1920 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1920.

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

Nine of the 38 seats were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors  ±  AldermenTotal
Conservative54+12680
Liberal19-3625
Irish Nationalist17+4320
Labour18-2220
Independent3+103
Co-operative????????

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1920
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
 Conservative
 Liberal
 Irish Nationalist
 Labour
 Independent
 Co-operative Party

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 19?? election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 19??.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Francis William Baileyunopposed
Registered electors
Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalAlbert Edward Jacob Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Liberal hold

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Philip Nelsonunopposed
Registered electors
win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWilliam Owen Thomas3,44575%
LabourJames Peter Redish1,14925%
Majority2,296
Registered electors8,707
Turnout4,59453%
Liberal holdSwing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlfred Griffiths *3,85973%
LabourAlbert Nicholas Denaro1,39827%
Majority2,461
Registered electors9,427
Turnout5,25756%
Conservative holdSwing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistLawrence Kingunopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBenjamin Cooksonunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt49166%
LabourJohn Mouat Robertson25034%
Majority241
Registered electors2,207
Turnout74134%
Liberal win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJoseph Dalton Flood *5,21475%
LabourWilliam McIntosh Wright1,75125%
Majority3,463
Registered electors13,212
Turnout6,96553%
Conservative holdSwing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDaniel Charles Williams4,33367%
LabourBernard Louis Myer2,15333%
Majority2,180
Registered electors11,416
Turnout6,48657%
Conservative holdSwing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Ellis3,73656%
LabourJames Whittaker2,93144%
Majority805
Registered electors11,672
Turnout6,66757%
Conservative holdSwing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistHenry Granby90752%
LiberalFrederick Charles Bowring *82948%
Majority78
Registered electors2,672
Turnout1,73665%
Irish Nationalist gain from LiberalSwing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJames Hughes *3,45575%
Co-operative PartyEdmund Rose1,15425%
Majority2,301
Registered electors8,949
Turnout4,60952%
Labour holdSwing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMatthew Leitch sen.87066%
LabourJohn Williams45234%
Majority418
Registered electors2,577
Turnout1,32251%
Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJoshua Burrows2,28761%
LabourWilliam Henry Paulson &1,46839%
Majority819
Registered electors5,187
Turnout3,75572%
Conservative gain from LabourSwing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentMiss Eleanor Florence Rathbone * Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Independent hold

Great George

No. 10 Great George
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistWilliam Grogan1,76665%
LiberalSamuel Skelton *95535%
Majority811
Registered electors3,875
Turnout2,72170%
Irish Nationalist gain from LiberalSwing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJoseph Ashworth *4,17465%
LabourWilliam Burnett Smithwick2,28035%
Majority1,894
Registered electors10,212
Turnout6,45463%
Conservative holdSwing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn George Paris *5,48670%
LabourFrederick Jones2,39630%
Majority3,09040%
Registered electors14,288
Turnout7,88255%
Conservative holdSwing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRichard Henry Mitchell3,30961%
LabourJames Hamblett Johnstone2,08639%
Majority1,223
Registered electors9,454
Turnout5,39557%
Conservative holdSwing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeThomas Harrison75663%
LabourCharles Jabez Edwards43837%
Majority318
Registered electors1,585
Turnout1,19475%
Conservative holdSwing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Ball *4,04273%
LabourJohn Archibald Metcalfe1,48127%
Majority2,561
Registered electors10,349
Turnout5,52353%
Conservative holdSwing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistWilliam John Loughreyunopposed
Registered electors
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlfred Ernest Shennan3,61769%
LabourJohn Edward Sunners1,59931%
Majority2,018
Registered electors9,945
Turnout5,21652%
Conservative holdSwing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeCharles Henry Rutherford *3,46176%
LabourThomas Griffiths1,11624%
Majority2,345
Registered electors8,211
Turnout4,57756%
Conservative holdSwing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistJames William Baker2,78055%
LiberalAlfred Gates *2,24345%
Majority537
Registered electors8,321
Turnout1,09260%
Irish Nationalist gain from LiberalSwing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistPatrick Alfred Durkin2,56374%
LiberalDr. James Clement Baxter *91826%
Majority1,645
Registered electors6,977
Turnout3,48150%
Irish Nationalist gain from LiberalSwing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Edward Backhouseunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalLawrence Durning Holt *99191%
Irish NationalistJames Friery1019%
Majority890
Registered electors2,607
Turnout1,09242%
Liberal holdSwing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMichael Cory Dixonunopposed
Registered electors
Conservative holdSwing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalFrank Campbell Wilson *2,94486%
LabourMrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor46014%
Majority2,484
Registered electors5,607
Turnout3,40461%
Liberal holdSwing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistDavid Gilbert Logan2,61154%
LabourHenry Gaskin2,25246%
Majority359
Registered electors8,036
Turnout4,86361%
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish NationalistJames O'Hare *1,23469%
LiberalJohn Bennion54231%
Majority692
Registered electors3,494
Turnout1,77651%
Irish Nationalist holdSwing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeorge Miller Platt *4,29674%
LabourRobert Joseph McDonnell1,50226%
Majority2,794
Registered electors11,661
Turnout5,79850%
Conservative holdSwing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Albert Thompson *3,54078%
Co-operative PartyMrs. Jessie Ann Daniels98222%
Majority2,558
Registered electors10,521
Turnout4,55243%
Conservative holdSwing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeHenry Langton Beckwith *3,79368%
LabourRobert Tissyman1,79532%
Majority1,998
Registered electors9,456
Turnout5,58859%
Conservative holdSwing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeEdwin Haig *3,30367%
LabourAlbert Edward Johns1,61233%
Majority1,691
Registered electors8,040
Turnout4,91561%
Conservative holdSwing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeFrederick William Riley3,75571%
LabourJoseph Smith1,55029%
Majority2,20542%
Registered electors8,923
Turnout5,30559%
Conservative holdSwing

