1931 Liverpool City Council election

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1931 Liverpool City Council election
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  1930 1 November 1931 (1931-11-01) 1932  

40 councillors' seats were up for election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1931.

Contents

Nine of the forty seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ??+8 ?? ??
Labour  ??-9 ?? ??
Liberal  ??0 ?? ??
Democratic Labour ?? ?? ?? ??
Independent  ?? ?? ?? ??
Protestant  ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1931
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3180+876%55%75,431
  Labour 509-913%35%48,122
  Liberal 10003%
 Democratic Labour25%
  Independent 1
  Protestant
  Communist 00000%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Maver Finlason2,44774%
Labour Bernard Louis Meyer85126%
Majority1,596
Registered electors 9,493
Turnout 3,29835%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *unopposed
Registered electors 4,379
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *1,62483%
Labour Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling33717%
Majority1,287
Registered electors
Turnout 1,961
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young Williamson *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry James Pearson jr.3,06671%
Labour Alfred Hargreaves1,28129%
Majority1,785
Registered electors 10,369
Turnout 4,34742%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Moorhead *3,44274%
Conservative David Jukes1,19026%
Majority2,252
Registered electors 9,088
Turnout 4,63251%
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennanunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gifford Cameron Ollason1,09457%
Liberal Alan Carmichael Williams81643%
Majority278
Registered electors 3,105
Turnout 1,91062%
Conservative hold Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Walter Anderson2,09649%
Labour Mrs.Mary Lilian Hamilton2,00047%
Independent Charles William Heaton1844%
Majority96
Registered electors 10,851
Turnout 4,28039%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Nancy Proctor4,10848%
Labour James Lawrenson3,02735%
Protestant Richard Bradley1,50117%
Majority1,081
Registered electors 15,469
Turnout 8,63656%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stanley Ronald Williams3,77262%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd2,27238%
Majority1,500
Registered electors 13,274
Turnout 6,04446%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James McKay3,12853%
Labour Albert Smitton2,73547%
Majority393
Registered electors 13,500
Turnout 5,86343%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Kavanagh *1,22891%
Labour Samuel Sydney Silverman1169%
Majority1,112
Registered electors 2,492
Turnout 1,34454%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *3,44476%
Labour Richard Thomas Hughes1,08524%
Majority2,359
Registered electors 10,220
Turnout 4,52944%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Tyson3,12566%
Labour Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick *1,59334%
Majority1,532
Registered electors 10,866
Turnout 4,71843%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Williams *2,18955%
Labour William Sydney Dytor1,81345%
Majority376
Registered electors 7,131
Turnout 4,00256%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sir Frederick Charles Bowring*2,97475%
Labour James Johnstone1,01525%
Majority1,959
Registered electors 9,918
Turnout 3,98940%
Liberal hold Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic LabourHarry Leo Gaffeney *85859%
Labour Patrick Campbell59441%
Majority264
Registered electors 5,043
Turnout 1,45229%
Democratic Labour hold Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Gardner3,87769%
Labour Joseph Whitehead1,70831%
Majority2,169
Registered electors 11,351
Turnout 5,58549%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft3,80144%
Labour Robert Joseph McDonnell *2,70831%
Majority1,093
Registered electors 17,017
Turnout 8,72651%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert Henry Bremner *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Robert Kitchen3,33459%
Labour Fred Robinson *2,27341%
Majority1,061
Registered electors 11,271
Turnout 5,60750%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Neville Bewley 88552%
Independent Ernest Whiteley82148%
Majority644%
Registered electors 2,299
Turnout 1,70674%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William John Matthew Clark3,63255%
Labour John Bagot *2,98445%
Majority648
Registered electors 12,090
Turnout 6,61655%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Fay *2,96688%
Communist Leo Joseph McGree41212%
Majority2,554
Registered electors 8,758
Turnout 3,37839%
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Waterworth *4,49572%
Labour Alfred Demain1,78028%
Majority2,715
Registered electors 15,881
Turnout 6,27540%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Davies Griffiths *3,12272%
Labour John Hamilton1,21328%
Majority1,909
Registered electors 9,913
Turnout 4,33544%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Henry Dunford2,35588%
Communist Mrs.Beatrice Bruce31412%
Majority314
Registered electors 9,499
Turnout 2,66928%
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John David Mack *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Harold Leftwich2,29241%
Protestant Albert Clayton1,84833%
Labour Frederick Jones1,48926%
Majority444
Registered electors 11,734
Turnout 5,62948%
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Wolfe Levy97381%
Labour Joseph Nugent23219%
Majority741
Registered electors 2,979
Turnout 1,20540%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Captain Gordon Robertsonunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Graham Reece *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Harrington *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic LabourThomas Arthur Murphy84957%
Labour Arthur Brian Hoer *64243%
Majority207
Registered electors 3,783
Turnout 1,49139%
Democratic Labour gain from Labour

