1899 Liverpool City Council election|
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Thursday 1 November 1899. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eleven of the thirty-one seats (29 wards, with a new ward of Sefton Park East electing three new councillors) were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Election result
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1896 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
Breckfield
Brunswick
Castle Street
Dingle
Edge Hill
Everton
Exchange
Fairfield
Granby
Great George
Kensington
Kirkdale
Low Hill
Netherfield
North Scotland
North Walton
Prince's Park
Sandhills
St. Anne's
St. Domingo
St. Peter's
Sefton Park East
Sefton Park West
South Scotland
South Walton
Vauxhall
Wavertree
West Derby
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By-elections
No. 24 Sefton Park West, November 1899
The resignation of Councillor Francis Henderson (Conservative, Sefton Park West, elected 1 November 1898)[12] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899
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No. 17, St. Anne's, November 1899
The resignation of Councillor Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, St. Anne's, elected 1 November 1897)[15] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899
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No.19, St. Peter's, November 1899
The resignation of Alderman Henry Hugh Hornby
(Liberal Unionist, elected by the council 9 November 1898)[17] was reported to the Council on 9 November 1899
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Councillor William Henry Watts (Liberal, St. Peter's, elected 1897)[15] was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.
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No.23 Prince's Park, November 1899
On the addition of No. 24a Sefton Park East ward,[16]
Councillor William James Burgess (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1897)[18] was elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1899.[19]
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No. 4, Fairfield ward, 15 May 1900
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank John Leslie (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1 November 1899).[3][20]
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See also
References