Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1895. This was an 'all up' election following boundary changes which extended the area of the city and increased the number of wards from 16 to 28. Three councillors were elected for each ward. The candidate with the most votes was elected for three years, the candidate with the second highest number of votes was elected for two years and the candidate with the third highest number of votes was elected for one year.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative 59 N/A ?? ??Liberal 14 N/A ?? ??Irish Nationalists 9 N/A ?? ??Liberal Unionist Party 2 N/A ?? ??
Election result
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
A parish ward, formerly Abercromby and part of Rodney Street ward.
Breckfield
Formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
Brunswick
Formerly part of the Toxteth Park ward.
Castle Street
Parish ward
Dingle
Formerly part of Toxteth Park ward
Edge Hill
formerly part of West Derby ward.
Everton
formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
Exchange
Parish ward.
Fairfield
Granby
formerly part of Toxteth Park ward.
Great George
Parish ward. Formerly Great George plus part of Rodney Street ward.
Kensington
formerly part of West Derby ward.
Kirkdale
Formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
Low Hill
Formerly part of West Derby ward.
Netherfield
Formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
North Scotland
Parish ward.
North Walton
Prince's Park
Sandhills
Formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
St. Anne's
Parish ward. Formerly St. Anne Street plus Lime Street.
St. Domingo
Formerly part of Everton and Kirkdale ward.
St. Peter's
Parish ward. Formerly St. Peters plus Pitt Street wards.
Sefton Park
South Scotland
Parish ward.
South Walton
Vauxhall
Parish ward. Formerly Vauxhall plus St. Pauls.
Wavertree
West Derby
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1895
Aldermanic Elections
Following the expiry of the terms of office of eight aldermen at the Council meeting on 9 November 1895 the following were elected as aldermen by the Council, according to the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1882.
* re-elected alderman PartyAlderman Conservative Joseph Ball JP Conservative Sir Arthur Bower Forwood Bart. MP * Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood JP * Conservative Alexander Garnett JP * Conservative Thomas Hughes JP * Conservative Thomas William Oakshott JP * Conservative William Radcliffe JP *
Six additional aldermen were elected by the Council following nominations by the Urban District Councils of the added areas, under section 7 of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 10) Act, 1895.
Urban District CouncilwardPartyAldermanTerm expires Walton North Walton Joseph Glover 1901 Walton South Walton Thomas Henry Williams JP 1898 West Derby Fairfield Conservative Charles Herbert Giles 1898 West Derby West Derby Conservative Hugh McCubbin 1901 Wavertree Wavertree Conservative Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht JP 1901 Toxteth Park Toxteth Park Conservative William Humphrey Williams 1898
Six additional aldermen were elected by the Council pursuant to the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 10) Act, 1895.
PartyAlderman Conservative William Bartlett Conservative Edward Hatton Cookson Conservative John Houlding Conservative Thomas Menlove Conservative Joseph Bond Morgan Conservative Ephraim Walker
By-elections
No.7, St. Domingo
Caused by the election of Councillor John Houlding (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1895) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 10, Low Hill
Caused by the election of Councillor Ephraim Walker (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1896) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 12, Edge Hill
Caused by the election of Councillor Edward Hatton Cookson (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1895) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 18, Castle Street
Caused by the election of Councillors William Bartlett (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1895) and Joseph Bond Morgan (Conservative, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1895) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 21, Abercromby
Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Menlove (Conservative, Abercromby, elected 1 November 1895) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 26, Dingle
Caused by the election of Councillor Joseph Ball (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1895) as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1895.
No. 17, St. Anne's, 17 December 1895
Alderman Philip Henry Rathbone died on 22 November 1895.
In his place, Councillor Jeremiah Miles (Liberal, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1895) was elected as an alderman by the Council on 4 December 1895
.
No. 18, Castle Street, 19 February 1896
Following the death of Alderman Henry Charles Hawley on 8 January 1896 , Councillor Henry Hugh Hornby JP (Liberal Unionist, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1895) was elected by the Council as an alderman on 5 February 1896
, necessitating a by-election in the Castle Street ward.
No. 10, Low Hill, 15 March 1896
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charles Stewart Dean (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1895), which was reported to the Council on 4 March 1896.
No.17, St. Anne's, 16 June 1896
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Richard Ripley (Conservative, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1895) was reported to the Council on 3 June 1896 .
See also
Liverpool City Council Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879 Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present History of local government in England
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