1936 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1936. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

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Six of the thirty nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election for the councillors and the aldermanic election (held on 9 November 1936), the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative  ??+3 ?? ??
Labour  ??-3 ?? ??
Liberal  ??0 ?? ??
Protestant  ??+1 ?? ??
Independent  ??-1 ?? ??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1936
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2030+351%50%73,608
  Labour 1114-328%39%57,089
  Liberal 500013%4.8%6,996
  Protestant 210+15%4.3%6,329
  Independent 101-12.6%0.77%1,120
 Democratic Conservative00000%0.59%860

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1933 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thomas Roberts *2,38351%
Labour Alice Elliott2,24549%
Majority138
Registered electors 9,829
Turnout 4,62847%
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward James Deane *2,77760%
Liberal Philip Binnes1,85340%
Majority924
Registered electors 10,421
Turnout 4,63044%
Conservative hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Alfred Strong *2,09180%
Labour Charles William Baker51720%
Majority1,574
Registered electors 5,424
Turnout 2,60848%
Conservative hold Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Aled Owen Roberts 2,25785%
Independent Robert Hugh Williams38915%
Majority1,868
Registered electors 11,285
Turnout 2,64623%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David John Lewis2,67862%
Labour James Lakin Jones1,64038%
Majority1,038
Registered electors 10,154
Turnout 4,31843%
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hanley *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Sinclair Scott Hannayunopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alan Anderson Boyle *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Lilian Hamilton *4,37461%
Conservative Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones2,83339%
Majority1,541
Registered electors 19,367
Turnout 7,20737%
Labour hold Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Horrace Duckett4,48050%
Labour Joseph Gibbins *4,39350%
Majority87
Registered electors 14,930
Turnout 8,87359%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Johnstone *2.90852%
Conservative Bertram Saul Morgan2,67548%
Majority233
Registered electors 12,274
Turnout 5,58345%
Labour hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bertie Kirby *3,53064%
Conservative George Gilbert Mulligan1,97036%
Majority1,560
Registered electors 12,570
Turnout 5,50044%
Labour hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent James Farrell *73171%
Labour Hugh Carr30429%
Majority427
Registered electors 2,332
Turnout 1,03544%
Independent hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Menlove Dolby2,23965%
Labour Thomas Dolman Vallance1,23135%
Majority1,008
Registered electors 10,470
Turnout 3,47033%
Liberal hold Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Greenough Gregson *3,07762%
Labour Leonard Cunningham1,91938%
Majority1,158
Registered electors 11,992
Turnout 4,99642%
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Jackson Cleary *2,96360%
Conservative Joseph Williams1,97340%
Majority990
Registered electors 7,960
Turnout 4,93662%
Labour hold Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Adam Edwards *2,20153%
Labour George Edward Humphreys1,95347%
Majority248
Registered electors 9,774
Turnout 4,15443%
Conservative hold Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph Campbell *1,22056%
Conservative William Henry Broad96544%
Majority255
Registered electors 4,563
Turnout 2,18548%
Labour hold Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Cresswell3,15266%
Labour Cyril George Prest1,66034%
Majority1,492
Registered electors 10,954
Turnout 4,81244%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Mackson Brown3,84453%
Labour Frederick Jones *3,38347%
Majority461
Registered electors 16,419
Turnout 7,22744%
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh3,05557%
Labour Alexander Kay *2,26543%
Majority790
Registered electors 10,780
Turnout 5,320
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Butterfield *1,10477%
Labour William Smith Fraser33123%
Majority773
Registered electors 2,828
Turnout 1,43551%
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant Robert Bradley3,49356%
Labour John Bagot *2,69244%
Majority801
Registered electors 11,023
Turnout 6,18556%
Protestant gain from Labour Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frederick William Tucker *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Moss Greenberg *4,42859%
Labour Joseph Strathdene3,11841%
Majority1,310
Registered electors 18,486
Turnout 7,54641%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Rowan2,89658%
Labour Sarah Ann Demain2,07942%
Majority817
Registered electors 9,811
Turnout 4,97551%
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bessie Braddock *unopposed
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protestant George Henry Dunbar *2,83663%
Labour Sarah Anne McArd1,68637%
Majority1,150
Registered electors 11,166
Turnout 4,52240%
Protestant hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Mary Mabel Ellis *64762%
Labour Laurence William Kennan39338%
Majority254
Registered electors 2,455
Turnout 1,04042%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eric Douglas Mackay Heriot-Hill2,10456%
Democratic ConservativeGeorge Edward Holme *86023%
Labour George Porter79321%
Majority1,244
Registered electors 8,782
Turnout 3,75743%
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Thomas Lancashire *2,42676%
Labour Geoffrey Thompson78224%
Majority1,644
Registered electors 6,713
Turnout 3,20848%
Conservative hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael John Reppion *unopposed
Registered electors 8,308
Labour hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Hogan1,05764%
Conservative James Arthur Bryning58836%
Majority469
Registered electors 3,556
Turnout 1,64546%
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert John Hall *4,58170%
Labour Alfred Walker Boothman1,94630%
Majority2,635
Registered electors 16,451
Turnout 6,52740%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Wagstaff *3,35074%
Labour Austin Rainford95621%
Independent William Fry2135%
Majority2,394
Registered electors 13,219
Turnout 4,51934%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Morris Griffith *4,18475%
Labour Daniel Whelan1,42125%
Majority2,763
Registered electors 15,498
Turnout 5,60536%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Levy *2,43361%
Labour Thomas Williamson1,54839%
Majority885
Registered electors 8,788
Turnout 3,98145%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Ash Cookson *5,36075%
Labour Mabel Kennedy1,78225%
Majority3,578
Registered electors 20,446
Turnout 7,14235%
Conservative hold Swing

