Liverpool City Council election, 1931

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1931.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1931
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29					55%	75,431
	Labour	5					35%	48,122
	Liberal
	Protestant
	Communist

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

^(PARTY) - Party of former Councillor

Comparisons are made with the 1930 election results.

Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Maver Finlason	2,447	74%
	Labour	Bernard Louis Meyer	851	26%
Majority			1,596
Registered electors			9,493
Turnout			3,298	35%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Wilfred Bowring Stoddart	unopposed
Registered electors			4,379
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Allerton

No. 35 Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Gertrude Elizabeth Wilson	1,624	83%
	Liberal
	Labour	Miss Elsie Emily Louise Hickling	337	17%
Majority			1,287
Registered electors
Turnout			1,961
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

No. 29 Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Young Williamson *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry James Pearson jr.	3,066	71%
	Labour	Alfred Hargreaves	1,281	29%
Majority			1,785
Registered electors			10,369
Turnout			4,347	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Moorhead *	3,442	74%
	Conservative	David Jukes	1,190	26%
Majority			2,252
Registered electors			9,088
Turnout			4,632	51%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Shennan	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Childwall

No. 38 Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford Cameron Ollason	1,094	57%
	Liberal	Alan Carmichael Williams	816	43%
Majority			278
Registered electors			3,105
Turnout			1,910	62%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

No. 40 Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Walter Anderson	2,096	49%
	Labour	Mrs.Mary Lilian Hamilton	2,000
	Independent	Charles William Heaton	184	4%
Majority			96
Registered electors			10,851
Turnout			4,280	39%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dingle

No. 12 Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. Nancy Proctor	4,108	48%
	Labour	James Lawrenson	3,027	35%
	Protestant	Richard Bradley	1,501	17%
Majority			1,081
Registered electors			15,469
Turnout			8,636	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Edge Hill

No.No. 18 Edge Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Ronald Williams	3,772	62%
	Labour	Mrs. Sarah Anne McArd	2,272	38%
Majority			1,500
Registered electors			13,274
Turnout			6,044	46%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Everton

No. 21 Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKay	3,128	53%
	Labour	Albert Smitton	2,735	47%
Majority			393
Registered electors			13,500
Turnout			5,863	43%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Exchange

No. 5 Exchange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Kavanagh	1,228	91%
	Labour	Samuel Sydney Silverman	116	9%
Majority			1,112
Registered electors			2,492
Turnout			1,344	54%
	Independent hold		Swing

Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon Snowden Gordon *	3,444	76%
	Labour	Richard Thomas Hughes	1,085	24%
Majority			2,359
Registered electors			10,220
Turnout			4,529	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Tyson
	Labour	Francis Bernard Fitzpatrick *	1,593	34%
Majority			1,532
Registered electors			10,866
Turnout			4,718	43%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Garston

No. 37 Garston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Williams *	2,189	55%
	Labour	William Sydney Dytor	1,813	45%
Majority			376
Registered electors			7,131
Turnout			4,002	56%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Granby

No. 14 Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Frederick Charles Bowring *	2,974	75%
	Labour	James Johnstone	1,015	25%
Majority			1,959
Registered electors			9,918
Turnout			3,989	40%
	Liberal hold		Swing

Great George

No. 10 Great George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	Harry Leo Gaffeney	858	59%
	Labour	Patrick Campbell	594	41%
Majority			264
Registered electors			5,043
Turnout			1,452	29%
	[[\|N/A]] hold		Swing

Kensington

No. 19 Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Gardner	3,877	69%
	Labour	Joseph Whitehead	1,708	31%
Majority			2,169
Registered electors			11,351
Turnout			5,585	49%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Samuel Henwood Ashcroft	3,801	44%
	Labour	Robert Joseph McDonnell *	2,708	31%
Majority			1,093
Registered electors			17,017
Turnout			8,726	51%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Little Woolton

