Liverpool City Council election, 1921

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1921.

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

Eight of the thirty-seven seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative57+42483
Irish Nationalists20+3222
Labour12-6214
Coalition Liberal11+1314
Liberal5-349
Independent3003
Protestant1+101

[1] [2]

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1921
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 20 1 0 +1 54% 43% 51,639
  Irish Nationalist 6 1 0 +1 16% 7.8% 9,375
  Coalition Liberal 4 1 0 +1 11% 8% 9,607
  Liberal 3 0 0 0 8% 8% 9,582
  Labour 2 0 4 -4 5% 27% 32,927
  Protestant 1 1 0 +1 3% 2.5% 3,008
  Middle Class Union 0 0 0 0 0% 1.8% 2,168
  Communist 0 0 0 0 0% 1.1% 1,274
  Anti-Waste League 0 0 0 0 0% 1.1% 518
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0% 0.24% 283

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Thomas Roberts unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Ritchie 1,955 67%
Middle Class Union William James Austin 974 33%
Majority 981
Registered electors 4,612
Turnout 2,929 64%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * 1,950 41%
Conservative Albert Morrow 1,927 41%
Labour Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor 870 18%
Majority 23
Registered electors 9,246
Turnout 4,747 51%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton 3,811 75%
Labour William Smith 1,281 25%
Majority 2,530
Registered electors 9,624
Turnout 5,092 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Luke Hogan 2,171 59%
Conservative Ernest Edward Jacks 1,503 41%
Majority 668
Registered electors 7,576
Turnout 3,674 48%
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard George Hough unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Herbert John Davis * 479 69%
Labour John Mouat Robertson 214 31%
Majority 265
Registered electors 952
Turnout 693 73%
Conservative win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Pemberton Coslett unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Jude 3,364 52%
Labour Robert Tissyman 3,055 48%
Majority 309
Registered electors 11,652
Turnout 6,419 55%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Coalition Liberal Thomas Dugdale Stubbs 2,947 54%
Labour John Henry Naylor * 2,535 46%
Majority 412
Registered electors 11,768
Turnout 5,482 47%
Coalition Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist John Quinn 948 53%
Liberal Charles Sydney Jones * 840 47%
Majority 108
Registered electors 2,664
Turnout 1,788 67%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Dowd 2,566 55%
Liberal George Edward Travis 2,127 45%
Majority 439
Registered electors 9,140
Turnout 4,693 51%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Herbert Charters 901 64%
Labour Robert Watson 498 36%
Majority 403
Registered electors 2,411
Turnout 1,399 58%
Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Atkin 2,082 58%
Labour William Henry Paulson 1,525 42%
Majority 557
Registered electors 5,318
Turnout 3,607 68%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
James Waterworth unopposed
Registered electors
[[|N/A]] hold Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Thomas Joseph Marner 1,299 57%
Liberal William Henry Broad 703 31%
Independent George Henry Bennett 283 12%
Majority 596
Registered electors 4,006
Turnout 2,285 57%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Gordon 3,512 64%
Labour Joseph Mooney 1,955 36%
Majority 1,557
Registered electors 10,492
Turnout 5,467 52%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Lucas Rankin 4,577 71%
Labour Frederick Jones 1,855 29%
Majority 2,722
Registered electors 14,363
Turnout 6,432 45%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alfred Gaskell Alsop 2,876 57%
Labour George Nelson * 2,126 43%
Majority 750
Registered electors 9,695
Turnout 5,002 52%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Coalition Liberal Robert Gladstone 776 62%
Labour Charles Jabez Edwards 475 38%
Majority 301
Registered electors 1,600
Turnout 1,251 78%
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Harold Edward Davies * 3,696 86%
Labour Vincent Lloyd 598 14%
Majority 3,098
Registered electors 10,615
Turnout 4,294 40%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist James Bolger * 3,634 98%
Liberal Walter Henry Davies 85 2%
Majority 3,549
Registered electors 7,379
Turnout 3,719 50%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Edwards * 3,598 69%
Labour William John Daniel 1,619 31%
Majority 1,979
Registered electors 10,866
Turnout 5,217 48%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Miss Margaret Beavan * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist John Cunningham * 2,181 78%
Liberal Joseph Edward Freeman 600 22%
Majority 1,581
Registered electors 8,603
Turnout 2,781 32%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour James Sexton * 1,685 57%
Communist John Neild 1,274 43%
Majority 411
Registered electors 7,013
Turnout 2,959 42%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protestant Albert Clayton 3,008 70%
Labour Charles Wilson * 1,277 30%
Majority 1,731
Registered electors 10,431
Turnout 4,285 41%
Protestant gain from Labour Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Burton William Eills unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Edward Holme 2,170 48%
Liberal Miss Jessie Jardine Beavan 1,671 37%
Middle Class Union William Thomas Oversby 696 15%
Majority 499
Registered electors 8,569
Turnout 4,537 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Miss Mabel Fletcher * 1,825 64%
Anti-Waste League Mrs. Emma Louisa Scaiff 518 18%
Middle Class Union Amys Benjamin Harper 498 18%
Majority 1,307
Registered electors 5,809
Turnout 2,841 49%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Patrick Jeremiah Kelly unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Joseph Belger 1,313 92%
Liberal Albert Maccabe 115 8%
Majority 1,198
Registered electors 3,530
Turnout 1,428 40%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Conrad Cross unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Coalition Liberal Edward West 3,811 78%
Labour John Henry Mawdesley 1,082 22%
Majority 2,729
Registered electors 10,746
Turnout 4,893 46%
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Coalition Liberal John Morris Griffith 2,073 43%
Liberal Hugh Frame 1,491 31%
Labour George Henry Boothman 1,265 26%
Majority 582
Registered electors 9,600
Turnout 4,829 50%
Coalition Liberal hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Sidney Stanley Dawson 2,967 67%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk 1,470 33%
Majority 1,497
Registered electors 8,213
Turnout 4,437 54%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William James Bailes * 3,468 72%
Labour Charles Henry Taunton 1,327 28%
Majority 2,141
Registered electors 9,282
Turnout 4,795 52%
Conservative hold Swing

