Liverpool City Council election, 1922
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1922.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 67 | +9 | 23 | 90 | |
Liberal | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
Coalition Liberal | 10 | -1 | 4 | 14 | |
Irish Nationalist | 21 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
Labour | 6 | -6 | 2 | 8 | |
Independent | 4 | +1 | 0 | 4 | |
Election result
Liverpool Local Election Result 1922 | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
Conservative | 23 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 43% | 50,270 | ||||
Labour | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 29% | 33,142 | ||||
Liberal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10% | 11,463 | ||||
Irish Nationalist | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10% | 9,068 | ||||
Patriotic Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.6% | 2,999 | ||||
Independent Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9% | 2,219 | ||||
Independent Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.9% | 2,184 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.4% | 1,638 | |||
Ward results
* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1919 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1919.
Abercromby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Thompson * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Aigburth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Morley Miller * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Anfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Young Williamson | 2,602 | 50% | ||
Liberal | Alfred Gates | 1,510 | 29% | ||
Labour | Fred Robinson | 1,124 | 21% | ||
Majority | 1,092 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,243 | ||||
Turnout | 5,236 | 57% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Breckfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward James Jones | 3,594 | 67% | ||
Labour | Henry Alfred Booth * | 1,611 | 30% | ||
Irish Nationalist | John Gaffney | 121 | 2% | ||
Majority | 1,983 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,557 | ||||
Turnout | 5,326 | 56% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Alfred Kelly * | unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Castle Street
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Sandeman Allen | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Dingle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Wallace Kelly * | 4,741 | 53% | ||
Labour | Horace Godden Cole | 4,243 | 47% | ||
Majority | 498 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,765 | ||||
Turnout | 8,984 | 65% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Edge Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert John Hall | 3,206 | 49% | ||
Labour | Charles Burden * | 2,438 | 38% | ||
Irish Nationalist | William Henry McGuiness | 502 | 8% | ||
Patriotic Labour | Charles Stamper | 345 | 5.3% | ||
Majority | 768 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,765 | ||||
Turnout | 8,984 | 65% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Everton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Walker * | 4,663 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Alfred Michael Urding | 3,542 | 43% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Matthew Grogan | 26 | 0.3% | ||
Independent | James Linge | 11 | 0.1% | ||
Majority | 1,121 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,025 | ||||
Turnout | 8,242 | 69% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Exchange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Peter Kavanagh * | unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Fairfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Edmund Travis | 2,809 | 61% | ||
Coalition Liberal | Joseph Lucas * | 1,821 | 39% | ||
Majority | 988 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,061 | ||||
Turnout | 4,630 | 51% | |||
Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal | Swing | ||||
Fazakerley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Quayle * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Garston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Robert Thompson | 1,988 | 57% | ||
Labour | James Henry Dutton * | 1,496 | 43% | ||
Majority | 492 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,802 | ||||
Turnout | 3,484 | 60% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Granby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Charles Bowring | 2,283 | 65% | ||
Independent | Robert Tissyman | 1,225 | 35% | ||
Majority | 1,058 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,847 | ||||
Turnout | 3,508 | 40% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Great George
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Owen Ruddin * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Kensington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hughes Rutherford | 3,755 | 67% | ||
Labour | Charles Wilson | 1,703 | 31% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Edward John Delaney | 121 | 2% | ||
Majority | 2,052 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,548 | ||||
Turnout | 5,579 | 53% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Kirkdale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Robert Garnett Sheldon * | 4,629 | 70% | ||
Labour | Frederick Jones, Senior | 1,903 | 29% | ||
Patriotic Labour | Abraham Slater | 117 | 2% | ||
Majority | 2,726 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,890 | ||||
Turnout | 6,649 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Little Woolton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Henry Bremner | unopposed | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Low Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ellis Keyser Yates | 2,978 | 53% | ||
Labour | Thomas Joseph Rowan | 1,530 | 27% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Loughran | 1,112 | 20% | ||
Majority | 1,448 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,851 | ||||
Turnout | 5,620 | 57% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Netherfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patriotic Labour | John Walker * | 2,654 | 42% | ||
Independent Conservative | William Edward McLachlan | 2,219 | 35% | ||
Labour | George Chadwick | 1,350 | 22% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Charles Roche | 55 | 1% | ||
Majority | 435 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,745 | ||||
Turnout | 6,278 | 58% | |||
Patriotic Labour gain from Independent | |||||
North Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Clancy * | 2,499 | 55% | ||
Labour | Edward Campbell | 2,011 | 45% | ||
Majority | 488 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,549 | ||||
Turnout | 4,510 | 60% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Old Swan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Waterworth | 3,485 | 56% | ||
Labour | Herbert Edward Rose * | 1,893 | 31% | ||
Irish Nationalist | James Farrell jun. | 813 | 13% | ||
Majority | 1,592 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,263 | ||||
Turnout | 6,191 | 55% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Prince's Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Jackson * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne * | unopposed | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
