1899 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:	1899 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:	Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Year:	1898
Previous Election:	1898 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:	1900
Next Election:	1900 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:	32 seats were up for election: one seat for each of the 28 existing wards and 3 seats for the new Sefton Park East ward
Majority Seats:	59 (incl. Aldermen)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eleven of the thirty-one seats (29 wards, with a new ward of Sefton Park East electing three new councillors) were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
		??	+1	??	??
		??	+2	??	??
		??	0	??	??
		??	+1	??	??
		??	+1	??	??
	Independent	??	??	??	??

Ward results

• - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1896 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

West Derby

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By-elections

No. 24 Sefton Park West, November 1899

The resignation of Councillor Francis Henderson (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1898)^[12] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899.^[13]

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No. 17, St. Anne's, November 1899

The resignation of Councillor Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1897)^[15] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899.^[16]

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

The resignation of Alderman Henry Hugh Hornby(Liberal Unionist, elected by the council 9 November 1898)^[17] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899.

Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.

No.23 Prince's Park, November 1899

On the addition of No. 24a Sefton Park East ward,Councillor William James Burgess (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1897)^[18] was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.^[19]

No. 4, Fairfield ward, 15 May 1900

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1899).^[20]

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England

Notes and References

1. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 front page. 23 April 2017 .
2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 1. 23 April 2017 .
3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 3. 23 April 2017 .
5. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (1). 24 April 2017 .
6. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (2). 24 April 2017 .
7. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (3). 24 April 2017 .
8. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (4). 24 April 2017 .
9. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (5). 24 April 2017 .
10. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (6). 24 April 2017 .
11. Web site: Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1899 (7). 24 April 2017 .
12. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
13. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 4. 23 April 2017 .
14. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 52. 23 April 2017 .
15. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 3. 23 April 2017 .
16. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1900 page 5. 23 April 2017 .
17. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1898-1899 page 7. 23 April 2017 .
18. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1897-1898 page 2. 23 April 2017 .
19. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1899 page 6. 23 April 2017 .
20. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1899-1899 page 288. 25 April 2017 .