# 1898 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1898. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Sixteen of the twenty-eight wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 56 | -1 | 18 | 74 |
| Liberal | 18 | +1 | 8 | 26 |
| Irish Nationalists | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1898 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 17 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 61% | 52% | 11,656 |
| Liberal | 7 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 25% | 31% | 6,842 |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11% | | |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4% | 1,123 |
| Independent Liberal | 0 | 0 | | | | 5.3% | 1,185 |
| Independent | 0 | | | | | 3.1% | 683 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.8% | 626 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.31% | 70 |
Because of the large number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in that context.

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1895 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell * | 570 | 93% |
| | Independent | John O'Brien | 46 | 7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,002 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 616 | 21% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edwin Berry | 1,310 | 55% |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Hargrove | 1,075 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,046 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,385 | 59% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Charles Henry Beloe * | 1,079 | 56% |
| | Conservative | John Thomas | 838 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,053 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 63% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Binley Neale | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward James Chevalier | 1,608 | 58% |
| | Independent Liberal | Thomas Byrne | 1,185 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 423 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,367 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,793 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,441 | 63% |
| | Liberal | John William Fairbrother | 861 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 580 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,938 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,302 | 47% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Unionist | William Oulton * | 1,123 | 84% |
| | Labour | Robert Clement Faulkener | 208 | 16% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 915 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,745 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,331 | 28% |
| | Liberal Unionist hold | Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 16 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Robert Durning Holt * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hunter | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Granby

No. 22 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Henry Bullen | 1,439 | 59% |
| | Conservative | Herbert Campbell * | 992 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 447 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,992 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,431 | 61% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Edward Paull | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. Thomas Clarke * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hoult * | 1,832 | 65% |
| | Liberal | John Lyon Langford | 987 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 845 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,228 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,819 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Jones * | 1,029 | 71% |
| | Labour | Clement William George | 418 | 29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,213 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,447 | 34% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Robert Fletcher * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### North Scotland

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

### North Walton

No. 27 North Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Kelly * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Edward Willink * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Thomas Salter | 1,023 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Barnett Lipson | 870 | 45% |
| | Independent Irish Nationalist | Michael Thomas Bolger | 20 | 1% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,308 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,913 | 58% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Crean * | 378 | 88% |
| | Independent Irish Nationalist | Thomas Hart | 50 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 328 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 428 | 12% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Henry Miles | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |

### Sefton Park

No. 24 Sefton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Francis Henderson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### South Walton

No. 3 South Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Houlding * | 1,166 | 63% |
| | Independent | Alexander McLaren | 683 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 483 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,846 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,849 | 48% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Gregory Taggart * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Isaac Turner * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Lister * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

## Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1898, the terms of office of fourteen alderman expired. The following fourteen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1898 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman |
| Conservative | William Bartlett * |
| Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring JP * |
| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * |
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles * |
| Liberal Unionist | Henry Hugh Hornby JP * |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove JP * |
| Liberal | Jeremiah Miles JP * |
| Liberal | Edward Paull JP |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell |
| Liberal | James Ruddin JP * |
| Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith * |
| Conservative | Ephraim Walker JP * |
| Conservative | William Humphry Williams * |

## By-elections
### Aldermanic By Election, 9 November 1898

Following the death of Alderman Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP, former councillor Herbert Campbell JP (Conservative, North Toxteth elected 1886, 1889 and 1892) was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1898

### No. 20, Great George, 25 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Paul (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1898) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1898.
No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | John Henderson | 925 | 63% |
| | | George Henry Ball | 537 | 37% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,462 | |
| | | | Swing | |

### No. 13, North Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected 1 November 1896) as an alderman by the council (councillors and aldermen) on 9 November 1898.
No. 20 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Alexander Murray Bligh | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### No. 14, South Scotland, 29 November 1898

Caused by the death of Councillor Owen O'Hara (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896) on 11 November 1898.
No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford | 756 | 49% |
| | | Terence Edward Brady | 472 | 24% |
| | | George Turner | 470 | 24% |
| | | Patrick Redmond | 231 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,929 | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### No. 20, Great George, 10 February 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Donnelly (Liberal, Great George, elected 1 November 1897) on 18 January 1899.
No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Thomas Dowdall | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### No.1, Sandhills, 17 March 1899

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Nelson (Liberal, Sandhills, elected 1 November 1897) which was reported to the Council on 1 March 1899.
No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Bernard Conlon | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### No. 14, South Scotland, 28 April 1899

The election of George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1898) was declared void by the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice 15 April 1899 .
No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | | Francis Joseph Harford | 993 | 53% |
| | | George Jeremy Lynskey | 893 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,886 | |
| | | | Swing | |

### No. 15, Vauxhall, 19 May 1899

Caused by the death of Councillor Thomas Flynn (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1897) on 3 May 1899.
No. 15 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke | 680 | 69% |
| | | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | 304 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 984 | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### No. 14, South Scotland,

Caused by the death of Councillor Robert Thompson (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1896) on 21 July 1899.
No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | | | Swing | | |

### No. 26, Dingle, 10 October 1899

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, elected by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1895)
Councillor Thomas Evans (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1897) was elected by the Council (Councillors and Aldermen) as an Alderman on 6 September 1899 .
No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Stephen Collard | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### No. 19, St. Peter's, October 1899

The resignation of Alderman Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, elected 9 November 1898) was reported to the Council on 4 October 1899. Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal St. Peter's, elected 1 November 1897) was elected as an alderman by the council on 4 October 1899.
No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Henry Miles * | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |