1891 Liverpool School Board election
Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on Tuesday 17 November 1891.
There were twenty-nine candidates for the fifteen board member positions.
Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.
After the election, the composition of the school board was:
Allegiance | Members | ± | Votes | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
Church of England | 5 | +1 | 188,244 | 36% |
Catholic | 6 | 0 | 166,833 | 32% |
Nonconformist | 3 | +1 | 74,377 | 14% |
Wesleyan | 1 | +1 | 41,351 | 8% |
Independent Church of England | 0 | 18,320 | 3.5% | |
Orange Order | 0 | 15,894 | 3.1% | |
Labour Party | 0 | 5,056 | 1% | |
Independent | 0 | 3,593 | 0.69% | |
Secular | 0 | 1,994 | 0.38% | |
Independent Orange | 0 | 1,418 | 0.27% | |
Socialist | 0 | 661 | 0.13% | |
Independent Catholic | 0 | 392 | 0.08% | |
Total Votes Cast | 518,133 | |||
Electorate | ||||
Turnout |
* - Retiring board member seeking re-election
Elected
Allegiance | Name | Votes |
---|---|---|
Wesleyan | W. Oulton * | 41,351 |
Church of England | Rev. Canon Dyson Rycroft * | 39,813 |
Church of England | Rev. Canon Major Lester * | 36,679 |
Church of England | Rev. Canon E.H. McNeile | 33,554 |
Catholic | M. Fitzpatrick * | 30,222 |
Church of England | Sir James Poole | 28,654 |
Church of England | W. Roberts | 27,938 |
Catholic | J.A. Doughan * | 27,762 |
Catholic | R. Yates * | 27,443 |
Catholic | C. McArdle * | 27,344 |
Catholic | W.J. Sparrow * | 27,215 |
Catholic | J. Hand * | 26,847 |
Nonconformist | Anne Jane Davies * | 26,380 |
Nonconformist | S.G. Rathbone * | 26,294 |
Nonconformist | T.C Ryley | 21,703 |
Not Elected
Church of England | W. Rowlandson | 21,606 |
Independent Church of England | Rev. J. Bell Cox | 17,857 |
Orange | Harry Thomas | 15,894 |
Labour | W.J. Patter | 2,529 |
Labour | C.H. Rouse | 2,527 |
Independent | W.C. Copeland | 2,418 |
Secular | A.E. Newcomb | 1,994 |
Independent Orange | W. Gilbert | 1,418 |
Independent | T.H. Joseph | 1,175 |
Socialist | W. Saxton | 661 |
Independent | C.H. Fox | 602 |
Independent Church of England | H.S. Anthony | 463 |
Independent Catholic | E.J. Walsh | 392 |
References
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Wednesday 18 November 1891
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