Liverpool City Council election, 1930

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1930.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1930
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
	Protestant
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1927 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts *	2,209	75%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	733	25%
Majority			1,476
Registered electors			9,000
Turnout			2,942	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane	2,743	82%
	Labour	William Edward Lloyd	582	18%
Majority			2,161
Registered electors			8,137
Turnout			3,325	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Alfred Strong *	1,351	66%
	Labour	Mrs. Alice Elliott	380	19%
	Liberal	Henry Banks	315	15%
Majority			971
Registered electors			4,115
Turnout			2,046	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Richard Price *	2,364	78%
	Labour	Austin Rainford	682	22%
Majority			1,682
Registered electors			10,924
Turnout			3,046	28%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,338	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,334	29%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	921	20%
Majority			1,004
Registered electors			10,398
Turnout			4,593	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Hanley *	2,382	72%
	Conservative	David Jukes	911	28%
Majority			1,471
Registered electors			9,073
Turnout			3,293	36%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Denton *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	938	53%
	Conservative	Harry Beckett	679	38%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	151	9%
Majority			259
Registered electors			3,076
Turnout			1,768	57%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Croxteth

This was a new ward from 1928, so no councillor was elected in 1927.

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oswald Wade	1,853	55%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,520	45%
Majority			333
Registered electors			9,541
Turnout			3,373	35%

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Bosworth	4,088	51%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	3,061	39%
	Protestant	Albert Henry Osborne	789	10%
Majority			1,027
Registered electors			15,515
Turnout			7,983	51%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Henry Nuttall	2,508	52%
	Independent Socialist	Robert Tissyman *	1,241	26%
	Labour	Henry Osmond Pugh	1,050	22%
	British Union of Fascists	Dewi Protherow	36	1%
Majority			1,267
Registered electors			13,336
Turnout			4,835	36%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bertie Victor Kirby *	2,680	47%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Conifer	1,008	18%
	Protestant	Thomas Dunne	645	11%
Majority			1,269
Registered electors			15,549
Turnout			5,744	37%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Farrell	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Independent gain from Catholic Party (UK)		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones *	2,361	72%
	Labour	William Henry Baxter	931	28%
Majority			1,430
Registered electors			10,272
Turnout			3,292	32%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Greenough Gregson	2,347	58%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	1,727	42%
Majority			620
Registered electors			10,374
Turnout			4,074	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary *	2,218	53%
	Conservative	Roger Abel	1,953	47%
Majority			265
Registered electors			7,042
Turnout			4,171	59%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Adam Edwards	1,983	58%
	Labour	James Johnstone *	1,414	42%
Majority			569
Registered electors			9,908
Turnout			3,397	34%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	John Loughlin *	814	68%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	389	32%
Majority			425
Registered electors			5,042
Turnout			1,203	24%
	Democratic Labour gain from Labour

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Norman Jones	2,935	64%
	Labour	George Porter	1,625	36%
Majority			1,309
Registered electors			11,398
Turnout			4,561	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Porter	3,283	37%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	3,160	36%
	Protestant	Mrs. Mary Jane Longbottom	2,316	26%
Majority			123
Registered electors			17,015
Turnout			8,759	51%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Pugh	2,049	54%
	Labour	Joseph Whitehead	1,744	46%
Majority			305
Registered electors			11,186
Turnout			3,793	34%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Stirling Napier *	753	74%
	Labour	William Robert Snell	258	26%
Majority			495
Registered electors			2,136
Turnout			1,011	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding *	3,770	53%
	Labour	Alexander Key	1,721	24%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,318	19%
	Independent	William Edward McLaclan	276	4%
Majority			2,049
Registered electors			12,178
Turnout			7,085	58%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick William Tucker	1,985	82%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	428	18%
Majority			1,557
Registered electors			8,605
Turnout			2,413	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Moss Greenberg	3,571	62%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,219	38%
Majority			1,352
Registered electors			15,247
Turnout			5,790	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Margaret Beavan	3,077	70%
	Labour	Robert Edward Costier	1,298	30%
Majority			1,779
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout			4,375	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Wolfe Tone Morrissey *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs.Elizabeth Margaret Braddock	1,392	60%
	Democratic Labour	Mrs.Louise Frances Hughes	935	40%
Majority			457
Registered electors			9,436
Turnout			2,327	25%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom	2,862	47%
	Conservative	William Trevor Thomas	1,682	28%
	Labour	John Hamilton *	1,570	26%
Majority			1,180
Registered electors			11,737
Turnout			6,114	52%
	Protestant gain from Labour

