Liverpool City Council election, 1909

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1909.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	86
Liberal	??	??	??	34
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	14
Labour	??	??	??	1
Independent	??	??	??	1
Protestant	??	??	??	1

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1909
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	20	0	2	-2		51%	9,908
	Liberal	8	1	0	+1		29%	5,661
	Irish Nationalist	5	0	0	0		0%	0
	Protestant	1	1	0	+1		5.4%	1,064
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0%	8%	1,558
	Socialist	0	0	0	0	0%	7%	1,362
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.17%	34

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1909 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in that year.

Abercromby

No. 21 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lawrence *	882	56%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt	700	44%
Majority			182
Registered electors			2,369
Turnout			1,582	67%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 29 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert E. Jacob *	760	58%
	Conservative	David Jackson	542	42%
Majority			218
Registered electors			1,691
Turnout			1,302	77%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 3 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Jones *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 6 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Herbert Priest *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 25 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 18 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Willcox Alsop *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 26 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Owen Harrison Williams *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 12 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Jaeger Clarke	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 9 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Rutherford	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 16 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sutherland Harmood Banner *	683	55%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	549	45%
Majority			134
Registered electors			1,705
Turnout			1,232	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 4 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis L'Estrange Joseph *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Garston

No. 30 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Burrow *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 22 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Harrison Jones *	962	66%
	Socialist	Francis J. Welland	497	34%
Majority			1,459
Registered electors			3,600
Turnout			1,459	41%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 20 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Muirhead *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 11 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Lowry Burns *	1,434	62%
	Socialist	John Wolfe Tone Morrissey	865	38%
Majority			569
Registered electors			4,606
Turnout			2,299	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 2 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Theodore Lowey *	1,937	67%
	Labour	William White	967	33%
Majority			970
Registered electors			6,236
Turnout			2,904	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 10 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Shelerdine *	1,039	64%
	Labour	Griffith J. Jones	591	36%
Majority			448
Registered electors			3,803
Turnout			1,630	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 8 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	John Walker	1,064	56%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford *	831	44%
Majority			233
Registered electors			3,711
Turnout			1,895	51%
	Protestant gain from Conservative		Swing

North Scotland

No. 13 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	J. Maguire	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 28A Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Wilson Walker *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 23 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Chaloner Dowdall *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Edward Kearney *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 17 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George King *	209	86%
	Independent	George Gretton	34	14%
Majority			175
Registered electors
Turnout			243
	Liberal hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Roby *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 19 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Shaw	562	55%
	Conservative	Hugh Toner	456	45%
Majority			106
Registered electors			1,715
Turnout			1,018	59%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 24A Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Japp *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Reynolds Rathbone *	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 14 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John O'Shea *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 15 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Burke *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 3A Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Pritchard *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 27 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Charles Herman *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 5 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Bowler	1,117	54%
	Liberal	Wilfrid B. Stoddart	959	46%
Majority			158
Registered electors			3,313
Turnout			2,076	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 5A Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Preston Reynolds *	987	51%
	Liberal	Cecil H. Brunner	960	49%
Majority			27
Registered electors			3,465
Turnout			1,947	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Parkinson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1909
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1909
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1909-1921

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