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 7 December 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 27 October 1921[11], in whose place Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 [12] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 7 December 1921[13].

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeThomas Burke JPNo. 4 Vauxhall1926

Aldermanic Elections 1 February 1922

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 26 October 1921[14], in whose place Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)[15] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922[16] [17] [18]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Robert Lowry BurnsNo. 32 Old Swan1926

Vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[19] on 31 December 1921[20], in whose place Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919[21], Pharmacist of 2 Ullet Road, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922[18][22]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeRobert Charles HermanNo. 33 Wavertree West1923

Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward Hatton Cookson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[23] on 26 March1922 [24]

Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913 )[25] on 9 May 1922[26].

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1921

Caused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 [12] on 7 December 1921 [13], following the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920 )[10] on 27 October 1921 [11].

No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1921
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Nationalist Thomas Arthur Murphy unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

[16]

No. 13 Princes Park 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)[15] on 1 February 1922[16][17][18], following the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 26 October 1921[14]

No. 13 Prince's Park 14 February 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Alfred Wood unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

[27] [28]

No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919[21] on 1 February 1922[18][22], following the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[19] on 31 December 1921[20].

No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Bartholomew Herman 1,905 76%
John Williams 596 34%
Majority 1,309
Registered electors
Turnout 2,501
Conservative hold Swing

[28] [29]

No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor Peter Gill (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1919)[30] on 8 February 1922[31]

No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur Angers 1,785 68%
Labour George Boothman 846 32%
Majority 938
Registered electors
Turnout 2,631
Conservative hold Swing

[24] [32]

No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor William James Bailes (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1921)[33] on 22 February 1922[34]

No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William John Lunt Cross 2,185 70%
Labour Charles Henry Taunton 952 30%
Majority 1,233
Registered electors
Turnout 3,137
Conservative hold Swing

[32] [35]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool Courier 2 November 1921 (1)". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Courier 2 November 1921 (2)". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 front page". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 1". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 2". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 3". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 4". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1921
  9. ↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1921
  10. 1 2 3 4 Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
  11. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 7". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Vauxhall
  13. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 68". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 6". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  15. 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1920#No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921
  16. 1 2 3 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 136". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 137". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 138". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  19. 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
  20. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 108". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  21. 1 2 Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Warbreck
  22. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 139". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  23. ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
  24. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 234". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  25. ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
  26. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 300". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  27. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 192". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  28. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 193". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  29. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 194". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  30. ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Wavertree
  31. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 181". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  32. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 235". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  33. ↑ Liverpool City Council election, 1921#West Derby
  34. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 192". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  35. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 236". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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