1936 Liverpool City Council election

1936 UK local government election August 2016 October 2013 1936 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1936 11 01 y 1935 1935 Liverpool City Council election 1937 1937 Liverpool City Council election 39 councillors' seats were up for election Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1936. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years. Six of the thirty nine seats up for election were uncontested. After the election for the councillors and the aldermanic election (held on 9 November 1936), the composition of the council was: PartyCouncillors  ±  Aldermen TotalConservative ?? +3 ?? ??Labour ?? -3 ?? ??Liberal ?? 0 ?? ??Protestant ?? +1 ?? ??Independent ?? -1 ?? ?? Election result Liverpool local election result 1936 Conservative Party (UK) 20 3 0 +3 51% 50% 73,608 Labour Party (UK) 11 1 4 -3 28% 39% 57,089 Liberal Party (UK) 5 0 0 0 13% 4.8% 6,996 Liverpool Protestant Party 2 1 0 +1 5% 4.3% 6,329 Independent (politician) 1 0 1 -1 2.6% 0.77% 1,120 Democratic Conservative 0 0 0 0 0% 0.59% 860 Ward results * - Councillor seeking re-election Comparisons are made with the 1933 election results. Abercromby No. 9 Abercromby Conservative Party (UK) William Thomas Roberts * 2,383 51% Labour Party (UK) Alice Elliott 2,245 49% 138 9,829 4,628 47% Conservative Party (UK) Aigburth No. 17 Aigburth Conservative Party (UK) Edward James Deane * 2,777 60% Liberal Party (UK) Philip Binnes 1,853 40% 924 10,421 4,630 44% Conservative Party (UK) Allerton No. 35 Allerton Conservative Party (UK) George Alfred Strong * 2,091 80% Labour Party (UK) Charles William Baker 517 20% 1,574 5,424 2,608 48% Conservative Party (UK) Anfield No. 29 Anfield Liberal Party (UK) Aled Owen Roberts 2,257 85% Independent (politician) Robert Hugh Williams 389 15% 1,868 11,285 2,646 23% Liberal Party (UK) Breckfield No. 30 Breckfield Conservative Party (UK) David John Lewis 2,678 62% Labour Party (UK) James Lakin Jones 1,640 38% 1,038 10,154 4,318 43% Conservative Party (UK) Brunswick No. 11 Brunswick Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hanley * unopposed Labour Party (UK) Castle Street No. 7 Castle Street Liberal Party (UK) William Sinclair Scott Hannay unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Childwall No. 38 Childwall Liberal Party (UK) Alan Anderson Boyle * unopposed Liberal Party (UK) Croxteth No. 40 Croxteth Labour Party (UK) Mary Lilian Hamilton * 4,374 61% Conservative Party (UK) Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones 2,833 39% 1,541 19,367 7,207 37% Labour Party (UK) Dingle No. 12 Dingle Conservative Party (UK) George Horrace Duckett 4,480 50% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Gibbins * 4,393 50% 87 14,930 8,873 59% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Edge Hill No. 18 Edge Hill Labour Party (UK) James Johnstone * 2.908 52% Conservative Party (UK) Bertram Saul Morgan 2,675 48% 233 12,274 5,583 45% Labour Party (UK) Everton No. 21 Everton Labour Party (UK) Bertie Kirby * 3,530 64% Conservative Party (UK) George Gilbert Mulligan 1,970 36% 1,560 12,570 5,500 44% Labour Party (UK) Exchange No. 5 Exchange Independent (politician) James Farrell * 731 71% Labour Party (UK) Hugh Carr 304 29% 427 2,332 1,035 44% Independent (politician) Fairfield No. 31 Fairfield Liberal Party (UK) Charles Menlove Dolby 2,239 65% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Dolman Vallance 1,231 35% 1,008 10,470 3,470 33% Liberal Party (UK) Fazakerley No. 27 Fazakerley Conservative Party (UK) William Greenough Gregson * 3,077 62% Labour Party (UK) Leonard Cunningham 1,919 38% 1,158 11,992 4,996 42% Conservative Party (UK) Garston No. 37 Garston Labour Party (UK) Joseph Jackson Cleary * 2,963 60% Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Williams 1,973 40% 990 7,960 4,936 62% Labour Party (UK) Granby No. 14 Granby Conservative Party (UK) William Adam Edwards * 2,201 53% Labour Party (UK) George Edward Humphreys 1,953 47% 248 9,774 4,154 43% Conservative Party (UK) Great George No. 10 Great George Labour Party (UK) Joseph Campbell * 1,220 56% Conservative Party (UK) William Henry Broad 965 44% 255 4,563 2,185 48% Labour Party (UK) Kensington No. 19 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Jack Cresswell 3,152 66% Labour Party (UK) Cyril George Prest 1,660 34% 1,492 10,954 4,812 44% Conservative Party (UK) Kirkdale No. 24 Kirkdale Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Mackson Brown 3,844 53% Labour Party (UK) Frederick Jones * 3,383 47% 461 16,419 7,227 44% Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Low Hill No. 20 Low Hill Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Cecil Saltmarsh 3,055 57% Labour Party (UK) Alexander Kay * 2,265 43% 790 10,780 5,320 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Much Woolton No. 36 Much Woolton Conservative Party (UK) Joseph Butterfield * 1,104 77% Labour Party (UK) William Smith Fraser 331 23% 773 2,828 1,435 51% Conservative Party (UK) Netherfield No. 22 Netherfield Liverpool Protestant