1925 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 2 November 1925.

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

Eight of the thirty-seven seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	68	0	27	95
Liberal	12	-2	6	18
Catholic	18	+1	4	22
Labour	11	+3	1	12
Independent	2	+1	0	2
Protestant	2	+1	0	2
Communist	0	-1	0	0

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1925
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	23	2	2	0	62%	44%	59,167
Catholic	7	7	0	+7	19%	7.3%	9,770
Labour	4	3	1	+2	11%	36%	48,153
Liberal	1	0	2	-2	3%	5.9%	7,905
Protestant	1	1	0	+1	3%	2.4%	3,185
Independent	1	1	0	+1	3%	2%

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1922 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,077
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *	unopposed
Registered electors			5,507
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson	1,041	78%
	Labour	George Frederick Dutton	298	22%
Majority			743
Registered electors			2,487
Turnout			1,339	54%
	Independent win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	2,633	49%
	Liberal	Walter Henry Cartwright	1,342	25%
	Labour	Joseph Jackson Cleary	1,416	26%
Majority			1,291
Registered electors			9,493
Turnout			5,391	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones *	2,822	59%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Conway Rowan	1,966	41%
Majority			856
Registered electors			9,957
Turnout			4,788	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Catholic	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,523
	Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen MP *	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			2,586
	Conservative hold

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	5,314	56%
	Labour	Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole	4,252	44%
Majority			1,062
Registered electors			14,466
Turnout			9,566	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Wilson	3,542	55%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall *	2,916	45%
Majority			626
Registered electors			12,571
Turnout			6,458	51%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,732	59%
	Conservative	Alfred Hemmons	3,329	41%
Majority			1,403
Registered electors			12,768
Turnout			8,061	63%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Catholic	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,805
	Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur John Chapman-Durrant	2,813	57%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,346	27%
	Liberal	Edward Darius Roberts	814	16%
Majority			1,467
Registered electors			9,445
Turnout			4,973	53%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft	944	56%
	Labour	Albert Frederick Johnson	410	24%
	Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom	341	20%
Majority			534
Registered electors			2,886
Turnout			1,695	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Robert Thompson *	2,010	57%
	Labour	James Lawrenson	1,521	43%
Majority			489
Registered electors			6,175
Turnout			3,531	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring *	2,851	62%
	Labour	William Henrty Barton	1,734	38%
Majority			1,117
Registered electors			9,450
Turnout			4,585	49%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	Thomas Owen Ruddin *	1,199	68%
	Labour	Alfred James Ward	561	32%
Majority			638
Registered electors			4,645
Turnout			1,760	38%
	Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hughes Rutherford *	3,403	60%
	Labour	Richard Austin Rockliffe	2,310	40%
Majority			1,093
Registered electors			10,874
Turnout			5,713	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	3,824	77%
	ex-Service	John Dodd	1,165	23%
Majority			2,659
Registered electors			15,740
Turnout			4,989	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner *	267	94%
	Labour	John Henry Naylor Junr.	16	6%
Majority			251
Registered electors			443
Turnout			283	64%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	2,880	51%
	Conservative	Robert Edward Bibby Trevor	2,818	49%
Majority			62
Registered electors			10,392
Turnout			5,698	55%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	John Walker *	2,844	58%
	Labour	George Chadwick	2,023	42%
Majority			821
Registered electors			11,753
Turnout			4,867	41%
	Protestant gain from Patriotic Labour

