Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1921.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Eight of the 37 seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 57 | +4 | 24 | 83 | |
Irish Nationalists | 20 | +3 | 2 | 22 | |
Labour | 12 | -6 | 2 | 14 | |
Coalition Liberal | 11 | +1 | 3 | 14 | |
Liberal | 5 | -3 | 4 | 9 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Protestant | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 20 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 54% | 43% | 51,639 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 16% | 7.8% | 9,375 | ||
National Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11% | 8% | 9,607 | ||
Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8% | 8% | 9,582 | ||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5% | 27% | 32,927 | ||
Protestant | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3% | 2.5% | 3,008 | ||
Middle Class Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 2,168 | ||
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 1,274 | ||
Anti-Waste League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 518 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 283 |
Ward results
edit* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Abercromby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thomas Roberts | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aigburth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Ritchie | 1,955 | 67% | ||
Middle Class Union | William James Austin | 974 | 33% | ||
Majority | 981 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,612 | ||||
Turnout | 2,929 | 64% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * | 1,950 | 41% | ||
Conservative | Albert Morrow | 1,927 | 41% | ||
Labour | Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor | 870 | 18% | ||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,246 | ||||
Turnout | 4,747 | 51% | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton | 3,811 | 75% | ||
Labour | William Smith | 1,281 | 25% | ||
Majority | 2,530 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,624 | ||||
Turnout | 5,092 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Luke Hogan | 2,171 | 59% | ||
Conservative | Ernest Edward Jacks | 1,503 | 41% | ||
Majority | 668 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,576 | ||||
Turnout | 3,674 | 48% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castle Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard George Hough | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Childwall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Herbert John Davis * | 479 | 69% | ||
Labour | John Mouat Robertson | 214 | 31% | ||
Majority | 265 | ||||
Registered electors | 952 | ||||
Turnout | 693 | 73% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Dingle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Pemberton Coslett | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Jude | 3,364 | 52% | ||
Labour | Robert Tissyman | 3,055 | 48% | ||
Majority | 309 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,652 | ||||
Turnout | 6,419 | 55% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Everton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Thomas Dugdale Stubbs | 2,947 | 54% | ||
Labour | John Henry Naylor * | 2,535 | 46% | ||
Majority | 412 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,768 | ||||
Turnout | 5,482 | 47% | |||
National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Exchange
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Quinn | 948 | 53% | ||
Liberal | Charles Sydney Jones * | 840 | 47% | ||
Majority | 108 | 6% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,664 | ||||
Turnout | 1,788 | 67% | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dowd | 2,566 | 55% | ||
Liberal | George Edward Travis | 2,127 | 45% | ||
Majority | 439 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,140 | ||||
Turnout | 4,693 | 51% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Herbert Charters | 901 | 64% | ||
Labour | Robert Watson | 498 | 36% | ||
Majority | 403 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,411 | ||||
Turnout | 1,399 | 58% | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Garston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Atkin | 2,082 | 58% | ||
Labour | William Henry Paulson | 1,525 | 42% | ||
Majority | 557 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,318 | ||||
Turnout | 3,607 | 68% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Granby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Waterworth | unopposed | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Great George
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Joseph Marner | 1,299 | 57% | ||
Liberal | William Henry Broad | 703 | 31% | ||
Independent | George Henry Bennett | 283 | 12% | ||
Majority | 596 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,006 | ||||
Turnout | 2,285 | 57% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Kensington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gordon | 3,512 | 64% | ||
Labour | Joseph Mooney | 1,955 | 36% | ||
Majority | 1,557 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,492 | ||||
Turnout | 5,467 | 52% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lucas Rankin | 4,577 | 71% | ||
Labour | Frederick Jones | 1,855 | 29% | ||
Majority | 2,722 | ||||
Registered electors | 14,363 | ||||
Turnout | 6,432 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Gaskell Alsop | 2,876 | 57% | ||
Labour | George Nelson * | 2,126 | 43% | ||
Majority | 750 | 14% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,695 | ||||
Turnout | 5,002 | 52% | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Much Woolton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 776 | 62% | ||
Labour | Charles Jabez Edwards | 475 | 38% | ||
Majority | 301 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,600 | ||||
Turnout | 1,251 | 78% | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Netherfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Edward Davies * | 3,696 | 86% | ||
Labour | Vincent Lloyd | 598 | 14% | ||
Majority | 3,098 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,615 | ||||
Turnout | 4,294 | 40% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Bolger * | 3,634 | 98% | ||
Liberal | Walter Henry Davies | 85 | 2% | ||
Majority | 3,549 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,379 | ||||
Turnout | 3,719 | 50% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edwards * | 3,598 | 69% | ||
Labour | William John Daniel | 1,619 | 31% | ||
Majority | 1,979 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,866 | ||||
Turnout | 5,217 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Miss Margaret Beavan * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Sandhills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Cunningham * | 2,181 | 78% | ||
Liberal | Joseph Edward Freeman | 600 | 22% | ||
Majority | 1,581 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,603 | ||||
Turnout | 2,781 | 32% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Sexton * | 1,685 | 57% | ||
Communist | John Neild | 1,274 | 43% | ||
Majority | 411 | 14% | |||
Registered electors | 7,013 | ||||
Turnout | 2,959 | 42% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protestant | Albert Clayton | 3,008 | 70% | ||
Labour | Charles Wilson * | 1,277 | 30% | ||
Majority | 1,731 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,431 | ||||
Turnout | 4,285 | 41% | |||
Protestant gain from Labour | Swing |
St. Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Burton William Eills | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Edward Holme | 2,170 | 48% | ||
Liberal | Miss Jessie Jardine Beavan | 1,671 | 37% | ||
Middle Class Union | William Thomas Oversby | 696 | 15% | ||
Majority | 499 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,569 | ||||
Turnout | 4,537 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Miss Mabel Fletcher * | 1,825 | 64% | ||
Anti-Waste League | Mrs. Emma Louisa Scaiff | 518 | 18% | ||
Middle Class Union | Amys Benjamin Harper | 498 | 18% | ||
Majority | 1,307 | 46% | |||
Registered electors | 5,809 | ||||
Turnout | 2,841 | 49% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Joseph Belger | 1,313 | 92% | ||
Liberal | Albert Maccabe | 115 | 8% | ||
Majority | 1,198 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,530 | ||||
Turnout | 1,428 | 40% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Conrad Cross | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | Edward West | 3,811 | 78% | ||
Labour | John Henry Mawdesley | 1,082 | 22% | ||
Majority | 2,729 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,746 | ||||
Turnout | 4,893 | 46% | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Morris Griffith | 2,073 | 43% | ||
Liberal | Hugh Frame | 1,491 | 31% | ||
Labour | George Henry Boothman | 1,265 | 26% | ||
Majority | 582 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,600 | ||||
Turnout | 4,829 | 50% | |||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Stanley Dawson | 2,967 | 67% | ||
Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 1,470 | 33% | ||
Majority | 1,497 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,213 | ||||
Turnout | 4,437 | 54% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Bailes * | 3,468 | 72% | ||
Labour | Charles Henry Taunton | 1,327 | 28% | ||
Majority | 2,141 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,282 | ||||
Turnout | 4,795 | 52% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Elections
editAldermanic Election 7 December 1921
editCaused by the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 27 October 1921,[11] in whose place Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 [12] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 7 December 1921.[13]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Burke JP | No. 4 Vauxhall | 1926 |
Aldermanic Elections 1 February 1922
editCaused by the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 26 October 1921,[14] in whose place Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)[15] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922[16] [17] [18]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Lowry Burns | No. 32 Old Swan | 1926 |
Vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[19] on 31 December 1921,[20] in whose place Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919,[21] Pharmacist of 2 Ullet Road, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922[18][22]
Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Charles Herman | No. 33 Wavertree West | 1923 |
Aldermanic Election
editCaused by the death of Alderman Edward Hatton Cookson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[19] on 26 March 1922. [23]
Aldermanic Election
editCaused by the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913 )[19] on 9 May 1922.[24]
By-elections
editNo. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922
editCaused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 [12] on 7 December 1921 ,[13] following the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920 )[10] on 27 October 1921.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Arthur Murphy | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
No. 13 Princes Park 14 February 1922
editCaused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)[15] on 1 February 1922,[16][17][18] following the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)[10] on 26 October 1921[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Wood | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from | Swing |
No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922
editCaused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919[21] on 1 February 1922,[18][22] following the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)[19] on 31 December 1921.[20]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bartholomew Herman | 1,905 | 76% | ||
John Williams | 596 | 34% | |||
Majority | 1,309 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,501 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922
editCaused by the death of Councillor Peter Gill (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1919)[28] on 8 February 1922[29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Angers | 1,785 | 68% | ||
Labour | George Boothman | 846 | 32% | ||
Majority | 938 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 2,631 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922
editCaused by the death of Councillor William James Bailes (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1921)[31] on 22 February 1922[32]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William John Lunt Cross | 2,185 | 70% | ||
Labour | Charles Henry Taunton | 952 | 30% | ||
Majority | 1,233 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Turnout | 3,137 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Liverpool Courier 2 November 1921 (1)". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool Courier 2 November 1921 (2)". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 front page". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 1". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 2". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 3". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 4". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1921
- ^ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1921
- ^ a b c d 1920 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 7". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1919 Liverpool City Council election#Vauxhall
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 68". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 6". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1920 Liverpool City Council election#No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921
- ^ a b c "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 136". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 137". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 138". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d 1913 Liverpool City Council election#Aldermanic Election 9 November 1913
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 108". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b 1919 Liverpool City Council election#Warbreck
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 139". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 234". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 300". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 192". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 193". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 194". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ 1919 Liverpool City Council election#Wavertree
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 181". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 235". Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ 1921 Liverpool City Council election#West Derby
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921 page 192". Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1921-1922 page 236". Retrieved 20 July 2017.