1920 Liverpool City Council election

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

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

Nine of the 38 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 54+12680
Liberal 19-3625
Irish Nationalist 17+4320
Labour 18-2220
Independent3+103
Co-operative  ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1920
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Francis William Baileyunopposed
Registered electors
Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Edward Jacob Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Philip Nelsonunopposed
Registered electors
win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Owen Thomas3,44575%
Labour James Peter Redish1,14925%
Majority2,296
Registered electors 8,707
Turnout 4,59453%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Griffiths *3,85973%
Labour Albert Nicholas Denaro1,39827%
Majority2,461
Registered electors 9,427
Turnout 5,25756%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Lawrence Kingunopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjamin Cooksonunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt49166%
Labour John Mouat Robertson25034%
Majority241
Registered electors 2,207
Turnout 74134%
Liberal win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood *5,21475%
Labour William McIntosh Wright1,75125%
Majority3,463
Registered electors 13,212
Turnout 6,96553%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Charles Williams4,33367%
Labour Bernard Louis Myer2,15333%
Majority2,180
Registered electors 11,416
Turnout 6,48657%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ellis3,73656%
Labour James Whittaker2,93144%
Majority805
Registered electors 11,672
Turnout 6,66757%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Henry Granby90752%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowring *82948%
Majority78
Registered electors 2,672
Turnout 1,73665%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Hughes *3,45575%
Co-operative Party Edmund Rose1,15425%
Majority2,301
Registered electors 8,949
Turnout 4,60952%
Labour hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Leitch sen.87066%
Labour John Williams45234%
Majority418
Registered electors 2,577
Turnout 1,32251%
Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joshua Burrows2,28761%
Labour William Henry Paulson &1,46839%
Majority819
Registered electors 5,187
Turnout 3,75572%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors
Independent hold

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist William Grogan1,76665%
Liberal Samuel Skelton *95535%
Majority811
Registered electors 3,875
Turnout 2,72170%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Ashworth *4,17465%
Labour William Burnett Smithwick2,28035%
Majority1,894
Registered electors 10,212
Turnout 6,45463%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John George Paris *5,48670%
Labour Frederick Jones2,39630%
Majority3,09040%
Registered electors 14,288
Turnout 7,88255%
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Henry Mitchell3,30961%
Labour James Hamblett Johnstone2,08639%
Majority1,223
Registered electors 9,454
Turnout 5,39557%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Harrison75663%
Labour Charles Jabez Edwards43837%
Majority318
Registered electors 1,585
Turnout 1,19475%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ball *4,04273%
Labour John Archibald Metcalfe1,48127%
Majority2,561
Registered electors 10,349
Turnout 5,52353%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist William John Loughreyunopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan3,61769%
Labour John Edward Sunners1,59931%
Majority2,018
Registered electors 9,945
Turnout 5,21652%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford *3,46176%
Labour Thomas Griffiths1,11624%
Majority2,345
Registered electors 8,211
Turnout 4,57756%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist James William Baker2,78055%
Liberal Alfred Gates *2,24345%
Majority537
Registered electors 8,321
Turnout 1,09260%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Alfred Durkin2,56374%
Liberal Dr. James Clement Baxter *91826%
Majority1,645
Registered electors 6,977
Turnout 3,48150%
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Edward Backhouseunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt *99191%
Irish Nationalist James Friery1019%
Majority890
Registered electors 2,607
Turnout 1,09242%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cory Dixonunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson *2,94486%
Labour Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor46014%
Majority2,484
Registered electors 5,607
Turnout 3,40461%
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist David Gilbert Logan2,61154%
Labour Henry Gaskin2,25246%
Majority359
Registered electors 8,036
Turnout 4,86361%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist James O'Hare *1,23469%
Liberal John Bennion54231%
Majority692
Registered electors 3,494
Turnout 1,77651%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Miller Platt *4,29674%
Labour Robert Joseph McDonnell1,50226%
Majority2,794
Registered electors 11,661
Turnout 5,79850%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Albert Thompson *3,54078%
Co-operative Party Mrs. Jessie Ann Daniels98222%
Majority2,558
Registered electors 10,521
Turnout 4,55243%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Langton Beckwith *3,79368%
Labour Robert Tissyman1,79532%
Majority1,998
Registered electors 9,456
Turnout 5,58859%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin Haig *3,30367%
Labour Albert Edward Johns1,61233%
Majority1,691
Registered electors 8,040
Turnout 4,91561%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick William Riley3,75571%
Labour Joseph Smith1,55029%
Majority2,20542%
Registered electors 8,923
Turnout 5,30559%
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.

PartyAldermanWard
Conservative Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP * Breckfield
Conservative William Boote *Princes Park
Conservative Edward James Chevalier JP *Old Swan
Conservative Arthur Crosthwaite JP *Anfield
Liberal John Lamport Eills JP *South Scotland
Liberal Jacob Reuben Grant JP *Warbreck
Irish Nationalist Austin Harford *North Scotland
Conservative James Heald JP *Much Woolton
Liberal Joseph Harrison JonesExchange
Liberal John Lea JP *St. Domingo
Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey *Vauxhall
Liberal Richard Robert Meade-King JP *Sandhills
Conservative Frederick James Rawlinson JP *Aigburth
Conservative Esward Russell-Taylor JP *Brunswick
Conservative Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge KBE * Abercromby
Conservative Anthony Shelmerdine JP *Sefton Park West
Liberal Frederick Smith JP *Castle Street
Liberal William Henry Watts *St. Anne's

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

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 [15] on 17 January 1921, which was reported to the council on 19 January 1921. [16]

In his place, Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920) [17] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 March 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford JPNo. 25 Walton1923

[18] [19]

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), [20] in whose place Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914) [21] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 April 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Liberal Max Muspratt JP No. 36 Much Woolton1926

[22] [23] [24]

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) [25] on 19 May 1921, [26] in whose place Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920), [27] Fine Art Dealer of 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, was elected by the council as an alderman on 27 July 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Conservative John George ParisNo. 15 Sefton Park East1923

[28] [29] [30]

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) [31] by the council on 9 November 1920

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Charles Bowringunopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

[32]

No. 13 Princes Park, 13 December 1920

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone (Liberal, Princes Park, elected 1 November 1911( [33] which was reported to the council on 1 December 1920. [32]

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Beavan JP 1,88379%
Thomas Griffith48921%
Majority1,035
Registered electors
Turnout 2,372
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

[34]

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) [17] as an alderman on 2 March 1921, [18] [19] following the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1913 [15] ) on 17 January 1921

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert Lowry Burnsunopposed
Registered electors
gain from Swing

[22]

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) [21] on 6 April 1921, following the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1920). [20] [22] [23] [24]

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) [27] 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) [25] on 19 May 1921 [26]

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Archibald Gordon Gullan3,839%
Frederick Jones1,450 %
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout  %
gain from Swing

[35]

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) [36] on 14 July 1921 [37]

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Sandeman Allen Unopposed N/AN/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

[38]

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