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1900 Liverpool City Council election
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English local election
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1900 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary yes 1900 11 01 1899 1899 Liverpool City Council election 1901 1901 Liverpool City Council election 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 9 November, but not for Anfield nor Warbreck. making a total of 30 Aldermanic posts. 62 (incl. Aldermen)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1900.
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:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative 56 +4 21 77Liberal 23 +2 6 29Irish Nationalist 6 -1 2 8Independent Irish Nationalist 3 +1 0 3Liberal Unionist 2 0 1 3
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1900
Conservative Party (UK)
22
7
3
+4
71%
47.6
13,849
Liberal Party (UK)
6
4
2
+2
19%
35.7
10,371
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
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
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1897 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
No. 21 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
Lorents Braun Haddock *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 3 Anfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Arwood Beaver
712
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Jones
669
48%
43
2,108
1,381
66%
Conservative Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 6 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
John Duncan
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 25 Brunswick
Liberal Party (UK)
Dr. William Permewan
1,009
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Hartley Wilson *
884
47%
125
3,113
1,893
61%
Liberal Party (UK)
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)
Alfred Stephen Collard
1,746
80%
Liberal Party (UK)
David Jones
446
20%
1,300
5,312
2,192
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 12 Edge Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
James Barclay Light *
Unopposed
N/A
N/A
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 9 Everton
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Lewis Lloyd *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 16 Exchange
Conservative Party (UK)
John Sutherland Harmood-Banner *
559
86%
Independent (politician)
Joseph Hughes
88
14%
471
1,780
647
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Fairfield
No. 4 Fairfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas May Smith *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Granby
No. 22 Granby
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Harrison Jones
1,218
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Frederick John Miners
1,065
47%
153
4,000
2,263
57%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Great George
No. 20 Great George
Conservative Party (UK)
William Muirhead
721
53%
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Dowdall
640
47%
81
2,054
1,361
66%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Kensington
No. 11 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Burns
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 2 Kirkdale
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Russell Taylor
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 10 Low Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
David Alexander McNeight
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 8 Netherfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Jude *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 13 North Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
James Daly *
1,050
85%
Independent (politician)
James Flynn
190
15%
860
3,305
1,240
38%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Prince's Park
No. 23 Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Harold Chaloner Dowdall *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Conservative Party (UK)
David Henry Grant
931
55%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Bernard Conlon
750
45%
181
4,383
1,681
48%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
St. Anne's
No. 17 St. Anne's
Liberal Party (UK)
George King *
1,038
50.2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred John Fishlock
1,029
49.8%
9
3,411
2,067
61%
Liberal Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 7 St. Domingo
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Alfred Hampson *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 19 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
William Crossfield *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 24A Sefton Park East
Liberal Party (UK)
John Japp *
1,047
57%
Conservative Party (UK)
Rupert Stanley Bremner
806
43%
241
3,170
1,853
58%
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 24 Sefton Park West
Liberal Party (UK)
Herbert Reynolds Rathbone
666
60%
Conservative Party (UK)
Radcliffe William Radcliffe-Smith
446
40%
220
1,843
1,112
60%
Liberal Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 14 South Scotland
Independent Irish Nationalist
John O'Shea
871
56%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Michael Heron
673
44%
198
3,472
1,544
44%
Independent Irish Nationalist
Irish Nationalist
Vauxhall
No. 15 Vauxhall
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Thomas Burke
643
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Julius Jacobs
578
47%
65
2,090
1,221
58%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Walton
No. 3A Walton - 3 seats
Conservative Party (UK)
John Brunskill
1,218
49%
Conservative Party (UK)
George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick *
1,180
47%
Conservative Party (UK)
Jacob Reuben Grant
1,019
41%
Liberal Party (UK)
Alfred Thomas Davies
993
40%
Liberal Party (UK)
Alexander McLaren
800
32%
Liberal Party (UK)
Robert Alfred Bellwood
702
28%
Independent (politician)
William Henry Quilliam
299
12%
225
3,559
2,510
71%
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 27 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
John Harvey Farmer
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 5 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
Arthur Croathwaite *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Liberal Party (UK)
William Ramsden
1,143
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
George Layton
955
46%
188
3,259
2,098
