Liverpool City Council elections 1893
1893 Liverpool City Council election
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← 1892 | November 1, 1893 (1893-11-01) | 1894 → |
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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 Wednesday 1 November 1893. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Four of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | 8 | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | ?? | 6 | ?? |
| Irish Nationalists | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1893 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 8 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 50% | 58% | 21,136 | |
| Liberal | 6 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 38% | 33% | 12,086 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5% | 6.4% | 2,321 | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.2% | 818 | |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 11 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Morris Paterson Jones | 781 | 50.2% | |
| Liberal | John Lea * | 774 | 49.8% | |
Majority | 7 | 0.4% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,555 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 6 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Bond Morgan * | 836 | 59% | |
| Liberal | George Jager the younger | 580 | 41% | |
Majority | 256 | 18% | |
Registered electors | 2,157 | | |
Turnout | 1,416 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 1 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Hoult | 7,912 | 66% | |
| Labour & Liberal | Charles McLeod | 4,145 | 34% | |
Majority | | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 12,057 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Great George
No. 9 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Edward Paull * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Lime Street
No. 12 Lime Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Ripley | 642 | 54% | |
| Liberal | Thomas Davy Laurence * | 558 | 47% | |
Majority | 84 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,200 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
North Toxteth
No. 16 North Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | William Edward Willink * | 1,823 | 83% | |
| Labour | Patrick Flynn | 385 | 17% | |
Majority | 1,438 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 2,208 | | |
| | Swing | | |
Pitt Street
No. 8 Pitt Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Dr. Joseph George McCann | 306 | 62% | |
| Conservative | Isaac Ashton | 187 | 38% | |
Majority | 119 | 24% | |
Registered electors | 728 | | |
Turnout | 493 | 68% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Rodney Street
No. 10 Rodney Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell jun. | 926 | 57% | |
| Liberal | Charles Lancaster | 696 | 43% | |
Majority | 926 | 14% | N/A |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 1,622 | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
St. Anne Street
No. 13 St. Anne Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Paul's
No. 4 St. Paul's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Nathaniel Topp * | 484 | 52% | |
| Conservative | Robert Atwood Beaver | 442 | 47% | |
| Labour | Edward Kaney | 8 | 0.86% | |
Majority | 42 | | |
Registered electors | 1,232 | | |
Turnout | 934 | 76% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 7 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Samuel Hough | 515 | 52% | |
| Conservative | John Wannop | 480 | 48% | |
Majority | 35 | 4% | |
Registered electors | 1,430 | | |
Turnout | 995 | 70% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Scotland
No. 1 Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | 2,321 | 70% | |
| Conservative | George Turner | 977 | 30% | |
Majority | 1,344 | 40% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 3,298 | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
South Toxteth
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Joseph Ball * | 2,157 | 56% | |
| Liberal | John Thomas Warrington | 1,693 | 44% | |
Majority | 464 | 12% | |
Registered electors | 3,850 | | |
Turnout | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 3 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Kelly | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 14 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Dr. Thomas Clarke | 3,973 | 59% | |
| Liberal | John Henderson | 2,335 | 35% | |
| Labour | Samuel Reeves | 425 | 6% | |
Majority | 1,638 | 24% | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 6,733 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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By-elections
No. 15, South Toxteth, 20 February 1894
Caused by the resignation of Councillor James De Bels Adam (Conservative, South Toxteth, elected 1 November 1891),[4] which was reported to the Council on 7 February 1894.[5]
No. 15 South Toxteth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas Evans | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | 3,850 | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
[6] [7]
No. 6 Castle Street, 19 June 1894
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Henry Hugh Hornby (Liberal Unionist, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1892),[8] which was reported to the Council on 6 June 1894.[9]
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See also
References
- ^ Liverpool Echo Thursday 2 November 1893
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 front page". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 1". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 3". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 115". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 149". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 150". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1892-1893 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 225". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 243". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 244". Retrieved 9 April 2017.