1904 Liverpool City Council election

1904 Liverpool City Council election

← 1903 November 1, 1904 (1904-11-01) 1905 →
34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.

The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.

18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-3	??	??
	Liberal	??	+4	??	??
	Irish Nationalist	??	0	??	??
	Protestant	5	+2	0	5
	Liberal Unionist	??	-1	??	??
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal	1	0	0	1
	Labour	??	??	0	??
	Independent	??	??	??	??

Liverpool Local Election Result 1904

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	15	2	5	-3	39%
	Liberal	14	4	0	+4	37%
	Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0	9%
	Protestant	2	2	0	+2	6%
	Liberal Unionist	0	0	1	-1	0%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	0	0	0	0	0%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

No. 21 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. William Permewan	837	51%
	Conservative	William Phillips *	813	49%
Majority			24
Registered electors			2,699
Turnout			1,650	61%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 29 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Bathgate *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 3 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 6 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Berry *	1,458	57%
	Protestant	William Ellis Jones	1,119	43%
Majority			339
Registered electors			4,258
Turnout			2,577	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 25 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Byrne *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Frederick Garner	748	53%
	Liberal	Thomas James McGeorge	668	47%
Majority			80
Registered electors			2,104
Turnout			1,416	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 26 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Chevalier *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 12 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wilson Walker *	1,232	50.3%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman	1,219	49.7%
Majority			13
Registered electors			4,901
Turnout			2,451	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

No. 16 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Durning Holt *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 4 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Hughes jnr	1,217	55%
	Conservative	Joseph Hunter *	1,005	45%
Majority			212
Registered electors			3,497
Turnout			2,222	64%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 30 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 22 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Henry Bullen *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 20 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	738	58%
	Conservative	Edmund Roberts Latham	527	42%
Majority			211
Registered electors			1,796
Turnout			1,265	70%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hutchinson *	1,424	68%
	Protestant	Joseph Bowers	685	32%
Majority			739
Registered electors			4,638
Turnout			2,109	45%
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

No. 2 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	John George Paris	unopposed
Registered electors
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 10 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Boote *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 8 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Sturla *	1,472	60%
	Protestant	John Carr	976	40%
Majority			496
Registered electors			4,144
Turnout			2,448	59%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 13 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 28A Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lister	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 23 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt *	1,234	58%
	Protestant	Robert Griffiths	900	42%
Majority			334
Registered electors			3,625
Turnout			2,134	59%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Arthur Appleton	1,075	55%
	Conservative	Harris Fineberg	889	45%
Majority			186
Registered electors			3,364
Turnout			1,964	58%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Isaac Caton Glover *	1,028	78%
	Independent	Edward Joseph Gearing	294	22%
Majority			734
Registered electors			3,025
Turnout			1,322	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 7 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Henry Porter	1,518	53%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine *	1,323	47%
Majority			195
Registered electors			4,530
Turnout			2,841	63%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Miles *	629	70%
	Labour	Walter Russell	269	30%
Majority			360
Registered electors			1,806
Turnout			898	50%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 24A Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morris *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 24 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Wilson	768	62%
	Conservative	Thomas Stanley Rogerson *	478	38%
Majority			290
Registered electors			3,001
Turnout			1,246	42%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 14 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 15 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 3A Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John George Moyles *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 27 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 5 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Stephen Porter	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 5A Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Heywood Brunner	1,110	54%
	Conservative	Isaac Turner *	948	46%
Majority			162
Registered electors			3,417
Turnout			2,058	60%
	Liberal win (new seat)

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson	986	55%
	Liberal	Thomas Utley	809	45%
Majority			177
Registered electors			2,468
Turnout			1,795	73%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.^[5]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman	Ward
	Conservative	William Bartlett *	Brunswick
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring JP *	Exchange
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	South Scotland
	Conservative	William James Burgess *	Anfield
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *	Vauxhall
	Conservative	Charles Herbert Giles *	Prince's Park
	Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant *	Old Swan
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove JP *	Breckfield
	Liberal	Edward Paull JP *	Sandhills
	Conservative	Sir Charles Petrie	Warbreck
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	North Scotland
	Conservative	Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP	Abercromby
	Liberal	Frederick Smith *	Castle Street
	Conservative	Edward Wrake Turner *	Aigburth
	Conservative	Ephraim Walker JP *	Sefton Park West
	Liberal	William Henry Watts *	St. Anne's
	Conservative	William Humphrey Williams *	St. Domingo

^{[5] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

• Alderman John Ellison (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901)^[11] died on 17 October 1904^[12]

In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)^[13] was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Councillor Thomas Bland Royden	No.24A Sefton Park East	1907

^{[14] [10]}

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)^[15] as an alderman on 9 November 1904^{[16] [10]}

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns	1,321
		Benjamin Loft Wilson	1,280
Majority			41
Registered electors
Turnout			2,501
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

^[17]

The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902)^[18] was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905^[19]

No. 7 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William Ellis Jones	943	53%
	Conservative	Charles Alexander Hill	821	46%
		John Henry Newcomb	22	1.2%
Majority			122
Registered electors
Turnout			1,786
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

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