1913 Liverpool City Council election

Liverpool City Council elections 1913 September 2019 March 2020 1913 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1913 11 01 1912 1912 Liverpool City Council election 1914 1914 Liverpool City Council election 36 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 36 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1913. Due to the First World War this was the last contested local election, other than by-elections, until 1 November 1919. Nineteen of the thirty-six seats were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +4 ?? ??Liberal ?? -2 ?? ??Irish Nationalist ?? 0 ?? ??Labour ?? 0 0 ??Independent ?? 0 0 ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1913 Conservative Party (UK) 24 4 0 +4 67% Liberal Party (UK) 8 0 2 -2 22% Nationalist Party (Ireland) 3 0 0 0 8% Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 3% Labour Party (UK) 0 0 0 0 0% Ward results * - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1910 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year. Abercromby No. 18 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Walter Smith unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Aigburth No. 36 Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) William Parkfield Wethered * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton No. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Henry Glover unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Anfield No. 26 Anfield Conservative Party (UK) Edward Russell-Taylor * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Breckfield No. 5 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) William Rudd * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 19 Brunswick Liberal Party (UK) Patrick Charles Kelly * 861 55% Conservative Party (UK) William Fraser 693 45% 168 2,640 1,554 59% Liberal Party (UK) Castle Street No. 15 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) John Edward Rayner unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Dingle No. 20 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) Alfred James Branwood * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 18 Edge Hill Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Bennett Brough * 1,323 51% Labour Party (UK) Ernest Whiteley 1,294 49% 29 4,714 2,617 56% Conservative Party (UK) Everton No. 21 Everton Conservative Party (UK) Gerald Kyffin-Taylor M.P. * Unopposed N/A N/A Conservative Party (UK) Exchange No. 13 Exchange Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Charles Bowring * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Fairfield No. 25 Fairfield Liberal Party (UK) James Hughes junior * 1,297 51% Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Kusel 1,238 49% 59 4,045 2,535 63% Liberal Party (UK) Garston No. 37 Garston Conservative Party (UK) Frederick James Rawlinson * 1,234 63% Labour Party (UK) George Porter 713 37% 521 2,353 1,947 83% Conservative Party (UK) Granby No. 24 Granby Independent (politician) Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * Unopposed N/A N/A Independent (politician) Great George No. 17 Great George Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Skelton * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Kensington No. 19 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Mason Hatchinson * 1,617 63% Labour Party (UK) Patrick McConville 946 37% 671 4,753 2,563 54% Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale No. 2 Kirkdale Conservative Party (UK) John George Paris * 1,900 63% Labour Party (UK) James Clayton 1,120 37% 780 6,542 3,020 46% Conservative Party (UK) Low Hill No. 11 Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) William Boote * 1,084 54% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Patrick Cotter 918 46% 166 3,845 2,002 52% Conservative Party (UK) Much Woolton No. 35 Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) James Marsh unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Netherfield No. 3 Netherfield Conservative Party (UK) William Ball * 1,116 60% Independent (politician) Charles Rolls 758 40% 357 3,975 1,875 47% Conservative Party (UK) North Scotland No. 7 North Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) William John Loughrey * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Old Swan No. 32 Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Charles Burchall * 1,056 64% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Mooney 606 36% 450 3,909 1,662 43% Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park No. 23 Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) Charles Henry Rutherford * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills No. 1 Sandhills Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Gates * 1,207 56% Conservative Party (UK) William Brady Anderson 944 44% 263 3,423 2,151 63% Liberal Party (UK) St. Anne's No. 14 St. Anne's Liberal Party (UK) Dr. James Clement Baxter * 813 53% Conservative Party (UK) Richard Joseph Ward 735 47% 78 2,665 1,548 58% Liberal Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 6 St. Domingo Conservative Party (UK) Dr. Charles Alexander Hill * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) St. Peter's No. 16 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Lawrence Durning Holt 655 59% Conservative Party (UK) James Caughey Walker 454 41% 201 1,591 1,109 70% Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park East No. 22 Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) James Stuart Rankin * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park West No. 21 Sefton Park West Liberal Party (UK) Frank Campbell Wilson * 989 56% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Dalton Flood 774 44% 215 2,566 1,763 69% Liberal Party (UK) South Scotland No. 8 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Francis Joseph Harford * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Vauxhall No. 12 Vauxhall Nationalist Party (Ireland) Joseph Hughes * unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) Walton No. 27 Walton Conservative Party (UK) Dr. John George Moyles * 1,780 79% Labour Party (UK) William Cruikshanks 460 21% 1,320 5,349 2,240 42% Conservative Party (UK) Warbreck No. 26 Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) John Albert Thompson 1,114 52% Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Fleming * 1,026 48% 88 4,327 2,140 49% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Wavertree No. 30 Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Robert Stephen Porter * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree West No. 33 Wavertree West Conservative Party (UK) Edwin Haigh 988 44% Liberal Party (UK) Cecil Heywood Brunner * 726 33% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Cleary 513 23% 262 3,726 2,227 60% Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Edward Henry Cooke 1,310 66% Liberal Party (UK) Albert Edward Faulkner 673 34% 637 3,758 1,983 53% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRldtVlh0aVpST0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 front page 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRTB4NFpGdWNjWVE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 1 