# 1894 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1894. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the sixteen seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 20 | 0 | 8 | 28 |
| Liberal | 21 | -2 | 6 | 27 |
| Irish Nationalists | 5 | +2 | 2 | 7 |
| Independent Irish Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liberal Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1894 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44% | 69% | 8,537 |
| Liberal | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 44% | 10% | 1,208 |
| Irish Nationalist | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.5% | | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 15% | 1,902 |
Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 11 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Menlove | 691 | 94% |
| | Labour | John O'Brien | 41 | 5.6% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 732 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 6 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Bartlett * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Everton

No. 1 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Houlding * | 4,737 | 89% |
| | Labour | John Naylor | 568 | 11% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,169 | 78% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,305 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | James Alphonse Doughan * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Great George

No. 9 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Lamport Eills | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Lime Street

No. 12 Lime Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Charles Petrie * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### North Toxteth

No. 16 North Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William James Burgess * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Pitt Street

No. 8 Pitt Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Scott * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Rodney Street

No. 10 Rodney Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Henry Picton * | 555 | 93% |
| | Labour | William Gibson | 43 | 7.2% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne Street

No. 13 St. Anne Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Samuel McMillin * | 653 | 66% |
| | Labour | John Callow | 337 | 34% |
| | Labour | Aaron John Fowler | 28 | 2.8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 316 | 32% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 990 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Paul's

No. 4 St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Peter's

No. 7 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | George Grierson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Scotland

No. 1 Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing |

### South Toxteth

No. 15 South Toxteth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Evans | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 3 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas John Flynn | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing |

### West Derby

No. 14 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Hatton Cookson * | 3,800 | 81% |
| | Labour | Samuel Reeves | 885 | 19% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,915 | 62% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,825 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,685 | 40% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections

Councillor Thomas Kelly (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, elected 1 November 1893) died on 17 October 1895.
As the November 1895 election was near and an all-up election, there was no by-election.