1935 Liverpool City Council election

1935 English local government election March 2017 March 2017 1935 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1935 11 01 y 1934 1934 Liverpool City Council election 1936 1936 Liverpool City Council election 40 cnoucillors' seats were up for election Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1935. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Seven of the forty seats up for election were uncontested. After the election, the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Labour ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??Independent ?? ?? ?? ??Protestant ?? ?? ?? ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1935 Conservative Party (UK) 20 45% 63,229 Labour Party (UK) 15 47% 67,209 Liberal Party (UK) 3 4.4% 6,295 Independent (politician) 1 1.9% 2,746 Liverpool Protestant Party 1 1.8% 2,574 Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1932 election results. Abercromby No. 9 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) Charles William Bailey * 2,118 50% Labour Party (UK) John Reginald Bevins 2,081 50% 37 9,574 4,199 44% Conservative Party (UK) Aigburth No. 17 Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) Vere Egerton Cotton O.B.E. * 2,699 60% Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Donald Dennis 1,780 40% 919 10,095 4,479 44% Conservative Party (UK) Allerton No. 35 Allerton Conservative Party (UK) John William Jones * 1,968 71% Labour Party (UK) Cedric Ernest Hargreaves 795 29% 1,173 5,250 53% Conservative Party (UK) Anfield No. 29 Anfield Liberal Party (UK) Alfred Rennick Gates * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Breckfield No. 30 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Ada Martha Burton * 2,294 55% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Walker Boothman 1,895 45% 399 10,292 4,189 41% Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 11 Brunswick Labour Party (UK) Lawrence King * unopposed Labour Party (UK) Castle Street No. 7 Castle Street Conservative Party (UK) James Bennett O.B.E. unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Childwall No. 38 Childwall Liberal Party (UK) William John Tristram 1,813 82% Labour Party (UK) Arthur Andrew Arnot 385 18% 1,428 4,554 2,198 48% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Croxteth No. 40 Croxteth Labour Party (UK) George Henry Boothman * unopposed Labour Party (UK) Dingle No. 12 Dingle Labour Party (UK) Charles Matthew Belk * 4,187 55% Conservative Party (UK) Mrs. Nancy Proctor 3,365 45% 822 15,215 7,552 50% Labour Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 18 Edge Hill Labour Party (UK) Alexander Griffin * 3,443 60% Conservative Party (UK) Bertram Saul Morgan 2,325 40% 1,118 12,745 5,768 Labour Party (UK) Everton No. 21 Everton Labour Party (UK) John Braddock * 3,936 74% Conservative Party (UK) Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers 1,372 26% 2,564 12,831 5,308 41% Labour Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Independent (politician) Thomas Patrick Staunton * 757 63% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Donohue 438 37% 319 2,351 1,195 51% Independent (politician) Centre Fairfield No. 31 Fairfield Conservative Party (UK) John Barry * 2,595 62% Labour Party (UK) Richard Thomas Hughes 1,573 38% 1,022 10,430 4,168 40% Conservative Party (UK) Fazakerley No. 27 Fazakerley Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Baxter 2,505 52% Labour Party (UK) Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain 2,286 48% 219 11,637 4,791 41% Conservative Party (UK) Garston No. 37 Garston Labour Party (UK) William Sydney Dytor * 2,766 59% Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Midwood Proffit 1,939 41% 827 7,920 4,705 59% Labour Party (UK) Granby No. 14 Granby Labour Party (UK) Charles Edward Burke 2,191 53% Liberal Party (UK) Henry Humphreys Jones 1,949 47% 242 9,760 4,140 42% Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Great George No. 10 Great George Labour Party (UK) Percy Ernest Sherwin * 1,403 59% Conservative Party (UK) Dudley Richmond-Jones 964 41% 439 4,771 2,367 50% Labour Party (UK) Kensington No. 19 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Edward Clouston Ralph Littler-Jones * 2,753 60% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Ernest Martin 1,844 40% 909 11,030 4,597 42% Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale No. 24 Kirkdale Labour Party (UK) William Henry Barton * 4,259 55% Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Mackson Brown 3,494 45% 765 16,787 7,753 46% Labour Party (UK) Low Hill No. 20 Low Hill Labour Party (UK) Fred Robinson * 2,783 53% Conservative Party (UK) David Rowan 2,422 47% 361 11,056 5,205 47% Labour Party (UK) Much Woolton No. 36 Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Isaac Robinson 1,013 51% Independent (politician) Mrs. Caroline Whiteley * 853 43% Liberal Party (UK) John Richard Jones 123 6% 160 2,747 1,989 72% Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) Netherfield No. 22 Netherfield Conservative Party (UK) William John Matthew Clark 3,451 57% Labour Party (UK) George Chadwick * 2,505 42% Independent Labour and Protestant Joshua George Perkins 68 1% 946 11,301 6,024 53% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) North Scotland No. 2 North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Henry Gaskin 2,870 86% Independent (politician) Mrs. Margaret Macfarlane * 465 14% 2,405 8,360 3,335 40% Labour Party (UK) Old Swan No. 32 Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Charles Harold Leftwich 3,913 51% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Williamson * 3,784 49% 129 18,115 7,697 42% Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park No. 13 Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) Charles Rowland Clare * 2,746 53% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Schofield Ogden 2,406 47% 340 9,850 5,152 52% Conservative Party (UK) Sandhills No. 1 Sandhills Labour Party (UK) Stanley Part Unopposed Labour Party (UK) St. Anne's No. 6 St. Anne's Labour Party (UK) Samuel Sydney Silverman * 2,425 79% Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Henry Nabb 650 21% 1,775 7,725 3,075 40% Labour Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 23 St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom * 2,506 55% Labour Party (UK) George Thompson Holliday 2,024 45% 482 11,382 4,530 40% Liverpool Protestant Party St. Peter's No. 8 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) John Bennion 630 57% Labour Party (UK) Laurence William Kennan 482 43% 148 2,504 1,112 44% Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park East No. 15 Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) Michael Cory Dixon * unopposed Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park West No. 16 Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) William James Austin unopposed Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland No. 3 South Scotland Labour Party (UK) John Sheehan * 2,625 93% Independent (politician) Thomas Patrick Sheehan 187 7% 2,438 8,308 2,812 34% Labour Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 4 Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Arthur Brian Hoer * 877 80% Independent (politician) Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie 220 20% 657 3,605 1,097 30% Labour Party (UK) Walton No. 25 Walton Conservative Party (UK) John Harold Irwin * 4,374 61% Labour Party (UK) Mervyn Forbes Hudson 2,852 39% 1,552 16,460 7,226 44% Conservative Party (UK) Warbreck No. 26 Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) James Jude * 3,003 63% Labour Party (UK) Albert Smitton 1,470 31% Independent (politician) William Fry 264 6% 1,553 13,188 4,737 36% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree No. 34 Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) Stanley Ronald Williams 4,337 64% Labour Party (UK) John Gibbon Elliott 2,445 36% 1,892 15,480 6,782 44% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree West No. 33 Wavertree West Conservative Party (UK) Charlton Thomson * 2,152 59% Labour Party (UK) Daniel Whelan 1,508 41% 644 8,833 3,660 41% Conservative Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Albert Morrow * 4,777 64% Labour Party (UK) Miss Mabel Kennedy 2,671 36% 2,106 19,521 7,448 38% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrazlLSW1Oc29PeG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 front page 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNXgyWDljanNqZ0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 1 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTmVDQno0RDI1S00 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 2 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZ1B4UmVISEFRamc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 3 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrczdJRjZMVllPRUU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 4 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdmhQaUdyVjg3Tm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 5 26 September 2017 Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1935 Aldermanic elections Aldermanic election 9 November 1935 The terms of office of twenty aldermen expired, so there was an election to replace these positions at the council meeting on 9 November 1935. This was the first Aldermanic election since the Local Government Act, 1933, which disenfranchised aldermen from voting in aldermanic elections. Only councillors were eligible to vote in the aldermanic elections. Although only Councillors had voted in aldermanic elections to Liverpool City Council for some years. * - re-elected alderman. PartyAldermanVotesConservative Harold Edward Davies * 64 electedConservative Thomas Dowd * 64 electedConservative Mabel Fletcher * 64 electedConservative Edwin Haigh * 64 electedConservative Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell C.B. C.B.E. * 64 electedConservative Henry Morley Miller * 64 electedConservative William Muirhead * 64 electedConservative John George Paris * 64 electedConservative George Miller Platt * 64 electedConservative Richard Rutherford * 64 electedConservative Frank Campbell Wilson * 64 electedConservative Councillor Thomas Henry Burton 63 electedIndependent Joseph Belger * 59 electedProtestant Councillor Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom 58 electedLabour Frederick Thomas Richardson * 52 electedLabour Sir James Sexton C.B.E. * 51 electedLabour Herbert Edward Rose * 49 electedLabour William Albert Robinson * 47 electedLabour David Gilbert Logan * 45 electedLabour Henry Walker * 45 elected Labour Councillor Lawrence King 44 unelected Labour Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey 44 unelectedLabour Councillor Joseph Jackson Cleary 43 unelectedLabour Councillor Alexander Griffin 43 unelectedLabour Councillor Thomas Hanley 43 unelectedLabour Councillor Victor Bertie Kirby 43 unelectedLabour Councillor Fred Robinson 43 unelectedIndependent Councillor Peter Kavanagh 2 unelected https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrY1ctUDhRbmVJcGM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 6 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUnFObTJlckxUZG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 7 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraGFJMk1ReDhjTW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 8 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrV0tpalM3UGhuS3M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 9 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrcUhZUkVndGN3c1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 10 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreERYU2lVR0Nhdmc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 11 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQ1haSVFmZzAwak0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 12 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraGJnQlNCdjRwa1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 13 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrT3pQbEg1aDBvem8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 14 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrb1VKa2FXMnF2c2c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 15 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUEVPZzNSM1lwZG8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 16 26 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTF9RSERtZTFQSnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 17 26 September 2017 Aldermanic Election 3 June 1936 Caused by the death on 5 May 