1894 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1894 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Previous Year:1893
Previous Election:1893 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1895
Next Election:1895 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:16 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 16 wards
Majority Seats:33 (incl. Aldermen)

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:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
20 0 8 28
21 -2 6 27
5 +2 2 7
Independent Irish Nationalist 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1

Election result

Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

Ward results

West Derby

[1] [2] [3] [4]

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

Notes and References

  1. [Liverpool Daily Post]
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 front page . 9 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 1. 9 April 2017 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 2. 9 April 2017 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1893-1894 page 2. 9 April 2017 .
  6. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1894-1895 page 281. 9 April 2017 .