# 1897 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1897. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | -1 | ?? | ?? |
| Liberal | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? |
| Irish Nationalists | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1897 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 21 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 75% | 55% | 24,293 |
| Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14% | 40% | 17,888 |
| Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11% | | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 2.8% | 1,243 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 787 |
| Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.043% | 19 |

## 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 | Lorents Braun Haddock | 1,076 | 56% |
| | Liberal | Louis Bartlett Phillips | 854 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,089 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,930 | 62% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Hall Walker * | 1,434 | 60% |
| | Liberal | Jonathan Hargrove | 973 | 40% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 461 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,038 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,407 | 60% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | 1,016 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Samuel McMillin | 961 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,977 | 63% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Thomas Wood | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Evans * | 1,914 | 64% |
| | Liberal | Harold Coventry | 1,062 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 852 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,276 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,976 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Barclay Light | 1,566 | 66% |
| | Labour | Samuel Reeves | 816 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 750 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,966 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,382 | 48% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Lewis Lloyd * | 1,763 | 55% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Thompson | 1,448 | 45% |
| | Ind. Conservative | William Forshaw | 19 | 0.59% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 315 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,764 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,230 | 68% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 16 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | John Sutherland Harmood-Banner * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas May Smith * | 853 | 61% |
| | Liberal | John Henry Evans | 539 | 39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,385 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,392 | 41% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 22 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Albert Henry Samuel * | 1,253 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | 1,201 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,962 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,454 | 62% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Great George

No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Thomas Donnelly | 853 | 54% |
| | Conservative | George Dalton | 736 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,338 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | 68% |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Barns * | 1,404 | 66% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Faraday | 708 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 696 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,218 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,112 | 50% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | John Wilson * | 1,939 | 58% |
| | Liberal | John Lyon Langford | 1,398 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 541 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,265 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,337 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Petrie * | 1,656 | 61% |
| | Liberal | William Boote | 1,006 | 37% |
| | Independent | Edward Stott | 37 | 1.4% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,215 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,699 | 64% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Simon Jude * | 1,389 | 82% |
| | Labour | John Shannon | 313 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,076 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4.342 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | 39% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Daly * | 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 | John Harvey Farmer * | 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 James Burgess * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Nelson * | 998 | 62% |
| | Independent | William Hopson | 623 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,334 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,621 | 49% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | 721 | 89% |
| | Independent | Hanst Hargreaves | 50 | 6% |
| | Independent | Edward Phillips | 42 | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 671 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,473 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 813 | 23% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Alfred Hampson * | 1,541 | 68% |
| | Liberal | Charles Albert Slater | 611 | 27% |
| | Labour | Clement William George | 114 | 5% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 930 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,603 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,266 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | William Henry Watts * | 416 | 92% |
| | Independent | Alfred Allsop | 35 | 7.8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 381 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,078 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 451 | 22% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park

No. 24 Sefton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Augustus Frederick Warr MP * | 1,413 | 56% |
| | Liberal | John Morris | 1,094 | 44% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,366 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,507 | 57% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Kearney * | 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 | Robert Atwood Beaver | 1,218 | 51% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Henry Bunney | 1,162 | 49% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,703 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,380 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Vauxhall

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

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | 1,053 | 54% |
| | Liberal | Charles William Jones | 900 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 153 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,598 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,953 | 75% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * | 1,069 | 52% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Utley | 983 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,132 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,052 | 66% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## By-elections
### No.25, Brunswick

Caused by the death of Councillor Charles Arden (Conservative, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1896) on 29 November 1897.
No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Dalton | 1,053 | 51% |
| | Liberal | John Clancy | 1,015 | 49% |
| | | Edward Phillips | 8 | 0.39% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,116 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,076 | 67% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No.3, South Walton, 25 January 1898

Caused by the death of Councillor Dr. Henry Richard Powell (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1896) .
No. 3 South Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Brodrick Smith-Brodrick | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,703 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### No.12, Edge Hill, 26 April 1898

Caused by the death of Councillor Jonathan Parry (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895) on 5 March 1898.
No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Wilson Walker | 1,066 | 75% |
| | Labour | Samuel Reeves | 354 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,966 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,420 | 29% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 3 South Walton, 20 July 1898

Alderman Joseph Glover died on 21 April 1898.
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart. MP was elected as an Alderman by the Council on 1 June 1898 .
The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, Bart.MP resigned as an Alderman on 1 June 1898.
Councillor John Ellison (Conservative, South Walton, elected 1 November 1895) was elected as an Alderman by the city Council
No. 3 South Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Houlding B.Sc. | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,703 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### No.24, Sefton Park, 18 October 1898

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Augustus Frederick Warr MP (Conservative, Sefton Park, elected 1 November 1895 which was reported to the Council on 5 October 1898.
No. 24 Sefton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Radcliffe William Smith | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,366 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |