Liverpool City Council elections 1894
1894 Liverpool City Council election
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← 1893 | November 1, 1894 (1894-11-01) | 1895 → |
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16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards 33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1894. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 20 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| Liberal | 21 | -2 | 6 | 27 |
| Irish Nationalists | 5 | +2 | 2 | 7 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1894 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44% | 69% | 8,537 | |
| Liberal | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 44% | 10% | 1,208 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | | | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 15% | 1,902 | |
Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 691 | 94% | |
| Labour | John O'Brien | 41 | 5.6% | |
Majority | 650 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 732 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Bartlett * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | John Houlding * | 4,737 | 89% | |
| Labour | John Naylor | 568 | 11% | |
Majority | 4,169 | 78% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 5,305 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | James Alphonse Doughan * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Lamport Eills | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Charles Petrie * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William James Burgess * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | John Scott * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | William Henry Picton * | 555 | 93% | |
| Labour | William Gibson | 43 | 7.2% | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel McMillin * | 653 | 66% | |
| Labour | John Callow | 337 | 34% | |
| Labour | Aaron John Fowler | 28 | 2.8% | |
Majority | 316 | 32% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 990 | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | George Grierson * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 1 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Evans | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas John Flynn | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | 3,800 | 81% | |
| Labour | Samuel Reeves | 885 | 19% | |
Majority | 2,915 | 62% | |
Registered electors | 11,825 | | |
Turnout | 4,685 | 40% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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By-elections
Councillor Thomas Kelly (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1893)[5] died on 17 October 1895.[6]
As the November 1895 election was near and an all-up election, there was no by-election.
See also
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Friday 2 November 1894
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 front page". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 1". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 281". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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