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39 councillors' seats were up for election | ||
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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1928.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Thirteen of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 61 | ?? | 26 | 87 | |
| Labour | 35 | ?? | 1 | 36 | |
| Centre | 10 | ?? | 5 | 15 | |
| Liberal | 8 | ?? | 4 | 12 | |
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 21 | ||||||||
| Labour | 15 | ||||||||
| Liberal | 2 | ||||||||
| Centre | 1 | ||||||||
| Protestant | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | |||||
| Communist | |||||||||
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1925 election results.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edwin Thompson * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson * | 1,130 | 72% | ||
| Labour | Thomas Crossland | 445 | 28% | ||
| Majority | 685 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,359 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,575 | 47% | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Young Williamson * | 2,233 | 42% | ||
| Liberal | Dr. Cedric Baxter | 1,863 | 35% | ||
| Labour | John Sheehan | 1,206 | 23% | ||
| Majority | 370 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,088 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,302 | 53% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Edward James Jones * | 2,491 | 51% | ||
| Labour | William James Riddick | 2,368 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 123 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,405 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,859 | 52% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick Moorhead | 3,111 | 81% | ||
| Centre | John Alfred Kelly * | 740 | 19% | ||
| Majority | 2,371 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,447 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,851 | 46% | |||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir John Sandeman Allen MP * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lt. Col. Edmund Percy Johnson | 972 | 63% | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton | 570 | 37% | ||
| Majority | 402 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,525 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,542 | 61% | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
The proceedings of the Council lists this as a by-election caused by the death of Councillor John Ellis. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alfred Hargreaves | 1,925 | 62% | ||
| Conservative | William Edward McLachlan | 1,157 | 38% | ||
| Majority | 1,925 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,886 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,082 | 52% | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Wallace Kelly * | 4,696 | 51% | ||
| Labour | William Jones | 4,560 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 136 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,084 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,256 | 66% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Wilson * | 3,314 | 59% | ||
| Conservative | Edward Cheshire | 2,172 | 39% | ||
| Communist | Leo Joseph McGree | 155 | 3% | ||
| Majority | 1,142 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,188 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,641 | 46% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Walker * | 4,278 | 67% | ||
| Conservative | William John Lunt Croft | 2,153 | 33% | ||
| Majority | 2,125 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,194 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,431 | 53% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Peter Kavanagh * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Catholic hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon | 2,043 | 49% | ||
| Labour | Victor Harold Edgar Baker | 1,659 | 33% | ||
| Liberal | Alan Anderson Boyle | 1,392 | 27% | ||
| Majority | 384 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,233 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,094 | 55% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick | 1,699 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft * | 1,659 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 40 | ||||
| Registered electors | 7,324 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,358 | 46% | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Williams | 2,208 | 49% | ||
| Labour | William Sydney Dytor | 2,038 | 45% | ||
| Liberal | Joseph Fry | 259 | 6% | ||
| Majority | 170 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,421 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,505 | 70% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sir Frederick Charles Bowring * | 2,743 | 59% | ||
| Labour | George Henry Boothman | 1,886 | 41% | ||
| Majority | 857 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,132 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,629 | 51% | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Leo Gaffeney | unopposed | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir John Hugo Rutherford * | 3,347 | 55% | ||
| Labour | George Edwin Swift | 2,697 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 650 | 10% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,641 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,044 | 57% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Joseph MacDonnell | 4,120 | 51% | ||
| Conservative | Robert Garnett Sheldon * | 4,008 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 112 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,321 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,128 | 53% | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rupert Henry Bremner * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Fred Robinson * | 2,926 | 60% | ||
| Conservative | Edward Joseph Gearing | 1,917 | 40% | ||
| Majority | 1,009 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,095 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,843 | 48% | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Bagot | 3,150 | 52% | ||
| Protestant | John Walker * | 2,864 | 48% | ||
| Majority | 286 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,178 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,014 | 54% | |||
| Labour gain from Protestant | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Patrick Fay | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Waterworth * | 3,112 | 51% | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd | 3,023 | 49% | ||
| Majority | 89 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,273 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,135 | 46% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joseph Davies Griffiths | 2,671 | 55% | ||
| Labour | Robert Edwards | 2,198 | 45% | ||
| Majority | 473 | ||||