1936https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQjJBVFA1aGVXMzA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 544 28 September 2017 of Alderman Burton William Eills JP (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932,1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932 in whose place Councillor Charles Sydney Jones JP (Liberal, elected unopposed for the Fairfield ward in November 1933)1933 Liverpool City Council election#Fairfield was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 June 1936. Aldermanic Election 3 June 1936 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Liberal Councillor Charles Sydney Jones JP 53 58% No. 36 Much Woolton Labour Councillor Lawrence King 39 42% Not elected https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraVRRdmpwWmVaVzg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 640 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMlAxZXk1cUpQcFU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 641 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938. Aldermanic Election 3 June 1936 Caused by the death of Alderman Frederick Smith (Liberal, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932), in whose place Councillor Arthur Richard Price (Liberal, elected unopposed for the Anfield ward on 1 November 1933),1933 Liverpool City Council election#Anfield retired corn merchant of 77 Newsham Drive, Liverpool 6, was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 June 1936. Aldermanic Election 3 June 1936 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Liberal Councillor Arthur Richard Price 51 57% No. Labour Councillor Lawrence King 39 43% Not elected https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZGU0WHZpcERrSXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 642 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrN2FRVDFwSFh2NVk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 643 28 September 2017 The Term of Office to expire on 9 November 1936. By-elections No. 9 Abercromby, 3 December 1935 Caused by the disqualification of Councillor Arthur Lumb (Labour, elected 1 November 1934).1934 Liverpool City Council election#Abercromby No. 9 Abercromby Labour Party (UK) John Reginald Bevins 1,991 53% Conservative Party (UK) Alexander Maver Finlayson 1,756 47% 235 9,574 3,747 39% Labour Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrLTZCbEZydTFQS28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 126 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1937. No.23 St. Domingo, 12 December 1935 Caused by the election as an alderman on 9 November 1935 of Councillor Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom (Protestant, last elected 1 November 1933).1933 Liverpool City Council election#St. Domingo No. 23 St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party George Henry Dunbar 2,024 58% Labour Party (UK) George Thompson Holliday 1,482 42% 542 11,382 3,506 31% Liverpool Protestant Party https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbG5jZ2hhN3oyTlE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 198 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1936. No. 36 Much Woolton, 19 December 1935 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Ernest Whiteley (Independent, elected 1 November 1934).1934 Liverpool City Council election#Much Woolton No. 36 Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Vivian Forsyth Crosthwaite 804 54% Independent (politician) Mrs. Caroline Whiteley 611 41% Cedric Ernest Hargreaves 87 6% 193 2,747 1,502 55% Conservative Party (UK) Independent (politician) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMVJIaExXaTI0dDQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 210 28 September 2017 The term of office to end on 1 November 1937. No. 30 Breckfield, 23 January 1936 Caused by the election as an alderman on 9 November 1935 of Councillor Thomas Henry Burton (Conservative, elected 1 November 1933).1933 Liverpool City Council election#Breckfield No. 30 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) David John Lewis 1,398 67% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Walker Boothman 682 33% 716 10,292 2,080 20% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtralZBQ0ZfamtJTjA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 264 28 September 2017 The term of office to end on 1 November 1936. No. 17 Aigburth, 3 March 1936 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Eric Errington MP (Conservative, elected 1 November 1934).1934 Liverpool City Council election#Aigburth No. 17 Aigburth Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Donald Dennis 2,415 66% Conservative Party (UK) Harold Diedrick Arrowsmith 1,267 34% 1,148 10,095 3,682 36% Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMkRNYjZ2RGhZTFk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 344 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrd3V1dTM0bk1uV1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 345 28 September 2017 The term of office to end on 1 November 1937. No. 17 Aigburth, 10 September 1936 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Arthur Donald Dennis (Liberal, elected at the by-election of 3 March 1936). No. 17 Aigburth Liberal Party (UK) John Richard Jones unopposed 10,095 Liberal Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQ0c4dUVMS3ViRWc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1935-1936 page 910 28 September 2017 The term of office to end on 1 November 1937. No.31 Fairfield, Following the death on 5 May 1936 of Alderman Burton William Eills JP (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932, in whose place Councillor Charles Sydney Jones JP (Liberal, elected unopposed for the Fairfield ward in November 1933) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 June 1936. No. 31 Fairfield Liberal Party (UK) Charles Sydney Jones 10,430 No.29 Anfield, Following the death of Alderman Frederick Smith (Liberal, elected as an alderman on 9 November 1932), in whose place Councillor Arthur Richard Price (Liberal, elected unopposed for the Anfield ward on 1 November 1933) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 June 1936. No. 29 Anfield Liberal Party (UK) Arthur Richard Price 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 1935 Liverpool Category:1930s in Liverpool