More from 1894

[Pete Whitehead]

Jun 29, 2020 16:13:35 GMT ColinJ said:

As I have stirred up interest in another thread, here we have......

Kingsbury ward, Wembley UDC, December 1894.

141 electors, 105 voted, T'out 74.5%

Thomas S. Anderson    70    elected        (gentleman)
Dr. Arthur C. White       57    elected
James Pocock                52    elected

Thomas Goddard          45                          (wine and spirit merchant)
Benjamin J. Wyand       28
Charles J. Mitchell         26

Anderson, White and Pocock were the candidate's of White's party.

So far I have not found the result for Kingsbury's first election in its own right as a UDC; polling was on 12 April 1900, delayed from the usual day for district elections by the late arrival of paperwork confirming the formation of the new UDC.

Do you have results from the latter part of the period when Kingsbury was a separate UDC?

[ColinJ]

Jun 29, 2020 16:15:39 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Jun 29, 2020 16:13:35 GMT ColinJ said:

As I have stirred up interest in another thread, here we have......

Kingsbury ward, Wembley UDC, December 1894.

141 electors, 105 voted, T'out 74.5%

Thomas S. Anderson    70    elected        (gentleman)
Dr. Arthur C. White       57    elected
James Pocock                52    elected

Thomas Goddard          45                          (wine and spirit merchant)
Benjamin J. Wyand       28
Charles J. Mitchell         26

Anderson, White and Pocock were the candidate's of White's party.

So far I have not found the result for Kingsbury's first election in its own right as a UDC; polling was on 12 April 1900, delayed from the usual day for district elections by the late arrival of paperwork confirming the formation of the new UDC.

Do you have results from the latter part of the period when Kingsbury was a separate UDC?

No, the result above was gathered today for the first time from the Hendon and Finchley Times on the BNA site. I'm trying to avoid getting distracted from preparation of my Revised Edition of 'Harrow Votes: 1894-1933', so I don't intend to pursue Kingsbury further for the time being!

[finsobruce]

Jun 29, 2020 16:15:39 GMT Pete Whitehead said:

Jun 29, 2020 16:13:35 GMT ColinJ said:

As I have stirred up interest in another thread, here we have......

Kingsbury ward, Wembley UDC, December 1894.

141 electors, 105 voted, T'out 74.5%

Thomas S. Anderson    70    elected        (gentleman)
Dr. Arthur C. White       57    elected
James Pocock                52    elected

Thomas Goddard          45                          (wine and spirit merchant)
Benjamin J. Wyand       28
Charles J. Mitchell         26

Anderson, White and Pocock were the candidate's of White's party.

So far I have not found the result for Kingsbury's first election in its own right as a UDC; polling was on 12 April 1900, delayed from the usual day for district elections by the late arrival of paperwork confirming the formation of the new UDC.

Do you have results from the latter part of the period when Kingsbury was a separate UDC?

I'm trying to find some more results with no luck so far, but I have found another account of a meeting which is, to say the least of it, dysfunctional.

[gwynthegriff]

Mar 27, 2020 19:04:03 GMT finsobruce said:

Bad news for gwynthegriff in Crewe. Thus speaks the Crewe Guardian 3rd November 1894

"The municipal elections at Crewe passed over on Thursday without any contests taking place. Of recent years such little interest has been evinced in municipal matters that if the local electors were not reminded of the fact that November 1st is associated with the election of members to act on the governing body of the town they would never trouble themselves about it. It is now no difficult matter for anyone to secure a seat on Crewe Town council , and while it would be much better for the interests of the town if the parties were more evenly balanced, I suppose we must,under the circumstances wait patiently for a revival of the good old times when noone could secure a seat on the local parliament without having to go through the ordeal of a contest".

Not really.

I'd take 6 Liberals and 1 Conservative elected unopposed quite happily thanks.

[finsobruce]

Ok (drum roll). Election result for Kingsbury UDC announced on Friday 13th April 1900. You might feel that date was an omen of things to come...

Mr Seabrook, the Returning Officer announced as elected the following :

Mr T S Anderson - Gentleman
Mr H Johnson - Licensed Victualler (of the Plough Inn, to be precise)
Mr C J Mitchell - Architect
Mr T Noad - Farmer
Mr H Ward - Dealer in Horses
Mr A C White - Doctor

Messrs Bannister, Pettinger, Brooks, Mason and Kidner had withdrawn. Anderson, Mitchell and White had previously represented the parish on Wembley UDC. It was stated that Hendon UDC were going to relieve Kingsbury of any sewage difficulty.

[ColinJ]

Jun 29, 2020 21:24:30 GMT finsobruce said:

Ok (drum roll). Election result for Kingsbury UDC announced on Friday 13th April 1900. You might feel that date was an omen of things to come...

Mr Seabrook, the Returning Officer announced as elected the following :

Mr T S Anderson - Gentleman
Mr H Johnson - Licensed Victualler (of the Plough Inn, to be precise)
Mr C J Mitchell - Architect
Mr T Noad - Farmer
Mr H Ward - Dealer in Horses
Mr A C White - Doctor

Messrs Bannister, Pettinger, Brooks, Mason and Kidner had withdrawn. Anderson, Mitchell and White had previously represented the parish on Wembley UDC. It was stated that Hendon UDC were going to relieve Kingsbury of any sewage difficulty.

Did you get the impression this was an unopposed return?

[finsobruce]

Jun 29, 2020 21:58:19 GMT ColinJ said:

Jun 29, 2020 21:24:30 GMT finsobruce said:

Ok (drum roll). Election result for Kingsbury UDC announced on Friday 13th April 1900. You might feel that date was an omen of things to come...

Mr Seabrook, the Returning Officer announced as elected the following :

Mr T S Anderson - Gentleman
Mr H Johnson - Licensed Victualler (of the Plough Inn, to be precise)
Mr C J Mitchell - Architect
Mr T Noad - Farmer
Mr H Ward - Dealer in Horses
Mr A C White - Doctor

Messrs Bannister, Pettinger, Brooks, Mason and Kidner had withdrawn. Anderson, Mitchell and White had previously represented the parish on Wembley UDC. It was stated that Hendon UDC were going to relieve Kingsbury of any sewage difficulty.

Did you get the impression this was an unopposed return?

It was once the others had withdrawn - although more will be heard of some of them later.....

[ColinJ]

I'm not entirely sure why, but I've gathered the results for the 1894 election to Willesden UDC. The District was divided into seven wards, six of which were contested. I shall also post the results in the Old UK Council forum for ease of reference there.

I am not entirely sure why the poll for Mid-Kilburn ward was not countermanded following the death of James Crook. Word seemed to have spread that it wasn't worth voting for him, he ended up bottom of the poll.  The sources are Willesden Chronicle, December 1894; Register of Electors, Harrow division, 1895.


CHURCH END (or North-West) WARD  -  1,320 electors

William Badger, artists’ colour manufacturer, (Independent & Progressive), 55
John Catt, shirt and collar dresser, dyer and cleaner,  254
Thomas Curtis, insurance agent,  269
William R. Dunn, artist,  322  -  ELECTED
Thomas Howes, carpenter,  236
William L. Morley, farmer,  294  -  ELECTED
Frederick S. Priest, auctioneer and surveyor,  299  -  ELECTED


HARLESDEN (or South-West) WARD  -  1,748 electors

Henry Brazell, commercial traveller,  136
Samuel R. Hutt, publisher’s assistant,  247
John Peck, wheelwright,  155
Charles Penny, gentleman,  510  -  ELECTED
Henry T. Reed, photographer,  523  -  ELECTED
William F. Saunderson, licensed victualler,  417
Henry J. Savory, engine driver,  136
Timothy Smith, builder and contractor,  586  -  ELECTED
Charles Ward, builder’s manager,  30


KENSAL GREEN (or South-Central) WARD   -  1,252 electors

Dr. John S. Crone, physician,  Unopp.
Charles Pinkham, builder,  Unopp.
Albert Toley, schoolmaster,  Unopp.


