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1897 Liverpool City Council election

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.

1897 Liverpool City Council election
← 1896 November 1, 1897 (1897-11-01) 1898 →
28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards
57 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative ?? -1 ?? ??
Liberal ?? +1 ?? ??
Irish Nationalists ?? 0 ?? ??

Election result

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Liverpool Local Election Result 1897
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

Ward results

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* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

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No. 21 Abercromby
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

Breckfield

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No. 6 Breckfield
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

Brunswick

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No. 25 Brunswick
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

Castle Street

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No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Thomas Wood unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

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No. 26 Dingle
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

Edge Hill

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No. 12 Edge Hill
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

Everton

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No. 9 Everton
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

Exchange

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No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

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No. 4 Fairfield
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

Granby

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No. 22 Granby
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

Great George

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No. 20 Great George
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

Kensington

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No. 11 Kensington
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

Kirkdale

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No. 2 Kirkdale
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

Low Hill

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No. 10 Low Hill
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

Netherfield

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No. 8 Netherfield
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

North Scotland

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No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist James Daly * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

North Walton

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No. 27 North Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Harvey Farmer * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

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No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William James Burgess * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

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No. 1 Sandhills
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

St. Anne's

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No. 17 St. Anne's
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

St. Domingo

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No. 7 St. Domingo
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

St. Peter's

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No. 19 St. Peter's
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

Sefton Park

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No. 24 Sefton Park
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

South Scotland

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No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Kearney * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

South Walton

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No. 3 South Walton
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

Vauxhall

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

Wavertree

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No. 5 Wavertree
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

West Derby

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No. 28 West Derby
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

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By-elections

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No.25, Brunswick

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Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Arden (Conservative, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1896)[6] on 29 November 1897.[7]

No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No.3, South Walton, 25 January 1898

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Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Henry Richard Powell (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1896)[10] .[11]

No. 3 South Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick unopposed
Registered electors 3,703
Conservative hold Swing

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No.12, Edge Hill, 26 April 1898

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Caused by the death of Councillor Jonathan Parry (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895)[6] on 5 March 1898.[12]

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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No. 3 South Walton, 20 July 1898

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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]

No. 3 South Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Houlding B.Sc. unopposed
Registered electors 3,703
Conservative hold Swing

[18]

No.24, Sefton Park, 18 October 1898

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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]

No. 24 Sefton Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Radcliffe William Smith unopposed
Registered electors 4,366
Conservative hold Swing

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1897
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 front page". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 1". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 2". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 3". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 3". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 51". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 79". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 80". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 2". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 130". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 212". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 240". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 230". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 272". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 273". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 2". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 328". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 6". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  20. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 390". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  21. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 422". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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