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	Mgr. Thomas George	3,465	85%
	Labour	Richard McCann *	617	15%
	Independent	John Kearney	255	6%
Majority			2,848
Registered electors			8,121
Turnout			4,082	50%
	Catholic gain from Labour		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	3,193	66%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnall	1,648	34%
Majority			1,545
Registered electors			11,996
Turnout			4,841	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Mawdsley Ritchie *	3,259	64%
	Labour	Robert Dixon-Smith	1,815	36%
Majority			1,444
Registered electors			9,344
Turnout			5,074	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Wafer Byrne *	2,829	63%
	Catholic	William Henry McGuiness	1,695	37%
Majority			1,134
Registered electors			8,995
Turnout			4,524	50%
	Labour gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	James Farrell Jnr.	2,093	48%
	Labour	Maurice Eschwege	1,545	36%
	Communist	John Nield *	705	16%
	Independent	John Corcoran	27	1%
Majority			548
Registered electors			8,639
Turnout			4,343	50%
	Catholic gain from Independent Labour		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas White *	3,565	68%
	Liberal	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	1,648	32%
Majority			1,917
Registered electors			11,130
Turnout			5,213	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy *	766	57%
	Labour	John Loughlin	369	27%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	207	15%
Majority			397
Registered electors			2,947
Turnout			1,342	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sir Arnold Rushton *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,899
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Graham Reece	2,051	56%
	Liberal	Hugh Reynolds Rathbone	1,580	44%
Majority			471	12%
Registered electors			6,047
Turnout			3,631	60%
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Catholic	Michael O'Mahony *	3,013	65%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	1,646	35%
Majority			1,367
Registered electors			8,468
Turnout			4,659	55%
	Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Catholic	Thomas Arthur Murphy *	unopposed
Registered electors			3,848
	Catholic gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Swift	unopposed
Registered electors			13,042
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley	3,515	68%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,673	32%
Majority			1,842
Registered electors			11,430
Turnout			5,188	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Angers *	2,860	50%
	Labour	William Sidney Dytor	1,598	28%
	Liberal	Ernest Eric Edwards	1,318	23%
Majority			1,262
Registered electors			11,603
Turnout			5,776	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Morey Paul	2,414	57%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,794	43%
Majority			620
Registered electors			8,555
Turnout			4,208	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French *	4,451	69%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,964	31%
Majority			2,847
Registered electors			14,321
Turnout			6,415	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1925

The term of office of Alderman William Albert Robinson(Labour, last elected as an alderman on 10 November 1919)^[13] expired on this date.

At the Council meeting on 9 November 1925 there were two candidates nominated to fill this position: William Albert Robinson and Councillor Patrick Jeremiah Kelly (Catholic, South Scotland, elected as an Irish Nationalist on 1 November 1924).^[14]The result of a poll of Councillors was :

Aldermanic Election 9 November 1925
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Catholic	Councillor Patrick Jeremiah Kelly	15	54%
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	13	46%

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Aldermanic Election 3 February 1926

Caused by the death on 14 December 1925 of Alderman Arthur Crosthwaite (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920).^[17]^[18]

In a poll of councillors on 3 February 1926, Councillor James Conrad Cross (Conservative, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1924)^[19] was elected in his place.

Aldermanic Election 3 February 1926
Party		Name	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative	Councillor James Conrad Cross	58	87%
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	9	13%

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By-elections

No. 30 Breckfield, 1 December 1925

Caused by the death on 20 October 1925 of Councillor Alfred Griffiths (Conservative, Breckfield, elected 1 November 1923).^[22]^[23]

No. 30 Breckfield 1 December 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	Rev. Harry Dixon Longbottom	2,451	53%
	Labour	William Albert Robinson	2,175	47%
Majority			276	6%	N/A
Registered electors			9,957
Turnout			4,626	46%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

^[24]^[25]

No. 25 Walton, Tuesday 16 February 1926

Following the death of Alderman Arthur Crosthwaite on 14 December 1925,^[18] Councillor James Conrad Cross (Conservative, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1924)^[19] was elected as an alderman by the councillors on 3 February 1926.^[26]

No. 25 Walton Tuesday 16 February 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

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No. 26 Warbreck, 18 February 1926

Caused by the death on 31 January 1926 of Councillor John Albert Thompson (Conservative, elected 1 November 1923)^[29]^[20]

No. 26 Warbreck 18 February 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Jude	2,016	59%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	1,394	41%
Majority			622
Registered electors			11,430
Turnout			3,410	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[30]^[31]

No. 18 Edge Hill, Tuesday 20 April 1926

Caused by the death on 18 March 1926 of Councillor Daniel Charles Williams (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1 November 1923)^[32]

No. 18 Edge Hill Tuesday 20 April 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Smith	3,045	54%
	Conservative	Alan Layfield	2,642	46%
Majority			403
Registered electors			12,571
Turnout			5,687	45%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^[33]^[34]

No. 28 West Derby,

Caused by the death on 21 July 1926 of Councillor Frederick William Riley (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1923)^[35]^[36]

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Votes


Majority
Registered electors		14,321
Turnout
	gain from	Swing

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