1926 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1926.

One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.

Six of the thirty-eight seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party Councillors   ±   Aldermen Total
Conservative 68 -3 28 96
Labour 18 +6 0 18
Catholic 15 -3 5 20
Liberal 7 0 5 12
Protestant 2 -1 0 2
Independent 2 0 0 2

Election result[edit]

Liverpool Local Election Result 1926
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 20 41.1% 49,572
  Labour 7 44.2% 53,330
  Catholic 6 7.5% 9,027
  Liberal 4 3.0% 3,578
  Independent 1 2.1% 2,581
  Constitutionalist and Protestant 0 0 1 -1 0% 1.6% 1,883
  Co-operative Party 0 0.25% 307
  Ex-Service 0 0.18% 214
  Communist 0 0.027% 32

Ward results[edit]

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1923 election results.

Abercromby[edit]

No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cuthbert Frederick Francis * 1,899 60%
Labour Samuel Sydney Silverman 1,263 40%
Majority 636
Registered electors 8,221
Turnout 3,162 38%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth[edit]

No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Layfield unopposed
Registered electors 5,831
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton[edit]

No. 35 Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William James Austin * 674 63%
Liberal William Murphy 395 37%
Majority 279
Registered electors 2,619
Turnout 1,069 41%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield[edit]

No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Gates * 2,036 42%
Conservative Albert Morrow 1,620 34%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary 1,167 24%
Majority 416
Registered electors 9,663
Turnout 4,828 50%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield[edit]

No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Herbert Edward Rose 1,977 51%
Constitutionalist & Protestant Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom * 1,883 49%
Majority 94
Registered electors 9,846
Turnout 3,860 39%
Labour gain from Protestant Swing

Brunswick[edit]

No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic Lawrence King * unopposed
Registered electors 8,570
Catholic hold Swing

Castle Street[edit]

No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Richard Rutherford unopposed
Registered electors 12,593
Swing

Childwall[edit]

No. 38 Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt * 674 59%
Labour Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton 356 31%
Liberal James Whiteside 104 9%
Majority 318
Registered electors 1,795
Turnout 1,134 63%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

N.B Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt had crossed the floor from the Liberals to the Conservatives since being elected under the Liberal ticket in 1923.

Dingle[edit]

No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood * 3,842 52%
Labour John Henry Roberts Latham 3,589 48%
Majority 253
Registered electors 14,497
Turnout 7,431 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill[edit]

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Smith 3,315 59%
Conservative Miss Essie Ruth Conway 2,340 41%
Majority 975
Registered electors 12,679
Turnout 5,655 45%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Everton[edit]

No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frederick Thomas Richardson 4,028 63%
Conservative John Ellis * 2,411 37%
Majority 1,617
Registered electors 12,782
Turnout 6,439 50%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Exchange[edit]

No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic Miss Alice McCormick * 709 77%
Ex-Services Albert Edward Price 214 23%
Majority 495
Registered electors 2,758
Turnout 923 33%
Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

Fairfield[edit]

No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Barry * 2,261 60%
Labour Victor Harold Edgar Baker 1,483 40%
Majority 778
Registered electors 9,457
Turnout 3,744 40%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Fazakerley[edit]

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Harwood Letheren * 868 67%
Labour Richard Austin Rockliff 418 33%
Majority 450
Registered electors 3,070
Turnout 1,286 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston[edit]

No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Case * 1,776 52%
Labour James Lawrenson 1,616 48%
Majority 160
Registered electors 6,287
Turnout 3,392 54%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby[edit]

No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * 2,581 62%
Conservative Kenneth Thorley Graham 1,587 38%
Majority 994
Registered electors 9,360
Turnout 4,168 45%
Independent hold Swing

Great George[edit]

No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic William Grogan * 1,075 57%
Labour John Loughlin 816 43%
Majority 259
Registered electors 4,694
Turnout 1,891 40%
Catholic gain from Swing

Kensington[edit]

No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Ashworth * 2,308 50.4%
Labour John Kay 2,268 49.6%
Majority 40
Registered electors 10,874
Turnout 4,576 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale[edit]

