Liverpool City Council election, 1920
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1920.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Nine of the thirty-eight seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 54 | +1 | 26 | 80 | |
Liberal | ?? | -3 | ?? | 25 | |
Irish Nationalist | ?? | +4 | ?? | 20 | |
Labour | 18 | -2 | 2 | 20 | |
Independent | ?? | +1 | ?? | 3 | |
Co-operative | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | |||||||||
Liberal | |||||||||
Irish Nationalist | |||||||||
Labour | |||||||||
Independent | |||||||||
Co-operative Party |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 19?? election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 19??.
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Francis William Bailey | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
[[|N/A]] hold | Swing |
Aigburth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert Edward Jacob | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Allerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philip Nelson | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
[[|N/A]] win (new seat) |
Anfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Owen Thomas | 3,445 | 75% | ||
Labour | James Peter Redish | 1,149 | 25% | ||
Majority | 2,296 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,707 | ||||
Turnout | 4,594 | 53% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Griffiths * | 3,859 | '73% | ||
Labour | Albert Nicholas Denaro | 1,398 | 27% | ||
Majority | 2,461 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,427 | ||||
Turnout | 5,257 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Lawrence King | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Cookson | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Childwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt | 491 | 66% | ||
Labour | John Mouat Robertson | 250 | 34% | ||
Majority | 241 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,207 | ||||
Turnout | 741 | 34% | |||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Dingle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Dalton Flood * | 5,214 | 75% | ||
Labour | William McIntosh Wright | 1,751 | 25% | ||
Majority | 3,463 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,212 | ||||
Turnout | 6,965 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Charles Williams | 4,333 | 67% | ||
Labour | Bernard Louis Myer | 2,153 | 33% | ||
Majority | 2,180 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,416 | ||||
Turnout | 6,486 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ellis | 3,736 | 56% | ||
Labour | James Whittaker | 2,931 | 44% | ||
Majority | 805 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,672 | ||||
Turnout | 6,667 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Henry Granby | 907 | 52% | ||
Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring * | 829 | 48% | ||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,672 | ||||
Turnout | 1,736 | 65% | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Hughes * | 3,455 | 75% | ||
Co-operative Party | Edmund Rose | 1,154 | 25% | ||
Majority | 2,301 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,949 | ||||
Turnout | 4,609 | 52% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Leitch sen. | 870 | 66% | ||
Labour | John Williams | 452 | 34% | ||
Majority | 418 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,577 | ||||
Turnout | 1,322 | 51% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Garston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joshua Burrows | 2,287 | 61% | ||
Labour | William Henry Paulson & | 1,468 | 39% | ||
Majority | 819 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,187 | ||||
Turnout | 3,755 | 72% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Granby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | William Grogan | 1,766 | 65% | ||
Liberal | Samuel Skelton * | 955 | 35% | ||
Majority | 811 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,875 | ||||
Turnout | 2,721 | 70% | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Kensington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Ashworth * | 4,174 | 65% | ||
Labour | William Burnett Smithwick | 2,280 | 35% | ||
Majority | 1,894 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,212 | ||||
Turnout | 6,454 | 63% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John George Paris * | 5,486 | 70% | ||
Labour | Frederick Jones | 2,396 | 30% | ||
Majority | 3,090 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,288 | ||||
Turnout | 7,882 | 55% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Henry Mitchell | 3,309 | 61% | ||
Labour | James Hamblett Johnstone | 2,086 | 39% | ||
Majority | 1,223 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,454 | ||||
Turnout | 5,395 | 57% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Much Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Harrison | 756 | 63% | ||
Labour | Charles Jabez Edwards | 438 | 37% | ||
Majority | 318 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,585 | ||||
Turnout | 1,194 | 75% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ball * | 4,042 | 73% | ||
Labour | John Archibald Metcalfe | 1,481 | 27% | ||
Majority | 2,561 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,349 | ||||
Turnout | 5,523 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | William John Loughrey | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan | 3,617 | 69% | ||
Labour | John Edward Sunners | 1,599 | 31% | ||
Majority | 2,018 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,945 | ||||
Turnout | 5,216 | 52% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford * | 3,461 | 76% | ||
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 1,116 | 24% | ||
Majority | 2,345 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,211 | ||||
Turnout | 4,577 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James William Baker | 2,780 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Alfred Gates * | 2,243 | 45% | ||
Majority | 537 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,321 | ||||
Turnout | 1,092 | 60% | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Alfred Durkin | 2,563 | 74% | ||
Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter * | 918 | 26% | ||
Majority | 1,645 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,977 | ||||
Turnout | 3,481 | 50% | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Domingo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Edward Backhouse | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lawrence Durning Holt * | 991 | 91% | ||
Irish Nationalist | James Friery | 101 | 9% | ||
Majority | 890 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,607 | ||||
Turnout | 1,092 | 42% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Cory Dixon | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson * | 2,944 | 86% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor | 460 | 14% | ||
Majority | 2,484 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,607 | ||||
Turnout | 3,404 | 61% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
South Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | David Gilbert Logan | 2,611 | 54% | ||
Labour | Henry Gaskin | 2,252 | 46% | ||
Majority | 359 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,036 | ||||
Turnout | 4,863 | 61% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James O'Hare * | 1,234 | 69% | ||
Liberal | John Bennion | 542 | 31% | ||
Majority | 692 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,494 | ||||
Turnout | 1,776 | 51% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Miller Platt * | 4,296 | 74% | ||
Labour | Robert Joseph McDonnell | 1,502 | 26% | ||
Majority | 2,794 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,661 | ||||
