1908 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool City Council elections 1908 March 2020 March 2020 1908 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1908 11 02 1907 1907 Liverpool City Council election 1909 1909 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 Monday 2 November 1908. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative 62 +6 24 86Liberal 28 -5 6 34Irish Nationalist 11 0 3 14Labour 1 0 0 1Protestant ? -1 ? ? Election result Liverpool local election result 1908 Conservative Party (UK) 18 6 0 +6 53% 55% 14,708 Liberal Party (UK) 13 0 5 -5 38% 29% 7,771 Nationalist Party (Ireland) 3 0 0 0 9% 3.5% 928 Labour Party (UK) 1 0 0 0 3% 0% 0 Socialist Party 0 0 1 -1 0% 4.5% 1,203 Liverpool Protestant Party 0 0 1 -1 0% 3.7% 972 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0% 2.23% 593 Note that due to the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in context. Ward results * - Retiring councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1905 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year. Abercromby No. 21 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke 873 56% Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Black * 677 44% 196 2,417 1,550 64% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Aigburth No. 36 Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) Hartley Wilson * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Anfield No. 3 Anfield Liberal Party (UK) William Evans * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Breckfield No. 6 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) Frank John Leslie * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 25 Brunswick Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Roberts * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Castle Street No. 15 Castle Street Liberal Party (UK) Richard George Hough unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Dingle No. 12 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Richard Caton * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 12 Edge Hill Conservative Party (UK) William Wilson Walker 1,605 70% Liberal Party (UK) Clement Freeman * 701 30% 904 4,643 2,306 50% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Everton No. 9 Everton Liberal Party (UK) William Denton * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Exchange No. 13 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Joseph Bibby * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Fairfield No. 25 Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Dowd 1,477 56% Liberal Party (UK) A. Gates 1,156 44% 321 3,818 2,633 69% Conservative Party (UK) Fazakerley No. 31 Fazakerley Conservative Party (UK) Henry Sharrock Higginbottom * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Garston No. 30 Garston Liberal Party (UK) James Picthall * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Granby No. 22 Granby Liberal Party (UK) John Lea * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Great George No. 20 Great George Liberal Party (UK) John Lamport Ellis * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Kensington No. 11 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) John Gordon 1,641 58% Socialist Party John Wolfe Tone Morrissey * 1,203 42% 438 4,639 2,844 61% Conservative Party (UK) Socialist Party Kirkdale No. 2 Kirkdale Conservative Party (UK) Dr. John Utting * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Low Hill No. 10 Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) David Pearson * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Netherfield No. 8 Netherfield Conservative Party (UK) William Waugh * 996 57% Liverpool Protestant Party John Walker 740 43% 256 4,007 1,736 43% Conservative Party (UK) North Scotland No. 13 North Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Bolger unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Old Swan No. 28A Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) John Edwards 1,265 75% Socialist Party Alan John Tracy 431 25% 834 3,173 1,696 53% Conservative Party (UK) Nationalist Party (Ireland) Prince's Park No. 23 Prince's Park Liberal Party (UK) Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Sandhills No. 1 Sandhills Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Joseph Deery * 928 61% Independent Conservative John Carr 459 30% Independent (politician) James Maher 134 9% 469 3,303 1,521 46% Nationalist Party (Ireland) St. Anne's No. 6 St. Anne's Labour Party (UK) James Sexton * unopposed Labour Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 23 St. Domingo Conservative Party (UK) George William Whittaker * 1,345 85% Liverpool Protestant Party Isaac Adams 232 15% 1,113 4,447 1,577 35% Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 19 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Burton William Ellis * 617 54% Conservative Party (UK) Henry Lyons 516 46% 101 1,744 1,133 65% Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park East No. 24A Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) Reginald George Layton 1,318 53% Liberal Party (UK) Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart 1,156 47% 162 3,534 2,474 70% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park West No. 24 Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) F. Pritchard unopposed Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland No. 14 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Austin Harford * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Vauxhall No. 4 Vauxhall Liberal Party (UK) Max Muspratt 651 55% Conservative Party (UK) George Marks Davey 530 45% 121 1,779 1,181 66% Liberal Party (UK) Walton No. 3A Walton Conservative Party (UK) J. McDermott unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Warbreck No. 26 Warbreck Liberal Party (UK) Edward West * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Wavertree No. 34 Wavertree Liberal Party (UK) Charles Clarke Morrison * 960 53% Conservative Party (UK) George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick 864 47% 96 2,938 1,824 62% Liberal Party (UK) Wavertree West No. 5A Wavertree West Conservative Party (UK) Edmund Gerson Jackson 1,175 