1920 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1920.

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

Nine of the thirty-eight 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 54 +1 26 80
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal ?? -3 ?? 25
style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Irish Nationalist ?? +4 ?? 20
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Labour 18 -2 2 20
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Independent ?? +1 ?? 3
style="background-color: Template:Co-operative Party/meta/color" | Co-operative ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1920
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative
  Liberal
  Irish Nationalist
  Labour
  Independent
  Co-operative Party

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 19?? election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 19??.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Francis William Bailey unopposed
Registered electors
Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Albert Edward Jacob unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Philip Nelson unopposed
Registered electors
win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Owen Thomas 3,445 75%
Labour James Peter Redish 1,149 25%
Majority 2,296
Registered electors 8,707
Turnout 4,594 53%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Griffiths * 3,859 '73%
Labour Albert Nicholas Denaro 1,398 27%
Majority 2,461
Registered electors 9,427
Turnout 5,257 56%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Lawrence King unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Benjamin Cookson unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt 491 66%
Labour John Mouat Robertson 250 34%
Majority 241
Registered electors 2,207
Turnout 741 34%
Liberal win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood * 5,214 75%
Labour William McIntosh Wright 1,751 25%
Majority 3,463
Registered electors 13,212
Turnout 6,965 53%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Charles Williams 4,333 67%
Labour Bernard Louis Myer 2,153 33%
Majority 2,180
Registered electors 11,416
Turnout 6,486 57%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ellis 3,736 56%
Labour James Whittaker 2,931 44%
Majority 805
Registered electors 11,672
Turnout 6,667 57%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Henry Granby 907 52%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring * 829 48%
Majority 78
Registered electors 2,672
Turnout 1,736 65%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Hughes * 3,455 75%
Co-operative Party Edmund Rose 1,154 25%
Majority 2,301
Registered electors 8,949
Turnout 4,609 52%
Labour hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Leitch sen. 870 66%
Labour John Williams 452 34%
Majority 418
Registered electors 2,577
Turnout 1,322 51%
Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Burrows 2,287 61%
Labour William Henry Paulson & 1,468 39%
Majority 819
Registered electors 5,187
Turnout 3,755 72%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * unopposed
Registered electors
Independent hold Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist William Grogan 1,766 65%
Liberal Samuel Skelton * 955 35%
Majority 811
Registered electors 3,875
Turnout 2,721 70%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Ashworth * 4,174 65%
Labour William Burnett Smithwick 2,280 35%
Majority 1,894
Registered electors 10,212
Turnout 6,454 63%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John George Paris * 5,486 70%
Labour Frederick Jones 2,396 30%
Majority 3,090
Registered electors 14,288
Turnout 7,882 55%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Henry Mitchell 3,309 61%
Labour James Hamblett Johnstone 2,086 39%
Majority 1,223
Registered electors 9,454
Turnout 5,395 57%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrison 756 63%
Labour Charles Jabez Edwards 438 37%
Majority 318
Registered electors 1,585
Turnout 1,194 75%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Ball * 4,042 73%
Labour John Archibald Metcalfe 1,481 27%
Majority 2,561
Registered electors 10,349
Turnout 5,523 53%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 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 Alfred Ernest Shennan 3,617 69%
Labour John Edward Sunners 1,599 31%
Majority 2,018
Registered electors 9,945
Turnout 5,216 52%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford * 3,461 76%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 1,116 24%
Majority 2,345
Registered electors 8,211
Turnout 4,577 56%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist James William Baker 2,780 55%
Liberal Alfred Gates * 2,243 45%
Majority 537
Registered electors 8,321
Turnout 1,092 60%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Alfred Durkin 2,563 74%
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter * 918 26%
Majority 1,645
Registered electors 6,977
Turnout 3,481 50%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt * 991 91%
Irish Nationalist James Friery 101 9%
Majority 890
Registered electors 2,607
Turnout 1,092 42%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Cory Dixon unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson * 2,944 86%
Labour Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor 460 14%
Majority 2,484
Registered electors 5,607
Turnout 3,404 61%
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist David Gilbert Logan 2,611 54%
Labour Henry Gaskin 2,252 46%
Majority 359
Registered electors 8,036
Turnout 4,863 61%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist James O'Hare * 1,234 69%
Liberal John Bennion 542 31%
Majority 692
Registered electors 3,494
Turnout 1,776 51%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Miller Platt * 4,296 74%
Labour Robert Joseph McDonnell 1,502 26%
Majority 2,794
Registered electors 11,661
Turnout 5,798 50%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Albert Thompson * 3,540 78%
Co-operative Party Mrs. Jessie Ann Daniels 982 22%
Majority 2,558
Registered electors 10,521
Turnout 4,552 43%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Langton Beckwith * 3,793 68%
Labour Robert Tissyman 1,795 32%
Majority 1,998
Registered electors 9,456
Turnout 5,588 59%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Haig * 3,303 67%
Labour Albert Edward Johns 1,612 33%
Majority 1,691
Registered electors 8,040
Turnout 4,915 61%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick William Riley 3,755 71%
Labour Joseph Smith 1,550 29%
Majority 2,205
Registered electors 8,923
Turnout 5,305 59%
Conservative hold Swing

