# 1904 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1904.
The first seat for the new ward of Old Swan, and the second seat for Wavertree West were up for election for the first time.
18 of the 34 seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | -3 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | +4 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
| Protestant | 5 | +2 | 0 | 5 |
| Liberal Unionist | ?? | -1 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalist and Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Labour | ?? | ?? | 0 | ?? |
| Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1904 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 15 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 39% |
| Liberal | 14 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 37% |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% |
| Protestant | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6% |
| Liberal Unionist | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0% |
| Labour Repr. Cmte. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1901 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Dr. William Permewan | 837 | 51% |
| | Conservative | William Phillips * | 813 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,699 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,650 | 61% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Archibald Bathgate * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Anfield

No. 3 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward Russell Taylor | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edwin Berry * | 1,458 | 57% |
| | Protestant | William Ellis Jones | 1,119 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,258 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,577 | 61% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

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

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Frederick Garner | 748 | 53% |
| | Liberal | Thomas James McGeorge | 668 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,104 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,416 | 67% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward James Chevalier * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Wilson Walker * | 1,232 | 50.3% |
| | Liberal | Clement Freeman | 1,219 | 49.7% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,901 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,451 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Kyffin-Taylor* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### 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 | % |
| | Liberal | James Hughes jnr | 1,217 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Hunter * | 1,005 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 212 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,497 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,222 | 64% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Garston

No. 30 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Granby

No. 22 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Robert Henry Bullen * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Great George

No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Burton William Eills * | 738 | 58% |
| | Conservative | Edmund Roberts Latham | 527 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,796 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,265 | 70% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Samuel Mason Hutchinson * | 1,424 | 68% |
| | Protestant | Joseph Bowers | 685 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 739 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,638 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,109 | 45% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Protestant | John George Paris | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Protestant gain from Conservative | Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Boote * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | George Sturla * | 1,472 | 60% |
| | Protestant | John Carr | 976 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 496 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,448 | 59% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Lister | unopposed | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Max Muspratt * | 1,234 | 58% |
| | Protestant | Robert Griffiths | 900 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 334 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,625 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,134 | 59% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Arthur Appleton | 1,075 | 55% |
| | Conservative | Harris Fineberg | 889 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,364 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,964 | 58% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Isaac Caton Glover * | 1,028 | 78% |
| | Independent | Edward Joseph Gearing | 294 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 734 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,025 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,322 | 44% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | Henry Porter | 1,518 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine * | 1,323 | 47% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 195 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,530 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,841 | 63% |
| | Protestant gain from Conservative | Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Henry Miles * | 629 | 70% |
| | Labour | Walter Russell | 269 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 360 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,806 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 898 | 50% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | John Morris * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park West

No. 24 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Joseph Wilson | 768 | 62% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Stanley Rogerson * | 478 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,001 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,246 | 42% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### South Scotland

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

### Walton

No. 3A Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dr. John George Moyles * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Warbreck

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

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Stephen Porter | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Cecil Heywood Brunner | 1,110 | 54% | |
| | Conservative | Isaac Turner * | 948 | 46% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 162 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,417 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,058 | 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 | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson | 986 | 55% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Utley | 809 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,468 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,795 | 73% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1904, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.
The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the Council (Aldermen and Councillors) on 9 November 1904 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
| Party | Alderman | Ward |
| Conservative | William Bartlett * | Brunswick |
| Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring JP * | Exchange |
| Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | South Scotland |
| Conservative | William James Burgess * | Anfield |
| Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | Vauxhall |
| Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles * | Prince's Park |
| Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | Old Swan |
| Conservative | Thomas Menlove JP * | Breckfield |
| Liberal | Edward Paull JP * | Sandhills |
| Conservative | Sir Charles Petrie | Warbreck |
| Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | North Scotland |
| Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP | Abercromby |
| Liberal | Frederick Smith * | Castle Street |
| Conservative | Edward Wrake Turner * | Aigburth |
| Conservative | Ephraim Walker JP * | Sefton Park West |
| Liberal | William Henry Watts * | St. Anne's |
| Conservative | William Humphrey Williams * | St. Domingo |
* Alderman John Ellison (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901) died on 17 October 1904
In his place, Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903) was elected as an alderman for the Sefton Park East ward.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Councillor Thomas Bland Royden | No.24A Sefton Park East | 1907 |

## By-elections
### No.11 Kensington, 23 November 1904

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Bland Royden (Conservative, Kensington, elected 16 December 1903) as an alderman on 9 November 1904
No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Robert Lowry Burns | 1,321 |
| | | Benjamin Loft Wilson | 1,280 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Conservative gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing |

### No. 7 St. Domingo, 17 January 1905

The resignation of Councillor Joseph Bennett Colton (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1902) was reported to the Council on 4 January 1905
No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | William Ellis Jones | 943 | 53% |
| | Conservative | Charles Alexander Hill | 821 | 46% |
| | | John Henry Newcomb | 22 | 1.2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | |
| | Protestant gain from Conservative | Protestant gain from Conservative | Swing | |