1923 Liverpool City Council election

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Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1923.

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One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.

Twelve of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative 65 ??2590
Liberal  ?? ?? ?? ??
Irish Nationalist 21 ??324
National Liberal  ?? ?? ?? ??
Independent10 ??414
Labour 3 ??25
Protestant  ?? ?? ?? ??
Communist 1 ??01

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1923
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2301-160%40%40,321
  Irish Nationalist 800021%18%18,346
  Liberal 500013%13%12,809
  National Liberal 220+25%1.9%%1,966
  Labour 001-10%26%26,127
 Unemployed00000%0.82%835
 Patriotic Protestant00000%0.051%52

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1920 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1920.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cuthbert Frederick Francisunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Edward Jacob *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton - 2 seats
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson51835%
Conservative William James Austin47532%
Liberal Frank Williams38826%
Independent J.H. Naylor junr.1168%
Majority130
Registered electors 1,385
Turnout 74954%
National Liberal gain from Conservative
Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Gates2,40047%
Conservative John Parry Thomas1,86636%
Labour William John Daniel85517%
Majority543
Registered electors 9,448
Turnout 5,12154%
Liberal hold Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Griffiths *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Lawrence King *3,48896%
Labour James Henry Dutton1544.2%
Majority3,334
Registered electors 8,197
Turnout 3,64244%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick William Frodsham79365%
Liberal Thomas Royal Little41835%
Majority375
Registered electors 2,668
Turnout 1,21145%
Conservative hold Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Dalton Flood *4,80358%
Labour Joseph Gibbins3,48242%
UnemployedDewi Protheroe560.67%
Majority1,321
Registered electors 13,963
Turnout 8,34160%
Conservative hold Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Charles Williams *2,92050%
Labour Charles Burden2,69046%
Irish Nationalist William Henry McGuiness1823%
Patriotic ProtestantCharles Stamper520.89%
Majority230
Registered electors 12,328
Turnout 5,84447%
Conservative hold Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ellis *3,17765%
Labour John Henry Naylor1,59033%
UnemployedJohn Young1823%
Majority1,587
Registered electors 12,850
Turnout 4,88238%
Conservative hold Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Miss Alice McCormick90459%
Liberal Mark Philip Rathbone57537%
Independent Joseph Masterman503%
UnemployedJohn Bingham70.5%
Majority329
Registered electors 2,747
Turnout 1,53656%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal James Hughes *1,96654%
Liberal Walter Henry Davies1,65446%
Majority312
Registered electors 9,159
Turnout 3,62040%
National Liberal gain from Labour Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Harwood Letherenunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Case1,84149%
Labour Henry Osmond Pugh1,37537%
Liberal James Scott53014%
Majority466
Registered electors 5,897
Turnout 3,74664%
Conservative hold Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *unopposed
Registered electors
Independent hold Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist William Grogan *1,58783%
Labour George Henry Bennett32217%
Majority1,265
Registered electors 4,461
Turnout 43%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joseph Ashworth *2,97059%
Labour Frederick Jones2,09841%
Majority872
Registered electors 10,677
Turnout 5,06847%
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullanunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Henry Mitchell *2,43249%
Labour Thomas Joseph Rowan1,77036%
Irish Nationalist Joseph Lougran70814%
UnemployedPhilip Maguire330.67%
Majority662
Registered electors 10,129
Turnout 4,94349%
Conservative hold Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Francis Roskell Reynoldsunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Edward McLaclan2,65562%
Patriotic ProtestantChristopher Haigh1,15527%
Labour George Chadwick47011%
Majority1,510
Registered electors 11,291
Turnout 4,29038%
Conservative hold Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist John Patrick Farrelly2,41251%
Labour Edward Campbell2,28349%
Majority129
Registered electors 8,075
Turnout 4,69558%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Ernest Shennan *3,01160%
Labour Herbert Edward Rose1,96539%
Irish Nationalist William O'Neil671.3%
Majority1,046
Registered electors 11,476
Turnout 5,04344%
Conservative hold Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Wood *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist James William Baker *2,68084%
Labour Patrick Roy35311%
UnemployedDaniel Williams1615%
Majority2,327
Registered electors 8,711
Turnout 3,19437%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Patrick Alfred Durkin *2,15562%
Labour Richard McCann90326%
UnemployedAlexander Phillips43212%
Majority1,252
Registered electors 9,412
Turnout 3,49037%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Edward Backhouse *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lawrence Durning Holt *94665%
Independent Frederick Bowman33323%
Irish Nationalist Owen Geraghty15511%
UnemployedIsaac Edward Ashton161.1%
Majority613
Registered electors 2,729
Turnout 1,45053%
Liberal hold Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Cory Dixon *unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Campbell Wilson *unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist John Gerald Murphy2,84159%
Labour David Gilbert Logan *2,01441%
Majority827
Registered electors 8,269
Turnout 4,85559%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Nationalist Dr. Percy Hayes1,16779%
Labour Joseph McChrystal29420%
UnemployedJoseph William Veldman151%
Majority873
Registered electors 3,720
Turnout 1,47640%
Irish Nationalist hold Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Miller Platt *3,02978%
Liberal Joseph Edward Freeman84222%
Majority2,187
Registered electors 12,471
Turnout 3,87131%
Conservative hold Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Albert Thompson *2,28761%
Liberal William Pritchard1,46739%
Majority820
Registered electors 10,963
Turnout 3,75434%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Langton Beckwith *2,18447%
Liberal Hugh Frame1,31829%
Labour Robert Tissyman1,11024%
Majority866
Registered electors 10,314
Turnout 4,61245%
Conservative hold Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edwin Haigh *1,91545%
Liberal Alexander Maber Finlason1,19328%
Labour Charles Matthew Belk1,12927%
Majority722
Registered electors 8,396
Turnout 4,23750%
Conservative hold Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick William Riley *3,95363%
Labour Henry Arthur Crick1,27020%
Liberal Samuel Skelton jun.1,07817%
Majority2,683
Registered electors 12,909
Turnout 6,30149%
Conservative hold Swing