64%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWnhoU2pveTV1aUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 front page 25 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdEpfR3hqa2Fkams Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 1 25 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbHI0M1FGOXE3QVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 2 25 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQk5MQXdtVEFDY1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 3 25 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVkFPX1dtRno0VTg Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (1) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYktXMUdVYUhWZHc Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (2) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMi1ub3hnWHowSVE Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (3) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOXdMX01yQ1F0aWs Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (4) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcDhzN3BDdEtBTTQ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (5) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb0oxeWxIakRpSm8 Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (6) 26 April 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrV1pESWs5X295STQ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1900 (7) 26 April 2017
Aldermanic election
On 9 November 1900, Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRlp0cjRMX09mTjA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 3 25 April 2017 was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTGVYZUl0REZrSTA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 6 25 April 2017
By-elections
No. 21 Abercromby, 29 January 1901
The resignation of Alderman Alexander Garnett (Conservative, elected as an alderman in 1883 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pa05MOFZpSTdYbG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1883-1884 page 6 20 March 2017 1889 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrV25TWEtTWmQxT28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 7 2 April 2017 and 1895 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtranJsd2dPQWNEMDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 11 9 April 2017 ) was reported to the council on 5 December 1900.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUy00S2t1WGpXbG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 58 25 April 2017
Councillor Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell the younger (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1898)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTWVqdXA0VnZJRkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 3 25 April 2017 was elected by the council as an alderman on 2 January 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRllLVHVyRHhZWkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 100 25 April 2017
No. 21 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
William Phillips
538
Independent (politician)
Edward Phillips
57
481
3,113
595
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrV0dYRkVDclI3eE0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 140 25 April 2017
No. 26 Dingle, 27 November 1900
Caused by the election of Councillor William Roberts (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1899) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman and assigned to the newly created ward of Walton.
No. 26 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Austin Taylor
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
No. 11 Kensington, 28 February 1901
The resignation of Alderman Sir Thomas Hughes (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 19 March 1891 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQWNNUm9GNVlLTWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1890 - 1890 page 115 8 April 2017 and 9 November 1895) was reported to the council on 2 January 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOU01Vmk3bGRYZU0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 98 25 April 2017
Councillor Dr. Thomas Clarke (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2 November 1898)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbFNPYnpPM1NENms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2 25 April 2017 was elected as an alderman by the council on 6 February 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOS1ZeUxFckItOVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 142 25 April 2017
No. 11 Kensington
Liberal Unionist
Samuel Mason Hutchinson
1,067
Liberal Party (UK)
Alexander Armour
886
5,312
Liberal Unionist
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTjdIM1hUVHJwYVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 206 25 April 2017
No. 10 Low Hill, 28 February 1901
The resignation of Councillor Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1899)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRkpPVENvNF9qUDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 2 25 April 2017 was reported to the Council on 6 February 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUWtDRFRyWFdWQVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 141 25 April 2017
No. 10 Low Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Quillam Roby
1,054
Liberal Party (UK)
Samuel McMillin
800
254
5,312
1,854
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUTI1TGpnT2YyRXc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 205 25 April 2017
No. 20 Great George
The resignation of Councillor John Henderson (Great George, elected 25 November 1898)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUGx0bUtHSUxRUVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 52 25 April 2017 was reported to the council on 6 March 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVWF5dXV6NnBYV2s Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 207 25 April 2017
No. 20 Great George
Conservative Party (UK)
William Muirhead
Conservative Party (UK)
No. 3 Anfield, 10 May 1901
Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Atwood Beaver (Conservative, Anfield, elected 1 November 1900) on 12 April 1901.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQnlkYUpaN2E1TWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 277 25 April 2017
No. 20 Anfield
Conservative Party (UK)
John Valentine Smith
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrX1daTy1hWU1fZVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1900-1901 page 346 25 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–present
History of local government in England
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