1923 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1923.

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

Twelve of the thirty-nine seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	65	??	25	90
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	21	??	3	24
National Liberal	??	??	??	??
Independent	10	??	4	14
Labour	3	??	2	5
Protestant	??	??	??	??
Communist	1	??	0	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1923
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	23	0	1	-1	60%	40%	40,321
Irish Nationalist	8	0	0	0	21%	18%	18,346
Liberal	5	0	0	0	13%	13%	12,809
National Liberal	2	2	0	+2	5%	1.9%	1,966
Labour	0	0	1	-1	0%	26%	26,127
Unemployed	0	0	0	0	0%	0.82%	835
Patriotic Protestant	0	0	0	0	0%	0.051%	52

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1920 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1920.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Cuthbert Frederick Francis	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors
	Liberal hold

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton - 2 seats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson	518	35%
	Conservative	William James Austin	475	32%
	Liberal	Frank Williams	388	26%
	Independent	J.H. Naylor junr.	116	8%
Majority			130
Registered electors			1,385
Turnout			749	54%
	National Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	2,400	47%
	Conservative	John Parry Thomas	1,866	36%
	Labour	William John Daniel	855	17%
Majority			543
Registered electors			9,448
Turnout			5,121	54%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Griffiths *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Lawrence King *	3,488	96%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton	154	4.2%
Majority			3,334
Registered electors			8,197
Turnout			3,642	44%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	793	65%
	Liberal	Thomas Royal Little	418	35%
Majority			375
Registered electors			2,668
Turnout			1,211	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lady Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Dalton Flood *	4,803	58%
	Labour	Joseph Gibbins	3,482	42%
	Unemployed	Dewi Protheroe	56	0.67%
Majority			1,321
Registered electors			13,963
Turnout			8,341	60%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel Charles Williams *	2,920	50%
	Labour	Charles Burden	2,690	46%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	182	3%
	Patriotic Protestant	Charles Stamper	52	0.89%
Majority			230
Registered electors			12,328
Turnout			5,844	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ellis *	3,177	65%
	Labour	John Henry Naylor	1,590	33%
	Unemployed	John Young	182	3%
Majority			1,587
Registered electors			12,850
Turnout			4,882	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Miss Alice McCormick	904	59%
	Liberal	Mark Philip Rathbone	575	37%
	Independent	Joseph Masterman	50	3%
	Unemployed	John Bingham	7	0.5%
Majority			329
Registered electors			2,747
Turnout			1,536	56%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Liberal	James Hughes *	1,966	54%
	Liberal	Walter Henry Davies	1,654	46%
Majority			312
Registered electors			9,159
Turnout			3,620	40%
	National Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Albert Harwood Letheren	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Case	1,841	49%
	Labour	Henry Osmond Pugh	1,375	37%
	Liberal	James Scott	530	14%
Majority			466
Registered electors			5,897
Turnout			3,746	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	Unopposed	*N/A*	'N/A
Registered electors
	Independent hold

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	William Grogan *	1,587	83%
	Labour	George Henry Bennett	322	17%
Majority			1,265
Registered electors			4,461
Turnout			43%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joseph Ashworth *	2,970	59%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,098	41%
Majority			872
Registered electors			10,677
Turnout			5,068	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dr. Archibald Gordon Gullan	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Henry Mitchell *	2,432	49%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,770	36%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Lougran	708	14%
	Unemployed	Philip Maguire	33	0.67%
Majority			662
Registered electors			10,129
Turnout			4,943	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Francis Roskell Reynolds	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Edward McLaclan	2,655	62%
	Patriotic Protestant	Christopher Haigh	1,155	27%
	Labour	George Chadwick	470	11%
Majority			1,510
Registered electors			11,291
Turnout			4,290	38%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Patrick Farrelly	2,412	51%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	2,283	49%
Majority			129
Registered electors			8,075
Turnout			4,695	58%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan *	3,011	60%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,965	39%
	Irish Nationalist	William O'Neil	67	1.3%
Majority			1,046
Registered electors			11,476
Turnout			5,043	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Wood *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	James William Baker *	2,680	84%
	Labour	Patrick Roy	353	11%
	Unemployed	Daniel Williams	161	5%
Majority			2,327
Registered electors			8,711
Turnout			3,194	37%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Alfred Durkin *	2,155	62%
	Labour	Richard McCann	903	26%
	Unemployed	Alexander Phillips	432	12%
Majority			1,252
Registered electors			9,412
Turnout			3,490	37%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt *	946	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	333	23%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen Geraghty	155	11%
	Unemployed	Isaac Edward Ashton	16	1.1%
Majority			613
Registered electors			2,729
Turnout			1,450	53%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Campbell Wilson *	unopposed
Registered electors
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gerald Murphy	2,841	59%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan *	2,014	41%
Majority			827
Registered electors			8,269
Turnout			4,855	59%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Dr. Percy Hayes	1,167	79%
	Labour	Joseph McChrystal	294	20%
	Unemployed	Joseph William Veldman	15	1%
Majority			873
Registered electors			3,720
Turnout			1,476	40%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt *	3,029	78%
	Liberal	Joseph Edward Freeman	842	22%
Majority			2,187
Registered electors			12,471
Turnout			3,871	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Albert Thompson *	2,287	61%
	Liberal	William Pritchard	1,467	39%
Majority			820
Registered electors			10,963
Turnout			3,754	34%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry Langton Beckwith *	2,184	47%
	Liberal	Hugh Frame	1,318	29%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1,110	24%
Majority			866
Registered electors			10,314
Turnout			4,612	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edwin Haigh *	1,915	45%
	Liberal	Alexander Maber Finlason	1,193	28%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,129	27%
Majority			722
Registered electors			8,396
Turnout			4,237	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederick William Riley *	3,953	63%
	Labour	Henry Arthur Crick	1,270	20%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton jun.	1,078	17%
Majority			2,683
Registered electors			12,909
Turnout			6,301	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1923

At the meeting of the Council on 9 November 1923, the terms of office of eighteen alderman expired.

The following eighteen were elected as Aldermen by the councillors on 9 November 1923 for a term of six years.

- re-elected aldermen.

Party		Alderman	Ward
	Conservative	William James Burgess JP *
	Conservative	Harold Edward Davies
	Conservative	Thomas Dowd *
	Conservative	John Edwards
	Conservative	Sir William Bower Forwood DL JP *
	Conservative	John Gordon
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman *
	Conservative	Samuel Mason Hutchinson JP *
	Conservative	Arthur Stanley Mather JP *
	Conservative	Maxwell Hyslop Maxwell JP *
	Conservative	John George Moyles JP *
	Conservative	William Muirhead JP *
	Conservative	John George Paris *
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford *
	Irish Nationalist	John Gregory Taggart JP *
	Conservative	John Utting JP *
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker *
	Conservative	Hartley Wilson JP *

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Aldermanic Election 4 June 1924

Caused by the death of Alderman William Henry Watts(Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[21]on 13 March 1924.^[22]

In his place Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921)^[23] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 4 June 1924^[24].^[22]

Party		Alderman	Ward	Term expires
	Irish Nationalist	James Bolger	No. 6 St. Anne's	1926

By-elections

No. 13 Princes Park, 22 November 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor David Jackson (Conservative, Prince's Park, elected 1 November 1922)^[25] which was reported to the Council on 9 November 1923^[26]

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Mawdsley Ritchie	2,636	70%
	Labour	Louise Hughes	1,128	30%
Majority			1,508
Registered electors
Turnout			3,764
	Conservative hold		Swing

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The term of office to expire on 1 November 1925.

No. 17 Aigburth, 17 January 1924

Caused by the death on 19 December 1923 of Councillor John Ritchie (Conservative, Aigburth, elected 1 November 1921)^[31].^[32]

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward James Deane	1,407	52%
	Liberal	Colonel Albert Melly	1,319	48%
Majority			88
Registered electors
Turnout			2,726
	Conservative hold		Swing

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No. 23 Netherfield, 9 April 1924

Caused by the election of Councillor Harold Edward Davies (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1 November 1921)^[34] as an alderman by the councillors on 9 November 1923^[35]

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding	2,134	76%
		Christopher Haigh	673	24%
Majority			1,461
Registered electors			11,291
Turnout			2,807	25%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[36]

No. 12 Dingle, 30 July 1924

Caused by the death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Liberal, Dingle, elected 1 November 1921)^[37] on 16 October 1923 which was reported to the Council on 24 October 1923.^[38]

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Bennett Brown	3,769	52%
		Horace Godden Cole	3,420	48%
Majority			349
Registered electors			13,963
Turnout			7,189	51%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

^[39]

No. 2 North Scotland 10 July 1924

Caused by the election by the councillors of Councillor James Bolger (Irish Nationalist), North Scotland, elected 1 November 1921)^[23] as an alderman on 4 June 1924,^[24]^[22] following the death of Alderman William Henry Watts (Liberal, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920)^[21] on 13 March 1924.^[22]

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Gilbert Logan	3,272	79%
		Thomas Joseph Hennessy	881	21%
Majority			2,391
Registered electors			8,075
Turnout			4,153	51%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

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