St. Anne's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | John Nield | 2,181 | 57% | ||
Liberal | Philip Durning Holt * | 1,642 | 43% | ||
Majority | 539 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,745 | ||||
Turnout | 3,823 | 49% | |||
Independent Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
St. Domingo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas White * | 3,917 | 84% | ||
Patriotic Labour | Charles Henry Allam | 721 | 16% | ||
Majority | 3,196 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,545 | ||||
Turnout | 4,638 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
St. Peter's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Alexander Cole * | 732 | 65% | ||
Independent | Frederick Bowman | 402 | 35% | ||
Majority | 330 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,564 | ||||
Turnout | 1,134 | 44% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sefton Park East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arnold Rushton * | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sefton Park West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Reynolds Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
South Scotland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Michael O'Mahony | 2,540 | 50.4% | ||
Labour | Henry Gaskin | 2,499 | 49.6% | ||
Majority | 41 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Vauxhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Arthur Murphy | 1,068 | 73% | ||
Labour | Michael James Mulvihill | 389 | 27% | ||
Majority | 679 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,572 | ||||
Turnout | 1,457 | 41% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Walton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Roland Clare | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Warbreck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bartholomew Herman | 2,856 | 79% | ||
Labour | Francis Fitzpatrick | 745 | 21% | ||
Majority | 2,111 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,902 | ||||
Turnout | 3,601 | 33% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wavertree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Angers | 2,228 | 43% | ||
Labour | Charles Sydney Jones | 2,070 | 40% | ||
Labour | George Boothman | 885 | 17% | ||
Majority | 158 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,707 | ||||
Turnout | 5,183 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Wavertree West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Granville Legge | 2,067 | 46% | ||
Labour | William Augustus Colcutt * | 1,170 | 26% | ||
Liberal | John Richard Hobhouse | 1,149 | 25% | ||
Irish Nationalist | Benjamin McGinnty | 134 | 3% | ||
Majority | 897 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,239 | ||||
Turnout | 4,520 | 49% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
West Derby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Duncan French | 3,950 | 72% | ||
Labour | Walter Percy Helm * | 1,489 | 27% | ||
Irish Nationalist | John Patrick Farrelly | 77 | 1.4% | ||
Majority | 2,461 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,754 | ||||
Turnout | 5,516 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
By-elections
The death of Councillor John O'Shea occurred 28th October 1922.[4]
No. 29 Anfield, 17th January 1923
Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Owen Thomas (Liberal, Anfield, elected 1st November 1920) which was reported to the Council on 3rd January 1923. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Gates | 1,524 | |||
Arthur Venmore | 1,336 | ||||
Majority | 188 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,243 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from {{{loser}}} | Swing | ||||
No. 32 Old Swan, Tuesday 20th February 1923
Following the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative),[7] Councillor John Edwards (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1st November 1921) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7th February 1923. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Whittle | 2,060 | |||
Labour | Herbert Edward Rose | 1,661 | |||
Majority | 399 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,263 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 31 Fairfield, 21st March 1923
Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Dowd (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1st November 1921) as an alderman.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Sydney Jones | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,061 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
No. 33 Wavertree West, Tuesday 15th May 1923
Caused by the resignation of Councillor Sidney Stanley Dawson ( Wavertree West, elected ) was reported to the Council on 2nd May 1923.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Richard Hobhouse | 1,490 | |||
Edward Percival Parker | 1,274 | ||||
Labour | William Augustus Colcutt * | 934 | |||
Majority | 216 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,239 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
No. 7 Castle Street, 21st June 1923
Following the death of Councillor Benjamin Cookson ( Castle Street, elected 1st November 1920) on 7th May 1923.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick William Frodsham | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
No. 31 Fazakerley,
Following the death of Councillor Matthew Leitch (Conservative, Fazakerley, elected 1st November 1920) on 9th May 1923.[15]
No. 22 Netherfield, Tuesday 31st July 1923
Caused by the death of Councillor William Ball (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1st November 1920) on 3rd July 1923.[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Conservative | William Edward McLachlan | 2,437 | |||
Charles Stamper | 717 | ||||
Labour | George Chadwick | 406 | |||
Majority | |||||
Registered electors | 10,745 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent Conservative gain from N/A | |||||
The death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1st November 1921) on 16th October 1923 was reported to the Council on 24th October 1923. [18]
References
- ↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 3 November 1922
- ↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 3 November 1922
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 5". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 94(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 118(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 119". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 120". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 164". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 202". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 236". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 269". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 268". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 299". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 268". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 298". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 332". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 418". Retrieved 13 February 2016.