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The '''1894 Rothwell Urban District Council election''' was held on 15 December 1894. It was the first election of the Rothwell Urban District Council following its creation and the abolishment of the Rothwell Local Board.{{Election
{{Election
|election_name=1894 Rothwell Urban District Council election
|type=Rothwell Urban District Council
|election name=1894 Rothwell Urban District Council election
|previous_election=
|election date=15 December 1894
|previous_year=
|next election=1896 Rothwell Urban District Council election
|election_date=15th December 1894
|next year=1896
|next_election=
|seats for election=15 of 15
|next_year=
|registered=1895
|seats_for_election=15
|turnout=1510 (79.7%)
|registered=
|image=RUDC 1894.svg
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|party1=Independent
|seats1=9
|last_election1=
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|seats_before1=
|popular vote1=2109
|seats1=
|percentage1=60.5%
|seats_change1=
|party2=Ind. Labour
|seats_after1=
|seats2=4
|popular_vote1=
|seats after2=4<ref group="n.">This is not including the subsequent by-election, where Labour lost a seat.</ref>
|percentage1=
|popular vote2=968
|party2=
|percentage2=27.8%
|last_election2=
|party3=Liberal
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|seats2=
|seats3=2
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|popular vote3=356
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|percentage3=10.2%
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Independents, many of them former Rothwell Local Board members, became the largest grouping on the council, with 9 of the 15 seats; followed by Labour candidates with 4 seats; and the Liberal candidates with 2 seats. The new council would convene on the 1 January 1895.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
==Election result==
The polls were open between 8am and 8pm. The returning officer for the Rothwell Urban District Council elections was J. Bouchier Wimbush, who was supported by clerks, J. Killburn, Stephenson, Balme and Barnes, and each wards' presiding officers and poll clerks. The votes were counted in the Mechanics Hall.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|Rothwell Urban District Council Result 1894
!rowspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
! class="unsortable" colspan="6" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Candidates'''
! class="unsortable" colspan="3" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Votes'''
|-
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Stood'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Elected'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Gained'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Unseated'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Net'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''% of total'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''No.'''
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Independent
|15
|9
| -
| -
| -
|60
|60.5
| -
|2109
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP>Though the Wakefield Free Press (1894) does not mention the Independent Labour Party, the Labour Party as it is now known was not in existence during this period. Labour candidates have therefore been labelled Ind. Labour, even if this is not entirely accurate either.</ref>
|12
|4
| -
| -
| -
|26.7
|27.8
| -
|968
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Liberal
|5
|2
| -
| -
| -
|13.3
|10.2
| -
|356
|-
|style=" border-radius: inherit;"|Invalid
|1
|0
| -
| -
| -
|0
|1.5
| -
|54
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="9" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Total'''
|3487
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="10" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout''': 1510 (79.7%)
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="10" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors''': 1895
|}
==Ward results==
==Ward results==
===Carlton===
The presiding officer for the Carlton ward was Dyson, with support from poll clerks Butterworth and Grimshaw. Carlton's results were the last to be declared at nearly midnight.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|North Ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894">(Rothwell Times, 1894a); results.</ref><ref name="WFP">(Wakefield Free Press, 1894); party affiliations.</ref><ref name="RUDC analysis">(Rothwell Times, 1894b); electorate numbers.</ref>
|+ style="text-align:center"|Carlton ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894" /><ref name="WFP"/><ref name="RUDC analysis"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''Walter Hargreaves<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''273'''
|'''33.4'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''Thomas Oliver<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''208'''
|'''25.4'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''George Armitage<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''171'''
|'''20.9'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|John William Clarkson
|105
|12.8
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Joseph Holdroyd
|61
|
| -
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Majority'''
| -
| -
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|358
|77.8
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|460
|
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
|}
===Lofthouse-with-Thorpe===
The presiding officer for the Lofthouse-with-Thorpe ward was John Hirst, with support from poll clerk Howe. Lofthouse's results were brought to the Mechanics Hall at 8:40pm.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|Lofthouse-with-Thorpe ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894" /><ref name="WFP"/><ref name="RUDC analysis"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''Thomas Hargreaves<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''195'''
|'''28.7'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''James Armitage<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''186'''
|'''27.4'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|'''Thomas Maddock'''
|'''131'''
|'''19.3'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Independent
|Francis Edward Middleton<sup>*</sup>
|114
|16.8
| -
|-
|style="border-radius: inherit;"|Invalid<ref group="n.">Horner's candidacy was objected to.</ref>
|James Horner
|54
|7.9
| -
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Majority'''
| -
| -
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|268
|86.5
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|310
|
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
|}
===North===
The North ward's polling station was the Old Board room on Churchfields. The presiding officer for the North ward was A. Batty, with support from poll clerks Gurney and Pears. The North ward results were first to be decalred at 10pm.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|North ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894">(Rothwell Times, 1894a); results.</ref><ref name="WFP">(Wakefield Free Press, 1894); party affiliations.</ref><ref name="RUDC analysis">(Rothwell Times, 1894b); electorate numbers.</ref>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
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| -
| -
|-
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Labour'''
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|'''William Ward Harrison'''
|'''William Ward Harrison'''
|'''108'''
|'''108'''
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| -
| -
|-
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Labour
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Wright Stead
|Wright Stead
|60
|60
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| -
| -
|-
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Labour
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Joseph Stead<sup>*</sup>
|Joseph Stead<sup>*</sup>
|52
|52
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| -
| -
|-
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Labour
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Raymond Ellis
|Raymond Ellis
|26
|26
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! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
|}
|}
===South===
The South ward's polling station was the National Schools. The presiding officer for the South ward was J.W. Perkins, with support from poll clerks H. Clark and W. Butterfield. The South ward's votes came in soon after the North ward's.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|South ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894" /><ref name="WFP"/><ref name="RUDC analysis"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|'''Ben Taylor'''
|'''154'''
|'''20.4'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|'''John Smith'''
|'''126'''
|'''16.7'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''Charles Ward<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''111'''
|'''14.7'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Independent
|John Turner<sup>*</sup>
|87
|11.5
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Liberal
|William Sykes<sup>*</sup>
|86
|11.4
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Joseph Stead Jr.
