Liverpool City Council election, 1899

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. 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:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
Independent Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1899
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17					50%	13,739
	Liberal	11					35%	9,692
	Irish Nationalist
	Independent Irish Nationalist	1					3.4%	929
	Independent Liberal	0				0%		1,002
	Labour	0						549
	Independent Conservative	0				0%		399
	Independent						1%	279

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1896 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Morris Paterson Jones *	844	53%
	Liberal	Dr. William Permewan	741	46%
	Independent	John O'Brien	15	0.94%
Majority			103
Registered electors			2,983
Turnout			1,600	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Roberts	1,031	52%
	Conservative	Roderick Killip	969	48%
Majority			62
Registered electors			3,157
Turnout			2,000	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Lawrence *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Roberts *	1,761	64%
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Byrne	1,002	36%
Majority			759
Registered electors			5,402
Turnout			2,763	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Wasse Higginbottom *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Denton *	977	71%
	Independent Conservative	David John Williams	399	29%
Majority			578
Registered electors			4,706
Turnout			1,376	29%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	713	59%
	Liberal	John Henry Evans	495	41%
Majority			218
Registered electors			3,512
Turnout			1,208	34%
	Conservative gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Henry Edwardes *	1,418	65%
	Liberal	William Benjamin Lewis	760	35%
Majority			658
Registered electors			4,307
Turnout			2,178	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting	1,803	57%
	Liberal	Thomas Backhouse	1,352	43%
Majority			451
Registered electors			6,361
Turnout			3,155	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Stewart Dean *	1,216	80%
	Liberal and Labour	Clement William George	301	20%
Majority			915
Registered electors			4,153
Turnout			1,517	37%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Watson Rutherford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Alexander Murray Bligh	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

North Walton

No. 27 North Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter McGuffie *	1,018	65%
	Labour	Alexander McLaren	549	35%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,689
Turnout			1,567	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter William Thomas *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery *	550	90%
	Independent	John McGrath	59	10%
Majority			491
Registered electors			3,461
Turnout			609	18%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick Saunby	1,022	51%
	Liberal	John Clancy	903	45%
	Independent	Michael Conway	58	3%
	Independent	Thomas Hart	11	0.55%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	3	0.15%
Majority			119
Registered electors			3,401
Turnout			1,997	59%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Party (UK)-		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Bennett Colton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Hough *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Japp	unopposed
	Liberal	John Morris	unopposed
	Conservative	Lt. Col. Robert Stephen Porter	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Dart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	929	65%
	Irish Nationalist	James Fitzpatrick	510	35%
Majority			419
Registered electors			3,329
Turnout			1,439	43%
	Independent Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Nationalist

South Walton

No. 27 South Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Evans	1,061	51%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick	1,034	49%
Majority			27
Registered electors			3,971
Turnout			2,095	53%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	396	74%
	Independent	John Hughes	136	26%
Majority			260
Registered electors			2,080
Turnout			532	26%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Unionist	James Willcox Alsop	1,026	59%
	Liberal	EbenezerThompson	712	41%
Majority			314
Registered electors			3,359
Turnout			1,738	52%
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dr. Thomas Utley	963	51%
	Conservative	William Craigie Williams *	915	49%
Majority			48
Registered electors			3,189
Turnout			1,878	59%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

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By-elections

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900

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