Liverpool City Council election, 1920

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1920.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	??	??	??	??
Liberal	??	??	??	??
Irish Nationalist	??	??	??	??
Labour	??	??	??	??
Independent	??	??	??	??
Co-operative	??	??	??	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1920
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Liberal
	Irish Nationalist
	Labour
	Independent
	Co-operative Party

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 19?? election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 19??.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Francis William Bailey	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Edward Jacob	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Philip Nelson	unopposed
	[[\|N/A]] win (new seat)

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Owen Thomas	3,445	75%
	Labour	James Peter Redish	1,149	25%
Majority			2,296
Registered electors			8,707
Turnout			4,594	53%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Griffiths	3,859	'73%
	Labour	Albert Nicholas Denaro	1,398	27%
Majority			2,461
Registered electors			9,427
Turnout			5,257	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Lawrence King	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Benjamin Cookson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mrs. Helena Agnes Dalrymple Muspratt	491	66%
	Labour	John Mouat Robertson	250	34%
Majority			241
Registered electors			2,207
Turnout			741	34%
	Liberal win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Dalton Flood	5,214	75%
	Labour	William McIntosh Wright	1,751	25%
Majority			3,463
Registered electors			13,212
Turnout			6,965	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Charles Williams	4,333	67%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Myer	2,153	33%
Majority			2,180
Registered electors			11,416
Turnout			6,486	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Ellis	3,736	56%
	Labour	James Whittaker	2,931	44%
Majority			805
Registered electors			11,672
Turnout			6,667	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Henry Granby	907	52%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	829	48%
Majority			78
Registered electors			2,672
Turnout			1,736	65%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hughes	3,455	75%
	Co-operative Party	Edmund Rose	1,154	25%
Majority			2,301
Registered electors			8,949
Turnout			4,609	52%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Leitch sen.	870	66%
	Labour	John Williams	452	34%
Majority			418
Registered electors			2,577
Turnout			1,322	51%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Burrows	2,287	61%
	Labour	William Henry Paulson	1,468	39%
Majority			819
Registered electors			5,187
Turnout			3,755	72%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Miss Eleanor Florence Rathbone *	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Grogan	1,766	65%
	Liberal	Samuel Skelton	955	35%
Majority			811
Registered electors			3,875
Turnout			2,721	70%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Ashworth	4,174	65%
	Labour	William Burnett Smithwick	2,280	35%
Majority			1,894
Registered electors			10,212
Turnout			6,454	63%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John George Paris	5,486	70%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	2,396	30%
Majority			3,090
Registered electors			14,288
Turnout			7,882	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Henry Mitchell	3,309	61%
	Labour	James Hamblett Johnstone	2,086	39%
Majority			1,223
Registered electors			9,454
Turnout			5,395	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrison	756	63%
	Labour	Charles Jabez Edwards	438	37%
Majority			318
Registered electors			1,585
Turnout			1,194	75%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Ball	4,042	73%
	Labour	John Archibald Metcalfe	1,481	27%
Majority			2,561
Registered electors			10,349
Turnout			5,523	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William John Loughrey	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan	3,617	69%
	Labour	John Edward Sunners	1,599	31%
Majority			2,018
Registered electors			9,945
Turnout			5,216	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Henry Rutherford	3,461	76%
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	1,116	24%
Majority			2,345
Registered electors			8,211
Turnout			4,577	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James William Baker	2,780	55%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	2,243	45%
Majority			537
Registered electors			8,321
Turnout			1,092	60%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Alfred Durkin	2,563	74%
	Labour	Dr. James Clement Baxter	918	26%
Majority			1,645
Registered electors			6,977
Turnout			3,481	50%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Backhouse	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lawrence Durning Holt	991	91%
	Irish Nationalist	James Friery	101	9%
Majority			890
Registered electors			2,607
Turnout			1,092	42%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cory Dixon	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Campbell Wilson	2,944	86%
	Labour	Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor	460	14%
Majority			2,484
Registered electors			5,607
Turnout			3,404	61%
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	David Gilbert Logan	2,611	54%
	Labour	Henry Gaskin	2,252	46%
Majority			359
Registered electors			8,036
Turnout			4,863	61%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James O'Hare	1,234	69%
	Liberal	John Bennion	542	31%
Majority			692
Registered electors			3,494
Turnout			1,776	51%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Miller Platt	4,296	74%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell	1,502	26%
Majority			2,794
Registered electors			11,661
Turnout			5,798	50%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Albert Thompson	3,540	78%
	Co-operative Party	Mrs. Jessie Ann Daniels	982	22%
Majority			2,558
Registered electors			10,521
Turnout			4,552	43%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Laugton Beckwith	3,793	68%
	Labour	Robert Tissyman	1,795	32%
Majority			1,998
Registered electors			9,456
Turnout			5,588	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Haig	3,303	67%
	Labour	Albert Edward Johns	1,612	33%
Majority			1,691
Registered electors			8,040
Turnout			4,915	61%
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick William Riley	3,755	71%
	Labour	Joseph Smith	1,550	29%
Majority			2,205
Registered electors			8,923
Turnout			5,305	59%
	Conservative hold		Swing

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By-elections

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 2 November 1920
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 2 November 1920
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1920-1921

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