Liverpool City Council election, 1902

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1902.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1902
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 Arthur Black 966 60%
Conservative Morris Paterson Jones * 647 40%
Majority 319
Registered electors
Turnout 1,613
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth - 3 seats
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Archibald Bathgate unopposed
Conservative William Hall Jowett unopposed
Conservative Arthur Twiss Kemble unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Evans * unopposed
Liberal win (new seat)

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Louis Samuel Cohen * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

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

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Lawrence * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Austin Taylor
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Samuel Wasse Higginbottom MP * 1,500 64%
Labour Robert Clement Faulkener 847 36%
Majority 653
Registered electors
Turnout 237
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Denton * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edmond Brownbill * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank John Leslie * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Conservative Edward Wrake Turner 993 38%
Independent Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson 891 34%
Liberal James Picthall 750 29%
Conservative Thomas Semmens 593 23%
Conservative George Washington Hughes 568 22%
Independent Michael Somers 249 10%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout 2,585
Independent Conservative win (new seat)
Independent Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Lea * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Lamport Ellis * 704 55%
George Allen 582 45%
Majority 122
Registered electors
Turnout 1,286
Liberal hold Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Henry Edwardes * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dr. John Utting unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Quilliam Roby 1,118 68%
Labour Nicholas Donovan 518 32%
Majority 600
Registered electors
Turnout 1,636
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Watson Rutherford *' 1,567 95%
Independent Edward Phillips 88 5%
Majority 1,479
Registered electors
Turnout 1,655
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Patrick Joseph Daly unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone 1,347 57%
Conservative Walter William Thomas * 1,032 43%
Majority 315
Registered electors
Turnout 2,379
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Patrick Joseph Deery * unopposed
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Julius Jacobs 1,058 50%
Liberal John Clancy 1,055 50%
Majority 1,058
Registered electors
Turnout 2,113
Conservative hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Joseph Bennett Colton * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alexander Armour 371 95%
Independent John Grimes 19 5%
Majority 352
Registered electors
Turnout 390
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alfred Bowring Stoddart 1,188 52%
Conservative Dr. Richard Caton 1,092 48%
Majority 96
Registered electors
Turnout 2,280
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Dart * unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Austin Harford * unopposed
Irish Nationalist gain from Independent Irish Nationalist

Vauxhall

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

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Brodrick Smith Brodrick 944 72%
Independent Joseph Carleton 355 27%
Independent Edward Phillips 7 1%
Majority 589
Registered electors
Turnout 1,306
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter McGuffie unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Unionist James Willcox Alsop * unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Utley * unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

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References

  1. Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1902
  2. (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1902
  3. Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1902-1904
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