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

Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Roberrt Kitchen	3,334	59%
	Labour	Fred Robinson *	2,273	41%
Majority			1,061
Registered electors			11,271
Turnout			5,607	50%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Neville Bewley	885	52%
	Independent	Ernest Whiteley	821	48%
Majority			64
Registered electors			2,299
Turnout			1,706	74%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William John Matthew Clark	3,632	55%
	Labour	John Bagot *	2,984	45%
Majority			648
Registered electors			12,090
Turnout			6,616	55%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Fay *	2,966	88%
	Communist	Leo Joseph McGree	412	12%
Majority			2,554
Registered electors			8,758
Turnout			3,378	39%
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waterworth *	4,495	72%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	1,780	28%
Majority			2,715
Registered electors			15,881
Turnout			6,275	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Davies Griffiths *	3,122	72%
	Labour	John Hamilton	1,213	28%
Majority			1,909
Registered electors			9,913
Turnout			4,335	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Henry Dunford	2,355	88%
	Communist	Mrs.Beatrice Bruce	314	12%
Majority			314
Registered electors			9,499
Turnout			2,669	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John David Mack *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Harold Leftwich	2,292	41%
	Protestant	Albert Clayton	1,848
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1,489	26%
Majority			444
Registered electors			11,734
Turnout			5,629	48%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Herbert Wolfe Levy	973	81%
	Labour	Joseph Nugent	232	19%
Majority			741
Registered electors			2,979
Turnout			1,205	40%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Captain Gordon Robertson	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Graham Reece *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Harrington *	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labour	Thomas Arthur Murphy	849	57%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer *	642	43%
Majority			207
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,491	39%
	Democratic Labour gain from Labour

Walton

No. 25 Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Richard Bailey	5,530	75%
	Labour	William James Riddick	1,888	25%
Majority			3,642
Registered electors			16,395
Turnout			7,418	45%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander Critchley *	4,504	84%
	Labour	Richard Austin Rockliffe	883	16%
Majority			3,621
Registered electors			12,376
Turnout			5,387	44%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Village	4,767	77%
	Labour	John Reginald Bevins	1,396	23%
Majority			3,371
Registered electors			14,576
Turnout			6,163	42%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Naphtali Julius Price	2,936	67%
	Labour	Charles Matthew Belk	1,444	33%
Majority			1,492
Registered electors			8,906
Turnout			4,380	49%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Derby

No. 28 West Derby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Duncan-French *	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[1] ^[2]

By-elections

No. 4 Vauxhall, 3rd November 1931

Caused by the resignation of Councillor Percy Henry Hayes (Labour, elected 1 November 1929).

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen McBride	771	61%
	Labour	Stanley Part	486	39%
Majority			285
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,257	33%
	[[\|N/A]] gain from Labour		Swing

^[3]

Aldermanic election, 9th November 1931

The term of office of Alderman Patrick Jeremiah Kelly expired on 9 November 1931, he was re-elected as an Alderman by the Councillors on the same date ^[4]

No. 34 Wavertree, 9th December 1931

Caused by the death of Councillor Albert Edward Martin (Conservative, elected to the Wavertree ward on 1 November 1929).

No. 34 Wavertree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Redmond	unopposed
Registered electors			14,576
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[5]

No. 4 Vauxhall, Tuesday 28th June 1932

Following the death of Alderman Charles Wilson on 18 March 1932,^[6] Councillor Joseph Belger (Catholic Party {1927},^[7] elected to the Vauxhall ward on 1 November 1930^[8]) was elected as an alderman by the Councillors on 1 June 1932^[9]

No. 4 Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James O'Hare	801	55%
	Labour	Arthur Brian Hoer	651	45%
Majority			150
Registered electors			3,783
Turnout			1,452	38%
	Independent gain from Labour

^[10]

Aldermanic election, 13th May 1932

Following the death of Alderman Herbert John Davis on 13 May 1932,^[11] Mr. Richard Rutherford J.P. (?) was elected as an alderman by the Councillors on 6 July 1932.^[12]

No. 13 Prince's Park, 27th September 1932

Following the death of Councillor Alfred Wood on 25 August 1932^[13] (Conservative, elected to the Prince's Park ward on 1 November 1929)^[14]

No. 13 Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Roland Clare	1,794	57%
	Labour	Alfred Demain	1,331	43%
Majority			463
Registered electors			9,913
Turnout			3,125	32%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[15]

References

↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1931
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 5
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 7
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 132
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 286
↑ Liverpool Daily Post 2 November 1927
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 400
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 450
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 450
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 450
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 544
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1929-1930
↑ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1931-1932 pg 570

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