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1904 Liverpool City Council election

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1904 Liverpool City Council election

← 1903 November 1, 1904 (1904-11-01) 1905 →

34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.

The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.

18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? -3 ?? ??
Liberal ?? +4 ?? ??
Irish Nationalist ?? 0 ?? ??
Protestant 5 +2 0 5
Liberal Unionist ?? -1 ?? ??
Irish Nationalist and Liberal 1 0 0 1
Labour ?? ?? 0 ??
Independent ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1904
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 15 2 5 -3 39%
  Liberal 14 4 0 +4 37%
  Irish Nationalist 3 0 0 0 9%
  Protestant 2 2 0 +2 6%
  Liberal Unionist 0 0 1 -1 0%
  Labour Repr. Cmte. 0 0 0 0 0%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0%

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 21 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dr. William Permewan 837 51%
Conservative William Phillips * 813 49%
Majority 24
Registered electors 2,699
Turnout 1,650 61%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

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No. 29 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Archibald Bathgate * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Anfield

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No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Russell Taylor unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

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No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Berry * 1,458 57%
Protestant William Ellis Jones 1,119 43%
Majority 339
Registered electors 4,258
Turnout 2,577 61%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Byrne * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

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No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Frederick Garner 748 53%
Liberal Thomas James McGeorge 668 47%
Majority 80
Registered electors 2,104
Turnout 1,416 67%
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward James Chevalier * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

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No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wilson Walker * 1,232 50.3%
Liberal Clement Freeman 1,219 49.7%
Majority 13
Registered electors 4,901
Turnout 2,451 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

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No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor* Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Exchange

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No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Durning Holt * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hughes jnr 1,217 55%
Conservative Joseph Hunter * 1,005 45%
Majority 212
Registered electors 3,497
Turnout 2,222 64%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Garston

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No. 30 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

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No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Henry Bullen * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

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No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Burton William Eills * 738 58%
Conservative Edmund Roberts Latham 527 42%
Majority 211
Registered electors 1,796
Turnout 1,265 70%
Liberal hold Swing

Kensington

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No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Mason Hutchinson * 1,424 68%
Protestant Joseph Bowers 685 32%
Majority 739
Registered electors 4,638
Turnout 2,109 45%
Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist Swing

Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant John George Paris unopposed
Registered electors
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

Low Hill

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No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Boote * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

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No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Sturla * 1,472 60%
Protestant John Carr 976 40%
Majority 496
Registered electors 4,144
Turnout 2,448 59%
Liberal hold Swing

North Scotland

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

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No. 28A Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lister unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Max Muspratt * 1,234 58%
Protestant Robert Griffiths 900 42%
Majority 334
Registered electors 3,625
Turnout 2,134 59%
Liberal hold Swing

Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Arthur Appleton 1,075 55%
Conservative Harris Fineberg 889 45%
Majority 186
Registered electors 3,364
Turnout 1,964 58%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's

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No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Isaac Caton Glover * 1,028 78%
Independent Edward Joseph Gearing 294 22%
Majority 734
Registered electors 3,025
Turnout 1,322 44%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Domingo

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No. 7 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant Henry Porter 1,518 53%
Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine * 1,323 47%
Majority 195
Registered electors 4,530
Turnout 2,841 63%
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

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No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Miles * 629 70%
Labour Walter Russell 269 30%
Majority 360
Registered electors 1,806
Turnout 898 50%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

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No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Morris * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Wilson 768 62%
Conservative Thomas Stanley Rogerson * 478 38%
Majority 290
Registered electors 3,001
Turnout 1,246 42%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

South Scotland

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No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

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No. 15 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

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No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

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No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Kelly * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

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No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Stephen Porter unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

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No. 5A Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Heywood Brunner 1,110 54%
Conservative Isaac Turner * 948 46%
Majority 162
Registered electors 3,417
Turnout 2,058 60%
Liberal win (new seat)

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson 986 55%
Liberal Thomas Utley 809 45%
Majority 177
Registered electors 2,468
Turnout 1,795 73%
Conservative hold Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

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At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.[5]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party Alderman Ward
Conservative William Bartlett * Brunswick
Liberal William Benjamin Bowring JP * Exchange
Liberal Edmond Brownbill * South Scotland
Conservative William James Burgess * Anfield
Irish Nationalist Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Vauxhall
Conservative Charles Herbert Giles * Prince's Park
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant * Old Swan
Conservative Thomas Menlove JP * Breckfield
Liberal Edward Paull JP * Sandhills
Conservative Sir Charles Petrie Warbreck
Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell * North Scotland
Conservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP Abercromby
Liberal Frederick Smith * Castle Street
Conservative Edward Wrake Turner * Aigburth
Conservative Ephraim Walker JP * Sefton Park West
Liberal William Henry Watts * St. Anne's
Conservative William Humphrey Williams * St. Domingo

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  • Alderman John Ellison (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901)[11] died on 17 October 1904[12]

In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)[13] was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
Conservative Councillor Thomas Bland Royden No.24A Sefton Park East 1907

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By-elections

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No.11 Kensington, 23 November 1904

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Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)[15] as an alderman on 9 November 1904[16] [10]

No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Lowry Burns 1,321
Benjamin Loft Wilson 1,280
Majority 41
Registered electors
Turnout 2,501
Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist Swing

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No. 7 St. Domingo, 17 January 1905

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The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902)[18] was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905[19]

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protestant William Ellis Jones 943 53%
Conservative Charles Alexander Hill 821 46%
John Henry Newcomb 22 1.2%
Majority 122
Registered electors
Turnout 1,786
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 front page". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 1". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 2". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 3". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 4". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  6. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1904
  7. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 6". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 7". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 8". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 10". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 524". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116". Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 86". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1902-1903 page 2". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 128". Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  20. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 180". Retrieved 2 May 2017.