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSkY3ajJsS29PYWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 2 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOUNPSngxQjM1Z0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 3 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcFBVamp6eW1Majg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 4 20 May 2017 Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 3 November 1913 Liverpool Courier 3 November 1913 Aldermanic Elections Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913 19 Aldermen were elected by the councillors on 9 November 1913 for a term of six years and assigned to the following wards. - re-elected aldermen. PartyAldermanWardConservative Louis Samuel Cohen JP * KensingtonConservative Edward Hatton Cookson JP * DingleConservative Richard Dart JP * FairfieldConservative John Duncan JP * Everton Conservative Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP * St. Peter'sConservative James Heald Allerton, Childwall and Little WooltonConservative Simon Jude * Wavertree WestConservative Richard Kelly JP * Edge HillConservative Frank John Leslie * KirkdaleConservative Arthur Stanley Mather Much WooltonConservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP * West DerbyConservative William Muirhead JP NetherfieldConservative William Radcliffe JP * GarstonConservative William Roberts JP * WaltonConservative Sir Thomas Bland Royden Bart. * Sefton Park EastConservative Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson * Wavertree Irish Nationalist John Gregory Taggart * Great GeorgeConservative Dr. John Utting * GranbyConservative Hartley Wilson * Low Hill Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 8 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOW9WRjNxc2t1cW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 5 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcFJuZG5xTzBDbUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 6 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNV9acWx1WTVFMzQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 7 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYmoxUDJTTlhZRWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 8 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbmJhakhQQllDRUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 9 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM3dDQU1oRmh0VG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 10 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrLU5GQ2h0aGNpdDA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 11 20 May 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMGgyam1JR1dQb00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 12 20 May 2017 James Heald was nominated by the combined Urban District Councils of Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton to be Alderman for no. 34 Allerton, Childwall and Little Woolton on 4 November 1913 under Section 3 (1) (a) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Heald's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1916.Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 pg 10 Arthur Stanley Mather was nominated by the Much Woolton Urban District Council to be Alderman for No. 35 Much Woolton under Section 3 (1) (b) of the Local Government Board's Provisional Order Confirmation (No. 14) Act 1913. Alderman Mather's term of office was due to expire on 9 November 1919. In addition, aldermen who were elected on 9 November 1910 were assigned to the following wards: PartyAldermanWardConservative William Bartlett BrunswickLiberal Edmond Brownbill South ScotlandConservative Edward James Chevalier AigburthConservative Arthur Crosthwaite AnfieldConservative Charles Herbert Giles Prince's ParkConservative Jacob Reuben Grant Old SwanLiberal John Lea St. Domingo Irish Nationalist George Jeremy Lynskey VauxhallLiberal Richard Robert Meade-King SandhillsConservative Thomas Menlove BreckfieldConservative Sir Charles Petrie Warbreck Irish Nationalist Edward Purcell North ScotlandConservative Archibald Tutton Salvidge AbercrombyConservative Anthony Shelmerdine Sefton Park West Aldermanic Election 1 July 1914 Caused by the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell (Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWjlCejF3Rjd5aXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 363 5 June 2017 In his place Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 19111911 Liverpool City Council election#South Scotland was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 July 1914. PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Irish Nationalist Austin Harford No. 7 North Scotland 1916 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZnROX01RQWxxcGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 402 5 June 2017 Aldermanic Election 28 October 1914 Caused by the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) on 30 November 1913,https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQWphWGhYQ3VsUWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 89 5 June 2017 Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912)1912 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward. PartyAldermanWardTerm expires Conservative Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP No. 5 Breckfield 1916 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrc21ocUJIcnFldGc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 509 5 June 2017 By-elections No. 17 Great George, 27 November 1913 Caused by the election of Councillor William Muirhead JP (Conservative, Great George, elected 1 November 1912)1912 Liverpool City Council election#Great George as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1913. No. 17 Great George Thomas Philip Maguire 478 Conservative Party (UK) James Caughey Walker 468 Labour Party (UK) Joseph Cleary 72 10 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreE1RT3lnSjZYRG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 90 5 June 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdWVnTlhRVTRZMWM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 91 5 June 2017 No. 13 Exchange, Following the death of Alderman Thomas Menlove (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) on 30 November 1913, Councillor Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP (Conservative, Exchange ward, elected 1 November 1912) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 28 October 1914 and assigned as returning officer for the Breckfield ward. No. 8 South Scotland, 14 July 1914 Following the resignation of Alderman Edward Purcell Irish Nationalist, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1910) which was reported to the Council on 10 June 1914, Councillor Austin Harford (Irish Nationalist, South Scotland, elected 1 November 1911, was elected as an alderman by the Council on 1 July 1914, creating a vacancy for the South Scotland ward. No. 8 South Scotland Nationalist Party (Ireland) Patrick Jeremiah Kelly unopposed Nationalist Party (Ireland) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbzlTRk9STzFTSU0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1913-1914 page 428 5 June 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 References 1913 Category:1913 English local elections Category:1910s in Liverpool