1934 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1934. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.

Eight of the forty seats up for election were uncontested.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Protestant	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1934
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	17	42.5%	50%	54,893
Labour	19	47.5%	47%	51,216
Liberal	1	2.5%	3.4%	3,749
Independent	1	2.5%	0.88%	970
Protestant	1	2.5%	6.2%	6,786

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1931 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Lumb	1,535	51%
	Conservative	Alexander Maver Finlason *	1,496	49%
Majority			39
Registered electors			9,633
Turnout			3,031	31%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Eric Errington	2,001	59%
	Liberal	Arthur Donald Dennis	1,418	41%
Majority			583
Registered electors			9,653
Turnout			3,419	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *	1,181	66%
	Labour	Cedrick Ernest Hargreaves	612	34%
Majority			569
Registered electors			4,639
Turnout			1,793	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	2,244	65%
	Labour	Robert Hugh Williams	1,227	35%
Majority			1,017
Registered electors			10,696
Turnout			3,471	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Henry James Pearson jun. *	1,880	52%
	Labour	Alfred Walker Boothman	1,365	38%
	Protestant	George Edward Lewis	389	11%
Majority			515
Registered electors			10,353
Turnout			3,634	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Moorhead *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,580
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	565	66%
	Ind. Conservative	William Edward MacLachlan	295	34%
Majority			270
Registered electors			2,203
Turnout			860	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Mrs. Christine Maud Boyle	907	51%
	Conservative	Gifford Cameron Ollason *	866	49%
Majority			41
Registered electors			3,854
Turnout			1,773	46%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	3,617	64%
	Conservative	John Loughlin	1,602	29%
	Protestant	Francis Kenny	392	7%
Majority			2,015
Registered electors			17,330
Turnout			5,611	32%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John David Towers	3,915	59%
	Conservative	Mrs.Nancy Proctor *	2,691	41%
Majority			1,224
Registered electors			15,330
Turnout			6,606	43%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mrs.Agnes Mitton	2,499	53%
	Conservative	Stabley Ronald Williams *	2,212	47%
Majority			287
Registered electors			12,827
Turnout			4,711	37%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Nickson	3,296	75%
	Conservative	Murray Rowland Fletcher Rogers	1,086	25%
Majority			2,210
Registered electors			12,827
Turnout			4,382	34%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
Registered electors			2,383
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *	1,776	58%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	1,292	42%
Majority			484
Registered electors			10,385
Turnout			3,068	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Francis Lavery	2,203	50%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse	1,898	43%
	Protestant	Ronald Frederick Henderson	271	6%
Majority			305
Registered electors			11,422
Turnout			4,372	38%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Herbert Webster	2,436	57%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams *	1,302	32%
	Protestant	James Moore	524	12%
Majority			1,134
Registered electors			7,395
Turnout			4,262	58%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miss Mary Agnes Cumella	1,922	57%
	Liberal	Henry Humphreys Jones	1,424	43%
Majority			498
Registered electors			9,914
Turnout			3,346	34%
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Hamilton	1,121	66%
	Democratic Labour	Walter Oscar Stein	569	34%
Majority			552
Registered electors			4,916
Turnout			1,690	34%
	Labour gain from Democratic Labour

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Case	2,233	58%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain	1,587	42%
Majority			646
Registered electors			11,041
Turnout			3,820	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William James Riddick	3,204	42%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft *	3,171	42%
	Protestant	George Henry Dunbar	1,222	16%
Majority			33
Registered electors			16,985
Turnout			7,597	45%
	Labour hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner *	unopposed
Registered electors			744
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Charles Pasco	2,235	54%
	Conservative	George William Prout	1,934	46%
Majority			301
Registered electors			11,171
Turnout			4,169	37%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ernest Whitley	731	40%
	Conservative	Isaac Robinson	724	40%
	Ratepayers	Charles Frederick Hind	227	12%
	Labour	Andre John Holman	140	8%
Majority			7
Registered electors			2,591
Turnout			1,822	70%
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dr. Joseph Sytner	2,344	38%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,912	31%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark *	1,855	30%
Majority			432
Registered electors			11,544
Turnout			6,111	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Patrick Fay	unopposed
Registered electors			8,561
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	3,145	53%
	Labour	Thomas Ernest Martin	2,792	47%
Majority			353
Registered electors			17,065
Turnout			5,937	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	1,985	51%
	Conservative	James Burrows Noble	1,912	49%
Majority			73
Registered electors			9,860
Turnout			3,897	40%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Thomas Henry Dunford *	unopposed
Registered electors			9,194
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John David Mack *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,228
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protestant	William Reuben Price	1,452	33%
	Conservative	Charles Harold Leftwich *	1,411	32%
	Labour	Frederick Stapleton	1,379	31%
	Protestant	Henry Smith Revill	193	4%
Majority			41
Registered electors
Turnout			4,435
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sydney James Hill	623	58%
	Labour	Stanley Part	445	42%
Majority			178
Registered electors			2,761
Turnout			1,068	39%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Webster Green Armour	unopposed
Registered electors			8,892
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *	unopposed
Registered electors			6,575
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Joseph Harrington *	unopposed
Registered electors			8,428
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Leo Carney	1,016	81%
	Democratic Labour	Mrs. Martha Veronica Fernie	239	19%
Majority			777
Registered electors			3,715
Turnout			1,255	34%
	Labour gain from Democratic Labour

