1893 Liverpool City Council election

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.

1893 Liverpool City Council election
November 1, 1893 (1893-11-01)
16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards
33 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Four of the sixteen seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative ?? ??8 ??
Liberal ?? ??6 ??
Irish Nationalists5027
Independent Irish Nationalist1001
Liberal Unionist1001

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

[1] [2] [3]

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]

No. 6 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Henry Hugh Hornby JP * unopposed
Registered electors 2,157
Liberal Unionist hold Swing

[10] [11]

See also

References
  1. Liverpool Echo Thursday 2 November 1893
  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 front page". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 1". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1891-1892 page 3". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 115". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 149". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  7. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 150". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1892-1893 page 2". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 225". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 243". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  11. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 244". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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