1910 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1910.
Fourteen of the thirty-four wards were not contested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Conservative | ?? | -4 | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Liberal | ?? | +3 | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | | Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Labour | ?? | +1 | ?? | ?? |
Independent | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? |
Election result
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 56% | 56% | 19,448 | ||
Liberal | 10 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 30% | 29% | 10,104 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 0% | 0 | ||
Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1% | 10% | 3,541 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3% | 4% | 1,521 |
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas James Smith the younger * | 761 | 61% | ||
Liberal | Miss Harriet Mary Johnson | 487 | 39% | ||
Majority | 274 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,344 | ||||
Turnout | 1,248 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aigburth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Parkfield Wethered | 704 | 54% | ||
Liberal | William Abercromby | 591 | 46% | ||
Majority | 113 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,754 | ||||
Turnout | 1,295 | 74% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Russell-Taylor * | 628 | 80% | ||
Independent | william Robert Roberts | 154 | 20% | ||
Majority | 474 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,170 | ||||
Turnout | 782 | 25% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Breckfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Rudd | 1,109 | 59% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Williams | 781 | 41% | ||
Majority | 328 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,040 | ||||
Turnout | 1,890 | 47% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Patrick Charles Kelly * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Philip Reynolds | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dingle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Algernon Charles Francis Henderson | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Whitley | 1,001 | 49% | ||
Conservative | Joseph Henry Harrison * | 952 | 47% | ||
Socialist | Charles Wilson | 69 | 3% | ||
Socialist | James Murphy | 8 | 0.4% | ||
Majority | 49 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,525 | ||||
Turnout | 2,030 | 45% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Kyffin-Taylor MP * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Fairfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Hughes junior * | 1,118 | 53% | ||
Conservative | Dr. Francis William Bailey | 989 | 47% | ||
Majority | 129 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,864 | ||||
Turnout | 2,107 | 55% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Garston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick James Rawlinson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * | 1,211 | 61% | ||
Conservative | Robert Richards | 769 | 39% | ||
Majority | 442 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,555 | ||||
Turnout | 1,980 | 56% | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Skelton | 575 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Dr.Albert Edward Davis * | 559 | 49% | ||
Majority | 16 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,608 | ||||
Turnout | 1,134 | 71% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kensington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samuel Mason Hatchinson * | 1,404 | 75% | ||
Labour | Arthur Kilpin Bulley | 470 | 25% | ||
Majority | 934 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,537 | ||||
Turnout | 1,874 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John George Paris * | 1,620 | 63% | ||
Labour | John Wolfe Tone Morrissey | 948 | 37% | ||
Majority | 672 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,314 | ||||
Turnout | 2,568 | 41% | |||
Conservative gain from Protestant | Swing |
Low Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Boote * | 895 | 60% | ||
Labour | George Nelson | 602 | 40% | ||
Majority | 293 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,624 | ||||
Turnout | 1,497 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Ball | 792 | 72% | ||
Independent | William Henry Archer | 310 | 28% | ||
Majority | 482 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,514 | ||||
Turnout | 1,102 | 31% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | George Jeremy Lynskey * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Burchall * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Henry Rutherford | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Gates | 1,066 | 59% | ||
Conservative | John Lucas Rankin | 736 | 41% | ||
Majority | 330 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,199 | ||||
Turnout | 1,802 | 56% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dr. James Clement Baxter * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Byrne | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Stuart Rankin | 1,238 | 55% | ||
Liberal | John Morris | 1.033 | 45% | ||
Majority | 205 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,729 | ||||
Turnout | 2,271 | 61% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Campbell Wilson | 875 | 52% | ||
Conservative | Fred Pritchard * | 800 | 48% | ||
Majority | 75 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,401 | ||||
Turnout | 1,675 | 70% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
South Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Francis Joseph Harford * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Hughes * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. John George Moyles* | 1,627 | 76% | ||
Labour | Harry Dawson Large | 520 | 24% | ||
Majority | 1,107 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,715 | ||||
Turnout | 2,147 | 46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Fleming | 978 | 54% | ||
Conservative | Sydney Edward Davies * | 850 | 46% | ||
Majority | 128 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,792 | ||||
Turnout | 1,828 | 48% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wavertree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Stephen Porter | 1,040 | 55% | ||
Liberal | Harry Trevor Ellis | 865 | 45% | ||
Majority | 175 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,593 | ||||
Turnout | 1,905 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cecil Heywood Brunner | 1,119 | 55% | ||
Conservative | Harold Edward Davies | 909 | 45% | ||
Majority | 210 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,503 | ||||
Turnout | 2,028 | 58% | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington.Stephenson * | 1,066 | 63% | ||
Liberal | Clement Freeman | 615 | 37% | ||
Majority | 450 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,295 | ||||
Turnout | 1,682 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections
Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910
At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.[8]
The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.
* - re-elected aldermen.
Party | Alderman | Ward | |
---|---|---|---|
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | William Bartlett * | Brunswick |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | William Benjamin Bowring JP * | Exchange |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | Edmond Brownbill * | South Scotland |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Edward James Chevalier | Aigburth |
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | | Irish Nationalist | Dr. Andrew Commins MP * | Vauxhall |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Arthur Crosthwaite * | Anfield |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Charles Herbert Giles * | Prince's Park |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | Jacob Reuben Grant * | Old Swan |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | Richard Robert Meade-King * | Sandhills |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Thomas Menlove JP * | Breckfield |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Sir Charles Petrie * | Warbreck |
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | | Irish Nationalist | Edward Purcell * | North Scotland |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP * | Abercromby |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Anthony Shelmerdine | Sefton Park West |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | Frederick Smith * | Castle Street |
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Liberal | William Henry Watts * | St. Anne's |
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | William Humphrey Williams * | St. Domingo |
Aldermanic Election 3 May 1911
Caused by the death of Alderman Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1907)[13] on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[14] In his place, Counvillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) [5] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 May 1911.
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | | Conservative | Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson | No.5 Wavertree | 1910 |
By-Elections
No.10 Low Hill, 24 November 1910
Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1909)[18] by the Council on 9 November 1910.[9][10][11][12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Francis William Bailey | 999 | 52% | ||
Labour | George Nelson | 909 | 48% | ||
Majority | 90 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,624 | ||||
Turnout | 1,908 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No. 24A Sefton Park East, 2 May 1911
Caused by the death of Councillor John Japp JP (Liberal, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1909) on 27 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911 .[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alexander Allan Paton | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1912. [15]
No. 12 Edge Hill, 27 April 1911
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Whitley (Labour, elected 1 November 1910),[4] which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Bennett Brough | 1,017 | 55% | ||
William Richard Blair | 848 | 45% | |||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,525 | ||||
Turnout | 1,865 | 41% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911
Caused by the election of Counvillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910) [5] as an alderman by the Council on 3 May 1911.[15][16][17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Ithell | 600 | 56% | |||
Thomas Utley | 468 | 44% | |||
Majority | 450 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,295 | ||||
Turnout | 1,068 | 32% | |||
gain from | Swing |
No. 13 North Scotland, 5 August 1911
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Joseph Maguire (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Clancy | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
References
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- ^ Liverpool Courier Wednesday 2 November 1910
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