SOUTH KILBURN WARD  -  1,501 electors

James Birt, pawnbroker, salesman and jeweller, (Ratepayers’ Union),  416  -  ELECTED
Frederic Cornell, postman, (Labour),  164
William B. Luke, examiner in Exchequer and Audit Department,  342  -  ELECTED
Frederick S. Morris, leather seller, (Labour),  232
Henry J. Samuels, tailor, (Labour),  134
James Stewart, draper,  471  -  ELECTED


MID-KILBURN WARD  -  1,206 electors

Malachi Coombes, saddler,  203  -  ELECTED
James Crook, funeral contractor, (deceased),  58
Thomas W. Dobbins, gardener, (Labour)  -  Nomination Invalid
George Godson, gentleman,  187  -  ELECTED
James W. Hall, architect,  172
Henry E. Hooper, plumber, (Labour)  -  Nomination Invalid
Henry B. Murray, Baptist Minister,  167
Julian W. Richards, corn merchant,  205  -  ELECTED

Coombes, Hall and Murray sought election on a joint ‘ticket’, as did Crook, Godson and Richards.
“Only a few brief hours before the District was plunged into the thick of the fight over its first District Council, Mr. James Crook, a well-known member of the old Local Board, and a candidate for the District Council with Mr. J.W. Richards (also an old member), and Mr. G. Godson for Mid-Kilburn ward, breathed his last.”


NORTH KILBURN WARD  -  1,340 electors

James A. Adams, boot manufacturer,  362  -  ELECTED
Thomas Battrum, gentleman,  240
William S. Brooke, colonel in the army,  294
Walter Ginger, butcher,  514  -  ELECTED
Aaron E. Lyons, barrister-at-law,  240
William A. Pryor, joinery manufacturer,  299  -  ELECTED


WILLESDEN GREEN (or North-East) WARD  -  1,345 electors

William Badger, artists’ colour manufacturer, (Independent & Progressive),  39
Charles L. Biddiscombe, chemist, (Ratepayers’ Association),  255
Richard C. Vans Colina, captain,  34
Charles Cowley, builder,  364  -  ELECTED
William A. Finch, bricklayer,  123
Valentine N. Goldsmith, accountant, (Ratepayers’ Association),  197
William Grant Greig, solicitor and Parliamentary agent,  331  -  ELECTED
Andrew Hodges, joiner,  111
William Memory, gentleman,  239
George T. Monson, clerk,  159
Walter Woodley-Stocker, medical practitioner,  280  -  ELECTED
John G. Watson, gentleman, (Ratepayers’ Assocation),  91

Cowley, Grant Greig and Woodley-Stocker sought election on a joint ‘ticket’.

[swanarcadian]

Anyone familiar with Queensbury in Yorkshire will know it is legendary for its cold weather and high altitude (it is 1,100 feet above sea level, making it one of the highest settlements in England).  

The Halifax Evening Courier of Monday 7th April 1902, reporting on the results of the UDC election held two days earlier, reported: 

"The snowstorm greatly interfered with voters getting to the poll".

Having said that, the turnout didn't seem too bad.  They must have been a hardy lot.

The results:

3 seats

Elected:
*A Bairstow, coal merchant, Lib 568
*S Moore, leather merchant, Lib 505
RA Drake, schoolmaster, Con 394

Unsuccessful:
*A Howker, stuff merchant, Lib 387
D Carter, stone mason, Lib 355
J Chatburn, corn merchant, Ind 305
S Benn, builder 118

[neilm]

Stuff merchant would have been an old fashioned term even then, I'd have thought.

[finsobruce]

Aug 15, 2020 7:16:19 GMT neilm said:

Stuff merchant would have been an old fashioned term even then, I'd have thought.

I've found it recorded as late as the late 1930s/early 1940s but usually in obituaries and the publishing of wills. However I've found one reference in 1923 (Leeds Mercury) and I suspect they are others of a similar vintage.

The one in question referred to Mr W A G Walker, stuff merchant who the paper was noting as he had just made his 156th transatlantic crossing on business.

[David Ashforth]

Barnsley, Thursday 1st November 1894

‘It would be almost impossible to imagine anything quieter than the elections going on in Barnsley today’ - Sheffield Evening Telegraph

The Barnsley Chronicle doesn’t give the party affiliation of the unopposed candidates. The Sheffield Daily Telegraph does but for the two contested wards it gives different labels than the Chronicle. Who are Liberals to the Chronicle are Radicals to the Telegraph and who are Conservatives to the Chronicle are Independents to the Telegraph. 

