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28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards 57 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
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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:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
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Conservative | ?? | -1 | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Nationalists | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 21 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 75% | 55% | 24,293 | ||
Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14% | 40% | 17,888 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11% | ||||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.8% | 1,243 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 787 | ||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.043% | 19 |
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lorents Braun Haddock | 1,076 | 56% | ||
Liberal | Louis Bartlett Phillips | 854 | 44% | ||
Majority | 222 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,089 | ||||
Turnout | 1,930 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Hall Walker * | 1,434 | 60% | ||
Liberal | Jonathan Hargrove | 973 | 40% | ||
Majority | 461 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,038 | ||||
Turnout | 2,407 | 60% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | 1,016 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 961 | 49% | ||
Majority | 55 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,116 | ||||
Turnout | 1,977 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Thomas Wood | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Evans * | 1,914 | 64% | ||
Liberal | Harold Coventry | 1,062 | 36% | ||
Majority | 852 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,276 | ||||
Turnout | 2,976 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Barclay Light | 1,566 | 66% | ||
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 816 | 34% | ||
Majority | 750 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,966 | ||||
Turnout | 2,382 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Lewis Lloyd * | 1,763 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Thompson | 1,448 | 45% | ||
Ind. Conservative | William Forshaw | 19 | 0.59% | ||
Majority | 315 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,764 | ||||
Turnout | 3,230 | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas May Smith * | 853 | 61% | ||
Liberal | John Henry Evans | 539 | 39% | ||
Majority | 314 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,385 | ||||
Turnout | 1,392 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Albert Henry Samuel * | 1,253 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | 1,201 | 49% | ||
Majority | 52 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,962 | ||||
Turnout | 2,454 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Donnelly | 853 | 54% | ||
Conservative | George Dalton | 736 | 46% | ||
Majority | 117 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,338 | ||||
Turnout | 1,589 | 68% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Barns * | 1,404 | 66% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Faraday | 708 | 34% | ||
Majority | 696 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,218 | ||||
Turnout | 2,112 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | John Wilson * | 1,939 | 58% | ||
Liberal | John Lyon Langford | 1,398 | 42% | ||
Majority | 541 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,265 | ||||
Turnout | 3,337 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Petrie * | 1,656 | 61% | ||
Liberal | William Boote | 1,006 | 37% | ||
Independent | Edward Stott | 37 | 1.4% | ||
Majority | 650 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,215 | ||||
Turnout | 2,699 | 64% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Jude * | 1,389 | 82% | ||
Labour | John Shannon | 313 | 18% | ||
Majority | 1,076 | ||||
Registered electors | 4.342 | ||||
Turnout | 1,702 | 39% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Daly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Harvey Farmer * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Burgess * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Nelson * | 998 | 62% | ||
Independent | William Hopson | 623 | 38% | ||
Majority | 375 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,334 | ||||
Turnout | 1,621 | 49% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | 721 | 89% | ||
Independent | Hanst Hargreaves | 50 | 6% | ||
Independent | Edward Phillips | 42 | 5% | ||
Majority | 671 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,473 | ||||
Turnout | 813 | 23% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Alfred Hampson * | 1,541 | 68% | ||
Liberal | Charles Albert Slater | 611 | 27% | ||
Labour | Clement William George | 114 | 5% | ||
Majority | 930 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,603 | ||||
Turnout | 2,266 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Henry Watts * | 416 | 92% | ||
Independent | Alfred Allsop | 35 | 7.8% | ||
Majority | 381 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,078 | ||||
Turnout | 451 | 22% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Frederick Warr MP * | 1,413 | 56% | ||
Liberal | John Morris | 1,094 | 44% | ||
Majority | 319 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
Turnout | 2,507 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Atwood Beaver | 1,218 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Arthur Henry Bunney | 1,162 | 49% | ||
Majority | 56 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Turnout | 2,380 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas John Flynn * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | 1,053 | 54% | ||
Liberal | Charles William Jones | 900 | 46% | ||
Majority | 153 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,598 | ||||
Turnout | 1,953 | 75% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * | 1,069 | 52% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Utley | 983 | 48% | ||
Majority | 86 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,132 | ||||
Turnout | 2,052 | 66% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Arden (Conservative, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1896)[6] on 29 November 1897.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Dalton | 1,053 | 51% | ||
Liberal | John Clancy | 1,015 | 49% | ||
Edward Phillips | 8 | 0.39% | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,116 | ||||
Turnout | 2,076 | 67% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Henry Richard Powell (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1896)[10] .[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the death of Councillor Jonathan Parry (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895)[6] on 5 March 1898.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,066 | 75% | ||
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 354 | 25% | ||
Majority | 712 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,966 | ||||
Turnout | 1,420 | 29% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alderman Joseph Glover died on 21 April 1898.[14]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart. MP was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 June 1898[15] .[16]
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart.MP resigned as an Alderman on 1 June 1898.[16]
Councillor John Ellison (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1895)[17] was elected as an Alderman by the city Council[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Houlding B.Sc. | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Augustus Frederick Warr MP (Conservative, Sefton Park, elected 1 November 1895[19] which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1898.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Radcliffe William Smith | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,366 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |