Liverpool City Council election, 1926

Elections to Liverpool Borough Council were held on 1 November 1926.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	68	-3	28	96
Labour	18	+6	0	18
Catholic	16	-2	5	21
Liberal	7	0	5	12
Protestant	2	-1	0	2
Independent	2	0	0	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1926
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	7					44%	53,330
	Conservative	20					41%	49,572
	Catholic	6					7.5%	9,027
	Liberal	4					3.0%	3,578
	Independent	1					2.1%	2,581
	Constitutionalist and Protestant	0	0	1	-1	0%
	Co-operative Party	0					0.25%	307
	Ex-Service	0					0.18%	214
	Communist	0					0.027%	32

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1923 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cuthbert Frederick Francis *	1,899	60%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	1,263	40%
Majority			636
Registered electors			8,221
Turnout			3,162	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

This was the second election to the Aigburth ward, which was created in 1925, so no comparisons are made.

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Layfield	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William James Austin *	674	63%
	Liberal	William Murphy	395	37%
Majority			279
Registered electors			2,619
Turnout			1,069	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates *	2,036	42%
	Conservative	Albert Morrow	1,620	34%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	1,167	24%
Majority			416
Registered electors			9,663
Turnout			4,828	50%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,977	51%
	Constitutionalist & Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom *	1,883	49%
Majority			94
Registered electors			9,846
Turnout			3,860	39%
	Labour gain from Constitutionalist & Protestant

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Lawrence King *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Catholic hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Richard Rutherford	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *	674	59%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton	356	31%
	Liberal	James Whiteside	104	9%
Majority			318
Registered electors			1,795
Turnout			1,134	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Dalton Flood *	3,842	52%
	Labour	John Henry Roberts Latham	3,589	48%
Majority			253
Registered electors			14,497
Turnout			7,431	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Smith	3,315	59%
	Conservative	Miss Essie Ruth Conway	2,340	41%
Majority			975
Registered electors			12,679
Turnout			5,655	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Thomas Richardson	4,028	63%
	Conservative	John Ellis *	2,411	37%
Majority			1,617
Registered electors			12,782
Turnout			6,439	50%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Miss Alice McCormick *	709	77%
	Ex-Services	Albert Edward Price	214	23%
Majority			495
Registered electors			2,758
Turnout			923	33%
	Catholic gain from Irish Party

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barry	2,261	60%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,483	40%
Majority			778
Registered electors			9,457
Turnout			3,744	40%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Albert Harwood Letheren *	868	67%
	Labour	Richard Austin Rockliff	418	33%
Majority			450
Registered electors			3,070
Turnout			1,286	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Case *	1,776	52%
	Labour	James Lawrenson	1,616	48%
Majority			160
Registered electors			6,287
Turnout			3,392	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	2,581	62%
	Conservative	Kenneth Thorley Graham	1,587	38%
Majority			994
Registered electors			9,360
Turnout			4,168	45%
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	William Grogan *	1,075	57%
	Labour	John Loughlin	816	43%
Majority			259
Registered electors			4,694
Turnout			1,891	40%
	Catholic hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ashworth *	2,308	50.4%
	Labour	John Kay	2,268	49.6%
Majority			40
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout			4,576	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan *	2,889	51%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,481	44%
	Co-operative Party	Frederick Thomas John Evans	307	5%
Majority			408
Registered electors			15,874
Turnout			5,677	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Joseph McEntegart	2,789	54%
	Conservative	William John Acheson	2,388	46%
Majority			401
Registered electors			10,391
Turnout			5,177	50%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Francis Roskell Reynolds *	600	69%
	Labour	William Henry Paulson	271	31%
Majority			329
Registered electors			1,734
Turnout			871	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Chadwick	3,341	58%
	Conservative	William Edward McLaclan *	2,380	42%
Majority			961
Registered electors			11,808
Turnout			5,721	48%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	2,328	57%
	Catholic	Rev. Thomas Joseph Rigby	1,780	43%
Majority			548
Registered electors			8,182
Turnout			4,108	50%
	Labour gain from Irish Party

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan *	2,195	61%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	1,429	39%
Majority			766
Registered electors			12,279
Turnout			3,624	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Wood *	2,431	58%
	Labour	William Jones	1,757	42%
Majority			674
Registered electors			9,410
Turnout			4,188	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	James William Baker *	1,790	51%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry.Dunford	1,737	49%
Majority			53
Registered electors			8,996
Turnout			3,527	39%
	Catholic gain from Irish Party

