1904 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1904 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Previous Year:1903
Previous Election:1903 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1905
Next Election:1905 Liverpool City Council election
Seats For Election:34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
Majority Seats:69 (incl. Aldermen)

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.

The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.

18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
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5 +2 0 5
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1 0 0 1
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Ward results

Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

West Derby

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Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWard
William Bartlett * Brunswick
William Benjamin Bowring JP * Exchange
Edmond Brownbill * South Scotland
William James Burgess * Anfield
Dr. Andrew Commins MP * Vauxhall
Charles Herbert Giles * Prince's Park
Jacob Reuben Grant * Old Swan
Thomas Menlove JP * Breckfield
Edward Paull JP * Sandhills
Warbreck
Edward Purcell * North Scotland
Abercromby
Frederick Smith * Castle Street
Edward Wrake Turner * Aigburth
Ephraim Walker JP * Sefton Park West
William Henry Watts * St. Anne's
William Humphrey Williams * St. Domingo
[7] [8] [9] [10]

In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)[13] was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.

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By-elections

No.11 Kensington, 23 November 1904

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903)[15] as an alderman on 9 November 1904[16]

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No. 7 St. Domingo, 17 January 1905

The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902)[18] was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905[19]

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 front page. 2 May 2017 .
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 1. 2 May 2017 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 2. 2 May 2017 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 3. 2 May 2017 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 4. 2 May 2017 .
  6. [Liverpool Daily Post]
  7. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 6. 2 May 2017 .
  8. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 7. 2 May 2017 .
  9. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 8. 2 May 2017 .
  10. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 10. 2 May 2017 .
  11. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8. 26 April 2017 .
  12. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 524. 1 May 2017 .
  13. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116. 1 May 2017 .
  14. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9. 2 May 2017 .
  15. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1903-1904 page 116. 1 May 2017 .
  16. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 9. 2 May 2017 .
  17. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 86. 2 May 2017 .
  18. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1902-1903 page 2. 2 May 2017 .
  19. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 128. 2 May 2017 .
  20. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1904-1905 page 180. 2 May 2017 .