Liverpool City Council election, 1922

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on Wednesday 1 November 1922.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen	Total
Conservative	67	+9	23	90
Liberal	6	0	3	9
Coalition Liberal	10	-1	4	14
Irish Nationalist	21	0	3	24
Labour	6	-6	2	8
Independent	4	+1	0	4

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1922
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23	9	0	+9		43%	50,270
	Labour	1	0	8	-8		29%	33,142
	Liberal	3	1	1	0		10%	11,463
	Irish Nationalist	7	0	0	0		10%	9,068
	Patriotic Labour	1	1	0	+1		2.6%	2,999
	Independent Conservative	0	0	0	0		1.9%	2,219
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	+1		1.9%	2,184
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	1.4%	1,638

Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

Comparisons are made with the 1919 election results, as the retiring councillors were elected in 1919.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Thompson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Morley Miller *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson	2,602	50%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,510	29%
	Labour	Fred Robinson	1,124	21%
Majority			1,092
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout			5,236	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones	3,594	67%
	Labour	Henry Alfred Booth *	1,611	30%
	Irish Nationalist	John Gaffney	121	2%
Majority			1,983
Registered electors			9,557
Turnout			5,326	56%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Alfred Kelly *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sandeman Allen	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	4,741	53%
	Labour	Horace Godden Cole	4,243	47%
Majority			498
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Hall	3,206	49%
	Labour	Charles Burden *	2,438	38%
	Irish Nationalist	William Henry McGuiness	502	8%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Stamper	345	5.3%
Majority			768
Registered electors			13,765
Turnout			8,984	65%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,663	57%
	Conservative	Alfred Michael Urding	3,542	43%
	Irish Nationalist	Matthew Grogan	26	0.3%
	Independent	James Linge	11	0.1%
Majority			1,121
Registered electors			12,025
Turnout			8,242	69%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Edmund Travis	2,809	61%
	Coalition Liberal	Joseph Lucas *	1,821	39%
Majority			988
Registered electors			9,061
Turnout			4,630	51%
	Liberal gain from Coalition Liberal		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Quayle *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Robert Thompson	1,988	57%
	Labour	James Henry Dutton *	1,496	43%
Majority			492
Registered electors			5,802
Turnout			3,484	60%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Charles Bowring	2,283	65%
	Independent	Robert Tissyman	1,225	35%
Majority			1,058
Registered electors			8,847
Turnout			3,508	40%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Owen Ruddin *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hughes Rutherford	3,755	67%
	Labour	Charles Wilson	1,703	31%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward John Delaney	121	2%
Majority			2,052
Registered electors			10,548
Turnout			5,579	53%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. Robert Garnett Sheldon *	4,629	70%
	Labour	Frederick Jones, Senior	1,903	29%
	Patriotic Labour	Abraham Slater	117	2%
Majority			2,726
Registered electors			14,890
Turnout			6,649	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner	unopposed
	Conservative win (new seat)

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ellis Keyser Yates	2,978	53%
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Rowan	1,530	27%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Loughran	1,112	20%
Majority			1,448
Registered electors			9,851
Turnout			5,620	57%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Patriotic Labour	John Walker *	2,654	42%
	Independent Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,219	35%
	Labour	George Chadwick	1,350	22%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Roche	55	1%
Majority			435
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout			6,278	58%
	Patriotic Labour gain from Independent

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Clancy *	2,499	55%
	Labour	Edward Campbell	2,011	45%
Majority			488
Registered electors			7,549
Turnout			4,510	60%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth	3,485	56%
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose *	1,893	31%
	Irish Nationalist	James Farrell jun.	813	13%
Majority			1,592
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout			6,191	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jackson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Wafer Byrne *	unopposed
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	John Nield	2,181	57%
	Liberal	Philip Durning Holt *	1,642	43%
Majority			539
Registered electors			7,745
Turnout			3,823	49%
	Independent Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas White *	3,917	84%
	Patriotic Labour	Charles Henry Allam	721	16%
Majority			3,196
Registered electors			10,545
Turnout			4,638	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Alexander Cole *	732	65%
	Independent	Frederick Bowman	402	35%
Majority			330
Registered electors			2,564
Turnout			1,134	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arnold Rushton *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