|77
|10.2
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Independent
|William Cawdell
|76
|10.1
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Liberal
|Thomas Brook
|42
|5.6
| -
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Majority'''
| -
| -
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|334
|74.2
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|450
|
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
|}
===Stourton===
The presiding officer for Stourton was A. Marshall, with support from poll clerks R. Nicholson and Hodson. The Stourton ward's results were declared at 11:15pm.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|Stourton ward<ref name="RUDC results 1894" /><ref name="WFP"/><ref name="RUDC analysis"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''John Oliver<sup>*</sup>'''
|'''199'''
|'''29.9'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''
|'''Fred Puffett'''
|'''153'''
|'''23'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Liberal'''
|'''Tom Chapman'''
|'''133'''
|'''20'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Independent
|John William Hirst<sup>*</sup>
|113
|17
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|Eli Taylor
|68
|10.2
| -
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Majority'''
| -
| -
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|310
|88.6
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|350
|
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="4" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/><sup>*</sup> indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board.</small>
|}
==Reaction==
Following the vote, there was a large attendance at the Mechanics Hall, where Cllr. James Hargreaves proposed a thanks to the presiding officer, J. Bouchier Wimbush, which was seconded by Raymond Ellis.<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />

The Rothwell Times noted that 9 of the Rothwell Local Board members were elected to the new Rothwell Urban District Council, along with “4 or perhaps 5 ... [L]abour representatives”. Therefore, there was the “prospect of all interests being considered” and the newspaper anticipated “the establishment of whatever is worth keeping, and the gradual addition of such improvements in our social condition as may be considered best for all.”<ref name="RUDC results 1894" />
==By-election==
In 1895, Lofthouse-with-Thorpe ward councillor Thomas Maddock resigned from the council. A by-election was held on 12th August 1895.<ref>(Rothwell Times, 1895a)</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ style="text-align:center"|Lofthouse-with-Thopre ward by-election<ref>(Rothwell Times, 1895b)</ref>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3); border-bottom-right-radius: inherit;"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|'''Independent'''<ref>(Skyrack Courier, 1902)</ref><ref group="n.">Milner's party affiliation is not listed in the Skyrack Courier even though others are, which would suggest he was an independent. The source is also from years later so his party affiliation may have changed.</ref>
|'''P.G. Milner'''
|'''77'''
|'''34.5'''
| -
|-
|style="border-left:#B22222 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Ind. Labour<ref name="WFP"/><ref group="n." name="ILP/>
|James Horner
|59
|26.5
| -
|-
|style="border-radius: inherit;"|Unknown
|John Ward
|44
|19.7
| -
|-
|style="border-left:black 10px solid; border-radius: inherit;"|Unknown
|John Denby
|43
|19.7
| -
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-radius: inherit;"| '''Majority'''
| 18
| 8
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|224
|65.1
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="2" style="text-align:right;background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;"| '''Registered electors'''
|344
|
|
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="5" style="text-align:left;border-left:black 10px solid; background-color: var(--color-surface-2); border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-left-radius: var(--border-radius--medium);"| Independent '''gain''' from Labour
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan="5" |<small>'''Bold''' indicates the candidate was elected.<br/></small>
|}
==Notes==
<references group="n."/>
==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
* ''Rothwell Times'' (1894a) ‘Rothwell District Council Election’, 21 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1894rothwelltimescomplete/page/n53/
* ''Rothwell Times'' (1894a) ‘Rothwell District Council Election’, 21 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1894rothwelltimescomplete/page/n53/
* ''Rothwell Times'' (1894b) ‘Rothwell Urban District Council Election: Analysis of the Voting’, 28 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1894rothwelltimescomplete/page/n55/
* ''Rothwell Times'' (1894b) ‘Rothwell Urban District Council Election: Analysis of the Voting’, 28 December. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1894rothwelltimescomplete/page/n55/
*''Rothwell Times'' (1895a) ‘The Lofthouse Vacancy’, 26 July. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1895rothwelltimescomplete/page/n61/
*''Rothwell Times'' (1895b) ‘Rothwell District Council’, 16 August. Available at: https://archive.org/details/1895rothwelltimescomplete/page/n67/
*''Skyrack Courier'' (1902) ‘Rothwell’, 22 March, p. 5.
* ''Wakefield Free Press'' (1894) ‘Nominations for Urban and District Councils and Guardians’, 8 December, p. 8.
* ''Wakefield Free Press'' (1894) ‘Nominations for Urban and District Councils and Guardians’, 8 December, p. 8.
==See also==
{{RUDC election nav}}
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