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1930 English local government election
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1930 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1930 11 01 y 1929 1929 Liverpool City Council election 1931 1931 Liverpool City Council election 39 councillors' seats were up for election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1930.
Five of the seats were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +5 ?? ??Labour ?? -5 ?? ??Liberal ?? 0 ?? ??Independent ?? +1 ?? ??Centre Party ?? -2 ?? ?? Democratic Labour ?? +1 ?? ??Protestant ?? +1 ?? ??
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1930
Conservative Party (UK)
24
5
0
+5
62%
Labour Party (UK)
7
1
6
-5
18%
Liberal Party (UK)
4
0
0
0
10%
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
+1
3%
Democratic Labour
1
1
0
+1
3%
Centre Party
1
0
2
-2
3%
Liverpool Protestant Party
1
1
0
+1
3%
Communist Party
0
0
0
0
0%
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1927 election results.
Abercromby
No. 9 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
William Thomas Roberts *
2,209
75%
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Campbell
733
25%
1,476
9,000
2,942
33%
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward James Deane *
2,743
82%
Labour Party (UK)
William Edward Lloyd
582
18%
2,161
8,137
3,325
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
Allerton
No. 35 Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
George Alfred Strong *
1,351
66%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Alice Elliott
380
19%
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Banks
315
15%
971
4,115
2,046
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 29 Anfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Richard Price *
2,364
78%
Labour Party (UK)
Austin Rainford
682
22%
1,682
10,924
3,046
28%
Liberal Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 30 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Burton *
2,338
51%
Labour Party (UK)
William James Riddick
1,334
29%
Liverpool Protestant Party
George Edward Lewis
921
20%
1,004
10,398
4,593
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 11 Brunswick
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Hanley *
2,382
72%
Conservative Party (UK)
David Jukes
911
28%
1,471
9,073
3,293
36%
Labour Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 7 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
William Denton *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Childwall
No. 38 Childwall
Liberal Party (UK)
Alan Anderson Boyle *
938
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Harry Beckett
679
38%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Crossland
151
9%
259
3,076
1,768
57%
Liberal Party (UK)
Croxteth
No. 40 Croxteth
This was a new ward from 1928, so no councillor was elected in 1927.
Conservative Party (UK)
Oswald Wade
1,853
55%
Labour Party (UK)
Alfred Hargreaves
1,520
45%
333
9,541
3,373
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 12 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Harry Bosworth
4,088
51%
Labour Party (UK)
Alfred Demain
3,061
39%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Albert Henry Osborne
789
10%
1,027
15,515
7,983
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 18 Edge Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
Herbert Henry Nuttall
2,508
52%
Independent Socialist
Robert Tissyman *
1,241
26%
Labour Party (UK)
Henry Osmond Pugh
1,050
22%
British Union of Fascists
Dewi Protherow
36
1%
1,267
13,336
4,835
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Everton
No. 21 Everton
Labour Party (UK)
Bertie Victor Kirby *
2,680
47%
Democratic Labour
Thomas Conifer
1,008
18%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Thomas Dunne
645
11%
1,269
29%
15,549
5,744
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Independent (politician)
James Farrell
unopposed
Independent (politician)
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Fairfield
No. 31 Fairfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles Sydney Jones *
2,361
72%
Labour Party (UK)
William Henry Baxter
931
28%
1,430
44%
10,272
3,292
32%
Liberal Party (UK)
Fazakerley
No. 27 Fazakerley
Conservative Party (UK)
William Greenough Gregson
2,347
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Bernard Louis Meyer
1,727
42%
620
10,374
4,074
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 37 Garston
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Jackson Cleary *
2,218
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Roger Abel
1,953
47%
265
7,042
4,171
59%
Labour Party (UK)
Granby
No. 14 Granby
Conservative Party (UK)
William Adam Edwards
1,983
58%
Labour Party (UK)
James Johnstone *
1,414
42%
569
9,908
3,397
34%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Great George
No. 10 Great George
Democratic Labour
John Loughlin *
814
68%
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Thomas Hughes
389
32%
425
5,042
1,203
24%
Democratic Labour
Labour
Kensington
No. 19 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Norman Jones
2,935
64%
Labour Party (UK)
George Porter
1,625
36%
1,309
11,398
4,561
40%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 24 Kirkdale
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Porter
3,283
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Jones *
3,160
36%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom
2,316
26%
123
17,015
8,759
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 20 Low Hill
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Edward Pugh
2,049
54%
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Whitehead
1,744
46%
305
11,186
3,793
34%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Much Woolton
No. 36 Much Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
William Edward Stirling Napier *
753
74%
Labour Party (UK)
