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1903 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Monday 2 November 1903.

Wavertree West was a new ward with 1 seat elected.

All three seats in each of the Wavertree and West Derby wards were contested.

This was the first Liverpool City Council election that the Liverpool Protestant Party took part. Protestant candidates stood in four wards, Breckfield, Garston, Kirkdale and St. Domingo. Three of these wards, Garston, Kirkdale and St. Domingo returned Protestant councillors.

Of the 38 seats up for election, 14 were not contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	??	-4	??	??
	Liberal	??	+2	??	??
	Irish Nationalist	??	+2	??	??
	Protestant	3	+3	0	3
	Irish Nationalist & Liberal	1	+1	0	1
	Independent	??	??	??	??

Liverpool Local Election Result 1903

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20	2	6	-4	53%
	Liberal	10	3	1	+2	26%
	Irish Nationalist	4	2	0	+2	11%
	Protestant	3	3	0	+3	7.9%
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal	1	1	0	+1	2.6%
	Labour Repr. Cmte.
	Independent

In view of the significant number of uncontested seats (14 of 38), these statistics should be taken in that context.

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1900 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

No. 21 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill	737	50.1%
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	734	49.9%
Majority			3
Registered electors			2,796
Turnout			1,471	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 29 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Salmon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 3 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Jones	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 6 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Duncan *	1,200	50.02%
	Protestant	Dr. John Percy Waddy	1,199	49.98%
Majority			1
Registered electors			4,196
Turnout			2,399	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 25 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal	John Alfred Kelly	994	55%
	Conservative	James Maddrell	804	45%
Majority			190
Registered electors			2,961
Turnout			1,798	61%
	Irish Nationalist and Liberal Party (UK) gain from Liberal

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas Wood *	586	59%
	Liberal	Henry Baker Wyatt	409	41%
Majority			177
Registered electors			2,130
Turnout			995	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 26 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Stephen Collard *	1,159	72%
	Liberal	Cæsar Alfred Mudie	446	28%
Majority			713
Registered electors			5,249
Turnout			1,605	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 12 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Parry	1,417	50%
	Independent	Arthur Grove Wragg	749	26%
	Labour	Samuel Reeves	676	24%
Majority			668
Registered electors			4,999
Turnout			2,842	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lewis Lloyd *	1,424	56%
	Liberal	Robert Roberts	974	38%
	Ind. Conservative	Edward Forrester	156	6%
Majority			450
Registered electors			4,672
Turnout			2,554	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 16 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood-Banner *	424	80%
	Independent	Edward Phillips	101	19%
	Independent	John Hughes	7	1%
Majority			323
Registered electors			1,643
Turnout			532	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 4 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph	1,323	71%
	Conservative	George Harold Jäger	550	29%
Majority			773
Registered electors			3,384
Turnout			1,873
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 30 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Frederick Maddocks	631	39%
	Liberal	James Pickthall *	510	32%
	Conservative	Joseph Matthews	458	35%
Majority			121
Registered electors			1,913
Turnout			1,599	84%
	Protestant gain from Liberal		Swing

No. 22 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	1,188	54%
	Conservative	Alexander Henderson	1,016	46%
Majority			172
Registered electors			3,899
Turnout			2,204	57%
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 20 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	800	59%
	Liberal	John Henderson	551	41%
Majority			249
Registered electors			1,833
Turnout			1,351	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Burns *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 2 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	David Henry Grant	2,424	61%
	Conservative	Edward Russell Taylor *	1,526	39%
Majority			898
Registered electors			6,302
Turnout			3,950	63%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 10 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alexander McNeight *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 8 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Jude *	1,648	69%
	Liberal	William Harrop	731	31%
Majority			917
Registered electors			4,200
Turnout			2,379	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 13 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Kelly	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 28A Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker	723	56%
	Liberal	William Ramsden	577	44%
Majority			146
Registered electors			2,168
Turnout			1,300	60%
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 23 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	1,206	53%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	1,090	47%
Majority			116
Registered electors			3,723
Turnout			2,296	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney	1,081	54%
	Conservative	David Henry Grant *	911	46%
Majority			170
Registered electors			3,339
Turnout			1,992	60%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George King *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 7 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	William Gilbert	1,627	59%
	Conservative	Robert Alfred Hampson *	1,102	40%
	Independent	Patrick Arthur Loftus	9	0.33%
Majority			525
Registered electors			4,582
Turnout			2,738	60%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Crossfield *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 24A Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Japp *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 24 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

No. 14 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist gain from Independent Irish Nationalist		Swing

No. 15 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

No. 3A Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brunskill	1,257	62%
	Liberal	Alfred Thomas Davies	775	38%
Majority			482
Registered electors			3,859
Turnout			2,032	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 27 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Harvey Farmer *	262	95%
	Independent	Patrick Cullen	15	5%
Majority			247
Registered electors			2,722
Turnout			277	10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 5 Wavertree - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite	unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Clarke Morrison	unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Stephen Porter	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

No. 5A Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	1,091	54%
	Liberal	Charles Allcot Whitney	947	46%
Majority			144
Registered electors			3,315
Turnout			2,038	61%
	Conservative win (new seat)

No. 28 West Derby - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	831	52%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	827	51%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson	780	48%
	Liberal	John Lyon Langford	769	48%
	Conservative	David Scott	616	38%
	Conservative	George James Smith	584	36%
Majority			51
Registered electors			2,619
Turnout			1,611	62%
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

