Liverpool City Council elections 1919
1919 Liverpool City Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Liverpool_City_Council.svg.png)
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36 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 36 wards 73 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority |
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1919.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Ten of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 54 | -9 | 26 | 80 |
| Liberal | 22 | -2 | 6 | 28 |
| Labour | 20 | +10 | 0 | 20 |
| Irish Nationalist | 13 | +1 | 3 | 16 |
| Independent | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1919 Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 14 | 1 | 10 | -9 | 38% | 46% | 43,994 | |
| Labour | 10 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 29% | 34% | 32,751 | |
| Liberal | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8.8% | 8.5% | 8,232 | |
| Irish Nationalist | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 3.5% | 3,538 | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
Note there was one new seat.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 9 Abercromby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Edwin Thompson * | 1,439 | 58% | |
| S. & S. | John Bennie Baillie | 1,038 | 42% | |
Majority | 401 | | |
Registered electors | 6,521 | | |
Turnout | 2,477 | 38% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Morley Miller | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Allerton, Childwall & Little Woolton
No. 35 Allerton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Stanley Rimmer | 572 | 42% | |
| Liberal | Charles James Williamson | 463 | 34% | |
| Labour | William Richard Blair | 315 | 23% | |
Majority | 109 | | |
Registered electors | 2,202 | | |
Turnout | 1,350 | 61% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Anfield
No. 29 Anfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Thompson Holliday | 1,294 | 36% | |
| Conservative | Jane Ellen Richardson | 1,276 | 35% | |
| Liberal | William Owen Thomas * | 1,030 | 29% | |
Majority | 18 | | |
Registered electors | 8,706 | | |
Turnout | 3,600 | 41% | |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Breckfield
No. 30 Breckfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Henry Alfred Booth | 2,296 | 55% | |
| Conservative | Alfred Griffiths * | 1,873 | 45% | |
Majority | 423 | | |
Registered electors | 9,269 | | |
Turnout | 4,169 | 45% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Brunswick
No. 11 Brunswick Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | John Alfred Kelly * | 2,403 | 74% | |
| Conservative | Margaret Mason | 857 | 26% | |
Majority | 1,546 | | |
Registered electors | 7,261 | | |
Turnout | 3,260 | 45% | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Castle Street
No. 7 Castle Street Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank Ambrose Goodwin | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dingle
No. 12 Dingle Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | William Wallace Kelly * | 3,594 | 66% | |
| Labour | William John Daniel | 1,869 | 34% | |
Majority | 1,725 | | |
Registered electors | 12,830 | | |
Turnout | 5,463 | 43% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Edge Hill
No. 18 Edge Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Charles Burden | 2,527 | 53% | |
| Conservative | Daniel Charles Williams * | 2,240 | 47% | |
Majority | 287 | | |
Registered electors | 11,058 | | |
Turnout | 4,767 | 43% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Everton
No. 21 Everton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Henry Walker | 2,974 | 63% | |
| Conservative | Charles Edward Pugh * | 1,784 | 37% | |
Majority | 1,190 | | |
Registered electors | 11,010 | | |
Turnout | 4,758 | 43% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Peter Kavanagh | 955 | 66% | |
| Conservative | Perring Thomas Stolterfoht * | 486 | 34% | |
Majority | 469 | | |
Registered electors | 2,549 | | |
Turnout | 1,441 | 57% | |
| Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Fairfield
No. 31 Fairfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Joseph Lucas | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Fazakerley
No. 27 Fazakerley Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Frank Quayle | 701 | 58% | |
| Labour | Albert Nicholas Denaro | 506 | 42% | |
Majority | 195 | | |
Registered electors | 2,421 | | |
Turnout | 1,207 | 50% | |
| Conservative win (new seat) |
Garston
No. 37 Garston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Henry Dutton | 1,458 | 45% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Tushingham * | 1,419 | 44% | |
| S & S | John George Baker | 378 | 12% | |
Majority | 39 | | |
Registered electors | 5,114 | | |
Turnout | 3,255 | 64% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Granby
Great George
No. 10 Great George Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Owen Ruddin | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Kensington
Kirkdale
No. 24 Kirkdale Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Robert Garnett Sheldon * | 2,971 | 49% | |
| Labour | Samuel Mason | 2,813 | 46% | |
| Liberal | Joseph Edward Freeman | 340 | 6% | |
Majority | 158 | | |
Registered electors | 14,107 | | |
Turnout | 6,124 | 43% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Low Hill
No. 20 Low Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Thomas Joseph Rowan | 1,872 | 44% | |
| Conservative | Francis William Bailey * | 1,729 | 40% | |
| Liberal | Joseph Masterson | 672 | 16% | |
Majority | 143 | | |
Registered electors | 8,947 | | |
Turnout | 4,273 | 48% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Netherfield
No. 22 Netherfield Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | John Walker * | 2,109 | 76% | |
| Coalition Labour | William Edward McLachlan | 649 | 24% | |
Majority | 1,460 | | |
Registered electors | 10,152 | | |
Turnout | 2,758 | 27% | |
| Independent hold | Swing | | |
North Scotland
No. 2 North Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | John Clancy | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Old Swan
No. 32 Old Swan Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Herbert Edward Rose | 2,162 | 50.4% | |
| Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton * | 2,126 | 49.6% | |
Majority | 36 | | |
Registered electors | 9,548 | | |
Turnout | 4,288 | 45% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Prince's Park
No. 13 Prince's Park Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Jackson * | 2,365 | 64% | |
| Labour | John Hayes | 1,330 | 36% | |
Majority | 1,035 | | |
Registered electors | 7,765 | | |
Turnout | 3,695 | 48% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
St. Anne's