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan * 2,889 51%
Labour Frederick Jones 2,481 44%
Co-operative Party Frederick Thomas John Evans 307 5%
Majority 408
Registered electors 15,874
Turnout 5,677 36%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill[edit]

No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Joseph McEntegart 2,789 54%
Conservative William John Acheson 2,388 46%
Majority 401
Registered electors 10,391
Turnout 5,177 50%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Much Woolton[edit]

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Francis Roskell Reynolds * 600 69%
Labour William Henry Paulson 271 31%
Majority 329
Registered electors 1,735
Turnout 871 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield[edit]

No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Chadwick 3,341 58%
Conservative William Edward McLaclan * 2,380 42%
Majority 961
Registered electors 11,808
Turnout 5,721 48%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

North Scotland[edit]

No. 2 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Albert Robinson 2,328 57%
Catholic Rev. Thomas Joseph Rigby 1,780 43%
Majority 548
Registered electors 8,182
Turnout 4,108 50%
Labour gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

Old Swan[edit]

No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan * 2,195 61%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd 1,429 39%
Majority 766
Registered electors 12,279
Turnout 3,624 30%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park[edit]

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Wood * 2,431 58%
Labour William Jones 1,757 42%
Majority 674
Registered electors 9,410
Turnout 4,188 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills[edit]

No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic James William Baker * 1,790 51%
Conservative Thomas Henry.Dunford 1,737 49%
Majority 53
Registered electors 8,996
Turnout 3,527 39%
Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

St. Anne's[edit]

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maurice Eschwege 2,932 73%
Catholic Patrick Alfred Durkin * 1,051 26%
Communist John Nield 32 0.8%
Majority 1,881
Registered electors 8,639
Turnout 4,015 47%
Labour gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

St. Domingo[edit]

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse * 2,128 50.5%
Labour John Hamilton 2,087 49.5%
Majority 41
Registered electors 11,118
Turnout 4,215 38%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's[edit]

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt * unopposed
Registered electors 2,931
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East[edit]

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Cory Dixon * unopposed
Registered electors 8,727
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West[edit]

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank Cambell Wilson * unopposed
Registered electors 5,944
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland[edit]

No. 3 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic John Gerald Murphy * 1,673 52%
Labour Joseph Harrington 1,523 48%
Majority 150
Registered electors 8,544
Turnout 3,196 37%
Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

Vauxhall[edit]

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Catholic Dr.Percy Hayes * 949 71%
Labour Henry Hayes 386 29%
Majority 563
Registered electors 3,756
Turnout 1,335 36%
Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

Walton[edit]

No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Miller Platt * 2,596 56%
Labour Thomas Herbert Pye 2,009 44%
Majority 587
Registered electors 13,819
Turnout 4,605 33%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck[edit]

No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Jude 2,348 61%
Labour Francis Lavery 1,509 39%
Majority 839
Registered electors 11,450
Turnout 3,857 34%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree[edit]

No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Langton Beckwith * 2,495 63%
Labour William Sidney Dytor 1,466 37%
Majority 1,029
Registered electors 12,100
Turnout 3,961 33%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West[edit]

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Haigh * 1,697 44%
Labour Frederick Stapleton 1,085 28%
Liberal John Richard Hobhouse 1,043 27%
Majority 612
Registered electors 8,499
Turnout 3,825 45%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby[edit]

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Henry Young 3,165 62%
Labour George Henry Boothman 1,904 38%
Majority 1,261
Registered electors 14,607
Turnout 5,069 35%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Aldermanic Elections[edit]

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926[edit]

18 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1926 for a term of six years.

  • - re-elected aldermen.
Party Alderman
Conservative Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. *
Catholic James Bolger *
Labour Thomas Burke JP *
Conservative Robert Lowry Burns JP *
Conservative Henry Alexander Cole JP *
Conservative James Conrad Cross JP *
Liberal John Lamport Eills JP
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant JP *
Catholic Austin Harford JP *
Unionist Albert Edward Jacob JP MP *
Liberal John Lea JP *
Liberal Richard Robert Meade-King JP *
Conservative Sir Max Muspratt Bart. *
Liberal Herbert Reynolds Rathbone JP *
Conservative Edward Russell-Taylor JP *
Conservative The Right Hon. Archibald Tutton James Salvidge PC KBE *
Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine JP *
Liberal Frederick Smith JP *

