1906 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1906.

One councillor was elected for each of the thirty-four wards. A total of fourteen councillors were elected unopposed, and twenty councillors were elected in contested elections.

Fourteen of the thirty-four seats were uncontested.

The Liverpool Protestant Party lost all three of the seats that they had won in the 1903 elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	72
Liberal	??	0	??	46
Irish Nationalist	12	+1	2	14
Protestant	2	-3	0	2
Labour	1	0	0	1
Socialist Party	1	0	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1906
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Conservative	22				65%
Liberal	7	1	1	0	21%
Irish Nationalist	5	1	0	+1	15%
Protestant	0	0	3	-3	0%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1903 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence	879	54%
	Liberal	Charles Allcot Whitney *	756	46%
Majority			123
Registered electors			2,514
Turnout			1,635	65%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob	559	52%
	Conservative	William Parkfield Wethered	520	48%
Majority			39
Registered electors			1,450
Turnout			1,079
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Henry Jones *	1,030	86%
	Independent	Joseph Bowers	174	14%
Majority			856
Registered electors			2,830
Turnout			1,204	43%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Herbert Priest *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist gain from Nationalist Party (Ireland) and Liberal Party (UK)

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams	1,499	72%
	Liberal	Thomas Byrne	586	28%
Majority			913
Registered electors			5,268
Turnout			2,085	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Edward Parry *	1,551	64%
	Liberal	George Parker	870	36%
Majority			681
Registered electors			4,791
Turnout			2,421	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Lloyd *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood-Banner *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joshua Burrow	1,035	64%
	Labour	William James Gerrard	575	36%
Majority			460
Registered electors			2,139
Turnout			1,610	75%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	836	65%
	Liberal	Horace Muspratt	454	35%
Majority			382
Registered electors			1,761
Turnout			1,290	73%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns *	1,784	69%
	Socialist (GB)	Arthur Kilpin Bulley	787	31%
Majority			997
Registered electors			4,754
Turnout			2,571	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Theodore Lowry	1,570	46%
	Protestant	William Singleton	1,200	35%
	Labour	Frederick Norris	612	13%
Majority			370
Registered electors			6,396
Turnout			3,382	53%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelerdine	1,277	64%
	Liberal	Evan Arthur Davies	703	36%
Majority			574
Registered electors			3,874
Turnout			1,980	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	1,057	54%
	Protestant	John Walker	907	46%
Majority			150
Registered electors			4,093
Turnout			1,964	48%
	Conservative gain from		Swing

North Scotland

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

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker *	1,044	68%
	Liberal	John Harrison	498	32%
Majority			546
Registered electors			2,984
Turnout			1,542	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	1,297	59%
	Liberal	William Edward Woodall	888	41%
Majority			409
Registered electors			3,600
Turnout			2,185	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George King *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Roby	1,155	54%
	Protestant	Samuel George Thomas	984	46%
Majority			171
Registered electors			4,552
Turnout			2,139	47%
	Conservative gain from Protestant		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Fewkes Clarke	629	59%
	Liberal	William Cossfield *	430	41%
Majority			199
Registered electors			1,809
Turnout			1,059	59%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Japp *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Pritchard	1,582	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Utley	835	35%
Majority			747
Registered electors			4,318
Turnout			2,417	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman	1,194	65%
	Liberal	Robert Owen	651	35%
Majority			543
Registered electors			3,190
Turnout			1,845	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite *	805	58%
	Liberal	Thomas Philip Maguire	586	42%
Majority			219
Registered electors			2,629
Turnout			1,391	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Preston Reynolds	1,065	54%
	Liberal	George Reed Beale	890	46%
Majority			175
Registered electors			3,552
Turnout			1,955	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Henry Parkinson	1,208	66%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	624	34%
Majority			584
Registered electors			2,917
Turnout			1,832	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic Election 5 December 1906

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Evans (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901).^[8]

In his place, Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected 1 November 1905)^[9] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 December 1906

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expired
	Conservative	Louis Samuel Cohen		1907

^[10]^[11]

Aldermanic election

The death of Alderman Joseph Ball JP (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1901)^[12] on 11 August 1907 was reported to the council on 4 September 1907.^[13]

This position was filled by ???

By-elections

No. 6 Breckfield, 23 January 1907

Caused by Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1905)^[14] being elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 December 1906.^[10]^[11]

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie	1,079
		John Meek	815
Majority			264
Registered electors
Turnout			1,894
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[15]

References

^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 front page". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 1". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 2". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 4". Retrieved 6 May 2017.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1906
^ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1906
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8". Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 76". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 77". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 460". Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 8 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 172". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[1] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 front page". Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[2] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 1". Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[3] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 2". Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[4] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[5] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 4". Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[6] Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1906

[7] Liverpool Courier 2 November 1906

[8] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8". Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[9] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[PoC1906pg76-10] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 76". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[PoC1906pg77-11] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 77". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[12] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[13] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 460". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[14] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3". Retrieved 8 May 2017.

[15] "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 172". Retrieved 7 May 2017.

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