But having used the label Independent rather than Conservative the Sheffield Daily Telegraph says ‘There are now 14 Radicals and 10 Conservatives on the Council, the Conservatives having gained two seats on the present election'. 

As a Conservative supporting newspaper it isn’t surprising that it would say Radical rather than Liberal but I was surprised that it would use Conservative and Independent seemingly interchangeably. 

East ward
John Harvey         (Lib) 264
James Henry Gration (Con) 262
                 Majority   2

Electorate: 650
Turnout:    528 (81.2%)
There were two spoiled ballots.

John Harvey was the retiring councillor seeking re-election and a tobacconist. James Gration was the former manager of the Wakefield and Barnsley Union bank on Church Street. The Barnsley Chronicle (Saturday 3rd November) wrote that ‘Mr. Gration… has not said much, having left the talking mainly to his friends… Mr. Harvey may have said things which were ill-advised but at least he has been consistent: Mr. Gration’s “friends” have been of that kind from whom one at times is forced to pray to be “saved”’.

North ward
Walter Dank (Con) – Unopposed

Mr. Dank was a builder and contractor.

South
Dr. M. C. Halton (Lib) – Unopposed

Dr. Halton was the Mayor this year.

South East ward
R. H. Holden (Lib-Lab)– Unopposed

South West ward
James Taylor (Lib-Lab)- Unopposed

West ward
Edmund John Freeman Rideal (Con) 513
Edward Thorne              (Lib) 406
                        Majority 107

Electorate: 1,183
Turnout:      921 (77.9%)
There was one spoiled ballot and one “unaccounted for”.

Mr. Rideal was a solicitor and Mr. Thorne a colliery checkweighman.

[David Ashforth]

Doncaster, Thursday 1st November 1894

I can’t find the party affiliations of any of the unopposed candidates but the Conservatives gained two seats in this election, according to the newspaper reports.

Central ward
George Smith (Con)      453
E. Ellis     (Lib)      256
N. Gyles     (Ind. Con) 186
               Majority 197

“Mr. Ellis, the defeated councillor, made an excitable speech, and talked of intimidation though his remarks were received with derision” - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 2 November

East Ward
Mr. Robinson - Unopposed

North ward
Mr. Birkinshaw – Unopposed

South ward
W. C. Wright  (Con) 431
R. M. Jackson (Lib) 332
           Majority  99

St. George’s ward
Mr. Brightmore – Unopposed

West ward
J. T. Spencer (Lib) 415
C. Wightman   (Lib) 340
           Majority  75

[David Ashforth]

Rotherham, Thursday 1st November 1894

Three of the candidates I have labelled ‘ILP’, this is what the Sheffield Independent said on election day:
‘Three of the candidates are brought out by the Rotherham and District Labour and Trades Council and the Independent Labour Party jointly’.

I can’t find the party affiliations of any for all of the unopposed candidates.

‘The results of the election make no change in the constitution of the council’ - Sheffield Independent, Friday 2 November. But that doesn’t make sense as Henry Marriott was the sitting councillor in Masborough ward so that must be an ILP gain. Unless it means that the ruling party hasn’t changed.

East ward
Wiliam M. Gichard (Lib) 987
W. B. Scott       (ILP) 481
               Majority 506
  
Electorate: 2,103
Turnout:    1,477 (70.2%)
There were 9 spoiled ballots.

Kimberworth ward
John Pearce (Con) - Unopposed

Masborough ward
G. H. Copley   (ILP) 617
Henry Marriott (Lib) 526
            Majority  91

Electorate: 1,815
Turnout:    1,148 (63.3%)
There were 5 spoiled ballots.

North ward
George Gummer  (Lib) 817
T. Hesketh     (ILP) 214
Oliver Barfoot (Ind)  27
            Majority 603

Electorate: 1,528
Turnout:    1,061 (69.4%)
There were 3 spoiled ballots.

‘Mr. Oliver Barfoot was greeted with derisive laughter. He also thanked the burgesses for their support – (“27” and laughter)’ - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 2 November

South ward
Edward Hickmott (Lib) - Unopposed

West ward
Henry R. Robinson - Unopposed

[finsobruce]

Nov 3, 2020 20:07:59 GMT David Ashforth said:

Rotherham, Thursday 1st November 1894

Three of the candidates I have labelled ‘ILP’, this is what the Sheffield Independent said on election day:
‘Three of the candidates are brought out by the Rotherham and District Labour and Trades Council and the Independent Labour Party jointly’.