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

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1920

At the meeting of the council on 9 November 1920, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.[8]

The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1920 for a term of six years.

* - re-elected aldermen.

PartyAldermanWard
ConservativeSir John Sutherland Harmood Banner MP *Breckfield
ConservativeWilliam Boote *Princes Park
ConservativeEdward James Chevalier JP *Old Swan
ConservativeArthur Crosthwaite JP *Anfield
LiberalJohn Lamport Eills JP *South Scotland
LiberalJacob Reuben Grant JP *Warbreck
Irish NationalistAustin Harford *North Scotland
ConservativeJames Heald JP *Much Woolton
LiberalJoseph Harrison JonesExchange
LiberalJohn Lea JP *St. Domingo
Irish NationalistGeorge Jeremy Lynskey *Vauxhall
LiberalRichard Robert Meade-King JP *Sandhills
ConservativeFrederick James Rawlinson JP *Aigburth
ConservativeEsward Russell-Taylor JP *Brunswick
ConservativeSir Archibald Tutton Salvidge KBE *Abercromby
ConservativeAnthony Shelmerdine JP *Sefton Park West
LiberalFrederick Smith JP *Castle Street
LiberalWilliam Henry Watts *St. Anne's

[9][8][10][11][12][13][14]

Aldermanic Election 2 March 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the council on 9 November 1913[15] on 17 January 1921, which was reported to the council on 19 January 1921.[16]

In his place, Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[17] was elected as an alderman by the council on 2 March 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeCharles Henry Rutherford JPNo. 25 Walton1923

[18][19]

Aldermanic Election 6 April 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1920),[20] in whose place Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[21] was elected by the council as an alderman on 6 April 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
LiberalMax Muspratt JPNo. 36 Much Woolton1926

[22][23][24]

Aldermanic Election 27 July 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1914)[25] on 19 May 1921,[26] in whose place Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920),[27] Fine Art Dealer of 40 Falkner Square, Liverpool, was elected by the council as an alderman on 27 July 1921.

PartyAldermanWardTerm expires
ConservativeJohn George ParisNo. 15 Sefton Park East1923

[28][29][30]

By-elections

No. 14 Granby, 23 November 1920

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Joseph Harrison Jones (Liberal, Granby, elected 1 November 1918) [31] by the council on 9 November 1920

No. 14 Granby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalFrederick Charles Bowringunopposed
Registered electors
Liberal holdSwing

[32]

No. 13 Princes Park, 13 December 1920

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Acheson Lyle Rupert Rathbone (Liberal, Princes Park, elected 1 November 1911([33] which was reported to the council on 1 December 1920.[32]

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMargaret Beavan JP1,88379%
Thomas Griffith48921%
Majority1,035
Registered electors
Turnout2,372
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing

[34]

No. 13 Princes Park, 14 March 1921

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor Charles Henry Rutherford JP (Conservative, Princes Park, last elected 1 November 1920)[17]as an alderman on 2 March 1921,[18][19] following the death of Alderman William Roberts (Conservative, last elected as an Alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1913[15]) on 17 January 1921

No. 13 Prince's Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Robert Lowry Burnsunopposed
Registered electors
gain fromSwing

[22]

No. 4 Vauxhall

Caused by the election by the council as an alderman of Councillor Max Muspratt (Liberal, Vauxhall, last elected unopposed on 1 November 1914)[21] on 6 April 1921, following the death of Alderman James Heald (Conservative last elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1920).[20][22][23][24]

No. 24 Kirkdale 8 August 1921

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor John George Paris (Conservative, Kirkdale, last elected 1 November 1920)[27] on 27 July 1921, following the death of Alderman James Willcox Alsop OBE (Conservative, elected as an alderman by the council on 9 November 1914)[25] on 19 May 1921[26]

No. 24 Kirkdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Archibald Gordon Gullan3,839%
Frederick Jones1,450%
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout%
gain fromSwing

[35]

No. 7 Castle Street 28 September 1921

Caused by the death of Councillor Frank Ambrose Goodwin (Conservative, Castle Street, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919)[36] on 14 July 1921[37]

No. 7 Castle Street
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Sandeman Allen Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered electors
Conservative hold

[38]

See also

References