1934 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

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Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ?? ?? ?? ??
Labour  ?? ?? ?? ??
Liberal  ?? ?? ?? ??
Protestant  ?? ?? ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1934
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1742.5%50%54,893
  Labour 1947.5%47%51,216
  Liberal 12.5%3.4%3,749
  Independent 12.5%0.88%970
  Protestant 12.5%6.2%6,786

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Lumb1,53551%
Conservative Alexander Maver Finlason *1,49649%
Majority39
Registered electors 9,633
Turnout 3,03131%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Errington 2,00159%
Liberal Arthur Donald Dennis1,41841%
Majority583
Registered electors 9,653
Turnout 3,41935%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *1,18166%
Labour Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves61234%
Majority569
Registered electors 4,639
Turnout 1,79339%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Young Williamson *2,24465%
Labour Robert Hugh Williams1,22735%
Majority1,017
Registered electors 10,696
Turnout 3,47132%
Conservative hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry James Pearson jun. *1,88052%
Labour Alfred Walker Boothman1,36538%
Protestant George Edward Lewis38911%
Majority515
Registered electors 10,353
Turnout 3,63435%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Moorhead *unopposed
Registered electors 8,580
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Herbert Neville Bewley56566%
Ind. Conservative William Edward MacLachlan29534%
Majority270
Registered electors 2,203
Turnout 86039%
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle90751%
Conservative Gifford Cameron Ollason *86649%
Majority41
Registered electors 3,854
Turnout 1,77346%
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Hargreaves3,61764%
Conservative John Loughlin1,60229%
Protestant Francis Kenny3927%
Majority2,015
Registered electors 17,330
Turnout 5,61132%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John David Towers3,91559%
Conservative Mrs.Nancy Proctor *2,69141%
Majority1,224
Registered electors 15,330
Turnout 6,60643%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mrs.Agnes Mitton2,49953%
Conservative Stabley Ronald Williams *2,21247%
Majority287
Registered electors 12,827
Turnout 4,71137%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Nickson3,29675%
Conservative Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers1,08625%
Majority2,210
Registered electors 12,827
Turnout 4,38234%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Kavanagh *unopposed
Registered electors 2,383
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *1,77658%
Labour Richard Thomas Hughes1,29242%
Majority484
Registered electors 10,385
Turnout 3,06830%
Conservative hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Francis Lavery2,20350%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse1,89843%
Protestant Ronald Frederick Henderson2716%
Majority305
Registered electors 11,422
Turnout 4,37238%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Herbert Webster2,43657%
Conservative Joseph Williams *1,30232%
Protestant James Moore52412%
Majority1,134
Registered electors 7,395
Turnout 4,26258%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miss Mary Agnes Cumella1,92257%
Liberal Henry Humphreys Jones1,42443%
Majority498
Registered electors 9,914
Turnout 3,34634%
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Hamilton1,12166%
Democratic LabourWalter Oscar Stein56934%
Majority552
Registered electors 4,916
Turnout 1,69034%
Labour gain from Democratic Labour


Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Case2,23358%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain1,58742%
Majority646
Registered electors 11,041
Turnout 3,82035%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William James Riddick3,20442%
Conservative Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft *3,17142%
Protestant George Henry Dunbar1,22216%
Majority33
Registered electors 16,985
Turnout 7,59745%
Labour hold Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rupert Henry Bremner *unopposed
Registered electors 744
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick Charles Pasco2,23554%
Conservative George William Prout1,93446%
Majority301
Registered electors 11,171
Turnout 4,16937%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ernest Whitley73140%
Conservative Isaac Robinson72440%
RatepayersCharles Frederick Hind22712%
Labour Andre John Holman1408%
Majority7
Registered electors 2,591
Turnout 1,82270%
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dr. Joseph Sytner2,34438%
Protestant Richard Bradley1,91231%
Conservative William John Matthew Clark *1,85530%
Majority432
Registered electors 11,544
Turnout 6,11153%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Fayunopposed
Registered electors 8,561
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Waterworth *3,14553%
Labour Thomas Ernest Martin2,79247%
Majority353
Registered electors 17,065
Turnout 5,93735%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Demain1,98551%
Conservative James Burrows Noble1,91249%
Majority73
Registered electors 9,860
Turnout 3,89740%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Henry Dunford *unopposed
Registered electors 9,194
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John David Mack *unopposed
Registered electors 8,228
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant William Reuben Price1,45233%
Conservative Charles Harold Leftwich *1,41132%
Labour Frederick Stapleton1,37931%
Protestant Henry Smith Revill1934%
Majority41
Registered electors
Turnout 4,435
Protestant gain from Conservative Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sydney James Hill62358%
Labour Stanley Part44542%
Majority178
Registered electors 2,761
Turnout 1,06839%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Webster Green Armourunopposed
Registered electors 8,892
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Graham Reece *unopposed
Registered electors 6,575
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Harrington *unopposed
Registered electors 8,428
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Leo Carney1,01681%
Democratic LabourMrs. Martha Veronica Fernie23919%
Majority777
Registered electors 3,715
Turnout 1,25534%
Labour gain from Democratic Labour

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Richard Bailey *3,08051%
Labour John Thomas Kenny2,52742%
Protestant Robert Bradley4317%
Majority553
Registered electors 16,305
Turnout 6,03837%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Critchley *2,58569%
Labour Albert Smitton1,14031%
Majority1,445
Registered electors 12,539
Turnout 3,72530%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Village *3,23273%
Ind. Labour Party Donald Henry James1,18427%
Majority2,048
Registered electors 15,209
Turnout 4,41629%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Naphtali Julius Price *1,76656%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd1,37644%
Majority390
Registered electors 8,813
Turnout 3,14236%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Duncan-French *3,85366%
Labour Laurence William Kennan2,00634%
Majority1,847
Registered electors 18,854
Turnout 5,85931%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood. [8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932) [9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.

Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Liberal Councillor Alfred Gates6158%No. 1 Sandhills
Labour Councillor Lawrence King4442%Not elected

[10] [11] [12]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), [13] [10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ), [14] Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Conservative Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. 5658%No. 10 Great George
Labour Councillor Lawrence King4042%Not elected

[15] [16]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 1 Sandhills, 29 November 1934

Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932) [17]

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stanley Partunopposed
Registered electors 9,194
Labour hold Swing

[18]

No. 19 Kensington, 26 February 1935

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933). [19]

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Cresswell2,01857%
Labour Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain1,50043%
Majority518
Registered electors 11,041
Turnout 3,51832%
Conservative hold Swing

[20]

No. 5 Exchange, 28 February 1935

Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932). [21] [22]

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Thomas Patrick Staunton64061%
CentreJoseph Gorman41739%
Majority223
Registered electors 2,383
Turnout 1,05744%
Independent gain from Centre

[23] [24]

No. 29 Anfield, 26 March 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood. [8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932) [9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935. [10] [11] [12]

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Rennick Gatesunopposed
Registered electors 10,696
Liberal hold Swing

[25]

No. 7 Castle Street

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), [13] [10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ) [14] was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935. [15] [16]

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Majority
Registered electors 2,203
Turnout
Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 front page" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 1" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 2" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 3" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 4" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 5" . Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1934
  8. 1 2 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election
  9. 1 2 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Anfield
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 200" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 201" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 202" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  13. 1 2 1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929
  14. 1 2 1932 Liverpool City Council election#No. 7 Castle Street, 29 November 1932
  15. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 274" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 275" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  17. ↑ 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills
  18. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 94" . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  19. ↑ 1933 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington
  20. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 272" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  21. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 152" . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  22. ↑ 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange
  23. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 273" . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 274" . Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  25. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 346" . Retrieved 26 September 2017.
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