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1911 Liverpool City Council election
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Liverpool City Council elections 1911
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1911 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1911 11 01 1910 1910 Liverpool City Council election 1912 1912 Liverpool City Council election 35 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 35 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen)
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1911.
Sixteen of the thirty-five wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? -3 ?? ??Liberal ?? -3 ?? ??Irish Nationalist ?? 0 3 ??Labour ?? +6 0 ??Independent ?? 0 ?? ??
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1911
Conservative Party (UK)
15
0
3
-3
43%
46%
16,767
Liberal Party (UK)
10
0
3
-3
29%
5%
2,009
Labour Party (UK)
7
6
0
+6
20%
41%
14,966
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
3
0
0
0
9%
2.2%
806
Independents
0
0
0
0
0%
6.1%
2,235
Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in context.
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1908 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
No. 21 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Henry Hayhurst
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 29 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Hartley Wilson *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 3 Anfield
Liberal Party (UK)
William Evans *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 6 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank John Leslie *
966
53%
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Donaldson
867
47%
99
4,225
1,833
43%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 19 Brunswick
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas James Hickling
781
54%
Liberal Party (UK)
Thomas Roberts *
667
46%
114
2,661
1,448
54%
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 18 Castle Street
Liberal Party (UK)
Richard George Hough *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 26 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. Richard Caton *
1,686
55%
Labour Party (UK)
John Frederick Bower
1,360
45%
326
5,785
3,046
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 12 Edge Hill
Labour Party (UK)
William Richard Blair
1,544
57%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred James Branwood
1,159
43%
385
4,848
2,703
56%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 21 Everton
Labour Party (UK)
John Henry Naylor
983
58%
Liberal Party (UK)
William Denton *
718
42%
265
4,484
1,701
38%
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 16 Exchange
Liberal Party (UK)
Joseph Bibby *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Fairfield
No. 4 Fairfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Dowd *
861
71%
Independent (politician)
Arthur Evans Kennedy
352
29%
509
3,991
1,213
30%
Conservative Party (UK)
Fazakerley
No. 31 Fazakerley
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke
252
67%
Independent (politician)
George Lovely
123
33%
129
752
375
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 37 Garston
Labour Party (UK)
William Albert Robinson
1,035
62%
Liberal Party (UK)
James Pickthall *
624
38%
411
2,258
1,659
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Granby
No. 22 Granby
Liberal Party (UK)
John Lea *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Great George
No. 17 Great George
Liberal Party (UK)
John Lamport Ellis *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Kensington
No. 9 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
John Gordon *
1,260
51%
Labour Party (UK)
Arthur Kilpin Bulley
1,234
49%
26
2%
4,718
2,494
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 2 Kirkdale
Conservative Party (UK)
Dr. John Utting *
1,625
53%
Labour Party (UK)
William McLean
1,456
47%
169
6,476
3,081
48%
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 10 Low Hill
Labour Party (UK)
George Nelson
993
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
David Pearson *
955
49%
38
2%
N/A
3,909
1,948
50%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 8 Netherfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Harold Edward Davies
855
46%
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Chaloner
722
39%
Independent (politician)
John Carr
268
15%
133
4,015
1,845
46%
Conservative Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 13 North Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
James Bolger *
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Old Swan
No. 28A Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
John Edwards *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 23 Prince's Park
Liberal Party (UK)
Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
John Cunningham
806
63%
Independent Irish Nationalist
Patrick Joseph Deery *
465
37%
341
3,539
1,271
36%
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
St. Anne's
No. 17 St. Anne's
Labour Party (UK)
James Sexton *
913
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Joseph Ward
870
49%
43
2%
2,735
1,783
65%
Labour Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 7 St. Domingo
Labour Party (UK)
James Stephenson
939
38%
Conservative Party (UK)
David John Willams
798
33%
Independent Conservative
George William Whittaker *
715
29%
141
4,547
2,452
54%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 19 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
Burton William Ellis *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 24A Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
Reginald George Layton *
1,465
82%
Independent (politician)
George Porter
312
18%
1,153
3,846
1,777
46%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 24 Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
Ernest Cranstoun Given
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 14 South Scotland
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Austin Harford *
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Vauxhall
No. 15 Vauxhall
Liberal Party (UK)
Max Muspratt *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Walton
No. 3A Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Sampson Gannon
1,687
67%
Labour Party (UK)
Harry Dawson Large
840
33%
847
5,079
2,527
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 27 Warbreck
Liberal Party (UK)
Edward West *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 5 Wavertree
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles Clarke Morrison *
unopposed
Liberal Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 5A Wavertree West
Conservative Party (UK)
Edmund Gerson Jackson *
1,214
56%
Labour Party (UK)
William Augustus Colcutt
972
44%
242
3,671
2,186
60%
Conservative Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
William James Bailes *
1,114
77%
Labour Party (UK)
James Murphy
327
23%
787
3,512
1,441
41%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQXBRQ1VUZWFLT1k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 front page 19 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbUxKUlpWUG9DWFU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 1 19 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrekttM1c0eUZqN1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 2 19 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbWdielRJbmx1TkU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 3 19 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQm81c1RLWGlhdkk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 4 19 May 2017
Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1911
Aldermanic Election
Caused by the death of Alderman William Humphrey Williams (Conservative elected 9 November 1910)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSTBFeHpwQktDQjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 6 18 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraTg4REhUZ04wNXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 7 18 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVDVPbzc2V0dBb0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 8 18 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYnZIUlQ4ZzhPbTg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 9 18 May 2017
By-Elections
No. 26 Dingle, 16 May 1912
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Algernon Charles Francis Henderson (Conservative, Dingle,
elected 1 November 1910),https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSkJDdzgySi1KMnc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 2 19 May 2017 which was reported to the Council on 1 May 1912.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdVJKMzZ5eXg2TVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 284 19 May 2017
No. 26 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred James Branwood
1,625
63%
Labour Party (UK)
John Frederick Bower
971
37%
326
5,785
2,596
45%
Conservative Party (UK)
The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1913
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZzZzalNiVm41bTQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 306 19 May 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreDhrWUVGR04wb2c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 307 19 May 2017
No. 1 Sandhills, 16 May 1912
Caused by the death of Councillor Michael Edward Kearney (Irish Nationalist, Sandhills, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)
No. 1 Sandhills
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
Thomas Wafer Byrne
unopposed
Nationalist Party (Ireland)
The Term of Office to end on 1 November 1912.
No. 23 St. Domingo
Caused by the death of Councillor Joseph Roby (Conservative, St. Domingo, last elected 1 November 1909)
on 23 July 1912.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM3RSU2ZiLWVVV1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 381 19 May 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
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Category:1911 English local elections
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