1927 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1927.

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

Two of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
	Conservative	64	-4	28	92
	Labour	24	+6	1	25
	Catholic	16	0	5	21
	Liberal	8	0	4	12
	Protestant	1	-1	0	`1
	Independent	1	-1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1927

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20	2	6	-4	51%
	Labour	13	7	1	+6	33%
	Catholic	3	1	1	0	8%
	Liberal	3	1	1	0	3%
	Protestant	0	0	1	-1	0%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0%
	Communist	0	0	0	0	0%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1924 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts *	2,077	62%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	1,274	38%
Majority			803
Registered electors			9,218
Turnout			3,351	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	837	65%
	Liberal	Neil Norman McKinnon	362	28%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	84	7%
Majority			475
Registered electors			2,872
Turnout			1,283	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Richard Price	1,952	44%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *	1,639	37%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	845	19%
Majority			794
Registered electors			10,061
Turnout			4,436	45%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,081	52%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,947	48%
Majority			134
Registered electors			9,697
Turnout			4,028	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hanley	3,431	79%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Nabb	930	21%
Majority			2,501
Registered electors			8,589
Turnout			4,361	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Denton *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall 2 seats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis *	777	64%
	Conservative	Edward Norman Heath	719	59%
	Labour	Mary Lilian Hamilton	438	36%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	382	31%
Majority			339
Registered electors			2,107
Turnout			1,215	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Bennett Brown *	4,092	52%
	Labour	William Jones	3,811	48%
Majority			281
Registered electors			14,428
Turnout			7,903	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman *	3,230	58%
	Conservative	Richard Roberts	2,301	42%
Majority			929
Registered electors			12,616
Turnout			5,531	44%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Kirby *	3,809	68%
	Conservative	Joseph Gardner	1,826	32%
Majority			1,983	36%
Registered electors			12,647
Turnout			5,635	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	John Quinn *	910	85%
	Labour	Joseph Nugent	123	12%
Majority			787
Registered electors			2,710
Turnout			1,033
	Catholic hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones *	2,475	64%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,411	36%
Majority			1,064	28%
Registered electors			9,478
Turnout			3,886	41%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Herbert Charters *	1,053	70%
	Labour	Jane Billing Davison	459	30%
Majority			594
Registered electors			4,366
Turnout			1,512	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	2,011	50.2%
	Conservative	Edward Wrake Turner *	1,993	49.8%
Majority			18
Registered electors			6,400
Turnout			4,004	63%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Johnstone	1,873	44%
	Conservative	Rosa Hoch *	1,361	32%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	986	23%
Majority			512
Registered electors			9,322
Turnout			4,220	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Loughlin	1,265	56%
	Catholic	John Patrick Bligh	810	36%
	Independent Catholic	Thomas Joseph Marner *	125	6%
	People's	William Joseph Doyle	67	3%
Majority			455
Registered electors			4,840
Turnout			2,267	47%
	Labour gain from Catholic		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ambrose Fry	3,202	55%
	Labour	William Richard Blair	2,634	45%
Majority			586
Registered electors			10,846
Turnout			5,836	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,874	50.1%
	Conservative	Charles Porter *	2,868	49.9%
Majority			6
Registered electors			15,680
Turnout			5,742	37%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Gerard Deery	2,835	56%
	Conservative	Alfred Gaskell Alsop *	2,229	44%
Majority			606
Registered electors			10,305
Turnout			5,064	49%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Stirling Napier	683	72%
	Labour	Frederick Stapleton	262	28%
Majority			421
Registered electors			1,801
Turnout			945	52%
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,164	50.5%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,102	49.5%
Majority			62
Registered electors			11,590
Turnout			6,266	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan *	3,059	59%
	Catholic	James O'Hare	2,098	40%
	Independent Labour	Edward Campbell	30	1%
Majority			961
Registered electors			8,214
Turnout			5,187	63%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parry Thomas *	2,520	55%
	Labour	Sarah Anne McArd	2,072	45%
Majority			448
Registered electors			12,949
Turnout			4,592	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Beavan *	2,919	64%
	Labour	Robert Edwards	1,621	36%
Majority			1,298	28%
Registered electors			9,256
Turnout			4,540	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	2,638	64%
	Catholic	Christopher Maguire	1,492	36%
Majority			1,146
Registered electors			8,841
Turnout			4,130	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Sexton *	2,152	56%
	Catholic	Cornelius Devlin	1,666	44%
Majority			486	12%
Registered electors			8,525
Turnout			3,818	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,243	54%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton *	1,948	46%
Majority			295
Registered electors			11,101
Turnout			4,191	38%
	Labour gain from Protestant		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Burton William Eills *	806	80%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	198	20%
Majority			608
Registered electors			2,885
Turnout			1,004	35%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	1,941	53%
	Liberal	Aled Owen Roberts	1,735	47%
Majority			206	6%
Registered electors			8,688
Turnout			3,675	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mabel Fletcher *	2,093	75%
	Labour	Gertrude Annie Cole	690	25%
Majority			1,403	50%
Registered electors			6,025
Turnout			2,783	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Mary O'Shea	2,767	59%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington	1,927	41%
Majority			840
Registered electors			8,437
Turnout			4,694	56%
	Catholic gain from Labour		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Joseph Belger *	1,171	77%
	Labour	Patrick Duffy	349	23%
Majority			822
Registered electors			3,723
Turnout			1,520	41%
	Catholic hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	2,868	56%
	Labour	Thomas Herbert Pye	2,284	44%
Majority			584
Registered electors			15,312
Turnout			5,152	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hill *	2,494	70%
	Labour	John Fraser	1,094	30%
Majority			1,400
Registered electors			11,572
Turnout			3,588	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith *	2,728	62%
	Labour	William Sidney Dytor	1,700	38%
Majority			1,028
Registered electors			12,737
Turnout			4,428	35%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Whiteley	1,856	39%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Barker *	1,589	33%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,313	28%
Majority			267
Registered electors			8,402
Turnout			4,758	57%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hickman Dovener *	3,304	61%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	2,094	39%
Majority			1,210
Registered electors			15,837
Turnout			5,398	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927

Following the death on 17 February 1927 of Alderman Sir John Utting D.L, Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.

No. 16 Sefton Park West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Percy Clayton	1,955	74%
	Labour	Gertrude Annie Cole	675	26%
Majority			1,280
Registered electors			6,025
Turnout			2,630	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928

The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926) was reported to the council on 5 September 1928.

No. 18 Edge Hill 17 September 1928

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Griffin	3,144	55%
	Conservative	Henry Gladstone Grace	2,368	42%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	172	3%
Majority			776
Registered electors			12,616
Turnout			5,684	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

• Liverpool City Council
• Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
• Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
• 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 5 October 1927
• Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
• History of local government in England