Liverpool City Council election, 1896

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1896. 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 Nationalists	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1896
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	17	0	3	-3		28%	9,559
	Liberal	7	3	0	+3		35%	12,031
	Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0		8.7%	3,010
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	3.8%	1,318
	Independent Irish Nationalist	0	0	0	0	0%	0.6%	208
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.08%	28

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

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

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Morris Paterson Jones *	976	58%
	Liberal	William Boyle	688	41%
	Labour	John O'Brien	17	1%
Majority			288
Registered electors			3,049
Turnout			1,681	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen *	1,240	88%
	Labour	Robert Clement Faulkener	175	12%
Majority			1,065
Registered electors			3,978
Turnout			1,415	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Arden *	1,073	52%
	Liberal	John Alphonse Doughan	981	48%
Majority			92
Registered electors			3,110
Turnout			2,054	66%
	Conservative 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 Robets *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Samuel Wasse Higginbottom *	1,446	67%
	Labour	Samuel Reeves	725	33%
Majority			721
Registered electors			4,770
Turnout			2,171	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Captain William Denton	1,342	51%
	Conservative	John Richard Pritchard *	1,209	46%
	Labour	James Brinton	71	3%
Majority			133
Registered electors			4,826
Turnout			2,622	65%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		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 *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Lea *	1,404	56%
	Conservative	Arthur Noel Newling	1,085	44%
Majority			319
Registered electors			3,978
Turnout			2,489	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	767	57%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith Brodrick	581	43%
Majority			186
Registered electors			2,216
Turnout			1,348	61%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Captain William Henry Edwards *	1,348	59%
	Liberal	William Henry Watts the younger	681	30%
	Labour	Isaac Newton	250	11%
Majority			667
Registered electors			4,175
Turnout			2,279	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Thompson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Col. Charles Stewart Dean *	1,304	50.02%
	Liberal	Dr. Joseph George McCann	1,303	49.98%
Majority			1
Registered electors			4,151
Turnout			2,607	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Watson Rutherford *	1,203	89%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke	146	11%
Majority			1,057
Registered electors			4,327
Turnout			1,349	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

North Walton

No. 27 North Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter McGuffie	1,069	70%
	Liberal	Thomas Macreavey	448	30%
Majority			621
Registered electors			3,263
Turnout			1,517	46%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		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 *	1,062	53%
	Conservative	George Louis Meade	932	47%
Majority			130
Registered electors			3,196
Turnout			1,994	62%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George King	1,110	52%
	Conservative	Ellis Brammall junior	944	44%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	John McKiernan	62	2.9%
	Independent	George John Trgilgas	28	1.3%
Majority			166
Registered electors			3,485
Turnout			2,144	62%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Bennett Colton *	1,107	66%
	Liberal	Thomas Pritchard	481	29%
	Labour	Clement William George	80	4.8%
Majority			626
Registered electors			4,479
Turnout			1,668	37%
	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

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

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen O'Hara *	1,072	71%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	438	29%
Majority			634
Registered electors			3,537
Turnout			1,510	43%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

South Walton

No. 3 South Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Henry Richard Powell *	1,044	50.3%
	Liberal	Arthur Henry Bunney	1,032	49.7%
Majority			12
Registered electors			3,728
Turnout			2,076	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Kellitt	919	51%
	Conservative	Henry Arthur Watson *	899	49%
Majority			20
Registered electors			2,494
Turnout			1,818	73%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Craigie Williams *	1,057	55%
	Liberal	Thomas Utley	875	45%
Majority			182
Registered electors			3,085
Turnout			1,932	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

No.20 Great George, 20th November 1896

Caused by the death of Councillor Simeon Smith (Liberal, Great George elected 1st November 1895)^[3] on 28th October 1896.^[4]

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Paull JP	unopposed
Registered electors			2,216
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[5]

No. 4, Fairfield, 16th March 1897

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Hewitson (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1st November 1895)^[6] on 6th February 1897.^[7]

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Hunter	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[8]

No.10, Low Hill, 16th March 1897

Following a petition causing the election of 2nd November 1896 to be declared void. ^[9]

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Col. Charles Stewart Dean *	1,636	53%
	Liberal	Dr. Joseph George McCann	1,427	47%
Majority			209
Registered electors			4,151
Turnout			3,063	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[10]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1896
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 3
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 78
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 185
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 218
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 218
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 pg 218

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