No. 6 St. Anne's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Philip Durning Holt | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Thomas White * | 1,991 | 52% | |
| Liberal | William Sydney Shaw | 1,831 | 48% | |
Majority | 160 | | |
Registered electors | 9,920 | | |
Turnout | 3,822 | 39% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St. Peter's
No. 8 St. Peter's Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Henry Alexander Cole * | 743 | 62% | |
| Labour | Edward Fergus | 451 | 38% | |
Majority | 292 | | |
Registered electors | 2,549 | | |
Turnout | 1,194 | 47% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park East
No. 15 Sefton Park East Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Arnold Rushton | 2,261 | 53% | |
| Liberal | John Parry Edwards * | 1,302 | 31% | |
| Co-operative Party | Annie Billinge | 695 | 16% | |
Majority | 959 | | |
Registered electors | 8,104 | | |
Turnout | 4,258 | 53% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Herbert Reynolds Rathbone * | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
South Scotland
No. 3 South Scotland Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | John O'Shea | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Vauxhall
No. 4 Vauxhall Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas Burke | unopposed | | |
Registered electors | | | |
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | | |
Walton
No. 25 Walton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Sydney Appleton Kelly * | 3,177 | 55% | |
| Labour | Mercer Curtis | 2,642 | 45% | |
Majority | 535 | | |
Registered electors | 11,292 | | |
Turnout | 5,819 | 52% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warbreck
Wavertree
No. 34 Wavertree Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Peter Gill * | 2,305 | 54% | |
| Labour | Albert Edward Johns | 1,955 | 46% | |
Majority | 350 | | |
Registered electors | 9.065 | | |
Turnout | 4,260 | 47% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | William Augustus Colcutt | 1,856 | 50.3% | |
| Conservative | John Glynn * | 1,837 | 49.7% | |
Majority | 19 | | |
Registered electors | 7,653 | | |
Turnout | 3,693 | 48% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Walter Percy Helm | 1,542 | 41% | |
| Conservative | Albert James Muskett | 1,294 | 34% | |
| Independent | Thomas Utley | 957 | 25% | |
Majority | 248 | | |
Registered electors | 8,376 | | |
Turnout | 3,793 | 45% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Aldermanic Elections 10 November 1919
Caused by the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)[17][18]
In his place, Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)[19] Postal Official of 10 Fairfield Street, Liverpool was elected by the council as an alderman on 10 November 1919.[20][21]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| Labour | Frederick Thomas Richardson | No. 21 Everton | 1923 |
On 10 November 1919, Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)[22] Trades Union Official of 13 St. Andrew Road, was elected by the council as the first alderman for the Fazakerley ward[21] .[23]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| Labour | William Albert Robinson | No. 27 Fazakerley | 1923 |
Aldermanic Election 7 July 1920
Caused by the resignation of Alderman Robert Stephen Porter (Conservative, appointed by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1916),[24] which was reported to the council on 5 May 1920[25]
In his place, Councillor John George Moyles JP (Party?, ward?, elected?) of 2 Bedford Road, Walton was elected, by the council as an alderman on 7 July 1920[26] [27]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | John George Moyles JP | No. 34 Wavertree | 1923 |
By-elections
No. 18 Edge Hill, 26 November 1919
Caused by the election as an alderman, by the council of Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)[19] on 10 November 1919,[20][21] following the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)[17][18]
No. 18 Edge Hill Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Samuel Mason | 2,759 | 52% | |
| | Daniel Charles Williams | 2,516 | 48% | |
Majority | 243 | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 5,275 | | |
| | Swing | | |
[28] [29]
No. 37 Garston, 26 November 1919
Caused by the election, by the council, as an alderman on 10 November 1919 of Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914).[22][21][23]
No. 37 Garston Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Albert Elijah Beavan | 1,977 | 51% | |
| | Thomas Tushingham | 1,879 | 49% | |
Majority | | | |
Registered electors | | | |
Turnout | 3,856 | | |
| | Swing | | |
[29] [30]
No. 24 Sefton Park West
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Herbert Reynolds Rathbone (Liberal, elected unopposed 1 November 1919)[31] which was reported to the council on 7 July 1920.[26]
See also
References
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 front page". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 1". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 2". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (1)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (3)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (4)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (5)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (6)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (7)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (8)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (10)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (2)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (3)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (4)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (5)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (6)". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1913 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1918-1919 page 393". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1914 Liverpool City Council election#Edge Hill
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 5". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 6". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1914 Liverpool City Council election#Garston
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 7". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ 1914 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Appointments 9 November 1916
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 382". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 464". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 465". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 78". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 79". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 80". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Sefton Park West
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