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Liverpool City Council elections 1919
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1919 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1910 11 01 1918 1918 Liverpool City Council election 1920 1920 Liverpool City Council election 36 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 36 wards 73 (incl. Aldermen)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1919.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Ten of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative 54 -9 26 80Liberal 22 -2 6 28Labour 20 +10 0 20Irish Nationalist 13 +1 3 16Independent 1 -1 0 1
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1919
Conservative Party (UK)
14
1
10
-9
38%
46%
43,994
Labour Party (UK)
10
10
0
+10
29%
34%
32,751
Liberal Party (UK)
4
0
1
-1
8.8%
8.5%
8,232
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
7
1
0
1
3.5%
3,538
Independent
1
0
0
0
Note there was one new seat.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
No. 9 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
Edwin Thompson *
1,439
58%
S. & S.
John Bennie Baillie
1,038
42%
401
6,521
2,477
38%
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Morley Miller
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Allerton, Childwall & Little Woolton
No. 35 Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
Stanley Rimmer
572
42%
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles James Williamson
463
34%
Labour Party (UK)
William Richard Blair
315
23%
109
2,202
1,350
61%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 29 Anfield
Labour Party (UK)
George Thompson Holliday
1,294
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Jane Ellen Richardson
1,276
35%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Owen Thomas *
1,030
29%
18
8,706
3,600
41%
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 30 Breckfield
Labour Party (UK)
Henry Alfred Booth
2,296
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Griffiths *
1,873
45%
423
9,269
4,169
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 11 Brunswick
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
John Alfred Kelly *
2,403
74%
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Mason
857
26%
1,546
7,261
3,260
45%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Castle Street
No. 7 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Ambrose Goodwin
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 12 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
William Wallace Kelly *
3,594
66%
Labour Party (UK)
William John Daniel
1,869
34%
1,725
12,830
5,463
43%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 18 Edge Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Charles Burden
2,527
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Daniel Charles Williams *
2,240
47%
287
11,058
4,767
43%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 21 Everton
Labour Party (UK)
Henry Walker
2,974
63%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Edward Pugh *
1,784
37%
1,190
11,010
4,758
43%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Peter Kavanagh
955
66%
Conservative Party (UK)
Perring Thomas Stolterfoht *
486
34%
469
2,549
1,441
57%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Conservative Party (UK)
Fairfield
No. 31 Fairfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Lucas
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Fazakerley
No. 27 Fazakerley
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Quayle
701
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Albert Nicholas Denaro
506
42%
195
2,421
1,207
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 37 Garston
Labour Party (UK)
James Henry Dutton
1,458
45%
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Tushingham *
1,419
44%
S & S
John George Baker
378
12%
39
5,114
3,255
64%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Granby
No. 14 Granby
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Harrison Jones *
1,922
59%
Co-operative Party
Frederick James Norris
1,353
41%
569
8,293
3,275
39%
Liberal Party (UK)
Great George
No. 10 Great George
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Thomas Owen Ruddin
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Kensington
No. 19 Kensington
Labour Party (UK)
John Badlay
2,889
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Lowry Burns *
2,366
45%
523
10%
N/A
9,936
5,255
53%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 24 Kirkdale
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Garnett Sheldon *
2,971
49%
Labour Party (UK)
Samuel Mason
2,813
46%
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Edward Freeman
340
6%
158
14,107
6,124
43%
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 20 Low Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Joseph Rowan
1,872
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
Francis William Bailey *
1,729
40%
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Masterson
672
16%
143
8,947
4,273
48%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 22 Netherfield
Independent (politician)
John Walker *
2,109
76%
Coalition Labour
William Edward McLachlan
649
24%
1,460
10,152
2,758
27%
Independent (politician)
North Scotland
No. 2 North Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
John Clancy
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Old Swan
No. 32 Old Swan
Labour Party (UK)
Herbert Edward Rose
2,162
50.4%
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Burton *
2,126
49.6%
36
9,548
4,288
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 13 Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
David Jackson *
2,365
64%
Labour Party (UK)
John Hayes
1,330
36%
1,035
7,765
3,695
48%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Thomas Wafer Byrne
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
St. Anne's
No. 6 St. Anne's
Liberal Party (UK)
Philip Durning Holt
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas White *
1,991
52%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Sydney Shaw
1,831
48%
160
9,920
3,822
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 8 St. Peter's
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Alexander Cole *
743
62%
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Fergus
451
38%
292
2,549
1,194
47%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 15 Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
Arnold Rushton
2,261
53%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Parry Edwards *
1,302
31%
Co-operative Party
Annie Billinge
695
16%
959
8,104
4,258
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Liberal Party (UK)
Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 3 South Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
John O'Shea