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Miss Mary Mabel Ellis	850	74%
	Labour	Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling	304	26%
Majority			546
Registered electors			3,054
Turnout			1,154	38%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Thomas Lancashire	2,160	83%
	Labour	Mrs.Julia Gertrude Taylor	Co-operative Party (UK)	446	17%
Majority			1,714
Registered electors			6,230
Turnout			2,606	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael John Reppion	2,310	82%
	Independent	Patrick James Loughran	524	18%
Majority			1,786
Registered electors			8,830
Turnout			2,834	32%
	Labour gain from Catholic Party (UK)		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joseph Belger *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Template:Catholic Party (UK)/meta/shortname hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall *	3,776	65%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	2,026	35%
Majority			1,750
Registered electors			16,119
Turnout			5,802	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hill *	3,299	70%
	Co-operative Party	Joseph Farrar Kitchen	1,392	30%
Majority			1,907
Registered electors			12,415
Turnout			4,691	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morris Griffith *	3,525	69%
	Labour	John Gibbon Elliott	1,582	31%
Majority			1,943
Registered electors			14,333
Turnout			5,107	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Levy	2,243	47%
	Labour	Ernest Whiteley *	1,970	41%
	Liberal	William Herbert Shepherd	560	12%
Majority			273
Registered electors			8,973
Turnout			4,773	53%
	Conservative gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Ash Cookson	4,339	71%
	Labour	William Dean Jones	1,747	29%
Majority			2,592
Registered electors			18,299
Turnout			6,086	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Aldermanic election

The term of office of Alderman Henry Morley Miller expired on 10 November 1930 and he was re-elected for a further 5 year term by the Councillors on that date.^[4]

By-elections

No. 30 Breckfield, 24th March 1931

Following the death of Alderman Thomas Wafer Jones,^[5] Councillor Herbert Edward Rose (Labour, Breckfield, elected on 1 November 1929)^[6] was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7 January 1931.,^[7] causing a vacancy in the Breckfield ward.

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ada Martha Burton	1,506	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	859	29%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	604	20%
Majority			647
Registered electors			10,398
Turnout			2,969	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing

No. 17 Aigburth, 20th May 1931

Following the death of Alderman John Gordon J.P. on 17 December 1930,^[8] Councillor Frank Campbell Wilson J.P. (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1929)^[9] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 1 April 1931,^[10] causing a vacancy in the Aigburth ward.

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vere Egerton Cotton	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors			8,137
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[11]

No. 35 Allerton, 6th October 1931

Following the death of Alderman John George Moyles M.B.E. J.P. on 24 December 1930,^[12] Councillor Herbert John Davis (Conservative, Allerton, elected 1 November 1929)^[13] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 6 May 1931,^[14] causing a vacancy in the Allerton ward.

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William George Heath	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors			4,115
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[15]

No. 13 Prince's Park, Thursday 23rd July 1931

Caused by the death of Councillor Miss Margaret Beavan on 22 February 1931^[16] (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1927).^[17]

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Trevor Thomas	2,096	69%
	Labour	John Hamilton	1,168	31%
Majority			1,168
Registered electors			9,867
Turnout			3,024	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[18]

No. 23 St. Domingo

Following the resignation of Alderman Richard Rutherford, which was reported to the Council on 2 September 1931.,^[19] Councillor Sir Thomas White (Conservative, St. Domingo, elected 1 November 1928)^[20] was elected as an an alderman by the councillors on 7 October 1931.^[21]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1930
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 8
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 159
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1929-1930
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 159
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 158
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1929-1930
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 332
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 462
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 158
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1929-1930
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 410
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 664
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 252
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1927-1928
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 636
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1929-1929
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1930-1931 pg 664

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