Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Hargreaves* | 152 | 27 | - |
Labour | William Ward Harrison | 108 | 19.1 | - |
Liberal | Henry Peter Newsom* | 95 | 16.8 | - |
Independent | Richard Rodley | 71 | 12.6 | - |
Labour | Wright Stead | 60 | 10.6 | - |
Labour | Joseph Stead* | 52 | 9.2 | - |
Labour | Raymond Ellis | 26 | 4.6 | - |
Majority | - | - | ||
Turnout | 240 | 73.8 | ||
Registered electors | 325 | |||
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. * indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board. |
References
- 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/
- Wakefield Free Press (1894) ‘Nominations for Urban and District Councils and Guardians’, 8 December, p. 8.