# 1906 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1906.
One councillor was elected for each of the thirty-four wards. A total of fourteen councillors were elected unopposed, and twenty councillors were elected in contested elections.
Fourteen of the thirty-four seats were uncontested.
The Liverpool Protestant Party lost all three of the seats that they had won in the 1903 elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | ?? | ?? | ?? | 72 |
| Liberal | ?? | 0 | ?? | 46 |
| Irish Nationalist | 12 | +1 | 2 | 14 |
| Protestant | 2 | -3 | 0 | 2 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Socialist Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1906 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 22 | | | | 65% |
| Liberal | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21% |
| Irish Nationalist | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 15% |
| Protestant | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1903 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

### Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edward Lawrence | 879 | 54% |
| | Liberal | Charles Allcot Whitney * | 756 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 123 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,514 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | 65% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob | 559 | 52% |
| | Conservative | William Parkfield Wethered | 520 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,450 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,079 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 3 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Henry Jones * | 1,030 | 86% |
| | Independent | Joseph Bowers | 174 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 856 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,830 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,204 | 43% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Herbert Priest * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Alfred Kelly * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Nationalist Party (Ireland) and Liberal Party (UK) | Irish Nationalist gain from Nationalist Party (Ireland) and Liberal Party (UK) | |

### Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Willcox Alsop * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Dingle

No. 26 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Owen Harrison Williams | 1,499 | 72% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Byrne | 586 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 913 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,268 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,085 | 40% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Edward Parry * | 1,551 | 64% |
| | Liberal | George Parker | 870 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 681 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,791 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,421 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 9 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Edward Lewis Lloyd * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | 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 |
| | Liberal | Francis L'Estrange Joseph * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Garston

No. 30 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joshua Burrow | 1,035 | 64% |
| | Labour | William James Gerrard | 575 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,139 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,610 | 75% |
| | Conservative gain from Protestant | Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 22 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Great George

No. 20 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Muirhead * | 836 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Horace Muspratt | 454 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 382 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,761 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,290 | 73% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 11 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Lowry Burns * | 1,784 | 69% |
| | Socialist (GB) | Arthur Kilpin Bulley | 787 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 997 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,754 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,571 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Theodore Lowry | 1,570 | 46% |
| | Protestant | William Singleton | 1,200 | 35% |
| | Labour | Frederick Norris | 612 | 13% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,396 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,382 | 53% |
| | Conservative gain from Protestant | Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Anthony Shelerdine | 1,277 | 64% |
| | Liberal | Evan Arthur Davies | 703 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 574 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,874 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,980 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford | 1,057 | 54% |
| | Protestant | John Walker | 907 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,093 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,964 | 48% |
| | Conservative gain from | Conservative gain from | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas Kelly * | 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 Wilson Walker * | 1,044 | 68% |
| | Liberal | John Harrison | 498 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,984 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,542 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Chaloner Dowdall * | 1,297 | 59% |
| | Liberal | William Edward Woodall | 888 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 409 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,600 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,185 | 61% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Michael Edward Kearney * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | George King * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### St. Domingo

No. 7 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Joseph Roby | 1,155 | 54% |
| | Protestant | Samuel George Thomas | 984 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,552 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,139 | 47% |
| | Conservative gain from Protestant | Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Fewkes Clarke | 629 | 59% |
| | Liberal | William Cossfield * | 430 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,809 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,059 | 59% |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### Sefton Park East

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

### South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | John O'Shea * | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

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

### Walton

No. 3A Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Pritchard | 1,582 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Utley | 835 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 747 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,318 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | 56% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Charles Herman | 1,194 | 65% |
| | Liberal | Robert Owen | 651 | 35% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 543 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,190 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,845 | 58% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | 805 | 58% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Philip Maguire | 586 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 219 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,629 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,391 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Herbert Preston Reynolds | 1,065 | 54% |
| | Liberal | George Reed Beale | 890 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,552 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,955 | 55% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Henry Parkinson | 1,208 | 66% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Shaw | 624 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 584 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,917 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,832 | 63% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic elections
### Aldermanic Election 5 December 1906

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Evans (Conservative, elected 9 November 1901).
In his place, Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected 1 November 1905) was elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 December 1906
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expired |
| | Conservative | Louis Samuel Cohen | | 1907 |

### Aldermanic election

The death of Alderman Joseph Ball JP (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1901) on 11 August 1907 was reported to the council on 4 September 1907.
This position was filled by ???

## By-elections
### No. 6 Breckfield, 23 January 1907

Caused by Councillor Louis Samuel Cohen (Conservative, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1905) being elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 December 1906.
No. 6 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Frank John Leslie | 1,079 |
| | | John Meek | 815 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,894 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |