1921 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1921.

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

Eight of the 37 seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	57	+4	24	83
Irish Nationalists	20	+3	2	22
Labour	12	-6	2	14
Coalition Liberal	11	+1	3	14
Liberal	5	-3	4	9
Independent	3	0	0	3
Protestant	1	+1	0	1

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Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1921
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	20	1	0	+1	54%	43%	51,639
Irish Nationalist	6	1	0	+1	16%	7.8%	9,375
National Liberal	4	1	0	+1	11%	8%	9,607
Liberal	3	0	0	0	8%	8%	9,582
Labour	2	0	4	-4	5%	27%	32,927
Protestant	1	1	0	+1	3%	2.5%	3,008
Middle Class Union	0	0	0	0	0%	1.8%	2,168
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1.1%	1,274
Anti-Waste League	0	0	0	0	0%	1.1%	518
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.24%	283

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Thomas Roberts	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ritchie	1,955	67%
	Middle Class Union	William James Austin	974	33%
Majority			981
Registered electors			4,612
Turnout			2,929	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *	1,950	41%
	Conservative	Albert Morrow	1,927	41%
	Labour	Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor	870	18%
Majority			23
Registered electors			9,246
Turnout			4,747	51%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Henry Burton	3,811	75%
	Labour	William Smith	1,281	25%
Majority			2,530
Registered electors			9,624
Turnout			5,092	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Luke Hogan	2,171	59%
	Conservative	Ernest Edward Jacks	1,503	41%
Majority			668
Registered electors			7,576
Turnout			3,674	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard George Hough	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert John Davis *	479	69%
	Labour	John Mouat Robertson	214	31%
Majority			265
Registered electors			952
Turnout			693	73%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Pemberton Coslett	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Jude	3,364	52%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	3,055	48%
Majority			309
Registered electors			11,652
Turnout			6,419	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Thomas Dugdale Stubbs	2,947	54%
	Labour	John Henry Naylor *	2,535	46%
Majority			412
Registered electors			11,768
Turnout			5,482	47%
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Quinn	948	53%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones *	840	47%
Majority			108	6%	N/A
Registered electors			2,664
Turnout			1,788	67%
	Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd	2,566	55%
	Liberal	George Edward Travis	2,127	45%
Majority			439
Registered electors			9,140
Turnout			4,693	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Herbert Charters	901	64%
	Labour	Robert Watson	498	36%
Majority			403
Registered electors			2,411
Turnout			1,399	58%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Atkin	2,082	58%
	Labour	William Henry Paulson	1,525	42%
Majority			557
Registered electors			5,318
Turnout			3,607	68%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party	Candidate	Votes
	James Waterworth	unopposed
Registered electors
		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Joseph Marner	1,299	57%
	Liberal	William Henry Broad	703	31%
	Independent	George Henry Bennett	283	12%
Majority			596
Registered electors			4,006
Turnout			2,285	57%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Gordon	3,512	64%
	Labour	Joseph Mooney	1,955	36%
Majority			1,557
Registered electors			10,492
Turnout			5,467	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Lucas Rankin	4,577	71%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,855	29%
Majority			2,722
Registered electors			14,363
Turnout			6,432	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Gaskell Alsop	2,876	57%
	Labour	George Nelson *	2,126	43%
Majority			750	14%	N/A
Registered electors			9,695
Turnout			5,002	52%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Robert Gladstone	776	62%
	Labour	Charles Jabez Edwards	475	38%
Majority			301
Registered electors			1,600
Turnout			1,251	78%
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies *	3,696	86%
	Labour	Vincent Lloyd	598	14%
Majority			3,098
Registered electors			10,615
Turnout			4,294	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger *	3,634	98%
	Liberal	Walter Henry Davies	85	2%
Majority			3,549
Registered electors			7,379
Turnout			3,719	50%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Edwards *	3,598	69%
	Labour	William John Daniel	1,619	31%
Majority			1,979
Registered electors			10,866
Turnout			5,217	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Miss Margaret Beavan *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Cunningham *	2,181	78%
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Freeman	600	22%
Majority			1,581
Registered electors			8,603
Turnout			2,781	32%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Sexton *	1,685	57%
	Communist	John Neild	1,274	43%
Majority			411	14%
Registered electors			7,013
Turnout			2,959	42%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	3,008	70%
	Labour	Charles Wilson *	1,277	30%
Majority			1,731
Registered electors			10,431
Turnout			4,285	41%
	Protestant gain from Labour		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Burton William Eills	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Edward Holme	2,170	48%
	Liberal	Miss Jessie Jardine Beavan	1,671	37%
	Middle Class Union	William Thomas Oversby	696	15%
Majority			499
Registered electors			8,569
Turnout			4,537	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Miss Mabel Fletcher *	1,825	64%
	Anti-Waste League	Mrs. Emma Louisa Scaiff	518	18%
	Middle Class Union	Amys Benjamin Harper	498	18%
Majority			1,307	46%
Registered electors			5,809
Turnout			2,841	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Belger	1,313	92%
	Liberal	Albert Maccabe	115	8%
Majority			1,198
Registered electors			3,530
Turnout			1,428	40%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Conrad Cross	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Edward West	3,811	78%
	Labour	John Henry Mawdesley	1,082	22%
Majority			2,729
Registered electors			10,746
Turnout			4,893	46%
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	John Morris Griffith	2,073	43%
	Liberal	Hugh Frame	1,491	31%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,265	26%
Majority			582
Registered electors			9,600
Turnout			4,829	50%
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sidney Stanley Dawson	2,967	67%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,470	33%
Majority			1,497
Registered electors			8,213
Turnout			4,437	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William James Bailes *	3,468	72%
	Labour	Charles Henry Taunton	1,327	28%
Majority			2,141
Registered electors			9,282
Turnout			4,795	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 7 December 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 27 October 1921,^[11] in whose place Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919^[12] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 7 December 1921.^[13]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Thomas Burke JP	No. 4 Vauxhall	1926

Aldermanic Elections 1 February 1922

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP(Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 26 October 1921,^[14] in whose place Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)^[15] was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922^[16]^[17]^[18]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
		Robert Lowry Burns	No. 32 Old Swan	1926

Vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)^[19] on 31 December 1921,^[20] in whose place Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck,last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919,^[21] Pharmacist of 2 Ullet Road, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922^[18]^[22]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman	No. 33 Wavertree West	1923

Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward Hatton Cookson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)^[19] on 26 March 1922.^[23]

Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)^[19] on 9 May 1922.^[24]

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922

Caused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Burke JP(Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall,last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919^[12] on 7 December 1921,^[13] following the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey(Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 27 October 1921.^[11]

No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Arthur Murphy	unopposed
Registered electors
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

^[16]

No. 13 Princes Park 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921)^[15] on 1 February 1922,^[16]^[17]^[18] following the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[10] on 26 October 1921^[14]

No. 13 Prince's Park 14 February 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Wood	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from		Swing

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No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck,last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919^[21] on 1 February 1922,^[18]^[22] following the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913)^[19] on 31 December 1921.^[20]

No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Bartholomew Herman	1,905	76%
		John Williams	596	34%
Majority			1,309
Registered electors
Turnout			2,501
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[26]^[27]

No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor Peter Gill (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1919)^[28] on 8 February 1922^[29]

No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Angers	1,785	68%
	Labour	George Boothman	846	32%
Majority			938
Registered electors
Turnout			2,631
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[23]^[30]

No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor William James Bailes(Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1921)^[31] on 22 February 1922^[32]

No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William John Lunt Cross	2,185	70%
	Labour	Charles Henry Taunton	952	30%
Majority			1,233
Registered electors
Turnout			3,137
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[30]^[33]

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1921 Liverpool City Council election

Election result

Ward results

Abercromby

Aigburth

Anfield

Breckfield

Brunswick

Castle Street

Childwall

Dingle

Edge Hill

Everton

Exchange

Fairfield

Fazakerley

Garston

Granby

Great George

Kensington

Kirkdale

Low Hill

Much Woolton

Netherfield

North Scotland

Old Swan

Prince's Park

Sandhills

St. Anne's

St. Domingo

St. Peter's

Sefton Park East

Sefton Park West

South Scotland

Vauxhall

Walton

Warbreck

Wavertree

Wavertree West

West Derby

Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 7 December 1921

Aldermanic Elections 1 February 1922

Aldermanic Election

Aldermanic Election

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922

No. 13 Princes Park 14 February 1922

No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922

No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922

No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922

See also

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