Liverpool City Council election, 1928

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1928.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1928
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
	Catholic
	Protestant
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1925 election results.

Abercromby

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

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilfred Bowring Stoddart *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson *	1,130	72%
	Labour	Thomas Crossland	445	28%
Majority			685
Registered electors			3,359
Turnout			1,575	47%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	2,233	42%
	Liberal	Dr. Cedric Baxter	1,863	35%
	Labour	John Sheehan	1,206	23%
Majority			370
Registered electors			10,088
Turnout			5,302	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward James Jones *	2,491	51%
	Labour	William James Riddick	2,368	49%
Majority			123
Registered electors			9,405
Turnout			4,859	52%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Moorhead	3,111	81%
	Centre	John Alfred Kelly *	740	19%
Majority			2,371
Registered electors			8,447
Turnout			3,851	46%
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir John Sandeman Allen MP *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lt.Col. Edmund Percy Johnson	972	63%
	Labour	Mrs. Mary Lilian Hamilton	570	37%
Majority			402
Registered electors			2,525
Turnout			1,542	61%
	Conservative win (new seat)

Croxteth

The proceedings of the Council lists this as a by-election caused by the death of Councillor John Ellis.

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,925	62%
	Conservative	William Edward McLachlan	1,157	38%
Majority			1,925
Registered electors			5,886
Turnout			3,082	52%
	Labour win (new seat)

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace Kelly *	4,696	51%
	Labour	William Jones	4,560	49%
Majority			136
Registered electors			14,084
Turnout			9,256	66%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Wilson *	3,314	59%
	Conservative	Edward Cheshire	2,172	39%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	155	3%
Majority			1,142
Registered electors			12,188
Turnout			5,641	46%
	Labour hold		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Walker *	4,278	67%
	Conservative	William John Lunt Croft	2,153	33%
Majority			2,125
Registered electors			12,194
Turnout			6,431	53%
	Labour hold		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic Party (UK)	Peter Kavanagh *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Catholic Party hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon	2,043	49%
	Labour	Victor Harold Edgar Baker	1,659	33%
	Liberal	Alan Anderson Boyle	1,392	27%
Majority			384
Registered electors			9,233
Turnout			5,094	55%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick	1,699	51%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft *	1,659	49%
Majority			40
Registered electors			7,324
Turnout			3,358	46%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams	2,208	49%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	2,038	45%
	Liberal	Joseph Fry	259	6%
Majority			170
Registered electors			6,421
Turnout			4,505	70%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Frederick Charles Bowring *	2,743	59%
	Labour	George Henry Boothman	1,886	41%
Majority			857
Registered electors			9,132
Turnout			4,629	51%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harry Leo Gaffeney	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir John Hugo Rutherford *	3,347	55%
	Labour	George Edwin Swift	2,697	45%
Majority			650
Registered electors			10,641
Turnout			6,044	57%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Joseph MacDonnell	4,120	51%
	Conservative	Robert Garnett Sheldon *	4,008	49%
Majority			112
Registered electors			15,321
Turnout			8,128	53%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Little Woolton

No. 39 Little Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Henry Bremner *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	2,926	60%
	Conservative	Edward Joseph Gearing	1,917	40%
Majority			1,009
Registered electors			10,095
Turnout			4,843	48%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bagot	3,150	52%
	Protestant	John Walker *	2,864	48%
Majority			286
Registered electors			11,178
Turnout			6,014	54%
	Labour gain from Protestant

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Fay	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	3,112	51%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	3,023	49%
Majority			89
Registered electors			13,273
Turnout			6,135	46%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Davies Griffiths	2,671	55%
	Labour	Robert Edwards	2,198	45%
Majority			473
Registered electors			9,094
Turnout			4,869	54%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Wafer Byrne	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Mack	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Thomas White *	3,044	53%
	Labour	William Henry Barton	2,699	47%
Majority			345
Registered electors			10,805
Turnout			5,743	53%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy *	631	50%
	Labour	George William Hincks	628	50%
Majority			3
Registered electors			2,778
Turnout			1,259	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Arnold Rushtom *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *	2,375	75%
	Labour	Mrs. Gertrude Annie Cole	784	25%
Majority			1,591
Registered electors			5,984
Turnout			3,159	53%
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Labour gain from Catholic Party

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Swift *	3,845	56%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	2,977	44%
Majority			868
Registered electors			15,282
Turnout			6,822	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *	unopposed
Majority
Registered electors
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Shuttleworth	2,852	44%
	Labour	Peter Leslie Duncan	1,823	28%
	Liberal	John Richard Jones	1,737	27%
Majority			1,029
Registered electors			13,247
Turnout			6,412	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	2,097	42%
	Conservative	William Adam Edwards	1,782	36%
	Liberal	William John Tristram	1,136	23%
Majority			315
Registered electors			8,325
Turnout			5,015	60%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan French *	4,182	61%
	Labour	James Blundell	2,645	39%
Majority			1,536
Registered electors			16,297
Turnout			6,828	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

By-elections

No. 10 Great George, 3rd December 1928

Caused by the death of Councillor William Grogan (Catholic, Great George, elected 1st November 1926)^[5]

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Catholic	Matthew Grogan	905	54%
		John Coburne	756	46%
Majority			149
Registered electors
Turnout			1,661
	Catholic hold		Swing

^[6]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1928
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1928-1929
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 3 November 1925
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1925-1926
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1926-1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1928-1929 pg 72

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