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1934 UK local government election
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1934 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1934 11 01 y 1933 1933 Liverpool City Council election 1935 1935 Liverpool City Council election 40 councillors' seats were up for election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative ?? ?? ?? ??Labour ?? ?? ?? ??Liberal ?? ?? ?? ??Protestant ?? ?? ?? ??
Election result
Liverpool local election result 1934
Conservative Party (UK)
17
42.5%
50%
54,893
Labour Party (UK)
19
47.5%
47%
51,216
Liberal Party (UK)
1
2.5%
3.4%
3,749
Independent (politician)
2
2.5%
0.88%
970
Liverpool Protestant Party
1
2.5%
6.2%
6,786
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.
Abercromby
No. 9 Abercromby
Labour Party (UK)
Arthur Lumb
1,535
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexander Maver Finlason *
1,496
49%
39
9,633
3,031
31%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Eric Errington
2,001
59%
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Donald Dennis
1,418
41%
583
9,653
3,419
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Allerton
No. 35 Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *
1,181
66%
Labour Party (UK)
Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves
612
34%
569
4,639
1,793
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 29 Anfield
Conservative Party (UK)
George Young Williamson *
2,244
65%
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Hugh Williams
1,227
35%
1,017
10,696
3,471
32%
Conservative Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 30 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry James Pearson jun. *
1,880
52%
Labour Party (UK)
Alfred Walker Boothman
1,365
38%
Liverpool Protestant Party
George Edward Lewis
389
11%
515
10,353
3,634
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 11 Brunswick
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Moorhead *
unopposed
8,580
Labour Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 7 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
Herbert Neville Bewley
565
66%
Independent Conservative
William Edward MacLachlan
295
34%
270
2,203
860
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
Childwall
No. 38 Childwall
Liberal Party (UK)
Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle
907
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
Gifford Cameron Ollason *
866
49%
41
3,854
1,773
46%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Croxteth
No. 40 Croxteth
Labour Party (UK)
Alfred Hargreaves
3,617
64%
Conservative Party (UK)
John Loughlin
1,602
29%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Francis Kenny
392
7%
2,015
17,330
5,611
32%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 12 Dingle
Labour Party (UK)
John David Towers
3,915
59%
Conservative Party (UK)
Mrs.Nancy Proctor *
2,691
41%
1,224
15,330
6,606
43%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 18 Edge Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs.Agnes Mitton
2,499
53%
Conservative Party (UK)
Stabley Ronald Williams *
2,212
47%
287
12,827
4,711
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Everton
No. 21 Everton
Labour Party (UK)
David Nickson
3,296
75%
Conservative Party (UK)
Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers
1,086
25%
2,210
12,827
4,382
34%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Independent (politician)
Peter Kavanagh *
unopposed
2,383
Independent (politician)
Fairfield
No. 31 Fairfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *
1,776
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Thomas Hughes
1,292
42%
484
10,385
3,068
30%
Conservative Party (UK)
Fazakerley
No. 27 Fazakerley
Labour Party (UK)
Francis Lavery
2,203
50%
Conservative Party (UK)
William Edward Backhouse
1,898
43%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Ronald Frederick Henderson
271
6%
305
11,422
4,372
38%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 37 Garston
Labour Party (UK)
John Herbert Webster
2,436
57%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Williams *
1,302
32%
Liverpool Protestant Party
James Moore
524
12%
1,134
7,395
4,262
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Granby
No. 14 Granby
Labour Party (UK)
Miss Mary Agnes Cumella
1,922
57%
Liberal Party (UK)
Henry Humphreys Jones
1,424
43%
498
9,914
3,346
34%
Labour Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Great George
No. 10 Great George
Labour Party (UK)
John Hamilton
1,121
66%
Democratic Labour
Walter Oscar Stein
569
34%
552
4,916
1,690
34%
Labour Party (UK)
Democratic Labour
Kensington
No. 19 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
John Case
2,233
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain
1,587
42%
646
11,041
3,820
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 24 Kirkdale
Labour Party (UK)
William James Riddick
3,204
42%
Conservative Party (UK)
Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft *
3,171
42%
Liverpool Protestant Party
George Henry Dunbar
1,222
16%
33
16,985
7,597
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Little Woolton
No. 39 Little Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
Rupert Henry Bremner *
unopposed
744
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 20 Low Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Charles Pasco
2,235
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
George William Prout
1,934
46%
301
11,171
4,169
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Much Woolton
No. 36 Much Woolton
Independent (politician)
Ernest Whitley
731
40%
Conservative Party (UK)
Isaac Robinson
724
40%
Ratepayers
Charles Frederick Hind
227
12%
Labour Party (UK)
Andre John Holman
140
8%
7
2,591
1,822
70%
Independent (politician)
Conservative Party (UK)
Netherfield
No. 22 Netherfield
Labour Party (UK)
Dr. Joseph Sytner
2,344
38%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Richard Bradley
1,912
31%
Conservative Party (UK)
William John Matthew Clark *
1,855
30%
432
11,544
6,111
53%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 2 North Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Fay
unopposed
8,561
Labour Party (UK)
Old Swan
No. 32 Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
John Waterworth *
3,145
53%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Ernest Martin
2,792
47%
353
17,065
5,937
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 13 Prince's Park
Labour Party (UK)
Alfred Demain
1,985
51%
Conservative Party (UK)
James Burrows Noble
1,912
49%
73
9,860
3,897
40%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Dunford *
unopposed
9,194
Labour Party (UK)
St. Anne's
No. 6 St. Anne's
Labour Party (UK)
John David Mack *
unopposed
8,228
Labour Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo
Liverpool Protestant Party
William Reuben Price
1,452
33%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Harold Leftwich *
1,411
32%
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Stapleton
