1910 Liverpool City Council election

1910 Liverpool City Council election

←  1909 November 1, 1910 (1910-11-01) 1911  →
34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

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
	Conservative	??	-4	??	??
	Liberal	??	+3	??	??
	Irish Nationalist	??	0	??	??
	Labour	??	+1	??	??
	Independent	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool local election result 1910

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

No. 18 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

No. 29 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

No. 3 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

No. 6 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

No. 25 Brunswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Patrick Charles Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Philip Reynolds	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Algernon Charles Francis Henderson	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 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

No. 9 Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Kyffin-Taylor MP*	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 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

No. 30 Garston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick James Rawlinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	1,211	61%
	Conservative	Robert Richards	769	39%
Majority			442	22%
Registered electors			3,555
Turnout			1,980	56%
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 17 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

No. 11 Kensington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hatchinson *	1,404	75%
	Labour	Arthur Kilpin Bulley	470	25%
Majority			934	50%
Registered electors			4,537
Turnout			1,874	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 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

No. 10 Low Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Boote *	895	60%
	Labour	George Nelson	602	40%
Majority			293	20%
Registered electors			3,624
Turnout			1,497	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 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

No. 13 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	George Jeremy Lynskey *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Burchall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	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	1,066	59%
	Conservative	John Lucas Rankin	736	41%
Majority			330
Registered electors			3,199
Turnout			1,802	56%
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dr. James Clement Baxter *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Charles Alexander Hill *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Byrne	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A 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

No. 16 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

No. 14 South Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Joseph Harford *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Hughes *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A 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

No. 27 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

No. 5 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

No. 33 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

No. 28 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

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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
	Conservative	William Bartlett *	Brunswick
	Liberal	William Benjamin Bowring JP *	Exchange
	Liberal	Edmond Brownbill *	South Scotland
	Conservative	Edward James Chevalier	Aigburth
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Andrew Commins MP *	Vauxhall
	Conservative	Arthur Crosthwaite *	Anfield
	Conservative	Charles Herbert Giles *	Prince's Park
	Liberal	Jacob Reuben Grant *	Old Swan
	Liberal	Richard Robert Meade-King *	Sandhills
	Conservative	Thomas Menlove JP *	Breckfield
	Conservative	Sir Charles Petrie *	Warbreck
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Purcell *	North Scotland
	Conservative	Archibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP *	Abercromby
	Conservative	Anthony Shelmerdine	Sefton Park West
	Liberal	Frederick Smith *	Castle Street
	Liberal	William Henry Watts *	St. Anne's
	Conservative	William Humphrey Williams *	St. Domingo

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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, Councillor 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
	Conservative	Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson	No.5 Wavertree	1910

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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]}

No. 10 Low Hill

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

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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]

No. 24A Sefton Park East

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]

No. 12 Edge Hill

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

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No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911

Caused by the election of Councillor 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]}

No. 28 West Derby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Thomas Ithell	600	56%
		Thomas Utley	468	44%
Majority			450
Registered electors			3,295
Turnout			1,068	32%
	gain from		Swing

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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)

No. 13 North Scotland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

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References

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