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Vauxhall
No. 4 Vauxhall
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Thomas Burke
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Walton
No. 25 Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Sydney Appleton Kelly *
3,177
55%
Labour Party (UK)
Mercer Curtis
2,642
45%
535
11,292
5,819
52%
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 26 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Charles Herman *
2,588
61%
Co-operative Party
Anna Blair
1,674
39%
914
10,391
4,262
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 34 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Gill *
2,305
54%
Labour Party (UK)
Albert Edward Johns
1,955
46%
350
9.065
4,260
47%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West
Labour Party (UK)
William Augustus Colcutt
1,856
50.3%
Conservative Party (UK)
John Glynn *
1,837
49.7%
19
7,653
3,693
48%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Labour Party (UK)
Walter Percy Helm
1,542
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
Albert James Muskett
1,294
34%
Independent (politician)
Thomas Utley
957
25%
248
8,376
3,793
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraHRFZFg2Wm5YdW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 front page 13 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdDc4THNta1hpckU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 1 13 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRnBEZ0R3MDJZcVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 2 13 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraFhTWm4wTkxMeG8 Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (1) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrLUNaTDZ1TzZjVmc Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (3) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTE9XNlByNWtSb0k Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (4) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVWdYSS1WSk1nS1E Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (5) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTHhnSURTVGRkWFE Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (6) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRWRCMlp5WWo4WlU Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (7) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVW1rekE5NjFUTk0 Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (8) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtra0Z1b0NCOG5HZnc Liverpool Post and Mercury 3 November 1919 scan (10) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSmRWelpONTVEQWM Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (2) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWUJsV0ZlNmc1UVE Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (3) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcFkyLWVfUzhJS1E Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (4) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSVRQUHcyUTE2ZkU Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (5) 15 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrekdRVEJwRFFIbWc Liverpool Courier 3 November 1919 scan (6) 15 July 2017
Aldermanic Elections 10 November 1919
Caused by the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)1913 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbTVRb1VETTFITWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1918-1919 page 393 13 July 2017
In his place, Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)1914 Liverpool City Council election#Edge Hill Postal Official of 10 Fairfield Street, Liverpool was elected by the council as an alderman on 10 November 1919.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOEU1ZmQtbmh3LWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 5 13 July 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdENLOGZHN1FMMXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 6 13 July 2017
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Labour Frederick Thomas Richardson No. 21 Everton 1923
On 10 November 1919, Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)1914 Liverpool City Council election#Garston Trades Union Official of 13 St. Andrew Road, was elected by the council as the first alderman for the Fazakerley ward
.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMnU4cVc5UDR5Wk0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 7 13 July 2017
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Labour William Albert Robinson No. 27 Fazakerley 1923
Aldermanic Election 7 July 1920
Caused by the resignation of Alderman Robert Stephen Porter
(Conservative, appointed by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1916),1914 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Appointments 9 November 1916 which was reported to the council on 5 May 1920https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUzNFczhKckVkejQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 382 14 July 2017
In his place, Councillor John George Moyles JP (Party?, ward?, elected?)
of 2 Bedford Road, Walton was elected, by the council as an alderman on 7 July 1920https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb3Z5UDl3T3ktSWs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 464 14 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrd1ZhU2txVFU2OHM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 465 14 July 2017
PartyAldermanWardTerm expires John George Moyles JP No. 34 Wavertree 1923
By-elections
No. 18 Edge Hill, 26 November 1919
Caused by the election as an alderman, by the council of Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914) on 10 November 1919, following the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)
No. 18 Edge Hill
Samuel Mason
2,759
52%
Daniel Charles Williams
2,516
48%
243
5,275
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNmYzSXR2NmZFT1k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 78 14 July 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRVF6aUpfdkp4WlE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 79 14 July 2017
No. 37 Garston, 26 November 1919
Caused by the election, by the council, as an alderman on 10 November 1919 of Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914).
No. 37 Garston
Albert Elijah Beavan
1,977
51%
Thomas Tushingham
1,879
49%
3,856
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNGduUmNMelItb00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1919-1920 page 80 14 July 2017
No. 24 Sefton Park West
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Herbert Reynolds Rathbone
(Liberal, elected unopposed 1 November 1919)Sefton Park West which was reported to the council on 7 July 1920.
See also
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
History of local government in England
References
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