1,379
31%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Henry Smith Revill
193
4%
41
4,435
Liverpool Protestant Party
Conservative Party (UK)
St. Peter's
No. 8 St. Peter's
Conservative Party (UK)
Sydney James Hill
623
58%
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Part
445
42%
178
2,761
1,068
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 15 Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
George Webster Green Armour
unopposed
8,892
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
James Graham Reece *
unopposed
6,575
Conservative Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 3 South Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Harrington *
unopposed
8,428
Labour Party (UK)
Vauxhall
No. 4 Vauxhall
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Leo Carney
1,016
81%
Democratic Labour
Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie
239
19%
777
3,715
1,255
34%
Labour Party (UK)
Democratic Labour
Walton
No. 25 Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Reginald Richard Bailey *
3,080
51%
Labour Party (UK)
John Thomas Kenny
2,527
42%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Robert Bradley
431
7%
553
16,305
6,038
37%
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 26 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
Alexander Critchley *
2,585
69%
Labour Party (UK)
Albert Smitton
1,140
31%
1,445
12,539
3,725
30%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 34 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
John Village *
3,232
73%
Independent Labour Party
Donald Henry James
1,184
27%
2,048
15,209
4,416
29%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West
Conservative Party (UK)
Naphtali Julius Price *
1,766
56%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd
1,376
44%
390
8,813
3,142
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Duncan-French *
3,853
66%
Labour Party (UK)
Laurence William Kennan
2,006
34%
1,847
18,854
5,859
31%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMDgzRGlYc2VjTms Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 front page 23 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZFZ3SHJIWUJXTm8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 1 23 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVmRNdVJRalJqdFU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 2 23 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtreXdqTFE3VGpScE0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 3 23 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSDlXSWZJb2NxaVU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 4 23 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUll6aE42TjdrZ0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 5 23 September 2017
Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1934
Aldermanic Elections
Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935
Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)1932 Liverpool City Council election#Anfield of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.
Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Liberal Councillor Alfred Gates 61 58% No. 1 Sandhills Labour Councillor Lawrence King 44 42% Not elected
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNWJfRV9IT0lKT0U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 200 26 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOHdMQTlfWURSc0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 201 26 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSGYtejNGM0ttaFk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 202 26 September 2017
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.
Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935
Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy
(Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),1929 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1929 Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ),1932 Liverpool City Council election#No. 7 Castle Street, 29 November 1932 Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.
Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Conservative Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. 56 58% No. 10 Great George Labour Councillor Lawrence King 40 42% Not elected
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWm9QNElSOVRVM28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 274 26 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVjV4dkxXbmlqdUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 275 26 September 2017
The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.
By-elections
No. 1 Sandhills, 29 November 1934
Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932)1932 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Labour Party (UK)
Stanley Part
unopposed
9,194
Labour Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdVNnUWl1VTBBZ1U Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 94 25 September 2017
No. 19 Kensington, 26 February 1935
Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933).1933 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington
No. 19 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Jack Cresswell
2,018
57%
Labour Party (UK)
Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain
1,500
43%
518
11,041
3,518
32%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZzhCXy1VT2VPZTQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 272 26 September 2017
No. 5 Exchange, 28 February 1935
Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932).https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTU91X19VZEF2aXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 152 25 September 2017 1932 Liverpool City Council election#Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Independent (politician)
Thomas Patrick Staunton
640
61%
Centre
Joseph Gorman
417
39%
223
2,383
1,057
44%
Independent (politician)
Centre
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUmFNVlMzcXJSTkk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 273 25 September 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWm9QNElSOVRVM28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 274 25 September 2017
No. 29 Anfield, 26 March 1935
Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood. In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932) of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.
No. 29 Anfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Alfred Rennick Gates
unopposed
10,696
Liberal Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrX2NfaFktamg3c1k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1934-1935 page 346 26 September 2017
No. 7 Castle Street
Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929), Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ) was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.
No. 7 Castle Street
2,203
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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