Party Robert Bradley 3,493 56% Labour Party (UK) John Bagot * 2,692 44% 801 11,023 6,185 56% Liverpool Protestant Party Labour Party (UK) North Scotland No. 2 North Scotland Labour Party (UK) Frederick William Tucker * unopposed Labour Party (UK) Old Swan No. 32 Old Swan Conservative Party (UK) Moss Greenberg * 4,428 59% Labour Party (UK) Joseph Strathdene 3,118 41% 1,310 18,486 7,546 41% Conservative Party (UK) Prince's Park No. 13 Prince's Park Conservative Party (UK) David Rowan 2,896 58% Labour Party (UK) Sarah Ann Demain 2,079 42% 817 9,811 4,975 51% 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) Bessie Braddock * unopposed Labour Party (UK) St. Domingo No. 23 St. Domingo Liverpool Protestant Party George Henry Dunbar * 2,836 63% Labour Party (UK) Sarah Anne McArd 1,686 37% 1,150 11,166 4,522 40% Liverpool Protestant Party St. Peter's No. 8 St. Peter's Liberal Party (UK) Mary Mabel Ellis * 647 62% Labour Party (UK) Laurence William Kennan 393 38% 254 2,455 1,040 42% Liberal Party (UK) Sefton Park East No. 15 Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) Eric Douglas Mackay Heriot-Hill 2,104 56% Democratic Conservative George Edward Holme * 860 23% Labour Party (UK) George Porter 793 21% 1,244 8,782 3,757 43% Conservative Party (UK) Sefton Park West No. 16 Sefton Park West Conservative Party (UK) Walter Thomas Lancashire * 2,426 76% Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Thompson 782 24% 1,644 6,713 3,208 48% Conservative Party (UK) South Scotland No. 3 South Scotland Labour Party (UK) Michael John Reppion * unopposed 8,308 Labour Party (UK) Vauxhall No. 4 Vauxhall Labour Party (UK) Thomas Hogan 1,057 64% Conservative Party (UK) James Arthur Bryning 588 36% 469 3,556 1,645 46% Labour Party (UK) Independent (politician) Walton No. 25 Walton Conservative Party (UK) Robert John Hall * 4,581 70% Labour Party (UK) Alfred Walker Boothman 1,946 30% 2,635 16,451 6,527 40% Conservative Party (UK) Warbreck No. 26 Warbreck Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Wagstaff * 3,350 74% Labour Party (UK) Austin Rainford 956 21% Independent (politician) William Fry 213 5% 2,394 13,219 4,519 34% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree No. 34 Wavertree Conservative Party (UK) John Morris Griffith * 4,184 75% Labour Party (UK) Daniel Whelan 1,421 25% 2,763 15,498 5,605 36% Conservative Party (UK) Wavertree West No. 33 Wavertree West Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Levy * 2,433 61% Labour Party (UK) Thomas Williamson 1,548 39% 885 8,788 3,981 45% Conservative Party (UK) West Derby No. 28 West Derby Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Ash Cookson * 5,360 75% Labour Party (UK) Mabel Kennedy 1,782 25% 3,578 20,446 7,142 35% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrRkZKVHctWXZSS0k Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 front page 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUk5aUnZIelE3c0E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 1 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVnhpRUtsSFRpTDQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 2 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrakFSZ3BlRGhmMmM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 3 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrVER3NENfRUh2X2M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 4 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrelJ1OVRvMDZ6Y1E Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 5 28 September 2017 Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1936 Aldermanic Elections Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937 Caused by the death on 1 December 1936https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUjBYekhYbzA2b3c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 104 28 September 2017 of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932,1932 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1932 in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935)1935 Liverpool City Council election#Brunswick was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937. Aldermanic Election 6 January 1937 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Labour Councillor Lawrence King 42 100% No. 27 Fazakerley https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMUtPT0szM0R1QUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 200 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdjZLR1pJNGp4UUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 201 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938. Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937 Caused by the resignation of Alderman Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, elected 9 November 1932), in whose place Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935)1935 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park East being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937. Aldermanic Election 3 February 1937 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Conservative Councillor Michael Cory Dixon 58 100% No.16 Sefton Park West https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMm1JdXZFbV95TjA Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 269 28 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrYVlJSGwwN1JfcjQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 270 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938. Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937 Caused by the death on 7 September 1937https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMHhsbHFmUnQyVW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 904 29 September 2017 of Alderman Henry Walker (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1935).1936 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic election 9 November 1935 His place was taken by Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey JP (Labour, last elected to the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1936)1936 Liverpool City Council election#Sandhills of 17 Haverstock Road, Fairfield, Liverpool, who was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 6 October 1937. Aldermanic Election 6 October 1937 PartyCandidateVotes%Allocated ward Labour Councillor John Wolfe Tone Morrissey 35 100% No. 33 Wavertree West https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrQ1JObjY4cUNGdUE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 905 29 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 9 November 1941. By-elections No. 33 Wavertree West, Wednesday 27 January 1937 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Charlton Thomson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935).1935 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree West No. 34 Wavertree Dinsdale Walker 1,598 58% Robert Edward Cottier 783 29% Theodolph Joseph Augustus Duggan 363 13% 815 15,498 2,744 18% https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNmF5TG0tZ1dhc2c Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 268 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938. No.11 Brunswick, 11 February 1937 Following the death on 1 December 1936 of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Independent, last elected by the councillors as an alderman on 9 November 1932, in whose place Councillor Lawrence King (Labour, elected 1 November 1935) was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 January 1937. No. 11 Brunswick Annie Cain * unopposed https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTm5MNTlzeDE5bTg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 354 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938. No.15 Sefton Park East, 17 March 1937 Caused by Councillor Michael Cory Dixon (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935) being elected as an alderman on 3 February 1937. No. 15 Sefton Park East Conservative Party (UK) John Moores 1,494 85% James Murphy 274 15% 1,244 8,782 1,768 20% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbk5CN3dCaVMxdlU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 458 28 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1938. No. 14 Granby, Thursday 17 June 1937 Caused by the death on 28 April 1937 of Councillor William Adam Edwards (Conservative, last elected 1 November 1936)1936 Liverpool City Council election#Granby https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdWFZYTF5bEdyTnM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 544 29 September 2017 No. 14 Granby Walter Clark 1,635 John Bagot 1,479 9,774 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrdVRablh0bkFBOVE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 706 29 September 2017 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrbkNRSkt6NVVBMEU Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 707 29 September 2017 No. 40 Croxteth, Thursday 17 June 1937 Caused by the resignation of Councillor Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton (Labour, last elected 1 November 1936).1936 Liverpool City Council election#Croxteth No. 40 Croxteth Labour Party (UK) James Lakin Jones 3,331 66% Conservative Party (UK) Miss Mary Edith Barbara Whittingham-Jones 1,727 34% 1,604 19,367 5,058 26% Labour Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM1JOcHdYb0dBbXM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 708 29 September 2017 The term of office to expire on 1 November 1939. No. 19 Kensington, Thursday 22 July 1937 Caused by the death on 28 June 1937 of Councillor Edward Clouston Ralph Litler-Jones (Conservative, elected 1 November 1935.1935 Liverpool City Council election#Kensington No. 19 Kensington Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Harold Bailey 2,093 67% George Williams 1,018 33% 1,075 10,954 3,111 28% Conservative Party (UK) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZGxoU2gzbTRlNXc Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1936-1937 page 794 29 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 References 1936 Category:1936 English local elections Category:1930s in Liverpool