# 1905 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1905.
There were three new seats: the first seat for Fazakerley, the third seat for Wavertree West and the second seat for Old Swan.
This election saw the first Socialist and Labour Councillors elected to the Council.
Eleven of the 35 seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | -3 | ?? | 70 |
| Liberal | ?? | +7 | ?? | 48 |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | -1 | ?? | 12 |
| Protestant | 5 | -1 | 0 | 5 |
| Socialist | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
| Labour | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | ?? | -1 | 0 | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1905 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal | 20 | 7 | 0 | +6 | 54% | 34% | 15,864 |
| Conservative | 10 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 31% | 47% | 22,319 |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.7% | 3.6% | 1,715 |
| Socialist | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 2.4% | 1,137 |
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 1.9% | 884 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.9% | 1.7% | 809 |
| Protestant | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% | 4.3% | 2,037 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.73% | 344 |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1902 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Arthur Black * | 850 | 51% |
| | Conservative | William Phillips | 827 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,647 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,677 | 63% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | 469 | 50% |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob | 466 | 50% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,319 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 935 | 71% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

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

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Louis Samuel Cohen * | 1,612 | 62% |
| | Protestant | James Henry Taylor | 978 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 634 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,190 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,590 | 62% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

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

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Thomas Augustus Patterson * | 675 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Alexander Wilson | 600 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,106 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,275 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. Richard Caton | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Clement Freeman | 1,380 | 51% |
| | Conservative | John Gordon | 1,341 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,831 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,721 | 56% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Denton * | 1,319 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Owen Harrison Williams | 1,163 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 156 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,631 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,482 | 54% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 16 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph Bibby * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | 650 | 84% |
| | Independent | James McCormick | 126 | 16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,694 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 776 | 21% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 31 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Sharrock Higginbottom | 290 | 65% | |
| | Liberal | Thomas Hesketh | 154 | 35% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 560 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 444 | 79% | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Garston

No. 30 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Picthall | 832 | 54% |
| | Conservative | George Washington Hughes | 706 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 126 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,016 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,538 | 76% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Granby

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

### Great George

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

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Socialist | John Wolfe Tone Morrisey | 1,137 | 40% |
| | Conservative | Dr. Charles Alexander Hill | 1,076 | 37% |
| | Liberal | Benjamin Loft Wilson | 659 | 23% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,632 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,872 | 62% |
| | Socialist gain from Conservative | Socialist gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Dr. John Utting * | 1,609 | 62% |
| | Labour | John Stewart Ratcliffe | 986 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,338 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,595 | 41% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | John McEvoy | 1,013 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Roby * | 972 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,902 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,985 | 51% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Watson Rutherford MP * | 1,244 | 78% |
| | Independent | John Carr | 342 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 902 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,181 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,586 | 38% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Irish Nationalist | Michael Phelan | 809 | 53% | |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Bolger | 713 | 47% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,123 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,522 | 49% | |
| | Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat) | Independent Irish Nationalist win (new seat) |

### Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * | 1,098 | 51% |
| | Conservative | Frederick William Frodsham | 1,069 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,167 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal and Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery | 1,002 | 51% |
| | Protestant | William Singleton | 978 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,332 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,980 | 59% |
| | Liberal and Irish Nationalist hold | Liberal and Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Sexton | 884 | 54% |
| | Conservative | Harris Fineberg | 709 | 44% |
| | Independent | John Murphy | 2 | 0.13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,903 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,595 | 55% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George William Whittaker | 1,406 | 57% |
| | Protestant | William Ellis Jones * | 1,059 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 347 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,553 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,465 | 54% |
| | Conservative gain from Protestant | Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Alexander Armour * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Bowring Stoddart * | 1,137 | 54% |
| | Conservative | William Parkfield Wethered | 983 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,484 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,120 | 61% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Dart * | 780 | 56% |
| | Liberal | Harold Goad Crosfield | 618 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 780 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,092 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,398 | 67% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

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

### Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Walton

No. 3A Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Brodrick Smith Brodrick * | 1,079 | 51% |
| | Liberal | George Mitchell | 1,057 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,062 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,136 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Edward West | 957 | 59% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Alfred Bell | 663 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,828 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,620 | 57% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Charles Clarke Morrison | 907 | 63% |
| | Conservative | James Stewart | 543 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,323 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | 62% |
| | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Berrington Jones | 1,167 | 55% | |
| | Conservative | James Willcox Allsopp | 938 | 45% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,496 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 60% | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Samuel Skelton | 966 | 57% |
| | Conservative | Sidney Stanley Dawson | 741 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,742 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,707 | 62% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Election, 13 June 1906

Caused by the resignation of Alderman William Edward Willink (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 9 November 1903)
was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906, in his place, Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903)
was elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Simon Jude | No.5A Wavertree | 1907 |

## By-elections
### No.18 Castle Street, 18 December 1905

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Thomas Wood (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 2 November 1903) was reported to the Council on 6 December 1905
No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Willcox Alsop | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,106 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### No.17 St. Anne's,

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Isaac Caton Glover (Conservative, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1904) which was reported to the Council on 7 February 1906
No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter | 710 | 55% |
| | | Joseph Maguire | 574 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,903 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,284 | 44% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### No.4 Fairfield, 19 April 1906

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1905) which was reported to the Council on 4 April 1906.
No. 4 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Alfred Gates | 1,000 | 53% |
| | Independent | Thomas Dowd | 894 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,694 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,894 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No.25 Brunswick, 15 May 1906

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Thomas Byrne (Liberal, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1904) which was reported to the Council on 2 May 1906
No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Patrick Charles Kelly | 730 | 56% |
| | | William Richard Gasking | 444 | 33% |
| | | Thomas Byrne | 176 | 13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,350 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### No.8 Netherfied, 5 July 1906

Caused by Councillor Simon Jude (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1903) being elected as an alderman on 13 June 1906
No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | James Tomkinson | 797 | 56% |
| | Protestant | John Walker | 619 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 178 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,181 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,416 | 34% |
| | gain from | gain from | Swing | |