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Reginald Richard Bailey *	3,080	51%
	Labour	John Thomas Kenny	2,527	42%
	Protestant	Robert Bradley	431	7%
Majority			553
Registered electors			16,305
Turnout			6,038	37%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *	2,585	69%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	1,140	31%
Majority			1,445
Registered electors			12,539
Turnout			3,725	30%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Village *	3,232	73%
	Ind. Labour Party	Donald Henry James	1,184	27%
Majority			2,048
Registered electors			15,209
Turnout			4,416	29%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Naphtali Julius Price *	1,766	56%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	1,376	44%
Majority			390
Registered electors			8,813
Turnout			3,142	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan-French *	3,853	66%
	Labour	Laurence William Kennan	2,006	34%
Majority			1,847
Registered electors			18,854
Turnout			5,859	31%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Aldermanic Elections

Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.^[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)^[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.

Aldermanic Election 6 February 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Liberal	Councillor Alfred Gates	61	58%	No. 1 Sandhills
	Labour	Councillor Lawrence King	44	42%	Not elected

^[10]^[11]^[12]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1938.

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13]^[10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 ),^[14] Managing Director of Red Rocks, Stanley Road, Hoylake, was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.

Aldermanic Election 6 March 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Allocated ward
	Conservative	Councillor James Bennett O.B.E.	56	58%	No. 10 Great George
	Labour	Councillor Lawrence King	40	42%	Not elected

^[15]^[16]

The term of office to expire on 9 November 1935.

By-elections

No. 1 Sandhills, 29 November 1934

Caused by the death of Councillor James William Joseph Baker (Labour, elected for the Sandhills ward on 1 November 1932)^[17]

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Stanley Part	unopposed
Registered electors			9,194
	Labour hold		Swing

^[18]

No. 19 Kensington, 26 February 1935

Caused by the resignation of Councillor John Moores (Conservative, elected to the Kensington ward on 1 November 1933).^[19]

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jack Cresswell	2,018	57%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Ann Demain	1,500	43%
Majority			518
Registered electors			11,041
Turnout			3,518	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[20]

No. 5 Exchange, 28 February 1935

Caused by the death on 20 December 1934 of Councillor Miss Alice McCormick (Centre, elected 1 November 1932).^[21]^[22]

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Thomas Patrick Staunton	640	61%
	Centre	Joseph Gorman	417	39%
Majority			223
Registered electors			2,383
Turnout			1,057	44%
	Independent gain from Centre

^[23]^[24]

No. 29 Anfield, 26 March 1935

Following the death on 8 January 1935 of Alderman Wilfred Bowring Stoddart (Conservative, elected as an alderman possibly following the death on 29 October 1932 of Alderman Joseph Dalton Flood.^[8] In his place, Councillor Alfred Gates JP (Liberal, elected for Anfield on 1 November 1932)^[9] of 15 Childwall Priory Road, Liverpool, was elected as an alderman on 6 February 1935.^[10]^[11]^[12]

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Rennick Gates	unopposed
Registered electors			10,696
	Liberal hold		Swing

^[25]

No. 7 Castle Street

Following the death on 23 January 1935 of Alderman John Clancy (Labour, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1929),^[13]^[10] Councillor James Bennett O.B.E. (Conservative, elected to the Castle Street ward at a by election on 29 November 1932 )^[14] was elected as an alderman on 6 March 1935.^[15]^[16]

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%


Majority
Registered electors			2,203
Turnout
			Swing

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