1931 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1931.
Nine of the forty seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | ?? | +8 | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | ?? | -9 | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
Democratic Labour | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Liverpool Protestant Party/meta/color" | | Protestant | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 31 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 76% | 55% | 75,431 | ||
Labour | 5 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 13% | 35% | 48,122 | ||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3% | ||||
Democratic Labour | 2 | 5% | |||||||
Independent | 1 | ||||||||
Protestant | |||||||||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Maver Finlason | 2,447 | 74% | ||
Labour | Bernard Louis Meyer | 851 | 26% | ||
Majority | 1,596 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,493 | ||||
Turnout | 3,298 | 35% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aigburth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,379 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Allerton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * | 1,624 | 83% | ||
Labour | Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling | 337 | 17% | ||
Majority | 1,287 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 1,961 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young Williamson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry James Pearson jr. | 3,066 | 71% | ||
Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 1,281 | 29% | ||
Majority | 1,785 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,369 | ||||
Turnout | 4,347 | 42% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Moorhead * | 3,442 | 74% | ||
Conservative | David Jukes | 1,190 | 26% | ||
Majority | 2,252 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,088 | ||||
Turnout | 4,632 | 51% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Ernest Shennan | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Childwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gifford Cameron Ollason | 1,094 | 57% | ||
Liberal | Alan Carmichael Williams | 816 | 43% | ||
Majority | 278 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,105 | ||||
Turnout | 1,910 | 62% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Croxteth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Walter Anderson | 2,096 | 49% | ||
Labour | Mrs.Mary Lilian Hamilton | 2,000 | |||
Independent | Charles William Heaton | 184 | 4% | ||
Majority | 96 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,851 | ||||
Turnout | 4,280 | 39% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Dingle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mrs. Nancy Proctor | 4,108 | 48% | ||
Labour | James Lawrenson | 3,027 | 35% | ||
Protestant | Richard Bradley | 1,501 | 17% | ||
Majority | 1,081 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,469 | ||||
Turnout | 8,636 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Ronald Williams | 3,772 | 62% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 2,272 | 38% | ||
Majority | 1,500 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,274 | ||||
Turnout | 6,044 | 46% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James McKay | 3,128 | 53% | ||
Labour | Albert Smitton | 2,735 | 47% | ||
Majority | 393 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,500 | ||||
Turnout | 5,863 | 43% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Kavanagh * | 1,228 | 91% | ||
Labour | Samuel Sydney Silverman | 116 | 9% | ||
Majority | 1,112 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,492 | ||||
Turnout | 1,344 | 54% | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Fairfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon * | 3,444 | 76% | ||
Labour | Richard Thomas Hughes | 1,085 | 24% | ||
Majority | 2,359 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,220 | ||||
Turnout | 4,529 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Tyson | 3,125 | 66% | ||
Labour | Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick * | 1,593 | 34% | ||
Majority | 1,532 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,866 | ||||
Turnout | 4,718 | 43% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Garston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Williams * | 2,189 | 55% | ||
Labour | William Sydney Dytor | 1,813 | 45% | ||
Majority | 376 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,131 | ||||
Turnout | 4,002 | 56% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sir Frederick Charles Bowring* | 2,974 | 75% | ||
Labour | James Johnstone | 1,015 | 25% | ||
Majority | 1,959 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,918 | ||||
Turnout | 3,989 | 40% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Harry Leo Gaffeney * | 858 | 59% | ||
Labour | Patrick Campbell | 594 | 41% | ||
Majority | 264 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,043 | ||||
Turnout | 1,452 | 29% | |||
Swing |
Kensington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Gardner | 3,877 | 69% | ||
Labour | Joseph Whitehead | 1,708 | 31% | ||
Majority | 2,169 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,351 | ||||
Turnout | 5,585 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft | 3,801 | 44% | ||
Labour | Robert Joseph McDonnell * | 2,708 | 31% | ||
Majority | 1,093 | ||||
Registered electors | 17,017 | ||||
Turnout | 8,726 | 51% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Little Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Henry Bremner * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gordon Roberrt Kitchen | 3,334 | 59% | ||
Labour | Fred Robinson * | 2,273 | 41% | ||
Majority | 1,061 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,271 | ||||
Turnout | 5,607 | 50% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Much Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Neville Bewley | 885 | 52% | ||
Independent | Ernest Whiteley | 821 | 48% | ||
Majority | 64 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,299 | ||||
Turnout | 1,706 | 74% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Matthew Clark | 3,632 | 55% | ||
Labour | John Bagot * | 2,984 | 45% | ||
Majority | 648 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,090 | ||||
Turnout | 6,616 | 55% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
North Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Fay * | 2,966 | 88% | ||
Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 412 | 12% | ||
Majority | 2,554 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,758 | ||||
Turnout | 3,378 | 39% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Old Swan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Waterworth * | 4,495 | 72% | ||
Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,780 | 28% | ||
Majority | 2,715 | ||||
Registered electors | 15,881 | ||||
Turnout | 6,275 | 40% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Davies Griffiths * | 3,122 | 72% | ||
Labour | John Hamilton | 1,213 | 28% | ||
Majority | 1,909 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,913 | ||||
Turnout | 4,335 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Henry Dunford | 2,355 | 88% | ||
Communist | Mrs.Beatrice Bruce | 314 | 12% | ||