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

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1920, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired[8].

The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1920 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

Party Alderman Ward
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP * Breckfield
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative William Boote * Princes Park
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Edward James Chevalier JP * Old Swan
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Arthur Crosthwaite JP * Anfield
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal John Lamport Eills JP * South Scotland
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant JP * Warbreck
style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color " | Irish Nationalist Austin Harford * North Scotland
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative James Heald JP * Much Woolton
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal Joseph Harrison Jones Exchange
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal John Lea JP * 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 JP * Sandhills
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson JP * Aigburth
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Esward Russell-Taylor JP * Brunswick
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge KBE * Abercromby
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine JP * Sefton Park West
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal Frederick Smith JP * Castle Street
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal William Henry Watts * St. Anne's

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

Aldermanic Election 2 March 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913[16] on 17 January 1921, which was reported to the Council on 19 January 1921[17].

In his place, Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[18] was elected as an alderman by the Council on 2 March 1921.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford JP No. 25 Walton 1923

[19] [20]

Aldermanic Election 6 April 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1920)[21], in whose place Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[22] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 6 April 1921.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
style="background-color:Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color " | Liberal Max Muspratt JP No. 36 Much Woolton 1926

[23] [24] [25]

Aldermanic Election 27 July 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1914)[26] on 19 May 1921[27], in whose place Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920)[28], Fine Art Dealer of 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 27 July 1921.

Party Alderman Ward Term expires
style="background-color:Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color " | Conservative John George Paris No. 15 Sefton Park East 1923

[29] [30] [31]

By-elections

No. 14 Granby, 23 November 1920

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Harrison Jones (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1918) [32] by the Council on 9 November 1920

No. 14 Granby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

[33]

No. 13 Princes Park, 13 December 1920

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbonr (Liberal, Princes Park, elected 1 November 1911([34] which was reported to the Council on 1 December 1920[33].

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Beavan JP 1,883 79%
Thomas Griffith 489 21%
Majority 1,035
Registered electors
Turnout 2,372
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

[35]

No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[18] as an alderman on 2 March 1921[19] [20], following the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1913[36]) on 17 January 1921

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Robert Lowry Burns unopposed
Registered electors
gain from Swing

[23]

No. 4 Vauxhall

Caused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[22] on 6 April 1921, following the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1920)[21][23][24][25].

No. 24 Kirkdale 8 August 1921

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920)[28] on 27 July 1921, following the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1914)[26] on 19 May 1921[27]

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Archibald Gordon Gullan 3,839 %
Frederick Jones 1,450 %
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout %
gain from Swing

[37]

No. 7 Castle Street 28 September 1921

Caused by the death of Councillor Frank Ambrose Goodwin (Conservative, Castle Street, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919)[38] on 14 July 1921[39]

No. 7 Castle Street
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sandeman Allen unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

[40]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 front page". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 1". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 2". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 3". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 4". Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  6. ^ Liverpool Post and Mercury 2 November 1920
  7. ^ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1920
  8. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 7". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 6". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 7". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 8". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 9". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  13. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 10". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 11". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 12". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  16. ^ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
  17. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 205". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Princes Park
  19. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 261". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 262". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  21. ^ a b Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
  22. ^ a b Liverpool City Council election, 1914#Vauxhall
  23. ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 300". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  24. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 301". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  25. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 302". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  26. ^ a b Liverpool City Council election, 1914#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1914
  27. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 373". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  28. ^ a b Liverpool City Council election, 1920#Kirkdale
  29. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 428". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  30. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 429". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  31. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 430". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  32. ^ Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Granby
  33. ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 88". Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  34. ^ Liverpool City Council election, 1911#Princes Park
  35. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 146". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  36. ^ Liverpool City Council election, 1913#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
  37. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 450". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  38. ^ Liverpool City Council election, 1919#Castle Street
  39. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 427". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  40. ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 464". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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