1898 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1898 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Previous Year:1897
Previous Election:1897 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1899
Next Election:1899 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:28 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 wards
Majority Seats:57 (incl. Aldermen)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Sixteen of the twenty-eight wards were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
56 -1 18 74
18 +1 8 26
8 0 2 10
1 0 1 2

Election result

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

Ward results

Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

West Derby

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1898, the terms of office of fourteen alderman expired.[13] The following fourteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1898 for a term of six years.

PartyAlderman
William Bartlett *
William Benjamin Bowring JP *
Dr. Andrew Commins MP *
Charles Herbert Giles *
Henry Hugh Hornby JP *
Thomas Menlove JP *
Jeremiah Miles JP *
Edward Paull JP
Edward Purcell
James Ruddin JP *
Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP
Frederick Smith *
Ephraim Walker JP *
William Humphry Williams *
[14] [15] [16] [17]

By-elections

Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1898

Following the death of Alderman Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP, former councillor Herbert Campbell JP (Conservative, North Toxteth elected 1886,[18] 1889[19] and 1892[20]) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1898[21] .[22]

No. 20, Great George, 25 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Paul (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1898) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1898.

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No. 13, North Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)[25] as an alderman by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1898.

No. 14, South Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the death of Councillor Owen O'Hara (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)[26] on 11 November 1898.[27]

[28] [29]

No. 20, Great George, 10 February 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Donnelly (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1897)[30] on 18 January 1899.[31]

[32]

No.1, Sandhills, 17 March 1899

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Nelson (Liberal, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1897)[33] which was reported to the Council on 1 March 1899.[34]

[35]

No. 14, South Scotland, 28 April 1899

The election of George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1898) was declared void by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice 15 April 1899[36] .[37]

No. 15, Vauxhall, 19 May 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Flynn (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1897)[38] on 3 May 1899.[39]

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No. 14, South Scotland,

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Thompson (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896)[41] on 21 July 1899.[42]

No. 26, Dingle, 10 October 1899

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, elected by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1895)[43] [44]

Councillor Thomas Evans (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1897) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman on 6 September 1899.[45]

No. 19, St. Peter's, October 1899

The resignation of Alderman Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, elected 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 4 October 1899.[46] Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1899.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 front page . 23 April 2017 .
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 1. 23 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 3. 23 April 2017 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (1) . 24 April 2017 .
  6. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (2) . 24 April 2017 .
  7. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (3). 24 April 2017 .
  8. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (4). 24 April 2017 .
  9. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (5). 24 April 2017 .
  10. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (6). 24 April 2017 .
  11. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (7). 24 April 2017 .
  12. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1898 (8). 24 April 2017 .
  13. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 4. 23 April 2017 .
  14. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 5. 23 April 2017 .
  15. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 6. 23 April 2017 .
  16. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 7. 23 April 2017 .
  17. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 8. 23 April 2017 .
  18. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1886-1887 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  19. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1889-1890 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  20. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1892-1893 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  21. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 9. 23 April 2017 .
  22. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 10. 23 April 2017 .
  23. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 51. 23 April 2017 .
  24. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 52. 23 April 2017 .
  25. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 2 . 23 April 2017 .
  26. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 3. 23 April 2017 .
  27. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 54. 23 April 2017 .
  28. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 53. 23 April 2017 .
  29. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 54. 23 April 2017 .
  30. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 3. 23 April 2017 .
  31. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 131. 23 April 2017 .
  32. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 170. 23 April 2017 .
  33. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  34. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 170. 23 April 2017 .
  35. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 200. 23 April 2017 .
  36. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 242. 23 April 2017 .
  37. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 243. 23 April 2017 .
  38. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
  39. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 273. 23 April 2017 .
  40. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 286. 23 April 2017 .
  41. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1896-1897 page 2. 22 April 2017 .
  42. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 331. 23 April 2017 .
  43. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1895-1896 page 16. 23 April 2017 .
  44. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 370. 23 April 2017 .
  45. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 371. 23 April 2017 .
  46. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 396. 23 April 2017 .

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