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

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael O'Mahony	2,540	50.4%
	Labour	Henry Gaskin	2,499	49.6%
Majority			41
Registered electors
Turnout
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Arthur Murphy	1,068	73%
	Labour	Michael James Mulvihill	389	27%
Majority			679
Registered electors			3,572
Turnout			1,457	41%
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bartholomew Herman	2,856	79%
	Labour	Francis Fitzpatrick	745	21%
Majority			2,111
Registered electors			10,902
Turnout			3,601	33%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Angers	2,228	43%
	Labour	Charles Sydney Jones	2,070	40%
	Labour	George Boothman	885	17%
Majority			158
Registered electors			9,707
Turnout			5,183	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Granville Legge	2,067	46%
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt *	1,170	26%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,149	25%
	Irish Nationalist	Benjamin McGinnty	134	3%
Majority			897
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout			4,520	49%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French	3,950	72%
	Labour	Walter Percy Helm *	1,489	27%
	Irish Nationalist	John Patrick Farrelly	77	1.4%
Majority			2,461
Registered electors			10,754
Turnout			5,516	51%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

By-elections

The death of Councillor John O'Shea occurred 28th October 1922.^[4]

No. 29 Anfield, 17th January 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor William Owen Thomas (Liberal, Anfield, elected 1st November 1920) which was reported to the Council on 3rd January 1923. ^[5]

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Gates	1,524
		Arthur Venmore	1,336
Majority			188
Registered electors			9,243
Turnout
	Liberal gain from {{{loser}}}		Swing

^[6]

No. 32 Old Swan, Tuesday 20th February 1923

Following the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative),^[7] Councillor John Edwards (Conservative, Old Swan, elected 1st November 1921) was elected by the councillors as an alderman on 7th February 1923. ^[8]

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Whittle	2,060
	Labour	Herbert Edward Rose	1,661
Majority			399
Registered electors			11,263
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[9]

No. 31 Fairfield, 21st March 1923

Caused by the election of Councillor Thomas Dowd (Conservative, Fairfield, elected 1st November 1921) as an alderman.

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Sydney Jones	unopposed
Registered electors			9,061
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

^[10]

No. 33 Wavertree West, Tuesday 15th May 1923

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Sidney Stanley Dawson ( Wavertree West, elected ) was reported to the Council on 2nd May 1923.^[11]

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Richard Hobhouse	1,490
		Edward Percival Parker	1,274
	Labour	William Augustus Colcutt *	934
Majority			216
Registered electors			9,239
Turnout
	Liberal gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

^[12]

No. 7 Castle Street, 21st June 1923

Following the death of Councillor Benjamin Cookson ( Castle Street, elected 1st November 1920) on 7th May 1923.^[13]

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick William Frodsham	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[14]

No. 31 Fazakerley,

Following the death of Councillor Matthew Leitch (Conservative, Fazakerley, elected 1st November 1920) on 9th May 1923.^[15]

No. 22 Netherfield, Tuesday 31st July 1923

Caused by the death of Councillor William Ball (Conservative, Netherfield, elected 1st November 1920) on 3rd July 1923.^[16]

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	2,437
		Charles Stamper	717
	Labour	George Chadwick	406
Majority
Registered electors			10,745
Turnout
	Independent Conservative gain from N/A

^[17]

The death of Councillor William Pemberton Coslett (Conservative, Edge Hill, elected 1st November 1921) on 16th October 1923 was reported to the Council on 24th October 1923. ^[18]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury 3 November 1922
↑ (Liverpool) Daily Courier 3 November 1922
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 5". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 94(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 pg 118(selected page scans)". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 119". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 120". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 164". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 269". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 268". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 299". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 268". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
↑ "Liverpool City Council - Proceedings of the Council 1922 - 23 (selected page scans) pg 298". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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