1908 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1908.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	62	+6	24	86
Liberal	28	-5	6	34
Irish Nationalist	11	0	3	14
Labour	1	0	0	1
Protestant	?	-1	?	?

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1908
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	18	6	0	+6	53%	55%	14,708
Liberal	13	0	5	-5	38%	29%	7,771
Irish Nationalist	3	0	0	0	9%	3.5%	928
Labour	1	0	0	0	3%	0%	0
Socialist	0	0	1	-1	0%	4.5%	1,203
Protestant	0	0	1	-1	0%	3.7%	972
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	2.23%	593

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

Ward results

* - Retiring councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1905 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke	873	56%
	Liberal	Arthur Black *	677	44%
Majority			196
Registered electors			2,417
Turnout			1,550	64%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Aigburth

No. 36 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Evans *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank John Leslie *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Roberts *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 15 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Richard Caton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wilson Walker	1,605	70%
	Liberal	Clement Freeman *	701	30%
Majority			904
Registered electors			4,643
Turnout			2,306	50%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Denton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 13 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Bibby *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd	1,477	56%
	Liberal	A. Gates	1,156	44%
Majority			321
Registered electors			3,818
Turnout			2,633	69%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Sharrock Higginbottom *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Picthall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Lamport Ellis *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gordon	1,641	58%
	Socialist	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *	1,203	42%
Majority			438
Registered electors			4,639
Turnout			2,844	61%
	Conservative gain from Socialist		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. John Utting *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Pearson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Waugh *	996	57%
	Protestant	John Walker	740	43%
Majority			256
Registered electors			4,007
Turnout			1,736	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Edwards	1,265	75%
	Socialist	Alan John Tracy	431	25%
Majority			834
Registered electors			3,173
Turnout			1,696	53%
	Conservative gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Joseph Deery *	928	61%
	Ind. Conservative	John Carr	459	30%
	Independent	James Maher	134	9%
Majority			469
Registered electors			3,303
Turnout			1,521	46%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	James Sexton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George William Whittaker *	1,345	85%
	Protestant	Isaac Adams	232	15%
Majority			1,113
Registered electors			4,447
Turnout			1,577	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Burton William Ellis *	617	54%
	Conservative	Henry Lyons	516	46%
Majority			101
Registered electors			1,744
Turnout			1,133	65%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reginald George Layton	1,318	53%
	Liberal	Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart	1,156	47%
Majority			162
Registered electors			3,534
Turnout			2,474	70%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	F. Pritchard	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Austin Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	651	55%
	Conservative	George Marks Davey	530	45%
Majority			121
Registered electors			1,779
Turnout			1,181	66%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. McDermott	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward West *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison *	960	53%
	Conservative	George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick	864	47%
Majority			96
Registered electors			2,938
Turnout			1,824	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Gerson Jackson	1,175	55%
	Liberal	William Berrington Jones *	971	45%
Majority			204
Registered electors			3,475
Turnout			2,146	62%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William James Bailes	1,103	56%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton *	882	44%
Majority			221
Registered electors			3,029
Turnout			1,985	66%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election, 9 November 1908

Following the death of Alderman William Hall Jowett (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1907),^[6] Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1907)^[7] was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908.^[8]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	James Lister		1913

Aldermanic election, 27 October 1909

The resignation of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, elected as an alderman 9 November 1904)^[9] ^[10] was reported to the Council on 6 October 1909.^[11]

In his place, Councillor Arthur Crosthwaite (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1906)^[12] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 27 October 1909.^[13]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite	No.3 Anfield	1910

^[14] ^[15]

By-elections

No. 8 Netherfield, 26 November 1908

Caused by the resignation of Councillor George Sturla (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1907)^[16] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1908^[17]

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Alfred Irving	1,008	58%
	Protestant	John Walker	721	42%
Majority			287
Registered electors			4,007
Turnout			1,729	43%
	gain from		Swing

^[18]

No. 28A Old Swan, 26 November 1908

Caused by the election of Councillor James Lister (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1 November 1907)^[7] was elected as an alderman on 9 November 1908.^[8]

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Burchall	unopposed
Registered electors			3,173
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[19]

No.16 Exchange ward, 29 January 1909

Caused by the death of Robert Durning Holt (Liberal, Exchange, elected 1 November 1907)^[20] on 10 December 1908.

No. 13 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[21]

No.19 St. Peter's, 15 June 1909

The resignation of Councillor Horace Muspratt (Party?, St. Peter's, elected 15 April 1908)^[22] was reported to the Council on 2 June 1909.^[23]

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Byrne	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[24]

No. 22 Granby, 7 October 1909

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Henry Bullen (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1907).^[25]

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Eleanor Florence Rathbone	1,066	67%
		Francis James Welland	516	33%
Majority			550
Registered electors
Turnout			1,582
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing

^[26] ^[14]

This by-election was notable in that Eleanor Rathbone was the first woman elected to Liverpool City Council.

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