| Registered electors | 9,094 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,869 | 54% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Thomas Wafer Byrne * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John David Mack | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Thomas White * | 3,044 | 53% | ||
| Labour | William Henry Barton | 2,699 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 345 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,805 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,743 | 53% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Herbert Wolfe Levy * | 631 | 50% | ||
| Labour | George William Hincks | 628 | 50% | ||
| Majority | 3 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,778 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,259 | 45% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sir Arnold Rushton * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Graham Reece * | 2,375 | 75% | ||
| Labour | Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole | 784 | 25% | ||
| Majority | 1,591 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,984 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,159 | 53% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Joseph Harrington | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur Brian Hoer | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Catholic | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Swift * | 3,845 | 56% | ||
| Labour | Richard Thomas Hughes | 2,977 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 868 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,282 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,822 | 45% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alexander Critchley * | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Shuttleworth | 2,852 | 44% | ||
| Labour | Peter Leslie Duncan | 1,823 | 28% | ||
| Liberal | John Richard Jones | 1,737 | 27% | ||
| Majority | 1,029 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,247 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,412 | 48% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 2,097 | 42% | ||
| Conservative | William Adam Edwards | 1,782 | 36% | ||
| Liberal | William John Tristram | 1,136 | 23% | ||
| Majority | 315 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,325 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,015 | 60% | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Duncan French * | 4,182 | 61% | ||
| Labour | James Blundell | 2,645 | 39% | ||
| Majority | 1,536 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,297 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,828 | 42% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923), [11] [12] a poll of councillors was taken to elect his successor. Councillor Edwin Haigh (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926) [13] of San Rocque, Calderstones Road, Liverpool was elected as an alderman. [14]
| Aldermanic Election 5 December 1928 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Edwin Haigh | 53 | 63% | |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 31 | 27% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.
Following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926), [16] a poll of councillors was taken to elect his successor. Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926) [17] of 16 School Lane, Bidston, Birkenhead was elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928 [15] [18] [19]
| Aldermanic Election 5 December 1928 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Councillor Richard Rutherford | 52 | 62% | ||
| Labour | Councillor William Albert Robinson | 32 | 28% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
Following the death on 11 December 1928 of Alderman The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE LL.D. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926) [16] [20]
In his place Councillor Edwin Thompson (Conservative Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928), [21] Manufacturing Chemist of 6 Livingston Drive North, Liverpool was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929. [22] [23]
| Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Edwin Thompson | 52 | 60% | |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 35 | 40% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923) [11] [24]
In his place Councillor Joseph Ashworth (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1926), [25] builder and contractor of 30 Holt Road, Liverpool was elected in a poll of councillors as an alderman on 6 March 1929 [23] [26] [27]
| Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Joseph Ashworth | 51 | 59% | |
| Labour | Councillor William Albert Robinson | 36 | 41% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.
Following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather CBE (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923) [11] [28]
In whose place Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1927), [29] solicitor of 11 Aigburth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929. [27] [30] [31]
| Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Herbert John Davis | 51 | 59% | |
| Labour | Councillor Thomas Wafer Byrne | 35 | 41% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.
Caused by the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). [11] [28]
In whose place Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1926), [32] Architect and Surveyor of 4 Aigbirth Drive, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929 [31] [33]
| Aldermanic Election 6 March 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith | 51 | 59% | |
| Labour | Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson | 35 | 41% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1929.
Caused by the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926), [16] [34] in whose place Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood JP (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1926), [35] of 643 Borough Road, Birkenhead, being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929. [36] [37]
| Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood | 46 | 57% | |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 35 | 43% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward West (Liberal, elected as an alderman on 2 March 1927 [38] which was reported to the council on 2 October 1929, [39] in whose place Councillor William Wallace Kelly JP (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1928) [40] of the North Western Hotel, Liverpool was elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 23 October 1929. [41] [42] [43]
| Aldermanic Election 4 September 1929 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | Votes | Percentage | |
| Conservative | Councillor William Wallace Kelly | 51 | 55% | |
| Labour | Councillor James Sexton CBE MP | 41 | 45% | |
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1932.