William Robert Snell
258
26%
495
2,136
1,011
47%
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 22 Netherfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Michael Urding *
3,770
53%
Labour Party (UK)
Alexander Key
1,721
24%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Albert Clayton
1,318
19%
Independent (politician)
William Edward McLaclan
276
4%
2,049
12,178
7,085
58%
Conservative Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 2 North Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick William Tucker
1,985
82%
Communist Party of Great Britain
Leo Joseph McGree
428
18%
1,557
8,605
2,413
28%
Labour Party (UK)
Old Swan
No. 32 Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
Moss Greenberg
3,571
62%
Labour Party (UK)
William Sydney Dytor
2,219
38%
1,352
15,247
5,790
38%
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 13 Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Miss Margaret Beavan
3,077
70%
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Edward Costier
1,298
30%
1,779
9,867
4,375
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Labour Party (UK)
John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *
unopposed
Labour Party (UK)
St. Anne's
No. 6 St. Anne's
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Braddock
1,392
60%
Democratic Labour
Mrs.Louise Frances Hughes
935
40%
457
9,436
2,327
25%
Labour Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo
Liverpool Protestant Party
Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom
2,862
47%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Trevor Thomas
1,682
28%
Labour Party (UK)
John Hamilton *
1,570
26%
1,180
19%
N/A
11,737
6,114
52%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Labour Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 8 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
Miss Mary Mabel Ellis
850
74%
Labour Party (UK)
Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling
304
26%
546
3,054
1,154
38%
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 15 Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
George Edward Holme *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
Walter Thomas Lancashire
2,160
83%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor
446
17%
1,714
6,230
2,606
42%
Conservative Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 3 South Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Michael John Reppion *
2,310
82%
Independent (politician)
Patrick James Loughran
524
18%
1,786
8,830
2,834
32%
Labour Party (UK)
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Vauxhall
No. 4 Vauxhall
Independent (politician)
Joseph Belger *
unopposed
Independent (politician)
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Walton
No. 25 Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert John Hall *
3,776
65%
Labour Party (UK)
John Reginald Bevins
2,026
35%
1,750
30%
16,119
5,802
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 26 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hill *
3,299
70%
Co-operative Party
Joseph Farrar Kitchen
1,392
30%
1,907
12,415
4,691
38%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 34 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
John Morris Griffith *
3,525
69%
Labour Party (UK)
John Gibbon Elliott
1,582
31%
1,943
14,333
5,107
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Levy
2,243
47%
Labour Party (UK)
Ernest Whiteley *
1,970
41%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Herbert Shepherd
560
12%
273
8,973
4,773
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
Ernest Ash Cookson
4,339
71%
Labour Party (UK)
William Dean Jones
1,747
29%
2,592
18,299
6,086
33%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRkF2a2dyM0lraEk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 front page 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtremFrM3Z0X2p6N1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 1 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWXAwSDBWUlU3Y28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 2 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUnU0Tzh3TmxJVFE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 3 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtramNjYzA3aWNfbDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 4 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrR0I4eHdQaDBLNGs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 5 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb19VcUt5OGxzVUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 6 31 August 2017
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1930
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1927
Aldermanic elections
Aldermanic election 10 November 1930
The term of office of Alderman Henry Morley Miller (Conservative, elected as an alderman on 10 November 1924)1924 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election for No. 35 Allerton 10 November 1924 expired on 10 November 1930 and
he was re-elected for a further 5-year term by the Councillors on that date.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVHpDVnZGS01TNmc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 7 31 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc0N5eF9saU10MkE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 8 31 August 2017
Aldermanic Election 10 November 1930 PartyAldermanVotes%Allocated wardConservative Henry Morley Miller * 68 100% No. 35 Allerton
Aldermanic Election 7 January 1931
Following the death of Alderman Thomas Wafer Byrne (Labour, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreWJLbXlxOGlhZnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 159 2 September 2017 Councillor Herbert Edward Rose (Labour, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1929)1929 Liverpool City Council election#Breckfield was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 January 1931.
