1910 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1910.

1910 Liverpool City Council election

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34 seats were up for election (one third): one seat for each of the 34 wards
69 (incl. Aldermen) seats needed for a majority

Fourteen of the thirty-four wards were not contested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative??-4????
Liberal??+3????
Irish Nationalist??0????
Labour??+1????
Independent????????

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1910
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Conservative1915-456%56%19,448
 Liberal1041+330%29%10,104
 Irish Nationalist30009%0%0
 Labour110+11%10%3,541
 Independent110+13%4%1,521

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1907 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 18 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas James Smith the younger * 761 61%
LiberalMiss Harriet Mary Johnson48739%
Majority274
Registered electors2,344
Turnout1,24853%
Conservative holdSwing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Parkfield Wethered 704 54%
LiberalWilliam Abercromby59146%
Majority113
Registered electors1,754
Turnout1,29574%
Conservative holdSwing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdward Russell-Taylor * 628 80%
IndependentWilliam Robert Roberts15420%
Majority474
Registered electors3,170
Turnout78225%
Conservative holdSwing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Rudd 1,109 59%
LiberalThomas Williams78141%
Majority328
Registered electors4,040
Turnout1,89047%
Conservative holdSwing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalPatrick Charles Kelly * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Philip Reynolds unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlgernon Charles Francis Henderson unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Edge Hill

No. 12 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourEdward Whitley 1,001 49%
ConservativeJoseph Henry Harrison *95247%
SocialistCharles Wilson693%
SocialistJames Murphy80.4%
Majority49
Registered electors4,525
Turnout2,03045%
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGerald Kyffin-Taylor MP* Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalFrederick Charles Bowring unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJames Hughes junior * 1,118 53%
ConservativeDr. Francis William Bailey98947%
Majority129
Registered electors3,864
Turnout2,10755%
Liberal holdSwing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeFrederick James Rawlinson * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentMiss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * 1,211 61%
ConservativeRobert Richards76939%
Majority44222%
Registered electors3,555
Turnout1,98056%
Independent holdSwing

Great George

No. 17 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalSamuel Skelton 575 51%
ConservativeDr.Albert Edward Davis *55949%
Majority16
Registered electors1,608
Turnout1,13471%
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeSamuel Mason Hatchinson * 1,404 75%
LabourArthur Kilpin Bulley47025%
Majority93450%
Registered electors4,537
Turnout1,87441%
Conservative holdSwing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn George Paris * 1,620 63%
LabourJohn Wolfe Tone Morrissey94837%
Majority672
Registered electors6,314
Turnout2,56841%
Conservative gain from ProtestantSwing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Boote * 895 60%
LabourGeorge Nelson60240%
Majority29320%
Registered electors3,624
Turnout1,49741%
Conservative holdSwing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Ball 792 72%
IndependentWilliam Henry Archer31028%
Majority482
Registered electors3,514
Turnout1,10231%
Conservative holdSwing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistGeorge Jeremy Lynskey * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeCharles Burchall * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeCharles Henry Rutherford unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalAlfred Gates 1,066 59%
ConservativeJohn Lucas Rankin73641%
Majority330
Registered electors3,199
Turnout1,80256%
Liberal holdSwing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDr. James Clement Baxter * unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDr. Charles Alexander Hill * unopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Byrne unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJames Stuart Rankin 1,238 55%
LiberalJohn Morris1.03345%
Majority205
Registered electors3,729
Turnout2,27161%
Conservative holdSwing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalFrank Campbell Wilson 875 52%
ConservativeFred Pritchard *80048%
Majority75
Registered electors2,401
Turnout1,67570%
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistFrancis Joseph Harford * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistJoseph Hughes * unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDr. John George Moyles * 1,627 76%
LabourHarry Dawson Large52024%
Majority1,107
Registered electors4,715
Turnout2,14746%
Conservative holdSwing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalThomas Fleming 978 54%
ConservativeSydney Edward Davies *85046%
Majority128
Registered electors3,792
Turnout1,82848%
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Stephen Porter 1,040 55%
LiberalHarry Trevor Ellis86545%
Majority175
Registered electors3,593
Turnout1,90553%
Conservative holdSwing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalCecil Heywood Brunner 1,119 55%
ConservativeHarold Edward Davies90945%
Majority210
Registered electors3,503
Turnout2,02858%
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRobert Edward Walkington Stephenson * 1,066 63%
LiberalClement Freeman61537%
Majority450
Registered electors3,295
Turnout1,68251%
Conservative holdSwing

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1910

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1910, the terms of office of seventeen alderman expired.[8]

The following seventeen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1910 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeWilliam Bartlett *Brunswick
LiberalWilliam Benjamin Bowring JP *Exchange
LiberalEdmond Brownbill *South Scotland
ConservativeEdward James ChevalierAigburth
Irish NationalistDr. Andrew Commins MP *Vauxhall
ConservativeArthur Crosthwaite *Anfield
ConservativeCharles Herbert Giles *Prince's Park
LiberalJacob Reuben Grant *Old Swan
LiberalRichard Robert Meade-King *Sandhills
ConservativeThomas Menlove JP *Breckfield
ConservativeSir Charles Petrie *Warbreck
Irish NationalistEdward Purcell *North Scotland
ConservativeArchibald Tutton Salvidge the younger JP *Abercromby
ConservativeAnthony ShelmerdineSefton Park West
LiberalFrederick Smith *Castle Street
LiberalWilliam Henry Watts *St. Anne's
ConservativeWilliam Humphrey Williams *St. Domingo

[9][10][11][12]

Aldermanic Election 3 May 1911

Caused by the death of Alderman Joachim Nicolas Stolterfoht (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the Council on 9 November 1907)[13] on 8 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[14]In his place, Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910)[5] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 May 1911.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeRobert Edward Walkington StephensonNo.5 Wavertree1910

[15][16][17]

By-Elections

No.10 Low Hill, 24 November 1910

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Anthony Shelmerdine (Conservative, Low Hill, elected 1 November 1909)[18] by the Council on 9 November 1910.[9][10][11][12]

No. 10 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDr. Francis William Bailey 999 52%
LabourGeorge Nelson90948%
Majority90
Registered electors3,624
Turnout1,90853%
Conservative holdSwing

[19]

No. 24A Sefton Park East, 2 May 1911

Caused by the death of Councillor John Japp JP (Liberal, Sefton Park East, elected 1 November 1909) on 27 March 1911, which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[20]

No. 24A Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalAlexander Allan Paton unopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

The Term of Office to expire on 1 November 1912.[15]

No. 12 Edge Hill, 27 April 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Edward Whitley (Labour, elected 1 November 1910),[4] which was reported to the Council on 5 April 1911.[20]

No. 12 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeFrederick Bennett Brough 1,017 55%
William Richard Blair84845%
Majority169
Registered electors4,525
Turnout1,86541%
Conservative gain from LabourSwing

[21]

No. 28 West Derby, 23 May 1911

Caused by the election of Councillor Robert Edward Walkington Stephenson (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1910)[5] as an alderman by the Council on 3 May 1911.[15][16][17]

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Thomas Ithell 600 56%
Thomas Utley46844%
Majority450
Registered electors3,295
Turnout1,06832%
gain fromSwing

[22]

No. 13 North Scotland, 5 August 1911

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Dr. Joseph Maguire (Irish Nationalist, North Scotland, elected unopposed 1 November 1909)

No. 13 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistJohn Clancy unopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

[23]

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