I can’t find the party affiliations of any of the unopposed candidates.

‘The results of the election make no change in the constitution of the council’ - Sheffield Independent, Friday 2 November. But that doesn’t make sense as Henry Marriott was the sitting councillor in Masborough ward so that must be an ILP gain. Unless it means that the ruling party hasn’t changed.

East ward
Wiliam M. Gichard (Lib) 987
W. B. Scott       (ILP) 481
               Majority 506
  
Electorate: 2,103
Turnout:    1,477 (70.2%)
There were 9 spoiled ballots.

Kimberworth ward
John Pearce - Unopposed

Masborough ward
G. H. Copley   (ILP) 617
Henry Marriott (Lib) 526
            Majority  91

Electorate: 1,815
Turnout:    1,148 (63.3%)
There were 5 spoiled ballots.

North ward
George Gummer  (Lib) 817
T. Hesketh     (ILP) 214
Oliver Barfoot (Ind)  27
            Majority 603

Electorate: 1,528
Turnout:    1,061 (69.4%)
There were 3 spoiled ballots.

‘Mr. Oliver Barfoot was greeted with derisive laughter. He also thanked the burgesses for their support – (“27” and laughter)’ - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 2 November

South ward
Edward Hickmott - Unopposed

West ward
Henry R. Robinson - Unopposed

John Pearce's obituary in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph of January 11th 1899 notes that "in politics he was a Conservative". Originally a carting contractor he became the licensee of the Pigeon cote Hotel.

Edward Hickmott is noted as a Liberal in a report of the elections in 1888.

Henry R Robinson's obituary in 1921 notes that he was "prevailed upon" to stand for the council in 1894 and stood down after one term. Owner of a milling business (Rotherham's nickname is the Millers of course) and active in local Methodism would tend to indicate he was also a Liberal, but that isn't certain of course. I will try and pin it down further.

[warofdreams]

Nov 3, 2020 20:07:59 GMT David Ashforth said:

Rotherham, Thursday 1st November 1894

Three of the candidates I have labelled ‘ILP’, this is what the Sheffield Independent said on election day:
‘Three of the candidates are brought out by the Rotherham and District Labour and Trades Council and the Independent Labour Party jointly’.

I can’t find the party affiliations of any of the unopposed candidates.

‘The results of the election make no change in the constitution of the council’ - Sheffield Independent, Friday 2 November. But that doesn’t make sense as Henry Marriott was the sitting councillor in Masborough ward so that must be an ILP gain. Unless it means that the ruling party hasn’t changed.

East ward
Wiliam M. Gichard (Lib) 987
W. B. Scott       (ILP) 481
               Majority 506
  
Electorate: 2,103
Turnout:    1,477 (70.2%)
There were 9 spoiled ballots.

Kimberworth ward
John Pearce - Unopposed

Masborough ward
G. H. Copley   (ILP) 617
Henry Marriott (Lib) 526
            Majority  91

Electorate: 1,815
Turnout:    1,148 (63.3%)
There were 5 spoiled ballots.

North ward
George Gummer  (Lib) 817
T. Hesketh     (ILP) 214
Oliver Barfoot (Ind)  27
            Majority 603

Electorate: 1,528
Turnout:    1,061 (69.4%)
There were 3 spoiled ballots.

‘Mr. Oliver Barfoot was greeted with derisive laughter. He also thanked the burgesses for their support – (“27” and laughter)’ - Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Friday 2 November

South ward
Edward Hickmott - Unopposed

West ward
Henry R. Robinson - Unopposed

Copley founded the national enginemen's union the following year, and served as its general secretary for many years.

[David Ashforth]

Nov 3, 2020 20:15:53 GMT finsobruce said:

John Pearce's obituary in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph of January 11th 1899 notes that "in politics he was a Conservative". Originally a carting contractor he became the licensee of the Pigeon cote Hotel.

Thank you for that.

Edward Hickmott is noted as a Liberal in a report of the elections in 1888.

I only went back to 1891, I should have gone back another electoral cycle.