[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Aldermanic Elections 2 March 1927[edit]

Because Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. refused the offer of the office of Alderman,[18] Councillor Edward West (Liberal, Warbreck, elected unopposed 1 November 1924)[19] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 2 March 1927[20] [21]

Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927
Party Name Votes Percentage
Liberal Councillor Edward West 46 98%
Labour Councillor James Sexton CBE MP 1 2%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

Following the death of Alderman John Lea (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926[22] on 26 January 1927,[23] a poll of councillors was held to elect a replacement :

Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927
Party Name Votes Percentage
Labour Councillor James Sexton CBE MP 42 72%
Labour Councillor Luke Hogan 15 26%
Liberal Alderman Edward West 1 2%

[21] [24]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

Aldermanic Election 5 October 1927[edit]

Because Councillor James Sexton CBE MP refused the office of alderman, (to which he was elected by the councillors on 2 March 1927), which was reported to the council on 6 April 1927[25]

Councillor Luke Hogan (Labour, Brunswick, elected 1 November 1924)[26] was elected as an alderman by a poll of the councillors on 5 October 1927.[27][28][29]

Aldermanic Election 2 March 1927
Party Name Votes Percentage
Labour Councillor Luke Hogan 36 97%
Protestant Councillor John Walker 1 3%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.

By-elections[edit]

No. 19 Kensington, 14 December 1926[edit]

Following the death of Councillor Henry Baxter (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1924)[30] on 10 November 1926,[18]

No. 19 Kensington 14 December 1926
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ambrose Fry 2,688 51%
Labour John Kay 2,618 49%
Majority 70
Registered electors 10,874
Turnout 5,306 47%
Conservative hold Swing

[31]

No. 26 Warbreck, 22 March 1927[edit]

Caused by Councillor Edward West (Liberal, Warbreck, elected unopposed 1 November 1924)[19] being elected by the councillors as an alderman on 2 March 1927[20][21] because Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L. refused the offer of the office of Alderman.[18]

No. 26 Warbreck 22 March 1927
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hill 2,165 64%
Labour Francis Lavery 1,023 36%
Majority 1,142
Registered electors 11,450
Turnout 3,188 28%
Conservative hold Swing

[25] [32]

No. 37 Garston, 17 May 1927[edit]

Caused by the death of Councillor Edmund Robert Thompson (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1925)[33] on 22 April 1927.[34]

No. 37 Garston 17 May 1927
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Williams 1,731 51%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary 1,684 49%
Majority 47
Registered electors 6,287
Turnout 3,415 54%
Conservative hold Swing

[35] [36]

No. 37 Garston, 23 June 1927[edit]

Caused by the death of Councillor George Atkin (Conservative, Garston, elected 1 November 1924)[37] on 24 May 1927.[35]

No. 37 Garston 23 June 1927
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wrake Turner 1,841 46%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary 1,827 46%
Liberal Neil Norman McKinnon 335 8%
Majority 14
Registered electors 6,287
Turnout 4,003 64%
Conservative hold Swing

[38] [39] [40] [41]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 front page". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 1". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 2". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 3". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 4". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1926
  7. ^ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1926
  8. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (1)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  9. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (2)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post & Mercury 1926.10.20 (3)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 6". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 7". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 8". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 9". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 10". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 11". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 12". Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  19. ^ a b 1924 Liverpool City Council election#Warbreck
  20. ^ a b Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 224.
  21. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 225". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  22. ^ 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1926
  23. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 178". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  24. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1925-1926 page 162". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  25. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 266". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  26. ^ 1924 Liverpool City Council election#Brunswick
  27. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 510". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  28. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 511". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  29. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 512". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  30. ^ 1924 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington
  31. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 128". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  32. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 267". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  33. ^ 1925 Liverpool City Council election#Garston
  34. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 322". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  35. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 370". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  36. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 371". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  37. ^ 1924 Liverpool City Council election#Garston
  38. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 404". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  39. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (1)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  40. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (2)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  41. ^ "(Liverpool) Daily Post and Mercury 24 June 1927 (3)". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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