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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913.

Due to the First World War this was the last contested local election, other than by-elections, until 1 November 1919.

Nineteen of the thirty-six 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 ?? +4 ?? ??
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal ?? -2 ?? ??
style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | Irish Nationalist ?? 0 ?? ??
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour ?? 0 0 ??
Independent ?? 0 0 ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1913
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 24 4 0 +4 67%
  Liberal 8 0 2 -2 22%
  Irish Nationalist 3 0 0 0 8%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 3%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0%

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Walter Smith unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 36 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Parkfield Wethered * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton

No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Glover unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 26 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Russell-Taylor * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 5 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rudd * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 19 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick Charles Kelly * 861 55%
Conservative William Fraser 693 45%
Majority 168
Registered electors 2,640
Turnout 1,554 59%
Liberal hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 15 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Edward Rayner unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

No. 20 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred James Branwood * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Bennett Brough * 1,323 51%
Labour Ernest Whiteley 1,294 49%
Majority 29
Registered electors 4,714
Turnout 2,617 56%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 13 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 25 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hughes junior * 1,297 51%
Conservative Kenneth Kusel 1,238 49%
Majority 59
Registered electors 4,045
Turnout 2,535 63%
Liberal hold Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson * 1,234 63%
Labour George Porter 713 37%
Majority 521
Registered electors 2,353
Turnout 1,947 83%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 24 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * unopposed
Registered electors
Independent hold Swing

Great George

No. 17 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Skelton * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Mason Hatchinson * 1,617 63%
Labour Patrick McConville 946 37%
Majority 671
Registered electors 4,753
Turnout 2,563 54%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John George Paris * 1,900 63%
Labour James Clayton 1,120 37%
Majority 780
Registered electors 6,542
Turnout 3,020 46%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 11 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Boote * 1,084 54%
Labour Joseph Patrick Cotter 918 46%
Majority 166
Registered electors 3,845
Turnout 2,002 52%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

No. 35 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Marsh unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative win (new seat)

Netherfield

No. 3 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Ball * 1,116 60%
Independent Charles Rolls 758 40%
Majority 357
Registered electors 3,975
Turnout 1,875 47%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 7 North Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist William John Loughrey * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Burchall * 1,056 64%
Labour Joseph Mooney 606 36%
Majority 450
Registered electors 3,909
Turnout 1,662 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Gates * 1,207 56%
Conservative William Brady Anderson 944 44%
Majority 263
Registered electors 3,423
Turnout 2,151 63%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 14 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter * 813 53%
Conservative Richard Joseph Ward 735 47%
Majority 78
Registered electors 2,665
Turnout 1,548 58%
Liberal hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 6 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 16 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt 655 59%
Conservative James Caughey Walker 454 41%
Majority 201
Registered electors 1,591
Turnout 1,109 70%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 22 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Stuart Rankin * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 21 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson * 989 56%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood 774 44%
Majority 215
Registered electors 2,566
Turnout 1,763 69%
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 8 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 12 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Joseph Hughes * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 27 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dr. John George Moyles * 1,780 79%
Labour William Cruikshanks 460 21%
Majority 1,320
Registered electors 5,349
Turnout 2,240 42%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Albert Thompson 1,114 52%
Liberal Thomas Fleming * 1,026 48%
Majority 88
Registered electors 4,327
Turnout 2,140 49%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Wavertree

No. 30 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Stephen Porter * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Haigh 988 44%
Liberal Cecil Heywood Brunner * 726 33%
Labour Joseph Cleary 513 23%
Majority 262
Registered electors 3,726
Turnout 2,227 60%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Henry Cooke 1,310 66%
Liberal Albert Edward Faulkner 673 34%
Majority 637
Registered electors 3,758
Turnout 1,983 53%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913

19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1913 for a term of six years and assigned to the following wards.

  • - re-elected aldermen.
Party Alderman Ward
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Louis Samuel Cohen JP * Kensington
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Edward Hatton Cookson JP * Dingle
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Richard Dart JP * Fairfield
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative John Duncan JP * Everton
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * St. Peter's
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative James Heald Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Simon Jude * Wavertree West
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Richard Kelly JP * Edge Hill
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Frank John Leslie * Kirkdale
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Arthur Stanley Mather Much Woolton
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * West Derby
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative William Muirhead JP Netherfield
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative William Radcliffe JP * Garston
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative William Roberts JP * Walton
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. * Sefton Park East
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * Wavertree
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart * Great George
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Dr. John Utting * Granby
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Hartley Wilson * Low Hill

[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

James Heald was nominated by the combined Urban District Councils of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton to be Alderman for no. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton on 4 November 1913 under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Heald's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1916.[17]

Arthur Stanley Mather was nominated by the Much Woolton Urban District Council to be Alderman for No. 35 Much Woolton under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Mather's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1919.[17]

In addition, aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1910 were assigned to the following wards:

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 Edmond Brownbill South Scotland
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Edward James Chevalier Aigburth
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:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Jacob Reuben Grant Old Swan
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal John Lea St. Domingo
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey Vauxhall
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 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 Abercromby
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine Sefton Park West

[16]

Aldermanic Election 1 July 1914

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910[18]) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914.[19]

In his place Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911[20] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | Irish Nationalist Austin Harford No. 7 North Scotland 1916

[21]

Aldermanic Election 28 October 1914

Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] on 30 November 1913,[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP No. 5 Breckfield 1916

[24]

By-elections

No. 17 Great George, 27 November 1913

Caused by the election of Councillor William Muirhead JP (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1912)[25] as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913.[23]

No. 17 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thomas Philip Maguire 478
Conservative James Caughey Walker 468
Labour Joseph Cleary 72
Majority 10
Registered electors
Turnout
Swing

[26] [27]

No. 13 Exchange,

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] on 30 November 1913,[22] Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)[23] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward.[24]

No. 8 South Scotland, 14 July 1914

Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910)[18] which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914,[19] Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911[20] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 July 1914.[21]

No. 8 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Jeremiah Kelly unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

[28]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 front page". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 1". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 2". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 3". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 4". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. ^ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913
  7. ^ Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913
  8. ^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8
  9. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 5". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 6". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  11. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 7". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 8". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 9". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 10". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 11". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 12". Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  17. ^ a b Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10
  18. ^ a b c d Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910
  19. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 363". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  20. ^ a b 1911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland
  21. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 402". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 89". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  23. ^ a b c 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange
  24. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 509". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  25. ^ 1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George
  26. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 90". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  27. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 91". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  28. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 428". Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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