Henry R Robinson's obituary in 1921 notes that he was "prevailed upon" to stand for the council in 1894 and stood down after one term. Owner of a milling business (Rotherham's nickname is the Millers of course) and active in local Methodism would tend to indicate he was also a Liberal, but that isn't certain of course. I will try and pin it down further.

Excellent sleuthing!

[David Ashforth]

Handsworth Urban District (Sheffield), Saturday 15th December 1894

Elected
T. W. Cadman, J.P., Gentleman                   (C) 378
Stephen Bacon, Colliery Manager                 (L) 370
* C. E. Jeffcock, Mining Engineer and coalowner (C) 337
Arthur Bacon, Assistant Colliery Manager        (L) 324
* John Hessey, Grocer                           (L) 298
* Hargrave Walters, Colliery Manager            (C) 298
William Pye, Colliery Deputy                    (L) 272
William Roberts, School Master                  (C) 260
* Frank Haynes, Grocer                          (C) 254
* Thomas Haigh, Leather Merchant                (U) 231
Walter Young, Miner                             (L) 215
William Harding, Checkweighman                  (L) 210
George A. Herring, Mineral Water Manufacturer   (L) 191

Not Elected
* W. J. Hooley, Tailor                          (L) 168
William M. Drury, Miner                         (L) 155
* Hiram Shaw, Gentleman                         (C) 148
* George H. Mountcastle, Joiner and Builder     (?) 140
P. J. Birks, Auctioneer                         (C) 128
Samuel P. Keyworth, Butcher and farmer          (?) 125
* George Widdison, Gentleman                    (L) 123
Walter Earl, Iron Merchant                      (C) 113
W. J. Greenwood, Builder                        (C) 112
Charles F. Ward, Cutlery Manufacturer           (C)  92
Frank Tofield, Saw Manufacturer                 (C)  89
B. Calvert, Grocer                              (?)  87
T. R. Birks, Farmer                             (C)  86
Thomas Broadley, Tailer                         (L)  79
William Lilleker, Farmer                        (L)  64
Jonathan Castle, General Merchant               (L)  62

* Denotes member of the Local Board

[David Ashforth]

Stocksbridge Urban District, Saturday 15th December 1894

The Sheffield Independent labels two of the candidates as ‘L C’. Is it possible that a candidate would be adopted / endorsed by two political parties during this era? Or is it more likely to be a typing error?

Elected
Priam J. Hudson, Farmer                        (C)   464
Thomas E. Batty, Inn Keeper                    (C)   434
Issac Waterhouse, Farmer                       (C)   416
William R. Knight, Clerk                       (C)   384
Charles Macro Wilson, Solicitor                (C)   363
George Sampson, Builder                        (C)   338
Joseph Moxon, Manager                          (L)   329
Charles E. Marsden, Chemist                    (C)   318
Rev. Charles M. Potts, Clerk in Holy Orders    (C)   315
Benjamin Webster, Farmer                       (L C) 265
John Brearley, Mason                           (L)   248
Edward Bramley, School Master                  (C)   245

Not Elected
Henry Jones, School Master                     (L)   226
Rev. Henry Robertshaw, Congregational Minister (L)   209
Joseph Poole, Roll Turner                      (L)   183
Joe Helliwell, Wiredrawer                      (L)   180
Benjamin C. Gowing, Surgeon                    (C)   177
James W. Brearley, Grocer’s Assistant          (L)   172
John C. Kenworthy, Bookkeeper                  (L)   172
William Conyers, Stockkeeper                   (L)   164
Benjamin Batty, Farmer                         (C)   162
Isaiah Bagnall, Tyre Roller                    (L)   132
James B. Nichols, Inn Keeper                   (C)   129
James Thompson, Builder                        (L C) 121
Joseph Holling, Engine Tenter                  (L)   112
John Sampson, Mason                            (L)   112
Benjamin Couldwell, Gentleman                  (C)    79
Joe Hepworth, Stationer                        (L)    79
Fred Webster, Builder                          (?)    64
William Shaw, Quarryman                        (L)    40

[Davıd Boothroyd]

In this era, the local parties would sponsor some candidates but also individual people would announce their candidacy for the council and might get a party endorsement. They might therefore get more than one party's endorsement. There wasn't much formality around it.