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1927 Liverpool City Council election
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1927 English local government election
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1927 Liverpool City Council election Coat of arms of Liverpool City Council.svg parliamentary 1927 11 01 y 1926 1926 Liverpool City Council election 1928 1928 Liverpool City Council election 39 councillors' seats were up for election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1927.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Two of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
PartyCouncillors ± Aldermen TotalConservative 64 -4 28 92Labour 24 +6 1 25 Catholic 16 0 5 21Liberal 8 0 4 12Protestant 1 -1 0 `1Independent 1 -1 0 1
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtraUtCRUxNODhKWUU Liverpool Post & Mercury 2 November 1927 (1) 10 August 2017
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Election result
Liverpool local election result 1927
Conservative Party (UK)
20
2
6
-4
51%
Labour Party (UK)
13
7
1
+6
33%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
3
1
1
0
8%
Liberal Party (UK)
3
1
1
0
3%
Liverpool Protestant Party
0
0
1
-1
0%
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
-1
0%
Communist Party
0
0
0
0
0%
Ward results
* - Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1924 election results.
Abercromby
No. 9 Abercromby
Conservative Party (UK)
William Thomas Roberts *
2,077
62%
Labour Party (UK)
Samuel Sydney Silverman
1,274
38%
803
9,218
3,351
36%
Conservative Party (UK)
Aigburth
No. 17 Aigburth
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward James Deane *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Allerton
No. 35 Allerton
Conservative Party (UK)
George Alfred Strong *
837
65%
Liberal Party (UK)
Neil Norman McKinnon
362
28%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Crossland
84
7%
475
2,872
1,283
45%
Conservative Party (UK)
Anfield
No. 29 Anfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Richard Price
1,952
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *
1,639
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Joseph McDonnell
845
19%
794
10,061
4,436
45%
Liberal Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Breckfield
No. 30 Breckfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Burton *
2,081
52%
Labour Party (UK)
William James Riddick
1,947
48%
134
9,697
4,028
42%
Conservative Party (UK)
Brunswick
No. 11 Brunswick
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Hanley
3,431
79%
Conservative Party (UK)
Thomas Henry Nabb
930
21%
2,501
8,589
4,361
51%
Labour Party (UK)
Castle Street
No. 7 Castle Street
Conservative Party (UK)
William Denton *
unopposed
Conservative Party (UK)
Childwall
No. 38 Childwall 2 seats
Conservative Party (UK)
Herbert John Davis *
777
64%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Norman Heath
719
59%
Labour Party (UK)
Mary Lilian Hamilton
438
36%
Labour Party (UK)
Charles Matthew Belk
382
31%
339
2,107
1,215
58%
Conservative Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Dingle
No. 12 Dingle
Conservative Party (UK)
Frank Bennett Brown *
4,092
52%
Labour Party (UK)
William Jones
3,811
48%
281
14,428
7,903
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edge Hill
No. 18 Edge Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Tissyman *
3,230
58%
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Roberts
2,301
42%
929
12,616
5,531
44%
Labour Party (UK)
Everton
No. 21 Everton
Labour Party (UK)
Bertie Kirby *
3,809
68%
Conservative Party (UK)
Joseph Gardner
1,826
32%
1,983
36%
12,647
5,635
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Exchange
No. 5 Exchange
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
John Quinn *
910
85%
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Nugent
123
12%
787
2,710
1,033
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Fairfield
No. 31 Fairfield
Liberal Party (UK)
Charles Sydney Jones *
2,475
64%
Labour Party (UK)
Victor Harold Edgar Baker
1,411
36%
1,064
28%
9,478
3,886
41%
Liberal Party (UK)
Fazakerley
No. 27 Fazakerley
Conservative Party (UK)
George Herbert Charters *
1,053
70%
Labour Party (UK)
Jane Billing Davison
459
30%
594
4,366
1,512
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Garston
No. 37 Garston
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Jackson Cleary
2,011
50.2%
Conservative Party (UK)
Edward Wrake Turner *
1,993
49.8%
18
6,400
4,004
63%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Granby
No. 14 Granby
Labour Party (UK)
James Johnstone
1,873
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
Rosa Hoch *
1,361
32%
Liberal Party (UK)
Arthur Donald Dennis
986
23%
512
9,322
4,220
45%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Great George
No. 10 Great George
Labour Party (UK)
John Loughlin
1,265
56%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
John Patrick Bligh
810
36%
Independent Catholic
Thomas Joseph Marner *
125
6%
People's
William Joseph Doyle
67
3%
455
4,840
2,267
47%
Labour Party (UK)
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Kensington
No. 19 Kensington
Conservative Party (UK)
Ambrose Fry
3,202
55%
Labour Party (UK)
William Richard Blair
2,634
45%
586
10,846
5,836
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
Kirkdale
No. 24 Kirkdale
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Jones
2,874
50.1%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Porter *
2,868
49.9%
6
15,680
5,742
37%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Low Hill
No. 20 Low Hill
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Gerard Deery
2,835
56%
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Gaskell Alsop *
2,229
44%
606
10,305
5,064
49%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Much Woolton
No. 36 Much Woolton
Conservative Party (UK)
William Edward Stirling Napier
683
72%
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Stapleton
262
28%
421
1,801
945
52%
Conservative Party (UK)
Independent (politician)
Netherfield
No. 22 Netherfield
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Michael Urding *
3,164
50.5%
Labour Party (UK)
John Bagot
3,102
49.5%
62
11,590
6,266
54%
Conservative Party (UK)
