1906 Liverpool City Council election explained

Election Name:1906 Liverpool City Council election
Flag Image:Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg
Type:parliamentary
Previous Year:1905
Previous Election:1905 Liverpool City Council election
Next Year:1907
Next Election:1907 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 1906.

One councillor was elected for each of the thirty-four wards.A total of fourteen councillors were elected unopposed, and twenty councillors were elected in contested elections.

Fourteen of the thirty-four seats were uncontested.

The Liverpool Protestant Party lost all three of the seats that they had won in the 1903 elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen Total
?? ?? ?? 72
?? 0 ?? 46
12 +1 2 14
2 -3 0 2
1 0 0 1
Socialist Party 1 0 0 1

Ward results

Comparisons are made with the 1903 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

West Derby

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Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic Election 5 December 1906

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Evans (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901).[8]

In his place, Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected 1 November 1905)[9] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 December 1906

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Aldermanic election

The death of Alderman Joseph Ball JP (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1901)[12] on 11 August 1907 was reported to the council on 4 September 1907.[13]

This position was filled by ???

By-elections

No. 6 Breckfield, 23 January 1907

Caused by Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1905)[14] being elected by the Council as an alderman on5 December 1906.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 front page. 6 May 2017 .
  2. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 1. 6 May 2017 .
  3. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 2. 6 May 2017 .
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3. 6 May 2017 .
  5. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 4. 6 May 2017 .
  6. [Liverpool Daily Post]
  7. Liverpool Courier 2 November 1906
  8. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8. 26 April 2017 .
  9. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3. 7 May 2017 .
  10. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 76. 7 May 2017 .
  11. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 77. 7 May 2017 .
  12. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1901-1902 page 8. 7 May 2017 .
  13. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 460. 7 May 2017 .
  14. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1905-1906 page 3. 8 May 2017 .
  15. Web site: Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1906-1907 page 172. 7 May 2017 .