The Council (Councillors and Aldermen) elected Councillor William Edward Willink (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1901)^[7] as an Alderman for the new ward of Wavertree West on 9 November 1903^{[8] [9] [10]}

Councillor Jacob Reuben Grant (Conservative, Walton, elected 1 November 1901)^[11] was elected by the Council as an alderman for the new ward of Old Swan on 9 November 1903.^[12]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Jacob Reuben Grant	No. 28A Old Swan	1904
	Conservative	William Edward Willink	No. 5A Wavertree West	1907

• The death of Alderman Herbert Campbell (Conservative) on 7 December 1903 was reported to the Council on 9 December 1903.^[13] His position was filled when Councillor Robert Alfred Hampson (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 19 November 1903)^[14] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 3 February 1904.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Robert Alfred Hampson	No. 20 Great George	1907

^{[15] [16]}

• The resignation of Alderman Dr. Thomas Clarke was reported to the Council on 9 November 1903.^[17] Councillor Edward Burns (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2 November 1903)^[3] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 2 December 1903.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Edward Burns	No. 9 Everton	1907

^{[18] [19] [20]}

• The resignation of Alderman Alexander Murray Bligh (Irish Nationalist, elected 28 May 1902) was reported to the Council on 9 November 1903.^[17] Councillor John Lawrence (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1902)^[21] was elected as an alderman on 2 December 1903.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John Lawrence	No. 8 Netherfield	1907

^{[18] [19] [20]}

• Councillor John Duncan (Conservative, Breckfield. elected 2 November 1903)^[4] was elected as an alderman

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	John Duncan	No.

.^[22]

• Following the death of Alderman John Lawrence, Councillor William Oulton (Liberal Unionist, Everton, elected 1 November 1901)^[11] was elected as an alderman on 1 June 1904.

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	William Oulton	No. 8 Netherfield	1907

^{[23] [24]}

• Alderman John Ellison died on 17 October 1904^[25]

Caused by the election by the Council of Councillor Jacob Reuben Grant (Conservative, Walton, elected 1 November 1901)^[11] as an alderman for the new ward of Old Swan on 9 November 1903.^[12]

No. 3A Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. John George Moyles	1,548	67%
		David John Williams	754	33%
Majority			794
Registered electors
Turnout			2,302
	Conservative hold		Swing

^{[14] [26]}

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Arthur Twiss Kemble (Conservative, Aigburth, elected unopposed 1 November 1902)^[21] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1903.^[17]

No. 29 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Albert Hampson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[14]

Caused by the election by the Council of Councillor William Edward Willink (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1901)^[7] as an Alderman on 9 November 1903.^[8]

No. 23 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Max Muspratt	1,101	41%
		John Lockhart Bailey	857	32%
		Robert Griffiths	728	27%
Majority			244
Registered electors
Turnout			2,686
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^{[26] [27]}

Caused by the election to Alderman of Councillor Edward Burns (Conservative, Kensington, elected 2 November 1903).^[3]

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Bland Royden	1,383
		John Lyon Langford	1,063
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[28]

Caused by the election as alderman of Councillor John Lawrence (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1902)^[29]

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Augustus Patterson	758	53%
		Frederick Moreton Radcliffe	685	47%
Majority			73
Registered electors			2,130
Turnout			1,443	68%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[30]

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Charles Alexander Hill (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 2 November 1903)^[4] was reported to the Council on 6 January 1904^[31]

No. 21 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Allcot Whitney	809	53%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill *	725	47%
Majority			84
Registered electors
Turnout			1,534
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^{[32] [33]}

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Brunswick (Conservative, Walton, elected 2 November 1903)^[3] which was reported to the Council on 10 February 1904.^[34]

No. 3A Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Pritchard	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[35]

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Robert Alfred Hampson (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 19 November 1903)^[14][15][16]

No. 29 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Term of Office to expire 1 November 1905 ^[36]

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Julius Jacobs (Conservative, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1902).^[37]

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Clancy	1,082	58%
		Edwatd Russel Taylor	677	37%
		Samuel Maddock	82	4%
Majority			415
Registered electors
Turnout			1,841
	Liberal hold		Swing

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1905 .^[38]

Caused by Councillor John Duncan (Conservative, Breckfield. elected 2 November 1903)^[4] being elected as an alderman.

No. 6 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Herbert Priest	1,123
		Robert Roberts	999
Majority			124
Registered electors
Turnout			2,122
	Conservative hold		Swing

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1906 .^[39]

Following the death of Alderman John Lawrence, Councillor William Oulton (Liberal Unionist, Everton, elected 1 November 1901)^[11] was elected as an alderman.

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor	unopposed
Registered electors			4,672
	Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

^[40]

Councillor Alexander Allan Paton (Liberal, Exchange, elected 15 June 1903)^[41] died 8 September 1903^[42]

No. 16 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Bibby	510	57%
		George Broadbridge	386	43%
Majority			124
Registered electors			1,643
Turnout			896	55%
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[43]

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Utley (Liberal, West Derby, elected 1 November 1902),^[21] which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1904.^[44]

No. 28A Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Ellis	612	52%
		William Ramsden	555	48%
Majority			57
Registered electors			2,168
Turnout			1,167	54%
	gain from		Swing

^[45]

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