North Scotland
No. 2 North Scotland
Labour Party (UK)
David Gilbert Logan *
3,059
59%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
James O'Hare
2,098
40%
Independent Labour
Edward Campbell
30
1%
961
8,214
5,187
63%
Labour Party (UK)
Old Swan
No. 32 Old Swan
Conservative Party (UK)
John Parry Thomas *
2,520
55%
Labour Party (UK)
Sarah Anne McArd
2,072
45%
448
12,949
4,592
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Prince's Park
No. 13 Prince's Park
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Beavan *
2,919
64%
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Edwards
1,621
36%
1,298
28%
9,256
4,540
49%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sandhills
No. 1 Sandhills
Labour Party (UK)
John Wolfe Tone Morrissey
2,638
64%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Christopher Maguire
1,492
36%
1,146
8,841
4,130
47%
Labour Party (UK)
St. Anne's
No. 6 St. Anne's
Labour Party (UK)
James Sexton *
2,152
56%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Cornelius Devlin
1,666
44%
486
12%
8,525
3,818
45%
Labour Party (UK)
St. Domingo
No. 23 St. Domingo
Labour Party (UK)
John Hamilton
2,243
54%
Liverpool Protestant Party
Albert Clayton *
1,948
46%
295
11,101
4,191
38%
Labour Party (UK)
Liverpool Protestant Party
St. Peter's
No. 8 St. Peter's
Liberal Party (UK)
Burton William Eills *
806
80%
Independent (politician)
Frederick Bowman
198
20%
608
2,885
1,004
35%
Liberal Party (UK)
Sefton Park East
No. 15 Sefton Park East
Conservative Party (UK)
George Edward Holme *
1,941
53%
Liberal Party (UK)
Aled Owen Roberts
1,735
47%
206
6%
8,688
3,675
42%
Conservative Party (UK)
Sefton Park West
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
Mabel Fletcher *
2,093
75%
Labour Party (UK)
Gertrude Annie Cole
690
25%
1,403
50%
6,025
2,783
46%
Conservative Party (UK)
South Scotland
No. 3 South Scotland
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Mary O'Shea
2,767
59%
Labour Party (UK)
Joseph Harrington
1,927
41%
840
8,437
4,694
56%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Labour Party (UK)
Vauxhall
No. 4 Vauxhall
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Joseph Belger *
1,171
77%
Labour Party (UK)
Patrick Duffy
349
23%
822
3,723
1,520
41%
Catholic Party (Liverpool)
Walton
No. 25 Walton
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert John Hall
2,868
56%
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Herbert Pye
2,284
44%
584
15,312
5,152
34%
Conservative Party (UK)
Warbreck
No. 26 Warbreck
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hill *
2,494
70%
Labour Party (UK)
John Fraser
1,094
30%
1,400
11,572
3,588
31%
Conservative Party (UK)
Wavertree
No. 34 Wavertree
Conservative Party (UK)
John Morris Griffith *
2,728
62%
Labour Party (UK)
William Sidney Dytor
1,700
38%
1,028
12,737
4,428
35%
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Party (UK)
Wavertree West
No. 33 Wavertree West
Labour Party (UK)
Ernest Whiteley
1,856
39%
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Henry Barker *
1,589
33%
Liberal Party (UK)
John Richard Hobhouse
1,313
28%
267
8,402
4,758
57%
Labour Party (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
West Derby
No. 28 West Derby
Conservative Party (UK)
John Hickman Dovener *
3,304
61%
Labour Party (UK)
George Henry Boothman
2,094
39%
1,210
15,837
5,398
34%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNDUwZDV2ZW1jaUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 front page 4 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrUTF5MUZkMGJpMUk Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 1 4 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrTUJIZUxEVHZDM28 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 2 4 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrMi1OLVIzRFVhZW8 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 3 4 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrOUM3NkxJcGtBYkE Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 4 4 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrSndiYWVUUGF5UjQ Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 5 4 August 2017
Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1927
By-elections
No. 16 Sefton Park West, 1 December 1927
Following the death on 17 February 1927 of Alderman Sir John Utting D.L,https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrZG95QUtsTzNBZGM Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 211 3 August 2017 Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson (Liberal, Sefton Park West, elected unopposed 1 November 1926)1926 Liverpool City Council election#Sefton Park West was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5 October 1927.
No. 16 Sefton Park West
Conservative Party (UK)
Ronald Percy Clayton
1,955
74%
Labour Party (UK)
Gertrude Annie Cole
675
26%
1,280
6,025
2,630
44%
Conservative Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrM3FERDhTVUtyb3M Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 74 5 August 2017
No. 18 Edge Hill, 17 September 1928
The resignation of Councillor William Smith (Labour, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1926)Edge Hill was reported to the council on 5 September 1928.https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrU2NGQkZxT3NZZzg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 502 5 August 2017
No. 18 Edge Hill 17 September 1928
Labour Party (UK)
Alexander Griffin
3,144
55%
Conservative Party (UK)
Henry Gladstone Grace
2,368
42%
Communist Party of Great Britain
Leo Joseph McGree
172
3%
776
12,616
5,684
45%
Labour Party (UK)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrWWdNYVRCRFltQk0 Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928 page 526 5 August 2017
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5tU3qJPIYtrNmkzLU9sUlctcjg Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 page 527 3 August 2017
See also
Liverpool City Council
Liverpool Town Council elections 1835 - 1879
Liverpool City Council elections 1880–present
1926 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 5 October 1927
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Liverpool 1207 to present
History of local government in England
References
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