK) John Morris 1,094 44% 319 4,366 2,507 57% Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland No. 14 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Kearney * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) South Walton No. 3 South Walton Conservative Party (UK) Robert Atwood Beaver 1,218 51% Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Henry Bunney 1,162 49% 56 3,703 2,380 54% Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 15 Vauxhall Nationalist Party (Ireland) Thomas John Flynn * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Wavertree No. 5 Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Crosthwaite * 1,053 54% Liberal Party (UK) Charles William Jones 900 46% 153 2,598 1,953 75% Conservative Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * 1,069 52% Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Utley 983 48% 86 3,132 2,052 66% Conservative Party (UK) Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1897 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrLTdBNUNqejh3cVE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 front page 22 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTHlpX0hkdVpJZnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 1 22 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrN01QSWhoV3FfNXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 2 22 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb2h4c3cyZmFsT0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 3 22 April 2017 By-elections No.25, Brunswick Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Arden (Conservative, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1896)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTkNING1NUXQtaDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 3 22 April 2017 on 29 November 1897.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSnJELXEtS0N6S1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 51 22 April 2017 No. 25 Brunswick Conservative Party (UK) George Dalton 1,053 51% Liberal Party (UK) John Clancy 1,015 49% Edward Phillips 8 0.39% 38 3,116 2,076 67% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWDMxbHo2bEcxY2c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 79 22 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMHJrVm15azRSVEE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 80 22 April 2017 No.3, South Walton, 25 January 1898 Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Henry Richard Powell (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1896)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbS1BbHhnekNhT1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 2 22 April 2017 .https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUF9yRGNORXZyLUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 130 22 April 2017 No. 3 South Walton Conservative Party (UK) George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick unopposed 3,703 Conservative Party (UK) No.12, Edge Hill, 26 April 1898 Caused by the death of Councillor Jonathan Parry (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895) on 5 March 1898.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRjl1QTlJOTRNcEE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 212 22 April 2017 No. 12 Edge Hill Conservative Party (UK) William Wilson Walker 1,066 75% Labour Party (UK) Samuel Reeves 354 25% 712 4,966 1,420 29% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtra0ZGOTV2aWFUUVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 240 22 April 2017 No. 3 South Walton, 20 July 1898 Alderman Joseph Glover died on 21 April 1898.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZV8wdTJBakM5Zm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 230 22 April 2017 The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart. MP was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 June 1898https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUk96dzFYbThfMVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 272 22 April 2017 .https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNFBqZ3JWdnBRenc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 273 22 April 2017 The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart.MP resigned as an Alderman on 1 June 1898. Councillor John Ellison (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1895)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrS3c5Ym9WeW43Yjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 2 22 April 2017 was elected as an Alderman by the city Councilhttps://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTllUTHkwbFg4Q0k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 328 22 April 2017 No. 3 South Walton Conservative Party (UK) William Houlding B.Sc. unopposed 3,703 Conservative Party (UK) No.24, Sefton Park, 18 October 1898 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Augustus Frederick Warr MP (Conservative, Sefton Park, elected 1 November 1895https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZEt4TDhpUnVUelE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 6 22 April 2017 which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1898.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdG9rY09GcXdrR28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 390 22 April 2017 No. 24 Sefton Park Conservative Party (UK) Radcliffe William Smith unopposed 4,366 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVTF4UTRoeHhnaDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 422 22 April 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 1897 Category:1897 English local elections Category:1890s in Liverpool