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The 1896 Rothwell Urban District Council election was held on 28 March 1894.

Four of the council's five wards were contested, with Lofthouse-with Thorpe not having a poll owing to there being only one nominee. The independents had the most seats to defend, with three out of the five wards, and lost one, the South ward, to the Independent Labour Party. The Liberals retained both of their seats.

Election summary

Rothwell Urban District Council Result 1894
Party	Candidates						Votes
Party	Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	±%	No.
Independent	4	2	0	1	1	40	36.9	-23.6	464
Ind. Labour	3	1	1	0	1	20	27.6	-0.2	347
Liberal	2	2	0	0		40	26	+15.8	326
Conservative	1	0	0	0		0	9.5		119
Total									1256
Turnout: 69.3%
Registered electors: 1812

Councillors not standing for re-election

Councillor(s) not standing for re-election
Councillor	Ward	Party	Reason	Successor
Henry Peter Newsom^[1]	North	Liberal	Newsom lost a pre-election vote to determine which candidate (of himself, John Abbinshaw and Richard Rodley) should contest the ward to defeat the I.L.P candidate. Newsome came second with 67 votes to Abbinshaw's 71.	John Abbinshaw (Liberal)^[2]^{[n. 3]}

Ward results

Carlton

The poll took place at Carlton Board school. The presiding officer for the Carlton ward was W. Wright, with support from poll clerk Butterworth.^[3]

Carlton ward^[3]^{[n. 4]}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	George Armitage^*	220	66.9	+46
Ind. Labour	John Clarkson	109	33.1	+20.3
Majority		111	33.8	-
Turnout		331	72	-5.8
Registered electors		460
Independent hold
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. ^* indicates that the candidate was the incumbent councillor.

Lofthouse-with-Thorpe

Lofthouse-with-Thorpe did not have an election as incumbent councillor P.G. Milner was the only nominee.^[3]

Lofthouse-with-Thorpe ward ^[3]^{[n. 4]}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Independent	P.G. Milner^*
Independent hold
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. ^* indicates that the candidate was the incumbent councillor.

North

The North ward's polling station was the Old Board room on Churchfields. The presiding officer for the North ward was Perkins, with support from poll clerk Nicholson.^[3]

North ward^[3]^{[n. 4]}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal^[2]^{[n. 3]}	John Abbishaw	180	63.8	+45
Ind. Labour	Wright Stead	102	36.2	+25.6
Majority		78	27.6	-
Turnout		~282	75.2	+1.4
Registered electors		375
Liberal hold
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. ^* indicates that the candidate was the incumbent councillor.

South

The South ward's polling station was the council offices. The presiding officer for the South ward was Wimbush, with support from poll clerk Pears.^[3]

South ward ^[3]^{[n. 4]}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ind. Labour	J.W. Bulmer	136	35.8	-
Independent^{[n. 5]}	Joseph Stead Jr.	128	33.7	-
Independent	Charles Ward^*	116	30.5	+15.8
Majority		8	27.6	2.1
Turnout		380	73.5	-0.3
Registered electors		517
Ind Lab gain from Independent
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. ^* indicates that the candidate was the incumbent councillor.

Stourton

The presiding officer for Stourton was Dyson, with support from poll clerks Martin. ^[3]

Stourton ward ^[3]^{[n. 4]}
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Tom Chapman	146	55.1	+35.1
Conservative^[2]^{[n. 6]}	Henry Nichols^*	119	44.9	-
Majority		27	8.2
Turnout		~265	66.3	-22.3
Registered electors		400
Liberal hold
Bold indicates the candidate was elected. ^* indicates that the candidate was the incumbent councillor.

Notes

↑ This includes the Independent councillor for Lofthouse who gained a seat in a by-election in 1895.
↑ One seat was lost in Lofthouse 1895 by-election.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 The source is from years later so Nichols party affiliation may have changed.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 Party affiliation is from either the 1896 Rothwell Times or sources from previous election results, unless noted otherwise. ±% is based on individual candidates, not parties, except for the new Liberal candidate in the North ward.
↑ Stead's party affiliation was Labour in the prior election, however the Rothwell Times 1896 describes the Stead and Ward splitting the vote so the I.L.P could gain the seat.
↑ The source is from years later so Nichols party affiliation may have changed.

References

↑ (Rothwell Times, 1896a)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 (Skyrack Courier, 1902)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 ^3.7 ^3.8 ^3.9 (Rothwell Times, 1896b)

Rothwell Times (1896a) ‘The Elections’, 20 March. Available at: https://archive.org/details/rothwelltimes1896complete/page/n13
Rothwell Times (1896b) ‘The Elections’, 3 April. Available at: https://archive.org/details/rothwelltimes1896complete/page/n15
Skyrack Courier (1902) ‘Rothwell’, 22 March, p. 5.

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 Four of the council's five wards were contested, with Lofthouse-with Thorpe not having a poll owing to there being only one nominee. The independents had the most seats to defend, with three out of the five wards, and lost one, the South ward, to the Independent Labour Party. The Liberals retained both of their seats.
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