1919 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1919.

One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.

Ten of the thirty-six seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	54	-9	26	80
Liberal	22	-2	6	28
Labour	20	+10	0	20
Irish Nationalist	13	+1	3	16
Independent	1	-1	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1919
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	13	0	9	-9	38%	46%	43,994
Labour	10	10	0	+10	29%	34%	32,751
Liberal	3				8.8%	8.5%	8,232
Irish Nationalist	7	0	0	0		3.5%	3,538
Independent	1

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson *	1,439	58%
	S. & S.	John Bennie Baillie	1,038	42%
Majority			401
Registered electors			6,521
Turnout			2,477	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton, Childwall & Little Woolton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stanley Rimmer	572	42%
	Liberal	Charles James Williamson	463	34%
	Labour	William Richard Blair	315	23%
Majority			109
Registered electors			2,202
Turnout			1,350	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Thompson Holliday	1,294	36%
	Conservative	Jane Ellen Richardson	1,276	35%
	Liberal	William Owen Thomas *	1,030	29%
Majority			18
Registered electors			8,706
Turnout			3,600	41%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Alfred Booth	2,296	55%
	Conservative	Alfred Griffiths *	1,873	45%
Majority			423
Registered electors			9,269
Turnout			4,169	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	2,403	74%
	Conservative	Margaret Mason	857	26%
Majority			1,546
Registered electors			7,261
Turnout			3,260	45%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank Ambrose Goodwin	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	3,594	66%
	Labour	William John Daniel	1,869	34%
Majority			1,725
Registered electors			12,830
Turnout			5,463	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Burden	2,527	53%
	Conservative	Daniel Charles Williams *	2,240	47%
Majority			287
Registered electors			11,058
Turnout			4,767	43%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Walker	2,974	63%
	Conservative	Charles Edward Pugh *	1,784	37%
Majority			1,190
Registered electors			11,010
Turnout			4,758	43%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Kavanagh	955	66%
	Conservative	Perring Thomas Stolterfoht *	486	34%
Majority			469
Registered electors			2,549
Turnout			1,441	57%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Conservative		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lucas	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Quayle	701	58%
	Labour	Albert Nicholas Denaro	506	42%
Majority			195
Registered electors			2,421
Turnout			1,207	50%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton	1,458	45%
	Conservative	Thomas Tushingham *	1,419	44%
	S & S	John George Baker	378	12%
Majority			39
Registered electors			5,114
Turnout			3,255	64%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	1,922	59%
	Co-operative Party	Frederick James Norris	1,353	41%
Majority			569
Registered electors			8,293
Turnout			3,275	39%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Owen Ruddin	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Badlay	2,889	55%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns *	2,366	45%
Majority			523	10%	N/A
Registered electors			9,936
Turnout			5,255	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	2,971	49%
	Labour	Samuel Mason	2,813	46%
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Freeman	340	6%
Majority			158
Registered electors			14,107
Turnout			6,124	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,872	44%
	Conservative	Francis William Bailey *	1,729	40%
	Liberal	Joseph Masterson	672	16%
Majority			143
Registered electors			8,947
Turnout			4,273	48%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Walker *	2,109	76%
	Coalition Labour	William Edward McLachlan	649	24%
Majority			1,460
Registered electors			10,152
Turnout			2,758	27%
	Independent hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	2,162	50.4%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton *	2,126	49.6%
Majority			36
Registered electors			9,548
Turnout			4,288	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Jackson *	2,365	64%
	Labour	John Hayes	1,330	36%
Majority			1,035
Registered electors			7,765
Turnout			3,695	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Wafer Byrne	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas White *	1,991	52%
	Liberal	William Sydney Shaw	1,831	48%
Majority			160
Registered electors			9,920
Turnout			3,822	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	743	62%
	Labour	Edward Fergus	451	38%
Majority			292
Registered electors			2,549
Turnout			1,194	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arnold Rushton	2,261	53%
	Liberal	John Parry Edwards *	1,302	31%
	Co-operative Party	Annie Billinge	695	16%
Majority			959
Registered electors			8,104
Turnout			4,258	53%
	Conservative 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. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney Appleton Kelly *	3,177	55%
	Labour	Mercer Curtis	2,642	45%
Majority			535
Registered electors			11,292
Turnout			5,819	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman *	2,588	61%
	Co-operative Party	Anna Blair	1,674	39%
Majority			914
Registered electors			10,391
Turnout			4,262	41%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Gill *	2,305	54%
	Labour	Albert Edward Johns	1,955	46%
Majority			350
Registered electors			9.065
Turnout			4,260	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt	1,856	50.3%
	Conservative	John Glynn *	1,837	49.7%
Majority			19
Registered electors			7,653
Turnout			3,693	48%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Walter Percy Helm	1,542	41%
	Conservative	Albert James Muskett	1,294	34%
	Independent	Thomas Utley	957	25%
Majority			248
Registered electors			8,376
Turnout			3,793	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections 10 November 1919

Caused by the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)^[17]^[18]

In his place, Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)^[19] Postal Official of 10 Fairfield Street, Liverpool was elected by the council as an alderman on 10 November 1919.^[20]^[21]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Labour	Frederick Thomas Richardson	No. 21 Everton	1923

On 10 November 1919, Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)^[22] Trades Union Official of 13 St. Andrew Road, was elected by the council as the first alderman for the Fazakerley ward^[21].^[23]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	No. 27 Fazakerley	1923

Aldermanic Election 7 July 1920

Caused by the resignation of Alderman Robert Stephen Porter(Conservative, appointed by the council as an alderman on 9 November 1916),^[24] which was reported to the council on 5 May 1920^[25]

In his place, Councillor John George Moyles JP (Party?, ward?, elected?)of 2 Bedford Road, Walton was elected, by the council as an alderman on 7 July 1920^[26]^[27]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
		John George Moyles JP	No. 34 Wavertree	1923

By-elections

No. 18 Edge Hill, 26 November 1919

Caused by the election as an alderman, by the council of Councillor Frederick Thomas Richardson (Labour, Edge Hill, elected unopposed 1 November 1914)^[19] on 10 November 1919,^[20]^[21] following the death on 9 September 1919 of Alderman John Duncan JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1913)^[17]^[18]

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Samuel Mason	2,759	52%
	Daniel Charles Williams	2,516	48%
Majority		243
Registered electors
Turnout		5,275
		Swing

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No. 37 Garston, 26 November 1919

Caused by the election, by the council, as an alderman on 10 November 1919 of Councillor William Albert Robinson (Labour, Garston, elected unopposed 1 November 1914).^[22]^[21]^[23]

No. 37 Garston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Albert Elijah Beavan	1,977	51%
	Thomas Tushingham	1,879	49%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout		3,856
		Swing

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No. 24 Sefton Park West

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Herbert Reynolds Rathbone(Liberal, elected unopposed 1 November 1919)^[31] which was reported to the council on 7 July 1920.^[26]

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