Aldermanic Election 7 January 1931 PartyAldermanVotes%Allocated ward Labour Herbert Edward Rose 30 100% No. 24 Kirkdale
Aldermanic Election 1 April 1931
Following the death on 17 December 1930 of Alderman John Gordon J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrclpWM0RFdFNfMzg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 158 2 September 2017 Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson J.P. (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1929)1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aigburth was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 April 1931https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraDV6bXRyZ3dIeDg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 331 2 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrd1F0MFlQSnhVdkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 332 2 September 2017
Aldermanic Election 1 April 1931 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Conservative Frank Campbell Wilson 56 98% No. 12 Dingle Labour Robert Tissyman 1 2%
Aldermanic Election 6 May 1931
Following the death on 24 December 1930 of Alderman John George Moyles M.B.E. J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Allerton, elected 1 November 1929)1929 Liverpool City Council election#Allerton was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 May 1931.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNmRoM0Z5WGVoajQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 410 2 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYkFKSWh0M1RlWVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 411 2 September 2017
Aldermanic Election 6 May 1931 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Conservative Herbert John Davis 49 100% No. 34 Wavertree
Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931
Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), which was reported to the Council on 2 September 1931,https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcUI1SlBoZHRlLWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 636 2 September 2017 Councillor Sir Thomas White (Conservative Party, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1928)1928 Liverpool City Council election#St. Domingo was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 October 1931.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrX29fU0hXNVJEdkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 664 2 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrckpJYzdFRnM1WGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 665 2 September 2017
Aldermanic Election 7 October 1931 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Conservative Sir Thomas White 61 98% Labour Robert Tissyman 1 2%
By-elections
No. 30 Breckfield, 24 March 1931
Following the death of Alderman Thomas Wafer Byrne, Councillor Herbert Edward Rose (Labour, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1929) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 January 1931, causing a vacancy in the Breckfield ward.
No. 30 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Ada Martha Burton
1,506
51%
Labour Party (UK)
William James Riddick
859
29%
Liverpool Protestant Party
George Edward Lewis
604
20%
647
10,398
2,969
29%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrT0liSk9vS3FGYWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 330 2 September 2017
No. 17 Aigburth, 20 May 1931
Following the death on 17 December 1930 of Alderman John Gordon J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson J.P. (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1929) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 April 1931, causing a vacancy in the Aigburth ward.
No. 17 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Vere Egerton Cotton
unopposed
8,137
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrT0VoTGRnRjZhZUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 461 2 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRU53akx4S3N4TzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 462 2 September 2017
No. 35 Allerton, 6 October 1931
Following the death on 24 December 1930 of Alderman John George Moyles M.B.E. J.P. (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Allerton, elected 1 November 1929) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 May 1931, causing a vacancy in the Allerton ward.
No. 35 Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
William George Heath
unopposed
4,115
Conservative Party (UK)
No. 13 Prince's Park, Thursday 23 July 1931
Caused by the death on 22 February 1931 of Councillor Miss Margaret Beavan (Conservative, Prince's Park, last elected 1 November 1930).https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUlo3Wm9FZEw1UGs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 252 2 September 2017
No. 13 Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
William Trevor Thomas
2,096
69%
Labour Party (UK)
John Hamilton
1,168
31%
1,168
9,867
3,024
31%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcWZqd3pPTWNIMGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 572 2 September 2017
No. 23 St. Domingo
Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), which was reported to the Council on 2 September 1931, Councillor Sir Thomas White (Conservative Party, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1928) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 7 October 1931, thereby causing a vacancy in the St. Domingo ward.
No. 4 Vauxhall
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, Vauxhall, last elected on 1 November 1929),1929 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall which was reported to the Council on 21 October 1931.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNVRzcVJ6OUdseGs Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 page 714 2 September 2017
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
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