1901 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Friday 1 November 1901.
There were three new seats : Anfield, Walton and Warbreck.
Eight of the thirty seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | +1 | 21 | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | +1 | 6 | ?? | |
Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | 2 | ?? | |
Liberal Unionist | ?? | +1 | 1 | ?? | |
Independent | ?? | 0 | 0 | ?? |
Election result[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 17 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 57% | 55% | 18,212 | ||
Liberal | 8 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 27% | 20% | 6,547 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10% | 14% | 4,501 | ||
Liberal Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 7% | 7.8% | 2,584 | ||
Lib-Lab | 0 | 1.7% | 557 | ||||||
Labour | 0 | 1.6% | 520 | ||||||
Independent | 0 | 1% | 321 |
Ward results[]
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1898 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Phillips | 553 | 87% | ||
Independent | Edward Phillips | 85 | 13% | ||
Majority | 468 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,887 | ||||
Turnout | 638 | 22% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Houlding | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Breckfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Berry * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Henry Beloe * | 992 | 71% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Titley | 374 | 29% | ||
Majority | 548 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,073 | ||||
Turnout | 1,296 | 42% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Castle Street[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Binley Neale * | 575 | 71%' | ||
Independent | Edward Hood | 236 | 29% | ||
Majority | 339 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,126 | ||||
Turnout | 811 | 38% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward James Chevalier * | 1,608 | 58% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Patrick J. Higgins | 145 | 10% | ||
Majority | 1,191 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,304 | ||||
Turnout | 1,481 | 28% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wilson Walker * | 1,336 | 89% | ||
Irish Nationalist | John McGrath | 160 | 11% | ||
Majority | 1,176 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,125 | ||||
Turnout | 1,496 | 29% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | William Oulton * | 1,010 | 89% | ||
Irish Nationalist | John Hughes | 125 | 11% | ||
Majority | 885 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,701 | ||||
Turnout | 1,135 | 24% | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing |
Exchange[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Fairfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Hunter * | 1,203 | 61% | ||
Liberal | Samuel Skelton | 776 | 39% | ||
Majority | 427 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,959 | ||||
Turnout | 1,979 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Henry Bullen * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Burton William Eills | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kensington[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Samuel Mason Hutchinson | 1,180 | 90% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Hugh O'Donnell | 134 | 10% | ||
Majority | 1,046 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
Turnout | 1,314 | 29% | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kirkdale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edward Rayner | 1,592 | 84% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Cullen | 297 | 16% | ||
Majority | 1,295 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,479 | ||||
Turnout | 1,889 | 29% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Boote | 1,031 | 66% | ||
Labour | Isaac Newton | 520 | 34% | ||
Majority | 511 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,141 | ||||
Turnout | 1,551 | 37% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Sturla | 1,307 | 53% | ||
Conservative | David Scott | 1,163 | 47% | ||
Majority | 144 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,418 | ||||
Turnout | 2,470 | 56% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
North Scotland[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey | 1,355 | 75% | ||
Conservative | David John Williams | 452 | 25% | ||
Majority | 903 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,239 | ||||
Turnout | 1,807 | 56% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Prince's Park[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Edward Willink * | 778 | 90% | ||
Irish Nationalist | William Donnelly | 90 | 10% | ||
Majority | 688 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,734 | ||||
Turnout | 868 | 23% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Salter * | 1,017 | 55% | ||
Conservative | Frederick Hilditch | 844 | 45% | ||
Majority | 173 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,463 | ||||
Turnout | 1,861 | 54% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne's[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Caton Glover | 1,126 | 51% | ||
Liberal | Harold Goad Crosfield | 1,086 | 49% | ||
Majority | 40 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,383 | ||||
Turnout | 2,212 | 65% | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
St. Domingo[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine * | 1,355 | 63% | ||
Liberal | Dr. Charles Ritchie Niven | 792 | 37% | ||
Majority | 563 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,598 | ||||
Turnout | 2,147 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Miles * | 647 | 62% | ||
Liberal Unionist | William Harold Stowe Oulton | 394 | 38% | ||
Majority | 253 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,924 | ||||
Turnout | 1,041 | 54% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sefton Park East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Morris | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Stanley Rogerson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Francis Joseph Harford | 1,242 | 69% | ||
Conservative | James Marsh | 559 | 31% | ||
Majority | 683 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,484 | ||||
Turnout | 1,801 | 52% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart | 730 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Julius Jacobs | 698 | 49% | ||
Majority | 32 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,032 | ||||
Turnout | 1,428 | 70% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacob Reuben Grant | 1,277 | 70% | ||
Lib-Lab | Alexander McLaren | 557 | 30% | ||
Majority | 720 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,672 | ||||
Turnout | 1,834 | 50% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Warbreck[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Kelly | 823 | 90% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Kelly | 94 | 10% | ||
Majority | 729 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,579 | ||||
Turnout | 917 | 36% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wavertree[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Isaac Turner * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lister * | 1,137 | 90% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Peter Murphy | 129 | 10% | ||
Majority | 1,008 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,359 | ||||
Turnout | 1,266 | 38% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Aldermanic elections[]
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1901, the terms of office of fifteen alderman expired.[5] [16]
The following fifteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1901 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | |
---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Ball JP * | |
Conservative | Herbert Campbell JP * | |
Conservative | Dr. Thomas Clarke * | |
Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson JP * | |
Conservative | John Ellison * | |
Conservative | Thomas Evans * | |
Conservative | Sir William Bower Forwood JP * | |
Conservative | Edward Grindley * | |
Conservative | John Houlding * | |
Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell (the younger) JP * | |
Conservative | Hugh McCubbin * | |
Conservative | Thomas William Oakshott JP * | |
Conservative | William Radcliffe JP * | |
Conservative | William Roberts * | |
Conservative | Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht * |
By-elections[]
No. 13 North Scotland, 28 May 1902[]
Following the death of Alderman John Houlding (Conservative), Councillor Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland ward, elected 1 November 1899)[18] was elected by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) as an Alderman on 7 May 1902[19] .[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Daly | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.
No.16 Exchange, 17 June 1902[]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edmond Brownbill (Liberal, Exchange, elected 1 November 1899),[18] which was reported to the Council on 4 June 1902. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1902.
No.25 Brunswick, 15 July 1902[]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charles Henry Beloe (Liberal, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1901),[5] which was reported to the Council on 2 July 1902.[24]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Byrne | 670 | |||
Knowles Stretch | 515 | ||||
James Sexton | 214 | ||||
Majority | 155 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,305 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
No. 15 Vauxhall, 21 August 1902[]
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Burke (Irish Nationalist, elected 1 November 1900),[27] which was reported to the Council on 6 August 1902.[28]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1903. [29]
No. 19. St Peter's, August 1902[]
Caused by the death of Councillor Samuel Hough (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1899)[30] on 12 August 1902.[31]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
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
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- 1901 English local elections
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