Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Loses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | ±% | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independents | 9 | - | - | - | 60 | - | 2109 | |
Labour | 4 | - | - | - | 26.7 | - | 968 | |
Liberals | 2 | - | - | - | 13.3 | - | 356 | |
Invalid | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | 54 | |
Total | 3487 | |||||||
Turnout: 1510 (79.7%) | ||||||||
Registered electors: 1895 |
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 | 61 | - | |
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 | ||