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maurice Eschwege *	2,932	73%
	Catholic	Patrick Alfred Durkin	1,051	26%
	Communist	John Nield	32	0.8%
Majority			1,881
Registered electors			8,591
Turnout			4,015	47%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse *	2,128	50.5%
	Labour	John Hamilton	2,087	49.5%
Majority			41
Registered electors			11,188
Turnout			4,215	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Cambell Wilson *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	John Gerald Murphy *	1,673	52%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington	1,523	48%
Majority			150
Registered electors			8,544
Turnout			3,196	37%
	Catholic gain from Irish Party

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Dr.Percy Hayes *	949	71%
	Labour	Henry Hayes	386	29%
Majority			563
Registered electors			3,756
Turnout			1,335	36%
	Catholic gain from Irish Party

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *	2,596	56%
	Labour	Thomas Herbert Pye	2,009	44%
Majority			587
Registered electors			13,819
Turnout			4,605	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Jude	2,348	61%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,509	39%
Majority			839
Registered electors			11,450
Turnout			3,857	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Langton Beckwith *	2,495	63%
	Labour	William Sidney Dytor	1,466	37%
Majority			1,029
Registered electors			12,100
Turnout			3,961	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Haigh *	1,697	44%
	Labour	Frederick Stapleton	1,085	28%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,043	27%
Majority			612
Registered electors			8,499
Turnout			3,825	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Young	3,165	62%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,904	38%
Majority			1,261
Registered electors			14,607
Turnout			5,069	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Aldermanic Election

18 Aldermen were elected by the Council on 9 November 1926 for a term of six years.

- re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman
		Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner Bart. D.L.*
		James Bolger *
	Labour	Thomas Burke J.P. *
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns J.P. *
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole J.P. *
		James Conrad Cross J.P. *
		John Lamport Eills J.P.
		Jacob Reuben Grant J.P. *
		Austin Harford J.P. *
		Albert Edward Jacob J.P. *
		John Lea J.P. *
		Richard Robert Meade-King J.P.
	Conservative	Sir Max Muspratt, Bart.
		Herbert Reynolds Rathbone J.P. *
	Conservative	Edward Russell-Taylor J.P. *
		The Right Hon.Archibald Tutton James Salvidge P.C. K.B.E. *
		Anthony Shelmerdine J.P. *
		Frederick Smith J.P. *

^[6]

By-elections

No. 19 Kensington, 14th December 1926

Following the death of Councillor Henry Baxter (Conservative, Kensington, elected 1st November 1924)^[7] on 10th November 1926,^[8]

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ambrose Fry	2,688
	Labour	John Kay	2,618
Majority			70
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 26 Warbreck, 22nd March 1927

Because Sir John Sutherland Harmood Banner, Bart. refused the offer of the office of Alderman,^[9] Councillor Edward West ( Warbreck, elected unopposed 1st November 1924)^[10] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 2nd March 1927.^[11]

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hill	2,165
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,023
Majority			1,142
Registered electors			11,450
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[12]

No. 11 Brunswick,

Alderman John Lea died on 26th January 1927.^[13] The Councillors elected Councillor James Sexton C.B.E. MP as an alderman on 2nd March 1927.^[14] It was reported to the Council, on 6th April 1927, that Councillor James Sexton C.B.E. MP had refused the offer of office of alderman.^[15] Councillor Luke Hogan (Labour, Brunswick, elected 1st November 1924)^[16] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 5th October 1927.^[17]

No. 37 Garston, 17th May 1927

Caused by the death of Councillor Edmund Robert Thompson (Conservative, Garston, elected 1st November 1925)^[18] on 22nd April 1927.^[19]

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams	1,731
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	1,684
Majority			47
Registered electors			6,287
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[20]

No. 37 Garston, 23rd June 1927

Caused by the death of Councillor George Atkin (Conservative, Garston, elected 1st November 1924)^[21] on 24th May 1927.^[22]

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Wrake Turner	1,841
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	1,827
		Neil Norman McKinnon	335
Majority			14
Registered electors			6,287
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[23]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1926
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927
↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1926
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1923
↑ Liverpool Courier 2 November 1923
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 6
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1924-1925
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 78
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 78
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1924-25
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 224
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 267
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 178
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 225
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 266
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1924-1925
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 512
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1925-1926
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 322
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 370
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1924-1925
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 370
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927 pg 404

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