55% Liberal Party (UK) William Berrington Jones * 971 45% 204 3,475 2,146 62% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) William James Bailes 1,103 56% Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Skelton * 882 44% 221 3,029 1,985 66% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZkx6LVA1VjlNZkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 front page 11 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraU55TGpZZWZlWUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 1 11 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbS0xS1dWWEtISms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 3 11 May 2017 Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1908 The Liverpool Courier 3 November 1908 Aldermanic elections Aldermanic election, 9 November 1908 Following the death of Alderman William Hall Jowett (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1907),https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQW5rdkpRdHU4dFk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907–1908 page 9 11 May 2017 Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1907)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc2RmdEZWcFRIeDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907–1908 page 5 11 May 2017 was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRmdqQjAzZW5ZUDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 5 11 May 2017 PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative James Lister 1913 Aldermanic election, 27 October 1909 The resignation of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, elected as an alderman 9 November 1904)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTjZsbkR1LXFSS0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904–1905 page 7 11 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWWcya2IxUUI4RzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904–1905 page 8 11 May 2017 was reported to the Council on 6 October 1909.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYmN5cVJnSng4bmc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 422 11 May 2017 In his place, Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1906)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNDNZNkI5Q2k1M3M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906–1907 page 6 11 May 2017 was elected as an alderman by the Council on 27 October 1909.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZ19pV3V0UHdPRkk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 458 11 May 2017 PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative Arthur Crosthwaite No.3 Anfield 1910 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRjRWTVp0YXg1UU0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 457 11 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZ19pV3V0UHdPRkk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 458 11 May 2017 By-elections No. 8 Netherfield, 26 November 1908 Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Sturla (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1907)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNWs1ZDFadnBjY3c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907–1908 page 4 11 May 2017 which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1908https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRnRLTDA1ZUhQQTQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 7 11 May 2017 No. 8 Netherfield John Alfred Irving 1,008 58% Liverpool Protestant Party John Walker 721 42% 287 4,007 1,729 43% https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcnNKNHlCT1hKQ0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 72 11 May 2017 No. 28A Old Swan, 26 November 1908 Caused by the election of Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1907) was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908. No. 28A Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Charles Burchall unopposed 3,173 Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtra2Q3RDJ4Y0ZPeUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 73 11 May 2017 No.16 Exchange ward, 29 January 1909 Caused by the death of Robert Durning Holt (Liberal, Exchange, elected 1 November 1907)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdEF4Q1lHS0Fab1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907–1908 page 3 11 May 2017 on 10 December 1908. No. 13 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Charles Bowring unopposed Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTHFLMXgtNVdDUjQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 160 1 May 2017 No.19 St. Peter's, 15 June 1909 The resignation of Councillor Horace Muspratt (Party?, St. Peter's, elected 15 April 1908)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVTJyZmwtcXNJMTg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907-1908 page 335 11 May 2017 was reported to the Council on 2 June 1909.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSGhveUxrUHBpT00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 322 11 May 2017 No. 19 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) John Byrne unopposed Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbUU5cDY4ZDVzcFE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 352 11 May 2017 No. 22 Granby, 7 October 1909 Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Henry Bullen (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1907).https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNWs1ZDFadnBjY3c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1907–1908 page 4 11 May 2017 No. 22 Granby Independent (politician) Eleanor Florence Rathbone 1,066 67% Francis James Welland 516 33% 550 1,582 Independent (politician) Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMVRsY09kVlBzUEk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1908–1909 page 456 11 May 2017 This by-election was notable in that Eleanor Rathbone was the first woman elected to Liverpool City Council. See also Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835–1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207–present History of local government in England References 1908 Category:1908 English local elections Category:1900s in Liverpool