1898 Liverpool City Council election

English local election November 2016 November 2016 1898 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1898 11 01 1897 1897 Liverpool City Council election 1899 1899 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 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Sixteen of the twenty-eight wards were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative 56 -1 18 74Liberal 18 +1 8 26Irish Nationalists 8 0 2 10Liberal Unionist 1 0 1 2 Election result Liverpool local election result 1898 Conservative Party (UK) 17 1 2 -1 61% 52% 11,656 Liberal Party (UK) 7 2 1 +1 25% 31% 6,842 Nationalist Party (Ireland) 3 0 0 0 11% Liberal Unionist 1 0 0 0 4% 1,123 Independent Liberal 0 0 5.3% 1,185 Independent (politician) 0 3.1% 683 Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% 2.8% 626 Independent Irish Nationalist 0 0% 0.31% 70 Because of the large number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in that context. 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) Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell * 570 93% Independent (politician) John O'Brien 46 7% 524 3,002 616 21% 2 Conservative Party (UK) Breckfield No. 6 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) Edwin Berry 1,310 55% Liberal Party (UK) Jonathan Hargrove 1,075 45% 235 4,046 2,385 59% Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 25 Brunswick Liberal Party (UK) Charles Henry Beloe * 1,079 56% Conservative Party (UK) John Thomas 838 44% 241 3,053 1,917 63% Liberal Party (UK) Castle Street No. 18 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Binley Neale unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Unionist Dingle No. 26 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) Edward James Chevalier 1,608 58% Independent Liberal Thomas Byrne 1,185 42% 423 5,367 2,793 52% Conservative Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 12 Edge Hill Conservative Party (UK) William Wilson Walker 1,441 63% Liberal Party (UK) John William Fairbrother 861 37% 580 4,938 2,302 47% Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 9 Everton Liberal Unionist William Oulton * 1,123 84% Labour Party (UK) Robert Clement Faulkener 208 16% 915 4,745 1,331 28% Liberal Unionist Exchange No. 16 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Robert Durning Holt * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Fairfield No. 4 Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Hunter unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Granby No. 22 Granby Liberal Party (UK) Robert Henry Bullen 1,439 59% Conservative Party (UK) Herbert Campbell * 992 41% 447 3,992 2,431 61% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 20 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Edward Paull unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Kensington No. 11 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Thomas Clarke * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale No. 2 Kirkdale Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Hoult * 1,832 65% Liberal Party (UK) John Lyon Langford 987 35% 845 6,228 2,819 Conservative Party (UK) Low Hill No. 10 Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) George Jones * 1,029 71% Labour Party (UK) Clement William George 418 29% 611 4,213 1,447 34% 14 Conservative Party (UK) Netherfield No. 8 Netherfield Conservative Party (UK) John Robert Fletcher * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) North Scotland No. 13 North Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Bolger * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) North Walton No. 27 North Walton Conservative Party (UK) Richard Kelly * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park No. 23 Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) William Edward Willink * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills No. 1 Sandhills Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Salter 1,023 53% Conservative Party (UK) Barnett Lipson 870 45% Independent Irish Nationalist Michael Thomas Bolger 20 1% 153 3,308 1,913 58% Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne's No. 17 St. Anne's Liberal Party (UK) James Crean * 378 88% Independent Irish Nationalist Thomas Hart 50 12% 328 3,461 428 12% Liberal Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 7 St. Domingo Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Shelmerdine unopposed Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 19 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Henry Miles unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park No. 24 Sefton Park Conservative Party (UK) Francis Henderson * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland No. 14 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) George Jeremy Lynskey unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) South Walton No. 3 South Walton Conservative Party (UK) William Houlding * 1,166 63% Independent (politician) Alexander McLaren 683 37% 483 3,846 1,849 48% Conservative Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 15 Vauxhall Nationalist Party (Ireland) John Gregory Taggart * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Wavertree No. 5 Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Isaac Turner * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) James Lister * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNjAzNXNTS2lSYWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 front page 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRVppNHJISVlFM1k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 1 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbFNPYnpPM1NENms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTWVqdXA0VnZJRkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 3 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSk1kZFZCWFhLekk Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (1) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOUJ5d05wNXN1ak0 Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (2) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrU2pBNVdIYUtGU0k Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (3) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQjZOQjJKODVnVlk Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (4) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbjF2VnRzdk9VTkk Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (5) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrU2VFX211RE5sdWM Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (6) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRjJ5dUdwWWVHY1k Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (7) 24 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNEtTbTM2OVRXSW8 Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (8) 24 April 2017 Aldermanic Elections At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1898, the terms of office of fourteen alderman expired.