Liverpool City Council election, 1904

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


After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
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Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1904
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Liberal
  Irish Nationalist
  Labour
  Independent

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

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

Abercromby

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 hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Archibald Bathgate unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward Russell Taylor unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

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

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Byrne unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

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

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Edward James Chevalier * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No.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

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Durning Holt * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

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

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Henry Bullen * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

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

Kensington

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 hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protestant John George Paris unopposed
Protestant hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Boote unopposed
Conservative gain from Protestant

Netherfield

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

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey * unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Lister unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

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 gain from Conservative Swing

Sandhills

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

St. Anne's

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

St. Domingo

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 hold Swing

St. Peter's

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

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Morris * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park West

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

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

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

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Kelly unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert Stephen Porter unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

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)

West Derby

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

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References

  1. Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1904
  2. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1904-1921
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