1911 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1911.
| ||
35 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 35 wards 69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority | ||
---|---|---|
|
Sixteen of the thirty-five wards were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ?? | -3 | ?? | ?? | |
Liberal | ?? | -3 | ?? | ?? | |
Irish Nationalist | ?? | 0 | 3 | ?? | |
Labour | ?? | +6 | 0 | ?? | |
Independent | ?? | 0 | ?? | ?? |
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 15 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 43% | 46% | 16,767 | ||
Liberal | 10 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 29% | 5% | 2,009 | ||
Labour | 7 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 20% | 41% | 14,966 | ||
Irish Nationalist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9% | 2.2% | 806 | ||
Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 6.1% | 2,235 |
Given the significant number of uncontested wards, these statistics should be taken in context.
Ward results
edit* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election
Comparisons are made with the 1908 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.
Abercromby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Henry Hayhurst | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aigburth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hartley Wilson * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Anfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Evans * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Breckfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank John Leslie * | 966 | 53% | ||
Labour | Robert Donaldson | 867 | 47% | ||
Majority | 99 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,225 | ||||
Turnout | 1,833 | 43% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Brunswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas James Hickling | 781 | 54% | ||
Liberal | Thomas Roberts * | 667 | 46% | ||
Majority | 114 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,661 | ||||
Turnout | 1,448 | 54% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Castle Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard George Hough * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Dingle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Richard Caton * | 1,686 | 55% | ||
Labour | John Frederick Bower | 1,360 | 45% | ||
Majority | 326 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,785 | ||||
Turnout | 3,046 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Edge Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Richard Blair | 1,544 | 57% | ||
Conservative | Alfred James Branwood | 1,159 | 43% | ||
Majority | 385 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,848 | ||||
Turnout | 2,703 | 56% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Everton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Henry Naylor | 983 | 58% | ||
Liberal | William Denton * | 718 | 42% | ||
Majority | 265 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,484 | ||||
Turnout | 1,701 | 38% | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Exchange
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Bibby * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Dowd * | 861 | 71% | ||
Independent | Arthur Evans Kennedy | 352 | 29% | ||
Majority | 509 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,991 | ||||
Turnout | 1,213 | 30% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Fazakerley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. Henry Herbert Clarke | 252 | 67% | ||
Independent | George Lovely | 123 | 33% | ||
Majority | 129 | ||||
Registered electors | 752 | ||||
Turnout | 375 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Garston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Albert Robinson | 1,035 | 62% | ||
Liberal | James Pickthall * | 624 | 38% | ||
Majority | 411 | ||||
Registered electors | 2,258 | ||||
Turnout | 1,659 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Granby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lea * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Great George
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Lamport Ellis * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Kensington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gordon * | 1,260 | 51% | ||
Labour | Arthur Kilpin Bulley | 1,234 | 49% | ||
Majority | 26 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 4,718 | ||||
Turnout | 2,494 | 53% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkdale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dr. John Utting * | 1,625 | 53% | ||
Labour | William McLean | 1,456 | 47% | ||
Majority | 169 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,476 | ||||
Turnout | 3,081 | 48% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Low Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Nelson | 993 | 51% | ||
Conservative | David Pearson * | 955 | 49% | ||
Majority | 38 | 2% | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,909 | ||||
Turnout | 1,948 | 50% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Netherfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Harold Edward Davies | 855 | 46% | ||
Labour | Joseph Chaloner | 722 | 39% | ||
Independent | John Carr | 268 | 15% | ||
Majority | 133 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,015 | ||||
Turnout | 1,845 | 46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
North Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | James Bolger * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Old Swan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edwards * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Prince's Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sandhills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John Cunningham | 806 | 63% | ||
Independent Irish Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Deery * | 465 | 37% | ||
Majority | 341 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,539 | ||||
Turnout | 1,271 | 36% | |||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
St. Anne's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Sexton * | 913 | 51% | ||
Conservative | Richard Joseph Ward | 870 | 49% | ||
Majority | 43 | 2% | |||
Registered electors | 2,735 | ||||
Turnout | 1,783 | 65% | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
St. Domingo
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Stephenson | 939 | 38% | ||
Conservative | David John Willams | 798 | 33% | ||
Ind. Conservative | George William Whittaker * | 715 | 29% | ||
Majority | 141 | ||||
Registered electors | 4,547 | ||||
Turnout | 2,452 | 54% | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Burton William Ellis * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Sefton Park East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Reginald George Layton * | 1,465 | 82% | ||
Independent | George Porter | 312 | 18% | ||
Majority | 1,153 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,846 | ||||
Turnout | 1,777 | 46% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sefton Park West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Cranstoun Given | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Scotland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Austin Harford * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Vauxhall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Max Muspratt * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Walton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sampson Gannon | 1,687 | 67% | ||
Labour | Harry Dawson Large | 840 | 33% | ||
Majority | 847 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,079 | ||||
Turnout | 2,527 | 50% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warbreck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward West * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Clarke Morrison * | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Wavertree West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Gerson Jackson * | 1,214 | 56% | ||
Labour | William Augustus Colcutt | 972 | 44% | ||
Majority | 242 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,671 | ||||
Turnout | 2,186 | 60% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
West Derby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William James Bailes * | 1,114 | 77% | ||
Labour | James Murphy | 327 | 23% | ||
Majority | 787 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,512 | ||||
Turnout | 1,441 | 41% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Aldermanic Election
editCaused by the death of Alderman William Humphrey Williams (Conservative elected 9 November 1910) [7] [8] [9] [10]
By-Elections
editNo. 26 Dingle, 16 May 1912
editCaused by the resignation of Councillor Algernon Charles Francis Henderson (Conservative, Dingle, elected 1 November 1910),[11] which was reported to the Council on 1 May 1912.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred James Branwood | 1,625 | 63% | ||
Labour | John Frederick Bower | 971 | 37% | ||
Majority | 326 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,785 | ||||
Turnout | 2,596 | 45% | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1913 [13] [14]
No. 1 Sandhills, 16 May 1912
editCaused by the death of Councillor Michael Edward Kearney (Irish Nationalist, Sandhills, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Wafer Byrne | unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
The Term of Office to end on 1 November 1912. [13]
No. 23 St. Domingo
editCaused by the death of Councillor Joseph Roby (Conservative, St. Domingo, last elected 1 November 1909) on 23 July 1912.[15]
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 City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 front page". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 1". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 2". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 3". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 4". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury 2 November 1911
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 6". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 7". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 8". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 9". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1910-1911 page 2". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 284". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 306". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 307". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ^ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1911-1912 page 381". Retrieved 19 May 2017.