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM3BfdU4wRXB3VzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 4 23 April 2017 The following fourteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1898 for a term of six years. * - re-elected aldermen. PartyAlderman Conservative William Bartlett * Liberal William Benjamin Bowring JP * Irish Nationalist Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Conservative Charles Herbert Giles * Liberal Unionist Henry Hugh Hornby JP * Conservative Thomas Menlove JP * Liberal Jeremiah Miles JP * Liberal Edward Paull JP Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell Liberal James Ruddin JP * Conservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP Liberal Frederick Smith * Conservative Ephraim Walker JP * Conservative William Humphry Williams * https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMUtXcjB6SVJKNnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 5 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreUlVdDdQRmI5VXc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 6 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcmo1WXhzMUY0NW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 7 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMmNhbTlFemRDZnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 8 23 April 2017 By-elections Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1898 Following the death of Alderman Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP, former councillor Herbert Campbell JP (Conservative, North Toxteth elected 1886,https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwOaUiDOoD1pU29tX1Z6Z1EtSnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2 23 April 2017 1889https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdHZocEp0czNGNDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2 23 April 2017 and 1892https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZGlLN3Yxbm5rbm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1892-1893 page 2 23 April 2017 ) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1898 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbV9QMGVBMGw2Yjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 9 23 April 2017 .https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSDhLd3NKWFc1RVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 10 23 April 2017 No. 20, Great George, 25 November 1898 Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Paul (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1898) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1898. No. 20 Great George John Henderson 925 63% George Henry Ball 537 37% 388 1,462 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcDBnSENRU25tcnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 51 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUGx0bUtHSUxRUVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 52 23 April 2017 No. 13, North Scotland, 29 November 1898 Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbS1BbHhnekNhT1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 2 23 April 2017 as an alderman by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1898. No. 20 North Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Alexander Murray Bligh unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) No. 14, South Scotland, 29 November 1898 Caused by the death of Councillor Owen O'Hara (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTkNING1NUXQtaDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 3 23 April 2017 on 11 November 1898.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUmpoMXNCblNHNjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 54 23 April 2017 No. 14 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Austin Harford 756 49% Terence Edward Brady 472 24% George Turner 470 24% Patrick Redmond 231 12% 284 1,929 Nationalist Party (Ireland) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbGpIa013THlZRjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 53 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUmpoMXNCblNHNjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 54 23 April 2017 No. 20, Great George, 10 February 1899 Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Donnelly (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1897)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb2h4c3cyZmFsT0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 3 23 April 2017 on 18 January 1899.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTjQtMndZZEoyRnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 131 23 April 2017 No. 20 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Dowdall unopposed Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUDhXOHZlaWN6Q0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 170 23 April 2017 No.1, Sandhills, 17 March 1899 Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Nelson (Liberal, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1897)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrN01QSWhoV3FfNXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2 23 April 2017 which was reported to the Council on 1 March 1899.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUDhXOHZlaWN6Q0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 170 23 April 2017 No. 1 Sandhills Nationalist Party (Ireland) Bernard Conlon unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc2dKQ0NvTTQyemM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 200 23 April 2017 No. 14, South Scotland, 28 April 1899 The election of George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1898) was declared void by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice 15 April 1899https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTU50NmxxWkJDRUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 242 23 April 2017 .https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbloyMjVfNFd6YkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 243 23 April 2017 No. 14 South Scotland Francis Joseph Harford 993 53% George Jeremy Lynskey 893 47% 100 1,886 No. 15, Vauxhall, 19 May 1899 Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Flynn (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1897)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrN01QSWhoV3FfNXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 2 23 April 2017 on 3 May 1899.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUmpaNEZvUGphQVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 273 23 April 2017 No. 15 Vauxhall Nationalist Party (Ireland) Thomas Burke 680 69% Patrick Jeremiah Kelly 304 31% 376 984 Nationalist Party (Ireland) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrR2J3WG1qN1VERjQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 286 23 April 2017 No. 14, South Scotland, Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Thompson (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, 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 on 21 July 1899.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraEJXeDN1ZVRuSDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 331 23 April 2017 No. 14 South Scotland No. 26, Dingle, 10 October 1899 Caused by the resignation of Alderman Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, elected by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1895)https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrN1ZpM0F5M1pYdW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 16 23 April 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNC16ZDRuR2U1SGs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 370 23 April 2017 Councillor Thomas Evans (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1897) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman on 6 September 1899 .https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOGtoOXBPV1hiRWs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 371 23 April 2017 No. 26 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Stephen Collard unopposed Conservative Party (UK) No. 19, St. Peter's, October 1899 The resignation of Alderman Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, elected 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 4 October 1899.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTVdTaFJFN3g5cms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 396 23 April 2017 Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1899. No. 19 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Henry Miles * Liberal Party (UK) 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 1898 Category:1898 English local elections Category:November 1898 in the United Kingdom Category:1890s in Liverpool