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. | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ben Taylor | 154 | 20.4 | - |
| Labour | John Smith | 126 | 16.7 | - |
| Independent | Charles Ward* | 111 | 14.7 | - |
| Independent | John Turner* | 87 | 11.5 | - |
| Liberal | William Sykes* | 86 | 11.4 | - |
| Labour | Joseph Stead Jr. | 77 | 10.2 | - |
| Independent | William Cawdell | 76 | 10.1 | - |
| Liberal | Thomas Brook | 42 | 5.6 | - |
| Majority | - | - | ||
| Turnout | 334 | 74.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 450 | |||
| Bold indicates the candidate was elected. * indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board. | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas Hargreaves* | 195 | 28.7 | - |
| Independent | James Armitage* | 186 | 27.4 | - |
| Labour | Thomas Maddock | 131 | 19.3 | - |
| Independent | Francis Edward Middleton* | 114 | 16.8 | - |
| Invalid[n. 1] | James Horner | 54 | 7.9 | - |
| Majority | - | - | ||
| Turnout | 268 | 86.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 310 | |||
| Bold indicates the candidate was elected. * indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board. | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Oliver* | 199 | 29.9 | - |
| Independent | Fred Puffett | 153 | 23 | - |
| Liberal | Tom Chapman | 133 | 20 | - |
| Independent | John William Hirst* | 113 | 17 | - |
| Labour | Eli Taylor | 68 | 10.2 | - |
| Majority | - | - | ||
| Turnout | 310 | 88.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 350 | |||
| Bold indicates the candidate was elected. * indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board. | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Walter Hargreaves* | 273 | 33.4 | - |
| Independent | Thomas Oliver* | 208 | 25.4 | - |
| Independent | George Armitage* | 171 | 20.9 | - |
| Labour | John William Clarkson | 105 | 12.8 | - |
| Labour | Joseph Holdroyd | 7.5 | - | |
| Majority | - | - | ||
| Turnout | 358 | 77.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 460 | |||
| Bold indicates the candidate was elected. * indicates that the candidate was previously a member of the Rothwell Local Board. | ||||
Notes
- ↑ Horner's candidacy was objected to.
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.
See also
| Rothwell Urban District Council elections | ||
| 1894 • 1896 • 1897 | ||