1898 Liverpool City Council election

November 1, 1898 (1898-11-01)

28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards
57 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Sixteen of the twenty-eight wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	56	-1	18	74
Liberal	18	+1	8	26
Irish Nationalists	8	0	2	10
Liberal Unionist	1	0	1	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1898
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	17	1	2	-1	61%	52%	11,656
Liberal	7	2	1	+1	25%	31%	6,842
Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0	11%
Liberal Unionist	1	0	0	0		4%	1,123
Independent Liberal	0	0				5.3%	1,185
Independent	0					3.1%	683
Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	2.8%	626
Independent Irish Nationalist	0				0%	0.31%	70

Because of the large number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in that context.

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	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell *	570	93%
	Independent	John O'Brien	46	7%
Majority			524
Registered electors			3,002
Turnout			616	21%
Rejected ballots			2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Berry	1,310	55%
	Liberal	Jonathan Hargrove	1,075	45%
Majority			235
Registered electors			4,046
Turnout			2,385	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Henry Beloe *	1,079	56%
	Conservative	John Thomas	838	44%
Majority			241
Registered electors			3,053
Turnout			1,917	63%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Binley Neale	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward James Chevalier	1,608	58%
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Byrne	1,185	42%
Majority			423
Registered electors			5,367
Turnout			2,793	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wilson Walker	1,441	63%
	Liberal	John William Fairbrother	861	37%
Majority			580
Registered electors			4,938
Turnout			2,302	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Unionist	William Oulton *	1,123	84%
	Labour	Robert Clement Faulkener	208	16%
Majority			915
Registered electors			4,745
Turnout			1,331	28%
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing

Exchange

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

Fairfield

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

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Henry Bullen	1,439	59%
	Conservative	Herbert Campbell *	992	41%
Majority			447
Registered electors			3,992
Turnout			2,431	61%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

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

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Thomas Clarke *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Hoult *	1,832	65%
	Liberal	John Lyon Langford	987	35%
Majority			845
Registered electors			6,228
Turnout			2,819
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Jones *	1,029	71%
	Labour	Clement William George	418	29%
Majority			611
Registered electors			4,213
Turnout			1,447	34%
Rejected ballots			14
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Robert Fletcher *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

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

North Walton

No. 27 North Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

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

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Salter	1,023	53%
	Conservative	Barnett Lipson	870	45%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Michael Thomas Bolger	20	1%
Majority			153
Registered electors			3,308
Turnout			1,913	58%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Crean *	378	88%
	Independent Irish Nationalist	Thomas Hart	50	12%
Majority			328
Registered electors			3,461
Turnout			428	12%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Miles	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park

No. 24 Sefton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis Henderson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

South Walton

No. 3 South Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Houlding *	1,166	63%
	Independent	Alexander McLaren	683	37%
Majority			483
Registered electors			3,846
Turnout			1,849	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

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

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Isaac Turner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Lister *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1898, the terms of office of fourteen alderman expired.^[13] The following fourteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1898 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
	Conservative	William Bartlett *
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring JP *
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *
	Conservative	Charles Herbert Giles *
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Hugh Hornby JP *
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove JP *
	Liberal	Jeremiah Miles JP *
	Liberal	Edward Paull JP
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell
	Liberal	James Ruddin JP *
	Conservative	Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP
	Liberal	Frederick Smith *
	Conservative	Ephraim Walker JP *
	Conservative	William Humphry Williams *

^[13] ^[14] ^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

By-elections

Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1898

Following the death of Alderman Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP, former councillor Herbert Campbell JP (Conservative, North Toxteth elected 1886,^[18] 1889^[19] and 1892^[20]) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1898^[17] ^[21] .^[22]

No. 20, Great George, 25 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Paul (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1898)^[3] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1898.^[17]

No. 20 Great George
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	John Henderson	925	63%
	George Henry Ball	537	37%
Majority		388
Registered electors
Turnout		1,462
		Swing

^[23] ^[24]

No. 13, North Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)^[25] as an alderman by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1898.^[17]

No. 20 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Alexander Murray Bligh	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[24]

No. 14, South Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the death of Councillor Owen O'Hara (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)^[26] on 11 November 1898.^[27]

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford	756	49%
		Terence Edward Brady	472	24%
		George Turner	470	24%
		Patrick Redmond	231	12%
Majority			284
Registered electors
Turnout			1,929
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[28] ^[29]

No. 20, Great George, 10 February 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Donnelly (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1897)^[30] on 18 January 1899.^[31]

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Dowdall	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[32]

No.1, Sandhills, 17 March 1899

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Nelson (Liberal, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1897)^[33] which was reported to the Council on 1 March 1899.^[34]

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Bernard Conlon	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[35]

No. 14, South Scotland, 28 April 1899

The election of George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1898)^[3] was declared void by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice 15 April 1899^[36] .^[37]

No. 14 South Scotland
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Francis Joseph Harford	993	53%
	George Jeremy Lynskey	893	47%
Majority		100
Registered electors
Turnout		1,886
		Swing

^[37]

No. 15, Vauxhall, 19 May 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Flynn (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1897)^[38] on 3 May 1899.^[39]

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke	680	69%
		Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	304	31%
Majority			376
Registered electors
Turnout			984
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[40]

No. 14, South Scotland,

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Thompson (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896) ^[41] on 21 July 1899.^[42]

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Registered electors
			Swing

No. 26, Dingle, 10 October 1899

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, elected by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1895)^[43] ^[44]

Councillor Thomas Evans (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1897) ^[30] was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman on 6 September 1899^[44] .^[45]

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Stephen Collard	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 19, St. Peter's, October 1899

The resignation of Alderman Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, elected 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 4 October 1899.^[46] Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1899.

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Miles *

Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

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