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Richard Bailey5,53075%
Labour William James Riddick1,88825%
Majority3,642
Registered electors 16,395
Turnout 7,41845%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Critchley *4,50484%
Labour Richard Austin Rockliffe88316%
Majority3,621
Registered electors 12,376
Turnout 5,38744%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Village4,76777%
Labour John Reginald Bevins1,39623%
Majority3,371
Registered electors 14,576
Turnout 6,16342%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Naphtali Julius Price2,93667%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk1,44433%
Majority1,492
Registered electors 8,906
Turnout 4,38049%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Duncan-French *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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

Aldermanic elections

Aldermanic election 9 November 1931

The term of office of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent (politician), expired on 9 November 1931), [7] he was re-elected as an Alderman by the Councillors on the same date [8] [9]

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Independent Patrick Jeremiah Kelly8599%No. 27 Fazakerley
Independent Peter Kavanagh11%

Aldermanic election 1 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929). [10] [11] In his place Councillor Joseph Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930) [12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932 [13] [14]

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1931
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Independent Councillor Joseph Belger4262%No. 18 Edge Hill
Labour Councillor Laurence King2638%

Aldermanic election 6 July 1932

Caused by the death on 13 May 1932 of Alderman Herbart John Davis (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 6 March 1929). [15] [13] In his place Mr. Richard Rutherford (Conservative, whose resignation as an alderman was reported to the Council on 7 October 1931) [16] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 July 1932 [17] [18]

Aldermanic Election 6 July 1932
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Conservative Mr. Richard Rutherford4679%No. 34 Wavertree
Labour Councillor Laurence King1821%

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall, 3 November 1931

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929), [19] which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931. [20]

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Stephen McBride77161%
Labour Stanley Part48639%
Majority285
Registered electors 3,783
Turnout 1,25733%
gain from [[Labour|Labour]] Swing

[5] [21]

No. 34 Wavertree, 9 December 1931

Caused by the death of Councillor Albert Edward Martin (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1929). [22]

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Redmondunopposed
Registered electors 14,576
Conservative hold Swing

[23]

No. 4 Vauxhall, Tuesday 28 June 1932

Caused by the death on 18 March 1932 of Alderman Charles Wilson (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929). [10] [11] In his place Councillor James Belger (Independent, last elected 1 November 1930) [12] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 1 June 1932 [13] [14]

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James O'Hare80155%
Labour Arthur Brian Hoer65145%
Majority150
Registered electors 3,783
Turnout 1,45238%
Independent hold Swing

[24]

No. 13 Prince's Park, 27 September 1932

Caused by the death on 25 August 1932 of Councillor Alfred Wood (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1929) [25] [26]

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Roland Clare1,79457%
Labour Alfred Demain1,33143%
Majority463
Registered electors 9,913
Turnout 3,12532%
Conservative hold Swing

[27] [28]

See also

References

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  2. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 2" . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 3" . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 4" . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 5" . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  6. Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1931
  7. 1925 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1925
  8. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 7" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  9. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 8" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  10. 1 2 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929
  11. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 286" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 1930 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall
  13. 1 2 3 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 400" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 401" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  15. 1928 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Elections 6 March 1929
  16. 1930 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931
  17. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 451" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  18. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 452" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  19. 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall
  20. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 714" . Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  21. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 6" . Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  22. 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree
  23. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 132" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  24. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 450" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  25. 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Prince's Park
  26. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 544" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  27. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 570" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  28. "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 page 571" . Retrieved 6 September 2017.