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1923

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1923, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.

The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1923 for a term of six years.

PartyAldermanWard
Conservative William James Burgess JP *
Conservative Harold Edward Davies
Conservative Thomas Dowd *
Conservative John Edwards
Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP *
Conservative John Gordon
Conservative Robert Charles Herman *
Conservative Samuel Mason Hutchinson JP *
Conservative Arthur Stanley Mather JP *
Conservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP *
Conservative John George Moyles JP *
Conservative William Muirhead JP *
Conservative John George Paris *
Conservative Charles Henry Rutherford *
Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart JP *
Conservative John Utting JP *
Conservative James Wilson Walker *
Conservative Hartley Wilson JP *

[6] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Aldermanic Election 4 June 1924

Caused by the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) [21] on 13 March 1924 . [22]

In his place Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921) [23] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 4 June 1924 [24] . [22]

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
Irish Nationalist James BolgerNo. 6 St. Anne's1926

By-elections

No. 13 Princes Park, 22 November 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor David Jackson (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1922) [25] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1923 [26]

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Mawdsley Ritchie2,63670%
Labour Louise Hughes1,12830%
Majority1,508
Registered electors
Turnout 3,764
Conservative hold Swing

[27] [28] [29] [30]

The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.

No. 17 Aigburth, 17 January 1924

Caused by the death on 19 December 1923 of Councillor John Ritchie (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1921) [31] . [32]

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward James Deane1,40752%
Liberal Colonel Albert Melly1,31948%
Majority88
Registered electors
Turnout 2,726
Conservative hold Swing

[33]

No. 23 Netherfield, 9 April 1924

Caused by the election of Councillor Harold Edward Davies (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1921) [34] as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1923 [35]

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Michael Urding2,13476%
Christopher Haigh67324%
Majority1,461
Registered electors 11,291
Turnout 2,80725%
Conservative hold Swing

[36]

No. 12 Dingle, 30 July 1924

Caused by the death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Liberal, Dingle, elected 1 November 1921) [37] on 16 October 1923 which was reported to the Council on 24 October 1923. [38]

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Bennett Brown3,76952%
Horace Godden Cole3,42048%
Majority349
Registered electors 13,963
Turnout 7,18951%
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

[39]

No. 2 North Scotland 10 July 1924

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921) [23] as an alderman on 4 June 1924, [24] [22] following the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) [21] on 13 March 1924. [22]

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Gilbert Logan3,27279%
Thomas Joseph Hennessy88121%
Majority2,391
Registered electors 8,075
Turnout 4,15351%
Labour gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

[40]

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  21. 1 2 Liverpool Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
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  23. 1 2 Liverpool, North Scotland election 1 November 1921
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