1909 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1909.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	-2	??	86
Liberal	??	+1	??	34
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	14
Labour	1	0	0	1
Independent	??	??	??	1
Protestant	2	+1	0	2

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1909
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	20	0	2	-2		51%	9,908
Liberal	8	1	0	+1		29%	5,661
Irish Nationalist	5	0	0	0		0%	0
Protestant	1	1	0	+1		5.4%	1,064
Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	8%	1,558
Socialist	0	0	0	0	0%	7%	1,362
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.17%	34

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1906 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence *	882	56%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt	700	44%
Majority			182
Registered electors			2,369
Turnout			1,582	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob *	760	58%
	Conservative	David Jackson	542	42%
Majority			218
Registered electors			1,691
Turnout			1,302	77%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Jones *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Herbert Priest *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Reginald Jaeger Clarke	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Rutherford	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood-Banner *	683	55%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	549	45%
Majority			134
Registered electors			1,705
Turnout			1,232	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joshua Burrow *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	962	66%
	Socialist	Francis J. Welland	497	34%
Majority			1,459
Registered electors			3,600
Turnout			1,459	41%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns *	1,434	62%
	Socialist	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	865	38%
Majority			569
Registered electors			4,606
Turnout			2,299	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Theodore Lowey *	1,937	67%
	Labour	William White	967	33%
Majority			970
Registered electors			6,236
Turnout			2,904	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelerdine *	1,039	64%
	Labour	Griffith J. Jones	591	36%
Majority			448
Registered electors			3,803
Turnout			1,630	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	John Walker	1,064	56%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford *	831	44%
Majority			233
Registered electors			3,711
Turnout			1,895	51%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Joseph Maguire	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George King *	209	86%
	Independent	George Gretton	34	14%
Majority			175
Registered electors
Turnout			243
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Roby *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	562	55%
	Conservative	Hugh Toner	456	45%
Majority			106
Registered electors			1,715
Turnout			1,018	59%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Japp *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Pritchard *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Bowler	1,117	54%
	Liberal	Wilfrid B. Stoddart	959	46%
Majority			158
Registered electors			3,313
Turnout			2,076	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Preston Reynolds *	987	51%
	Liberal	Cecil H. Brunner	960	49%
Majority			27
Registered electors			3,465
Turnout			1,947	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Henry Parkinson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

References

^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1909
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1909-1910

[1] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (1) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[2] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (2) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[3] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (3) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[4] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (4) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[5] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (5) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[6] "Liverpool Daily Post 1909.11.02 (6) (scan)". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[7] (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1909

[8] Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1909-1910

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