Turnout | 5,798 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Albert Thompson * | 3,540 | 78% | ||
Co-operative Party | Mrs. Jessie Ann Daniels | 982 | 22% | ||
Majority | 2,558 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,521 | ||||
Turnout | 4,552 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Langton Beckwith * | 3,793 | 68% | ||
Labour | Robert Tissyman | 1,795 | 32% | ||
Majority | 1,998 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,456 | ||||
Turnout | 5,588 | 59% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Haig * | 3,303 | 67% | ||
Labour | Albert Edward Johns | 1,612 | 33% | ||
Majority | 1,691 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,040 | ||||
Turnout | 4,915 | 61% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick William Riley | 3,755 | 71% | ||
Labour | Joseph Smith | 1,550 | 29% | ||
Majority | 2,205 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,923 | ||||
Turnout | 5,305 | 59% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1920, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired[8].
The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1920 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP * | Breckfield | |
Conservative | William Boote * | Princes Park | |
Conservative | Edward James Chevalier JP * | Old Swan | |
Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite JP * | Anfield | |
Liberal | John Lamport Eills JP * | South Scotland | |
Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant JP * | Warbreck | |
Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | North Scotland | |
Conservative | James Heald JP * | Much Woolton | |
Liberal | Joseph Harrison Jones | Exchange | |
Liberal | John Lea JP * | St. Domingo | |
Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey * | Vauxhall | |
Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King JP * | Sandhills | |
Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson JP * | Aigburth | |
Conservative | Esward Russell-Taylor JP * | Brunswick | |
Conservative | Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge KBE * | Abercromby | |
Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine JP * | Sefton Park West | |
Liberal | Frederick Smith JP * | Castle Street | |
Liberal | William Henry Watts * | St. Anne's | |
Aldermanic Election 2 March 1921
Caused by the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913[16] on 17 January 1921, which was reported to the Council on 19 January 1921[17].
In his place, Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[18] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 2 March 1921.
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford JP | No. 25 Walton | 1923 | |
Aldermanic Election 6 April 1921
Caused by the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1920)[21], in whose place Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[22] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 6 April 1921.
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Max Muspratt JP | No. 36 Much Woolton | 1926 | |
Aldermanic Election 27 July 1921
Caused by the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1914)[26] on 19 May 1921[27], in whose place Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920)[28], Fine Art Dealer of 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 27 July 1921.
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John George Paris | No. 15 Sefton Park East | 1923 | |
By-elections
No. 14 Granby, 23 November 1920
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Harrison Jones (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1918) [32] by the Council on 9 November 1920
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
No. 13 Princes Park, 13 December 1920
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbonr (Liberal, Princes Park, elected 1 November 1911([34] which was reported to the Council on 1 December 1920[33].
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Beavan JP | 1,883 | 79% | ||
Thomas Griffith | 489 | 21% | |||
Majority | 1,035 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,372 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921
Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[18] as an alderman on 2 March 1921[19] [20], following the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1913[36]) on 17 January 1921
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Lowry Burns | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
No. 4 Vauxhall
Caused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[22] on 6 April 1921, following the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1920)[21][23][24][25].
No. 24 Kirkdale 8 August 1921
Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920)[28] on 27 July 1921, following the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1914)[26] on 19 May 1921[27]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Archibald Gordon Gullan | 3,839 | % | |||
Frederick Jones | 1,450 | % | |||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | % | ||||
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
No. 7 Castle Street 28 September 1921
Caused by the death of Councillor Frank Ambrose Goodwin (Conservative, Castle Street, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919)[38] on 14 July 1921[39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
- Liverpool City Council
- Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
- Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
- Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
- History of local government in England
References
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 front page". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 1". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 2". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 3". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 4". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool Post and Mercury 2 November 1920
- ↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1920
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 7". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 6". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 7". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 8". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 9". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 11". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 12". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 205". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Princes Park
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 261". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 262". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
- 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1914#Vauxhall
- 1 2 3 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 300". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 301". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 302". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1914#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1914
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 373". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Kirkdale
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 428". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 429". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 430". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Granby
- 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 88". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1911#Princes Park
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 146". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 450". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Castle Street
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 427". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 464". Retrieved 18 July 2017.