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

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937

Caused by the death on 1 December 1936 [8] of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932, [9] in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935) [10] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937.

Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Labour Councillor Lawrence King42100%No. 27 Fazakerley

[11] [12]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, elected 9 November 1932), [9] in whose place Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935) [13] being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937.

Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Conservative Councillor Michael Cory Dixon58100%No.16 Sefton Park West

[14] [15]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937

Caused by the death on 7 September 1937 [16] of Alderman Henry Walker (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935). [17] His place was taken by Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey JP (Labour, last elected to the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1936) [18] of 17 Haverstock Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, who was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 October 1937.

Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937
PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward
Labour Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey35100%No. 33 Wavertree West

[16] [19]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941.

By-elections

No. 33 Wavertree West, Wednesday 27 January 1937

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charlton Thomson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935). [20]

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Dinsdale Walker1,59858%
Robert Edward Cottier78329%
Theodolph Joseph Augustus Duggan36313%
Majority815
Registered electors 15,498
Turnout 2,74418%
Swing

[21]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No.11 Brunswick, 11 February 1937

Following the death on 1 December 1936 [8] of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932, [9] in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935) [10] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937. [11] [12]

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Annie Cain *unopposed
Swing

[22]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No.15 Sefton Park East, 17 March 1937

Caused by Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935) [13] being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937. [14] [15]

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Moores1,49485%
James Murphy27415%
Majority1,244
Registered electors 8,782
Turnout 1,76820%
Conservative hold Swing

[23]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938.

No. 14 Granby, Thursday 17 June 1937

Caused by the death on 28 April 1937 of Councillor William Adam Edwards (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1936) [24] [25]

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Walter Clark1,635
John Bagot1,479
Majority
Registered electors 9,774
Turnout
Swing

[26] [27]

No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday 17 June 1937

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton (Labour, last elected 1 November 1936). [28]

No. 40 Croxteth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Lakin Jones3,33166%
Conservative Miss Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones1,72734%
Majority1,604
Registered electors 19,367
Turnout 5,05826%
Labour hold Swing

[27] [29]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1939.

No. 19 Kensington, Thursday 22 July 1937

Caused by the death on 28 June 1937 [25] of Councillor Edward Clouston Ralph Litler-Jones (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935. [30]

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Harold Bailey2,09367%
George Williams1,01833%
Majority1,075
Registered electors 10,954
Turnout 3,11128%
Conservative hold Swing

[31]

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References

  1. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 front page" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 1" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 2" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 3" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 4" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 5" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1936
  8. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 104" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932
  10. 1 2 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Brunswick
  11. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 200" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 201" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  13. 1 2 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park East
  14. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 269" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  15. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 270" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  16. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 904" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  17. ↑ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic election 9 November 1935
  18. ↑ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills
  19. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 905" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  20. ↑ 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree West
  21. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 268" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  22. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 354" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  23. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 458" . Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  24. ↑ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Granby
  25. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 544" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  26. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 706" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  27. 1 2 "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 707" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  28. ↑ 1936 Liverpool City Council election#Croxteth
  29. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 708" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  30. ↑ 1935 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington
  31. ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 794" . Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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