Majority | 314 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,499 | ||||
Turnout | 2,669 | 28% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John David Mack * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Harold Leftwich | 2,292 | 41% | ||
Protestant | Albert Clayton | 1,848 | |||
Labour | Frederick Jones | 1,489 | 26% | ||
Majority | 444 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,734 | ||||
Turnout | 5,629 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert Wolfe Levy | 973 | 81% | ||
Labour | Joseph Nugent | 232 | 19% | ||
Majority | 741 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,979 | ||||
Turnout | 1,205 | 40% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Captain Gordon Robertson | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Graham Reece * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joseph Harrington * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Labour | Thomas Arthur Murphy | 849 | 57% | ||
Labour | Arthur Brian Hoer * | 642 | 43% | ||
Majority | 207 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,783 | ||||
Turnout | 1,491 | 39% | |||
Democratic Labour gain from Labour |
Walton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald Richard Bailey | 5,530 | 75% | ||
Labour | William James Riddick | 1,888 | 25% | ||
Majority | 3,642 | ||||
Registered electors | 16,395 | ||||
Turnout | 7,418 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Critchley * | 4,504 | 84% | ||
Labour | Richard Austin Rockliffe | 883 | 16% | ||
Majority | 3,621 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,376 | ||||
Turnout | 5,387 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Village | 4,767 | 77% | ||
Labour | John Reginald Bevins | 1,396 | 23% | ||
Majority | 3,371 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,576 | ||||
Turnout | 6,163 | 42% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Naphtali Julius Price | 2,936 | 67% | ||
Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 1,444 | 33% | ||
Majority | 1,492 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,906 | ||||
Turnout | 4,380 | 49% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Duncan-French * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic elections
Aldermanic election 9 November 1931
The term of office of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent (politician), expired on 9 November 1931),[7] he was re-elected as an Alderman by the Councillors on the same date[8] [9]
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward | |
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color " | | Independent | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | 85 | 99% | No. 27 Fazakerley |
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color " | | Independent | Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 1% |
Aldermanic election 1 June 1932
Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929).[10][11] In his place Councillor Joseph Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930)[12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932[13] [14]
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward | |
style="background-color:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color " | | Independent | Councillor Joseph Belger | 42 | 62% | No. 18 Edge Hill |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Councillor Laurence King | 26 | 38% |
Aldermanic election 6 July 1932
Caused by the death on 13 May 1932 of Alderman Herbart John Davis (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929).[15][13] In his place Mr. Richard Rutherford (Conservative, whose resignation as an alderman was reported to the Council on 7 October 1931)[16] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 July 1932 [17] [18]
Aldermanic Election 6 July 1932 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Allocated ward | |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Mr. Richard Rutherford | 46 | 79% | No. 34 Wavertree |
style="background-color:Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Labour | Councillor Laurence King | 18 | 21% |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.
By-elections
No. 4 Vauxhall, 3 November 1931
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929),[19] which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephen McBride | 771 | 61% | |||
Labour | Stanley Part | 486 | 39% | ||
Majority | 285 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,783 | ||||
Turnout | 1,257 | 33% | |||
gain from [[Labour|Labour]] | Swing |
No. 34 Wavertree, 9 December 1931
Caused by the death of Councillor Albert Edward Martin (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1929).[22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Redmond | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,576 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No. 4 Vauxhall, Tuesday 28 June 1932
Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929).[10][11] In his place Councillor James Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930)[12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932[13][14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James O'Hare | 801 | 55% | ||
Labour | Arthur Brian Hoer | 651 | 45% | ||
Majority | 150 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,783 | ||||
Turnout | 1,452 | 38% | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
No. 13 Prince's Park, 27 September 1932
Caused by the death on 25 August 1932 of Councillor Alfred Wood (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1929)[25][26]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Roland Clare | 1,794 | 57% | ||
Labour | Alfred Demain | 1,331 | 43% | ||
Majority | 463 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,913 | ||||
Turnout | 3,125 | 32% | |||
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 1931-1932 page 1". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 2". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 3". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 4". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 5". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1931
- ^ 1925 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1925
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 7". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 8". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 286". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b 1930 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall
- ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 400". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 401". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ 1928 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Elections 6 March 1929
- ^ 1930 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 451". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 452". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 714". Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 6". Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 132". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 450". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Prince's Park
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 544". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 570". Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 571". Retrieved 6 September 2017.