Caused by the death of Councillor William Grogan (Catholic, Great George, elected 1 November 1926). [44]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Matthew Grogan | 905 | 54% | ||
| John Coburne | 756 | 46% | |||
| Majority | 149 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 1,661 | ||||
| Catholic hold | Swing | ||||
Caused by Councillor Edwin Haigh (Conservative, Wavertree West, elected 1 November 1926) [13] being elected as an alderman on 5 December 1928, [14] [15] following the death on 23 March 1928 of Alderman Sir William Bower Forwood KBE DL.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Whiteley | 1,571 | 43% | ||
| William Adam Edwards | 1,395 | 39% | |||
| William John Tristram | 647 | 18% | |||
| Majority | 176 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,325 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,613 | 43% | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.
Caused by the election as an alderman on 5 December 1928 of Councillor Richard Rutherford JP (Party?, Castle Street, elected 1 November 1926), [17] [15] [18] [19] following the death of Alderman Jacob Reuben Grant (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926). [16] Robert Garnett Sheldon, physician and surgeon of "Redholme", Victoria Road, Freshfield was the sole candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Garnett Sheldon | unopposed | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Swing | |||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.
Caused by the death on 6 December 1928 [24] of Councillor John Hickman Dovener (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1927) [49]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Reginald Dovener | 2,229 | 67% | ||
| John Sheehan | 1,105 | 33% | |||
| Majority | 1,124 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,297 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,334 | 20% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.
Caused by the death on 24 January 1929 of Councillor Mary O'Shea (Catholic, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1927). [52] [28] Michael John Reppion, Carting Agent of 11 Lowerson Crescent, West Derny, Liverpool was the sole candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael John Reppion | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Labour gain from Catholic | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.
Caused by Councillor Edwin Thompson (Conservative Abercromby, elected 1 November 1928), [21] being elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929. [22] [23]
Following the death on 11 December 1928 of Alderman The Right Honourable Sir Archibald Tutton Salvidge PC KBE LL.D. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926). [16] [20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gifford William Ollason | 1,507 | 56% | ||
| Labour | Bernard Louis Myer | 1,187 | 44% | ||
| Majority | 320 | 12% | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Turnout | 2,694 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931
Caused by Councillor Joseph Ashworth (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1 November 1926), [25] being elected in a poll of councillors as am alderman on 6 March 1929. [23] [26] [27]
Following the death on 19 December 1928 of Alderman John Edwards (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). [11] [24]
Thomas Norman Jones, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature of 59 Marlowe Road, Wallasey, Cheshire was elected as a councillor for the Kensington ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Norman Jones | 2,259 | 53% | ||
| Labour | George Edwin Swift | 2,041 | 47% | ||
| Majority | 218 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,641 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,300 | 40% | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1931
Caused by Councillor Henry Langton Beckwith (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1926) [32] being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929, [31] [33] following the death on 29 January 1929 of Alderman William James Burgess (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). [11] [28]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Gibbon Elliott | 1,655 | 34% | ||
| Conservative | Henry Gibson Nash | 1,607 | 33% | ||
| Liberal | John Richard Hobhouse | 1,537 | 32% | ||
| Majority | 48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,247 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,799 | 36% | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.
Caused by Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Childwall, elected 1 November 1927) [29] being elected as an alderman in a poll of the councillors on 6 March 1929, [27] [30] [31] following the death on 15 January 1929 of Alderman Arthur Stanley Mather CBE (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1923). [11] [28]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alan Anderson Boyle | 621 | 45% | ||
| Gerald Howard Taylor | 523 | 38% | |||
| Frederick Stapleton | 225 | 16% | |||
| Majority | 98 | ||||
| Registered electors | 2,525 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,369 | 54% | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1930.
Caused by Councillor Joseph Dalton Flood (Conservative, Dingle, last elected 1 November 1926) [35] being elected as an alderman in a poll of councillors on 4 September 1929, [36] [37] following the death on 26 February 1929 of Alderman Albert Edward Jacob MP (Unionist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1926) [16] [34]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Jones | unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 14,084 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
The term of office to expire on 1 November 1929.