1927 Liverpool City Council election

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

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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:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 64-42892
Labour 24+6125
Catholic 160521
Liberal 80412
Protestant 1-10`1
Independent 1-101

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Election result

Liverpool local election result 1927
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2026-451%
  Labour 1371+633%
  Catholic 31108%
  Liberal 31103%
  Protestant 001-10%
  Independent 001-10%
  Communist 00000%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1924 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thomas Roberts *2,07762%
Labour Samuel Sydney Silverman1,27438%
Majority803
Registered electors 9,218
Turnout 3,35136%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward James Deane *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Alfred Strong *83765%
Liberal Neil Norman McKinnon36228%
Labour Thomas Crossland847%
Majority475
Registered electors 2,872
Turnout 1,28345%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Richard Price1,95244%
Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *1,63937%
Labour Robert Joseph McDonnell84519%
Majority794
Registered electors 10,061
Turnout 4,43645%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Henry Burton *2,08152%
Labour William James Riddick1,94748%
Majority134
Registered electors 9,697
Turnout 4,02842%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hanley3,43179%
Conservative Thomas Henry Nabb93021%
Majority2,501
Registered electors 8,589
Turnout 4,36151%
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Denton *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert John Davis *77764%
Conservative Edward Norman Heath71959%
Labour Mary Lilian Hamilton43836%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk38231%
Majority339
Registered electors 2,107
Turnout 1,21558%
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Bennett Brown *4,09252%
Labour William Jones3,81148%
Majority281
Registered electors 14,428
Turnout 7,90355%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Tissyman *3,23058%
Conservative Richard Roberts2,30142%
Majority929
Registered electors 12,616
Turnout 5,53144%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bertie Kirby *3,80968%
Conservative Joseph Gardner1,82632%
Majority1,98336%
Registered electors 12,647
Turnout 5,63545%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Catholic John Quinn *91085%
Labour Joseph Nugent12312%
Majority787
Registered electors 2,710
Turnout 1,033
Catholic hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Sydney Jones *2,47564%
Labour Victor Harold Edgar Baker1,41136%
Majority1,06428%
Registered electors 9,478
Turnout 3,88641%
Liberal hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Herbert Charters *1,05370%
Labour Jane Billing Davison45930%
Majority594
Registered electors 4,366
Turnout 1,51235%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary2,01150.2%
Conservative Edward Wrake Turner *1,99349.8%
Majority18
Registered electors 6,400
Turnout 4,00463%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Johnstone1,87344%
Conservative Rosa Hoch *1,36132%
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis98623%
Majority512
Registered electors 9,322
Turnout 4,22045%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Loughlin1,26556%
Catholic John Patrick Bligh81036%
Independent CatholicThomas Joseph Marner *1256%
People'sWilliam Joseph Doyle673%
Majority455
Registered electors 4,840
Turnout 2,26747%
Labour gain from Catholic Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ambrose Fry3,20255%
Labour William Richard Blair2,63445%
Majority586
Registered electors 10,846
Turnout 5,83654%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Jones2,87450.1%
Conservative Charles Porter *2,86849.9%
Majority6
Registered electors 15,680
Turnout 5,74237%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Gerard Deery2,83556%
Conservative Alfred Gaskell Alsop *2,22944%
Majority606
Registered electors 10,305
Turnout 5,06449%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Edward Stirling Napier68372%
Labour Frederick Stapleton26228%
Majority421
Registered electors 1,801
Turnout 94552%
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Michael Urding *3,16450.5%
Labour John Bagot3,10249.5%
Majority62
Registered electors 11,590
Turnout 6,26654%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Gilbert Logan *3,05959%
Catholic James O'Hare2,09840%
Independent Labour Edward Campbell301%
Majority961
Registered electors 8,214
Turnout 5,18763%
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Parry Thomas *2,52055%
Labour Sarah Anne McArd2,07245%
Majority448
Registered electors 12,949
Turnout 4,59235%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margaret Beavan *2,91964%
Labour Robert Edwards1,62136%
Majority1,29828%
Registered electors 9,256
Turnout 4,54049%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wolfe Tone Morrissey2,63864%
Catholic Christopher Maguire1,49236%
Majority1,146
Registered electors 8,841
Turnout 4,13047%
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Sexton *2,15256%
Catholic Cornelius Devlin1,66644%
Majority48612%
Registered electors 8,525
Turnout 3,81845%
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hamilton2,24354%
Protestant Albert Clayton *1,94846%
Majority295
Registered electors 11,101
Turnout 4,19138%
Labour gain from Protestant Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Burton William Eills *80680%
Independent Frederick Bowman19820%
Majority608
Registered electors 2,885
Turnout 1,00435%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Edward Holme *1,94153%
Liberal Aled Owen Roberts 1,73547%
Majority2066%
Registered electors 8,688
Turnout 3,67542%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mabel Fletcher *2,09375%
Labour Gertrude Annie Cole69025%
Majority1,40350%
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,78346%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Catholic Mary O'Shea2,76759%
Labour Joseph Harrington1,92741%
Majority840
Registered electors 8,437
Turnout 4,69456%
Catholic gain from Labour Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Catholic Joseph Belger *1,17177%
Labour Patrick Duffy34923%
Majority822
Registered electors 3,723
Turnout 1,52041%
Catholic hold Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert John Hall2,86856%
Labour Thomas Herbert Pye2,28444%
Majority584
Registered electors 15,312
Turnout 5,15234%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hill *2,49470%
Labour John Fraser1,09430%
Majority1,400
Registered electors 11,572
Turnout 3,58831%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Morris Griffith *2,72862%
Labour William Sidney Dytor1,70038%
Majority1,028
Registered electors 12,737
Turnout 4,42835%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Whiteley1,85639%
Conservative Charles Henry Barker *1,58933%
Liberal John Richard Hobhouse1,31328%
Majority267
Registered electors 8,402
Turnout 4,75857%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hickman Dovener *3,30461%
Labour George Henry Boothman2,09439%
Majority1,210
Registered electors 15,837
Turnout 5,39834%
Conservative hold Swing

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By-elections

No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927

Following the death on 17 February 1927 of Alderman Sir John Utting D.L, [10] Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926) [11] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Percy Clayton1,95574%
Labour Gertrude Annie Cole67526%
Majority1,280
Registered electors 6,025
Turnout 2,63044%
Conservative hold Swing

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No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928

The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926) [13] was reported to the council on 5 September 1928. [14]

No. 18 Edge Hill 17 September 1928
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Griffin3,14455%
Conservative Henry Gladstone Grace2,36842%
Communist Leo Joseph McGree1723%
Majority776
Registered electors 12,616
Turnout 5,68445%
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool Post & Mercury 2 November 1927 (1)" . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Post & Mercury 2 November 1927 (2)" . Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 front page" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 1" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 2" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 3" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 4" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 5" . Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1927
  10. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 211" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ↑ 1926 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park West
  12. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 74" . Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Edge Hill
  14. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 502" . Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 526" . Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 527" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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